Archive for January, 2011

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Image: Peter IvesonYork St. John Sabbatical Officer voices disappointment over Varsity shake-up

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

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Nissan LeafThe hyperbole of the electric car

Contrary to popular belief, 2011 will not be the breakthrough year for green transport in the form of the electric car

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Line

“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

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Blue Valentine

As with other bygone romantic dramas, Blue Valentine is set in two different time frames

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The Green Hornet

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

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"Karma is a b****" - wise words from LeBron James, a well renowned philosopher. Image: Keith Allison via Flickr Creative CommonsMonday Night Lights: Ambrozejczyk on American Sport

Everybody’s favourite York-based journalist who focuses on American Sport is back, as David Ambrozejczyk delivers another Monday Night Lights

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Image: Justyn HardcastleNetball seconds lose out in Carnegie clash

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.

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Image: Justyn HardcastleMen’s badminton hammer bottom side Leeds

The men’s badminton firsts kicked off the new term successfully as they dispatched the University of Leeds 6-2 to allay relegation fears

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Photo credit: Peter IvesonTales of the taxi home

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

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Photo credit: Elizabeth KahaneSitting at Italy’s dinner table

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

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Russia’s lasting taboo

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

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Photo credit: Lucy DixonEnd of the Rainbow

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

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Champagne Charlie: For the Love of Cod

It is a truth universally acknowledged that it is difficult to love a fish

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Monopoly by numbers

Monopoly by numbers

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Camilla Jenkins Investigates: TV medical dramas

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

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