Archive for January, 2011
articles
York St. John Sabbatical Officer voices disappointment over Varsity shake-up
By Jake Farrell — January 21, 2011
York St. John’s Vice-President for Student Activities, Jason Chappelow, has voiced his disappointment that Varsity will now be contested between Hull and York and will no longer be between York’s intra-city rivals
The hyperbole of the electric car
By Jonathan Frost — January 21, 2011
Contrary to popular belief, 2011 will not be the breakthrough year for green transport in the form of the electric car
Line
By Edward Grande — January 21, 2011
“Line” is provocative and entertaining. These terms have become clichéd and all too frequently used in any theatre reviewing, and by bounding them around they lose all meaning and worth, but they are the essence of this hugely successful production
Blue Valentine
By Lev Harris — January 21, 2011
As with other bygone romantic dramas, Blue Valentine is set in two different time frames
The Green Hornet
By Christopher Fraser — January 21, 2011
It could have been fantastic. Based on the radio series of the same name – a smooth if madcap extended serial that bears little resemblance to its visual counterpart – The Green Hornet had all the ingredients to reinvent the superhero genre
Monday Night Lights: Ambrozejczyk on American Sport
By David Ambrozejczyk — January 20, 2011
Everybody’s favourite York-based journalist who focuses on American Sport is back, as David Ambrozejczyk delivers another Monday Night Lights
Netball seconds lose out in Carnegie clash
By Will Light — January 20, 2011
The netball seconds faced Leeds Metropolitan Carnegie in a top-of-the-table clash yesterday, unfortunately it was the away side who claimed the points winning 37-29 on the day.
Men’s badminton hammer bottom side Leeds
By Jake Farrell — January 20, 2011
The men’s badminton firsts kicked off the new term successfully as they dispatched the University of Leeds 6-2 to allay relegation fears
Tales of the taxi home
By Richard Lemmer — January 18, 2011
Taxi drivers across York spend night after night ferrying students, drunken, merry or otherwise, safely home. But what do these intrepid nightriders have to say about their experiences? Richard Lemmer investigates
Sitting at Italy’s dinner table
By Sam Lawson — January 18, 2011
Pizza and pasta seem to adorn the menus of restaurant chains everywhere. Sam Lawson speaks to acclaimed chef Paul Bartolotta about how Italian food should really be cooked, and how he came to cook it
Russia’s lasting taboo
By Olivia Hutchinson — January 18, 2011
A new age of tolerance is exposing AIDS as the beast Russia and the World has been hiding from. Olivia Hutchinson looks at the secret epidemic and the truth behind it
End of the Rainbow
By Nouse — January 18, 2011
Don’t limit yourself with the January blues. We play with pick and mix shapes, frosted glamour, iced with a bricolage of this seasons looks
Champagne Charlie: For the Love of Cod
By Charlotte Hogarth-Jones — January 18, 2011
It is a truth universally acknowledged that it is difficult to love a fish
Camilla Jenkins Investigates: TV medical dramas
By Camilla Jenkins — January 18, 2011
Picture this: a 747 Boeing 35,000 feet up. An announcement comes over the loudspeaker: “if anyone is a doctor or has medical training, please make yourself known to the cabin crew”. I stride confidently into the galley where a man is collapsed on the floor


