• Festival Review: LeeFest 2016 [Part 1 – Everything Everything]

    After taking the second star to the right and straight on ‘til morning, I, alongside many other festivalgoers, found myself at LeeFest’s Neverland during the last weekend of July. Started up in 2006 through an act of teenage rebellion, the small non-profit festival has hosted many now-famous acts including...
  • Festival Review: Parklife Festival

    Last month, Manchester’s Heaton Park hosted a fantastic selection of national and international acts who played to thousands of festivalgoers against the backdrop of rain, mud and plenty of glitter. Across both days of the weekend, three things were certain: there was no let up in the rain, festivalgoers’...
  • UoN Netball Team battle bravely but come up just short in Varsity match

    The University of Nottingham (UoN) Netball Team lost 49 – 40 to Nottingham Trent University (NTU) in their Varsity match at the Jubilee Sports Centre, leaving the 2016 Varsity Series score at 8-4 after Friday’s events. The first quarter started intensely, with Trent scoring first and UoN equalising within...
  • Gender gap in university applications hits record level

    More young women than men have applied to university this year as indicated by figures released by UCAS. The latest data shows that 94,140 more women than men applied to university, hitting a record high. “This year we have 70% females which is uncommon in a typically male dominated course.”...