Articles by Jim Bulley
News Editor (2008/09)
Jim has written 109 articles for Nouse
Putting York back on the map
By Jim Bulley — April 12, 2010
The University of York is famous for a number of reasons
Back by unpopular demand
By Jim Bulley — March 18, 2010
Yesterday afternoon I walked across the road from my house to Spar to buy some bread, cheese, a bottle of cranberry and raspberry flavoured Drench and a a Rocky bar, a walk only 10 meters long. As I went on my way I was stopped no less that 147 times by invasive well-wishers, all with [...]
Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall
By Jim Bulley — March 18, 2010
If World War II comedy performed by a jazz quartet is your sort of thing, you might be on to a winner with Spike Milligan’s Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall. If, as I expect is true of many of you, you have never considered the advantages of this style of theatre, you are certainly in for a pleasant surprise
York Come Dancing
By Jim Bulley — December 8, 2009
Peter warner-medley and his parter Abigail Wilson were announced the winning couple of York Come Dancing on Sunday
‘York Come Dancing’ – Live
By Jim Bulley, Chris Young, Charlotte Hogarth-Jones and Henry James Foy — December 6, 2009
Nouse and YSTV have joined forces once again to bring you coverage of ‘York Come Dancing’ – live
The build up – Week 6
By Jim Bulley and Chris Young — December 6, 2009
Throughout the week BtD will be bringing you video after video, courtesy of those nice people at YSTV, showing the last 4 weeks of rehearsals before this Sundays big event! http://ystv.york.ac.uk/watch/York-Come-Dancing/09-10/ var so = new SWFObject(‘http://www.nouse.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/nouse-ystv/mediaplayer.swf’,'ystvplayer’,’320′,’276′,’7′); so.addParam(‘allowfullscreen’,'true’); so.addVariable(‘backcolor’,’0xffffff’); so.addVariable(‘autostart’,'false’); so.addVariable(‘file’,'http://ystv.york.ac.uk/static/videos.php?file=1034′); so.addVariable(‘autoscroll’,'false’); so.addVariable(‘displayheight’,’288′); so.addVariable(‘width’,’352′); so.addVariable(‘height’,’302′); so.addVariable(‘type’,'video’); so.addVariable(‘logo’,'http://www.nouse.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/nouse-ystv/ystv_logo.png’) so.addVariable(‘plugins’, ‘googlytics-1′); so.addParam(‘width’,’352′); so.addParam(‘height’,’288′); so.write(‘mediaplayer-1034′); jQuery(‘#mediaplayer-1034-notice’).html(‘ Produced by [...]
The build up – Week 5
By Jim Bulley and Chris Young — December 6, 2009
Throughout the week BtD will be bringing you video after video, courtesy of those nice people at YSTV, showing the last 4 weeks of rehearsals before this Sundays big event! http://ystv.york.ac.uk/watch/York-Come-Dancing/09-10/ var so = new SWFObject(‘http://www.nouse.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/nouse-ystv/mediaplayer.swf’,'ystvplayer’,’320′,’276′,’7′); so.addParam(‘allowfullscreen’,'true’); so.addVariable(‘backcolor’,’0xffffff’); so.addVariable(‘autostart’,'false’); so.addVariable(‘file’,'http://ystv.york.ac.uk/static/videos.php?file=1033′); so.addVariable(‘autoscroll’,'false’); so.addVariable(‘displayheight’,’288′); so.addVariable(‘width’,’352′); so.addVariable(‘height’,’302′); so.addVariable(‘type’,'video’); so.addVariable(‘logo’,'http://www.nouse.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/nouse-ystv/ystv_logo.png’) so.addVariable(‘plugins’, ‘googlytics-1′); so.addParam(‘width’,’352′); so.addParam(‘height’,’288′); so.write(‘mediaplayer-1033′); jQuery(‘#mediaplayer-1033-notice’).html(‘ Produced by [...]
