• Lizzy Farrall, Woes & Seaway @ Bodega

    Canadian rock band Seaway returned to Nottingham supported by the singer/ song-writer Lizzy Farrall and Edinburgh pop-punk band Woes. Touring their latest album Vacation and playing some fan favourites, Seaway brought an amazing stage presence and energy to Bodega and all of the acts did not disappoint. “Making her set...
  • 3 Months In And Our Freshers’ Columnist Is Still Alive

    So, what exactly have I been up to? So many things.  “Ronan, you’re a Uni student now, you can do it all.  Everything and anything” But other stuff too. I’m integrating into University life a bit more: I actually started going to the Poetry and Spoken Word Society after...
  • Home-run: East London 

    London is huge, and whilst you might know your London Eye from Buckingham Palace, here’s the best of London from my end. I grew up in East London and my friends and I have been exploring the city from a young age. Rather self-indulgently, we always used to complain...
  • Nottingham students protest at the National Demo for Free Education

    The demonstration in London, on Wednesday 14th November, was attended by University of Nottingham (UoN) students along with 60 other Student Unions across the UK. The event was organised by the National Campaign Against Fees and Cuts (NCAFC) in order to march “against tuition fees, for living grants, and...
  • UoN students take to Portland to protest Balfour Declaration

    On Thursday, November 2nd, members of the University of Nottingham’s Palestinian Society enacted a silent protest in support of the ‘#Makeitright’ Campaign, a campaign which demands ‘justice and equal rights for Palestinians now’.  Members of various Palestinian Societies at universities up and down the country also took part of...
  • Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre London

    If you’ve ever been for a stroll down London’s South Bank, whether to visit the Tate Modern, take photos of the tourist-enthralling skyline, or just for a breath of fresh air, you’ve probably walked past the neat, almost-round, mock-Tudor Globe theatre, a near-perfect replica of the one that the...
  • The Book of Mormon Musical @ Prince of Wales Theatre

    This uplifting musical follows the story of two Mormons who are sent to Uganda to teach people about their religion. I had never heard of the Mormon religion before seeing the show, a branch of Christianity initiated by Joseph Smith in the 1920s. They both trained as missionaries, and the...