Archive for March, 2004
In the drama barn
Whe the drama barn went celebrity crazy, Gemma Ware had a look in
All but the kitchen sink!
Banging bin lids?, asked Sam Fugill when he caught up with the cast of ‘Stomp’
Inspired to Compose
Gemma Ware listens in at the premieres of campus compositions
Columbian blends
When Columbian musicians came to campus, Sam Fugill had grabbed his sombrero and ran out of the door to meet them quicker than you could say ‘Olé!’
Chavez remains defiant
Venezuela’s president has
survived another challenge to his rule explains Jo Tomkinson
For Haitians a familiar story as violence rules
Aristide’s departure is another sad episode in Haiti’s bloody history, argues Sam Southgate
Russia’s ‘vertical of power’
For Russians, Putin is the only option in the upcoming elections, argues Zak Azimov
Leading Serbia from the cells
Even in The Hague, Milosevic is a force to be reckoned with, explains Dan Phillips
A thorn in Blair’s side
Clare Short’s revelations have damaged Blair but are unsurprising, argues Jessica Levy
Entering the twenty-first century
The consensus on civil partnerships for same-sex couples is a big step forward, argues Alex Jones
Looking beyond the veil
With ideas of Muslim culture coming under attack from both liberal and right-wing commentators,
Jacob Mukherjee speaks to three Muslim women in York about what life is like in Britain today.
Sufjan Stevens, Seven Swans
Most people have developed the Pavlovian reaction of running away when they hear the words “Christian Rock”, lest they should be ensnared in a sticky net of soft stadium rock and band names like “pi-a-T”. Even as a Christian myself, I am near thrown into a crisis of faith that God could let something so [...]
The Shins, Chutes Too Narrow
In the US, The Shins’ debut album, Oh Inverted World, was greeted with a Strokesian level of hubbub, but over here it received the same amount of interest as a Bobbie Davro press conference. Although that album was a stunning indie museum piece, it was very much a record to keep within your skin rather [...]
Book Review: Midnight Cab
We meet Walker Devereux as he is on his way to Toronto to find his birth mother, or at least some information about her and why she left him at the side of a country road when he was three years old. He, and his new found love Krista, travel together trying to find and [...]
Book Review: gone Bamboo
The opening scene of 'Gone Bamboo' was intended by Anthony Bourdain to be witty and humorous however I'm afraid the amazing opening he was going for was no where near as funny as it could have been and neither, come to think of it, was the rest of this book. The cross-dressing gangster, as you [...]
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