Apologies for the lack of a Muse Podcast for this edition; we’ve been experiencing technical difficulties, but will be bringing you full News and Muse Podcasts as soon as things are back up and running!

It’s been over 30 years since Tony Wheeler, founder of the Lonely Planet enterprise, set off on his first trail-blazing trip.Venetia Rainey meets the man who has inspired generations of travellers to take up their backpacks and venture into the world of the unknown.

For students with mobility issues, accessibility is central to their university experience, as Toby Green discovers

For the generation of women reared on Carrie Bradshaw’s writings, the concept of female empowerment now stretches from the boardroom into the bedroom. Sara Sayeed talks to three women who have chosen to pursue careers in alternative sex industries: those of lingerie, therapy and the aptly named ‘cliterature’

Members of Britain’s Iraqi community have seen their homeland destroyed by a dictator and now must watch it being torn apart by war. Raf Sanchez meets the people struggling to come to terms with the fate of the country to which they still long to return.

Sam Noble strips down to his Speedos and joins York’s nudist cyclists in a protest against oil dependency. Would you dare to bare for the city’s naughtiest bike ride?
I am an idiot, I thought, as I waited in a queue of men and women of all shapes, sizes, and colours. All of a similar […]

This year’s Woodstock is set to be the biggest yet. Jo Shelley previews one music festival you won’t need your wellies for
Music, free love, mud: three terms that defined Woodstock’s celebrated namesake but seem, at first, to make for rather unfortunate comparisons for the York version. Mud? It’s difficult to dirty the concrete that paves […]

Success at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival is often more about shameless gimmicks than flawless performances. Amy Scott talks tactics with York DramaSoc’s hopefuls.
Sitting at home one night after a musical marathon with Evita as the highlight, student director and playwright Chris Bush started thinking. Thinking about musicals; thinking about iconic people; and thinking about […]

The Vice-Chancellor was last week accused of ‘blackmail’ following a row between the University and YUSU over student representation.

Trevor Sheldon, has admitted that the York Management School is in need of “radical improvement” after facing a backlash from students.

Goodricke College will be moved to the Heslington East campus as part of the first development phase.

The Archbishop of York has spoken of his concern that the University’s investment in BAE Systems and Petrochina could prevent academic research “from being open to the truth”.

It is, I hope, safe to assume that, if you are reading this column, you will by now have noticed that all is not as it once was in the world of Nouse. That is to say, where once we were tabloid-sized, we have, for our last edition of the year, become broadsheet, and with the change in format we’re bringing you almost double the amount of content.

The University of York Christian Union (CU) have been forced to apologise for holding a talk entitled “From Darkness to Light: My Conversion from Islam to Christianity” after complaints from the Islamic Society.

A BREAK-IN at Heslington Hall has revealed weaknesses in the University’s security arrangements. A man, thought to be a student, was able to climb through a window into one of the building’s basement offices without detection.