Articles by Holly Thomas

Features Editor (2008/09)
Holly has written 25 articles for Nouse


Pumping Iron

With effortless charm and less than perfect English, Arnold Schwarzenegger explains how he undermines his opponents in the 1975 Mr Olympia contest: “Franco is pretty smart, but Franco’s a child. He comes to me for advices. So it’s not hard for me to give him the wrong advices”

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Recognising a superior service’s success

As a soon to be Humanities graduate (and an Arts person at heart), I can lay claim to only a rudimentary command of figures. Nevertheless as I stare at the Top 50 spreadsheet, detailing the scores of the worthy finalists, I cannot help but notice the rather staggering disparity between the top two

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Prince of Persia

If your taste in films tends towards the subtle, look away now

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One in ten people will self-harm at some stage in their lives. Why?

One in ten people will self-harm at some stage in their lives. Why? Holly Thomas and Sian Turner ask two girls who have

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The XY chromosome- the player

Thank fuck it’s freshers’. It was such a long dry summer, I’m parched for some female refreshment. Working in an office was hell on earth. Old, married women, all wearing trouser suits, like they’d completely given up on being female and resigned themselves to the harsh reality that it’s just better (and more appropriate, given [...]

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Fresher Initiations

After hearing rumours of brutal hazings in York and other universities…Holly Thomas finds the truth

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Campus Stereotypes

If you haven’t met them already, you soon will. Holly Thomas introduces the the clichés of university life.

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The XY chromosome: the editor

God this is going to be a FIT edition. You can just tell, there’s so much energy in this room (admittedly most of it’s coming from me, but no matter), that with some fucking dedication and teamwork we’re going to make some magic. It’s all about that whiteboard, page, tick, page, tick, and I get [...]

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The BNP

The BNP’s election to the European Parliament was met with nearly universal outrage. Holly Thomas talks to Labour MP Ann Cryer, BNP Candidate Ken Booth and a BNP member at the University of York to find out how it happened

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Modafinil: the new wonder drug?

A pill that makes you super-productive, and sleep completely redundant. Is there a catch? Holly Thomas and Tom Hobohm talk to students who’ve tried it

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“He was the soundtrack to my life”

Holly Thomas charts the worldwide reaction to Michael Jackson’s death

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The XY chromosome: a broken man

This isn’t real. You know that space in between sleeping and waking when you’re blank, blissfully unaware of the cruel farce your life has become? Well mine just came to a crashing end. It’s all flooding back to me, the fight, the sobbing, that moment when all that was dear to me dissolved in a [...]

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Behind the limelight

There’s another side to celebrity. Holly Thomas talks to the people behind the people

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The XY chromosome: the thespian

I simply cannot believe it. I would never have dreamed that such an injustice could have been inflicted with the careless ease Marion exhibited just now. Understudy. Upon my Oscar (2012, just wait), this is surely some nightmare. Treading these very boards I have portrayed with unparalleled flair characters from Winston Smith to Vladamir to [...]

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The XY chromosome: the foodie

Fuck. I’ll have another look, but I’m pretty sure someone’s chucked my Epoisse de Bourgoges. Just as it had reached perfect 40 day maturity – I bought it at 30, but I’ve been holding back so that it could achieve its full sticky orange potential. My burgundy is fucking wasted now as well, without its [...]

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