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Main library musings – rant column #1
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UNiDAYS announce opening of Student Woman of the Year competition
20th March 2024
The UNiDAYS-run competition aims to support female students who are making a difference and offers a £10,000 first prize for entrepreneurial initiatives
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Springleaf Podcast: James Acaster’s new audio adventure
My year abroad, the visa process, and getting lost in translation
Getting involved: Volunteering at the Booth Centre
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TikTok and Teatox: Why social media is sucking the joy out of food
Margarita Month at Zouk: All style, less substance
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Little luxuries that make uni life more bearable
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Decoding the phenomenon: What lies behind celebrities launching beauty brands?
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Springleaf Podcast: James Acaster’s new audio adventure
6th March 2024
We discuss Springleaf Podcast, the new audio sitcom created by the much loved British stand-up comic James Acaster.
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Come From Away press launch: A community show for Chr...
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Live Review: Caroline Polachek at Albert Hall
6th June 2023
Caroline Polachek stuns a sold-out Albert in her rescheduled show, touring her second solo album Desire, I Want To Turn Into You.
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Priscilla review: Coppola gives voice to the voiceless
19th March 2024
Sofia Coppola is back with another portrait of girlhood, this time showing the life of Priscilla Presley beyond Elvis' shadow
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Review: How To Keep Up With The Kardashians
Theatre
Alice Porter reviews ‘How To Keep Up With The Kardashians’, a UMDS production on body image and pop culture
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Review: Gorgon Westley’s Railway Circus (MIFTA)
Theatre
Sam Whitehouse reviews UMDS’s Gorgon Westley’s Railway Circus, which was performed at the Peer Hat as part of the MIFTAs
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Review: The Shadows (MIFTA)
Theatre
Alexia Pieretti reviews dark comedic social commentary The Shadows, performed at the King’s Arms as part of the Drama Society’s MIFTA season
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Review: Nut (MIFTA)
Theatre
Ellie Klouda reviews Nut at the SU Theatre, which is part of UMDS’ MIFTA season
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Review: An Intervention (MIFTA)
Theatre
Scarlett Gorman reviews UMDS’ An Intervention, which was performed at John Thaw Studio as part of the MIFTAs
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Review: An Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (MIFTA)
Theatre
Alexia Pieretti reviews An Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty at the King’s Arms as part of MIFTA
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MIFTA Season: Do Not Disturb
Theatre
Ella Marsden reviews the final production in the Drama Society’s MIFTA season: Chloe Weare’s Do Not Disturb
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MIFTA Season: Love and Information
Theatre
Alexia Pieretti reviews Caryl Churchill’s Love and Information, the penultimate production in the Drama Society’s MIFTA Season
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MIFTA Season: Abandon Ship
Theatre
Alexia Pieretti reviews Abandon Ship as part of the Drama Society’s MIFTA Season
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MIFTA Season: Preview: The Greatest Tory Ever Told
Theatre
Anuli Changa talks to writer and co-director Roman Armstrong about the process of creating The Greatest Tory Ever Told
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MIFTA Season: We Have Sinned
Theatre
Amy Hagan reviews We Have Sinned, new student writing as part of the Drama Society’s MIFTA Season.
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Review: Spring Awakening
Theatre
Grace Currie admires the way in which the cast and creative team handle difficult themes in a challenging production. Part of the Drama Society’s MIFTA season 2018
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Review: Myopia
Theatre
Jess Johnstone is drawn in to the anonymous world of Martha Treves’ Myopia. Part of the Drama Society’s MIFTA season 2018.
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Review: Yellow Icing
Theatre
Jessica Wiehler reviews the beautifully realised off-kilter world of Rory Calland’s Yellow Icing. Part of the Drama Society’s MIFTA Season 2018
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Review: A Game of Two Halves
Theatre
Lily Brittain enjoys the witty dialogue and twist ending of Joe Large’s A Game of Two Halves. Part of the Drama Society’s MIFTA Season 2018
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Review: Alpha
Theatre
Jessica Wiehler gets sucked into the totalitarian dystopia of Zoe Kent’s Alpha, part of the Drama Society’s MIFTA season 2018
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Review: Aldo
Theatre
Alana Cook revels in the whimsy of Lucio Gray’s Aldo, part of the Drama Society’s MIFTA season 2018
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MIFTA Preview 2018: Yellow Icing
Theatre
The first in a series of previews for this year’s Drama Society MIFTA season
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Review: Bad Company
Theatre
Annabel Cartwright reviews one of the picks of this years MIFTA performances; Bad Company, a comic drama by Tom Mackintosh
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