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Science editorial: science for everyone
An evidence-based approach to decision making is the right prescription for the uncertainties we face in the next decade, says Joshua Howgego.
Handel and the Darkling Moon Review
‘Safe? Safe? Is it safe?’ These were the opening words of the Tobacco Theatre’s latest production, Handel and the Darkling Moon.
Chitty is back with a Bang Bang!
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is the wonderful tale of the adventures of the Potts Family, Truly Scrumptious, and their amazing car Chitty. Together they travel to the country of Vulgaria which features the wicked Baroness who has made a law banning children. This law is enforced by the evil child catcher.
Catching the internet pirates
Free stuff! Lets face it, we all like it. It explains the furious popularity of Freshers’ Fair. And every one of us at sometime has, if nothing more, been tempted by the availability of free music. The internet is full of it. Peer-to-peer sharing of music, films and games is at record levels.
Interview DJ Dan
On coming to university, most students become absorbed into the world of music and clubbing. However, this normally just means going to the clubs and enjoying the work of the DJs behind the decks. This was not the case for DJ Dan, the creator of the UK’s biggest indie night.
Housing hell: what are students letting themselves in for?
The beginning of the spring semester commences for most students with a rush to secure a decent property for the following academic year.
Wikiarticles and blogspots
The prevailing winds of the media are changing and newspapers have to adapt.
Right to life or choice to die?
Euthanasia has recently been brought back to the forefront of ethical debate following a ruling by the Law Lords that the law in the UK needs to be clarified. Debbie Purdy, who suffers from multiple sclerosis, wants the law to be clearer about when a relative could be prosecuted in assisted suicide cases.
Watch out Sir Alan, the student entrepreneurs are coming
“Find a job you love and you will never work a day in your life” - Confucius.
Tranquilisers and fertilisers
There has been much written about legal highs this summer – not only in the national papers but on the television, as well as recently being added to the British government’s drugs advisory resource “Talk to Frank”.
Council vs Cultural Quarter
Stokes Croft, what is in fact just a tiny portion of Bristol flanked by Kingsdown and St. Pauls, arguably gets more press than its diminutive proportions demand.
"The clock's ticking, Mother Nature does not do bailouts"
Digging the Dirt on Ethical Eating
The new generation of activists or just apathetic?
Often compared to a hazily nostalgic vision of their 1960s counterparts, students these days are constantly plagued by accusations of apathy.
Active students
Forty years ago, the world was treated to a whole host of seminal moments.
The history of activism
In 1968 – aptly labelled ‘The Year of Discontent’ on the university website – Bristol students demanded that their university ‘offer higher ed
Shortchanged by the SLC
“Please Hold.” By now many Bristol students will be familiar with the Glaswegian accent apologising for the delay in student loan applications and prompting you to call again later, c
Caucasian Chalk Circle
Spotlight’s first production of the year is The Caucasian Chalk Circle, Brecht’s parable of the sacrifice of the young kitchen maid Grusha, who saves a baby abandoned by its aristocratic parents.