The build up – Week 4
By Jim Bulley and Chris Young — December 4, 2009
Throughout the week BtD will be bringing you video after video, courtesy of those nice people at YSTV, showing the last 4 weeks of rehearsals before this Sundays big event! http://ystv.york.ac.uk/watch/York-Come-Dancing/09-10/ var so = new SWFObject(‘http://www.nouse.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/nouse-ystv/mediaplayer.swf’,'ystvplayer’,’320′,’276′,’7′); so.addParam(‘allowfullscreen’,'true’); so.addVariable(‘backcolor’,’0xffffff’); so.addVariable(‘autostart’,'false’); so.addVariable(‘file’,'http://ystv.york.ac.uk/static/videos.php?file=1032′); so.addVariable(‘autoscroll’,'false’); so.addVariable(‘displayheight’,’288′); so.addVariable(‘width’,’352′); so.addVariable(‘height’,’302′); so.addVariable(‘type’,'video’); so.addVariable(‘logo’,'http://www.nouse.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/nouse-ystv/ystv_logo.png’) so.addVariable(‘plugins’, ‘googlytics-1′); so.addParam(‘width’,’352′); so.addParam(‘height’,’288′); so.write(‘mediaplayer-1032′); jQuery(‘#mediaplayer-1032-notice’).html(‘ Produced by [...]
The build up – Week 3
By Jim Bulley and Chris Young — December 1, 2009
Throughout the week BtD will be bringing you video after video, courtesy of those nice people at YSTV, showing the last 4 weeks of rehearsals before this Sundays big event! http://ystv.york.ac.uk/watch/York-Come-Dancing/09-10/ var so = new SWFObject(‘http://www.nouse.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/nouse-ystv/mediaplayer.swf’,'ystvplayer’,’320′,’276′,’7′); so.addParam(‘allowfullscreen’,'true’); so.addVariable(‘backcolor’,’0xffffff’); so.addVariable(‘autostart’,'false’); so.addVariable(‘file’,'http://ystv.york.ac.uk/static/videos.php?file=1031′); so.addVariable(‘autoscroll’,'false’); so.addVariable(‘displayheight’,’288′); so.addVariable(‘width’,’352′); so.addVariable(‘height’,’302′); so.addVariable(‘type’,'video’); so.addVariable(‘logo’,'http://www.nouse.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/nouse-ystv/ystv_logo.png’) so.addVariable(‘plugins’, ‘googlytics-1′); so.addParam(‘width’,’352′); so.addParam(‘height’,’288′); so.write(‘mediaplayer-1031′); jQuery(‘#mediaplayer-1031-notice’).html(‘ Produced by [...]
‘York Come Dancing’ contestants name Gruff Jones “favourite to win”
By Jim Bulley — November 30, 2009
Competition for ‘York Come Dancing’ seems to be heating up following a brief press conference at last night’s rehearsals
Messrs Bulley & Young get a little teary as YCD draws near
By Jim Bulley and Chris Young — November 30, 2009
Over the last few months Christopher Young and I (Mr Bulley) have fallen in love. There. It’s out there. We’re proud to admit it. Not with each other mind. Oh no (although that’s surely not far off). Mr Young and I have fallen in love with Dance. The Dance. Who knows what our lives were [...]
Rose, Jones & Stones – Messrs Bulley & Young get their groove on for York Come Dancing
By Jim Bulley and Chris Young — November 25, 2009
Today’s little blogging adventure took a considerable amount of time to produce. 7 hours to be precise. At 16:00 we first met in the Courtyard to get writing. At 16:05 Mr Young realised that he had forgotten his notes. 2 hours and 2 pints of relentless (apparently they’re only allowed to serve you 2 a [...]
Trips, falls, but not a single brawl – Steve Miller’s about!
By Jim Bulley and Chris Young — November 15, 2009
Having made the decision to give the Miley Cyrus a miss this week, Mr Young and myself found it increasingly difficult to “bring the funny”. Maybe Miley brings out that side of us. So here is what we offer you dear reader. A funtastic look into the progress of three of York’s top celebrities; YUSU [...]
Lifts and llevadas; another week of York Come Dancing: Messrs Bulley & Young are on the scene
By Jim Bulley and Chris Young — November 12, 2009
“NO, NO, NO” Nouse aficionado and BtD’s newest twinkle-toes Chris Young whines as I callously delete the introduction he spent the last twenty minutes writing. I then, in a form of torture probably unused since Guantanamo was closed, subject him to an eclectic collection of tracks from Miley Cyrus’ latest album, ‘the time of our [...]
Celebrity lecturer cancels after University antagonism
By Jim Bulley — November 10, 2009
Dr Ben Goldacre, author of Bad Science, has cancelled a lecture following the University’s insistence that he fill in an expenses form.


