Archives for Kirran Shah
Exhibition: Spring Show
venue: king’s manor
date: 10/03/07-17/05/07
If you missed Heather Niven and Rosalind Walker in Langwith College’s Norman Rea Gallery earlier this year, you may well be pleased to know that the pair will continue to exhibit in York.
Exhibition: Henri Fantin-Latour
venue: York art gallery
date: 26/04/07-23/09/07
This summer, York Art Gallery has obtained loans from the National Gallery, the Tate and the Victoria and Albert Museum for its new exhibition, ‘Painting the Summer: Henri Fantin-Latour’.
Pocket Mom, Dina Fayer
If you’re looking for an extremely light read to take the edge off homesickness and the realisation you now have to do your own washing, Pocket Mom is a modestly amusing book to dip into throughout the day. ‘Everyday wisdom, practical tips and down-home advice,’ reads the cover.
The Cheeky Guide to Student Life
The first thing that struck me about this book was ‘how to ditch your childhood sweetheart’: a piece of advice which just about sums up the whole book. Not necessarily realistic advice, but certainly humorous. I would endeavour to find out whether the information is actually valuable to anyone.
The Classic 1000 Cocktails, Robert Cross
If by some strange inclination you fancy experimenting with alcohol this year (what an absurd notion!), this is the book for you.
Yes, this is your chance to be creative. An ideal way to bond with fellow housemates while blending to your heart’s content. There is a huge range of cocktails to choose from, and there are non-alcoholic options too. You may even find you quite like using your kitchen.
The Campus Soapbox
Kirran Shah, York Young Greens
As exciting events unfold around us, such as the scrapping of the Barbican pool, the new pedestrian crossing point on Fishergate and the Old York Garden Club giving a little back this year by decorating miniature Christmas trees, I feel it my duty to inform you there are even more exhilarating things York students can do to make a difference in the local area.
York’s thriving local arts scene
Hidden amongst the the tacky tourist shops, York harbours a number of more original artistic activities. Kirran Shah and Amy Blackmore explore the options
York City is packed with endless sights and attractions; it is possible to spend a week, never mind a day, browsing the galleries and not to see everything. In a search to [...]
The God Of Small Things, Arundhati Roy
Published in 1996, The God of Small Things, Arundhati Roy’s first novel, became a bestseller and later won the Booker prize. It is the story of Estha and Rahel, ‘two egg’ boy and girl twins who recount the story of their childhood in India. After a separation of 23 years, the twins are finally reunited through a story of recollection and traumatic events. Governed by traditional customs, they face a society underpinned by a culture of discrimination as they try to rebuild their lives.
Literary endeavours
Heloise Wood and Kirran Shah take a look at York’s aspiring student publications
Student life is synonymous, some say, with opinionated rambling. You should be studying for your degree, but exercising your hidden creativity and proving your intellectual prowess in print seems so much more attractive. At university you suddenly feel passionate about things that meant nothing to you before, you are questioning material instead of repetitive rote learning.
The Campus Soap Box
This edition, the Young Greens argue against a new generation of nuclear power stations.
Nuclear power is being repackaged and wheeled out as a solution to our climate woes. Those in favour of a new generation of nuclear power plants claim that it can deliver reliable, safe and clean energy – this is not the case. There is a general consensus that global air pollution is seriously impacting our changing climate on a colossal scale.
A Man Without a Country, Kurt Vonnegut
Vonnegut’s surprise memoir – he claimed to have retired – is subheaded A Memoir of Life in George W Bush’s America. In it, he draws parallels between the way the world now views America and the way the world viewed Germany during the Nazis’ rise to power.
The Shadow of the Wind, Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Set in 1940s war-scarred Barcelona, Zafon’s novel is based around a young man, Daniel, and his interest in a mysterious novel, also titled The Shadow of the Wind. Daniel finds the book in ‘the Cemetary of Forgotton Books’, a bizarre library which houses neglected novels.
The ArtSpace
Kirran Shah & Amy Blackmore went to see York’s new gallery, The ArtSpace.
The ArtSpace opened three weeks ago, opposite Clifford’s Tower. Owners Greg McGee and Ails Denholm wished to create a space dedicated to Yorkshire art in all its forms. A small independent gallery, they hope it will help people reconsider the stereotype of art as an elitist activity.
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