If you aren’t local, the idea of visiting London can be daunting; there’s so much to see and do, it is difficult to know where to start. Obviously, people with different interests will want to explore different things, but there are a few sights, activities, and places that I would recommend to anyone planning a…
Arts
Review: Caroline’s Kitchen at the Norwich Theatre Royal
The Original Theatre Company’s latest touring production, Caroline’s Kitchen (previously Monogamy) is the bitingly funny and uncomfortably relatable comment on modern family life that we have come to see so often. It shows us what appears to be a normal afternoon in the Mortimer family Kitchen, known across the country as the set for Caroline’s…
Film
Nymphomaniac
For those of you who haven’t watched it (oh, how I envy you) Nymphomaniac is a two-part film in which a girl tells a celibate man about her self-diagnosed nymphomania and the problems it has caused her since childhood. The film itself is really quite beautiful, even in its brutality. In the most violent, heart-wrenching…
News
UEA graduate on the run arrested in London
UEA History graduate Angela Davey, 38, was arrested by police officers in London, having been on the run for several months after being caught in an underground drugs operation. She had since been on Norwich’s Most Wanted list. She appeared at Norwich Crown Court last Friday for a short hearing in custody but failed to…
Features
Galentine’s Day
Created in the most consumerist fashion, the celebration of female friendships that is Galentine’s Day comes from the second season of Parks and Recreation in which Leslie Knope (Amy Poehler) explains it as ‘the best day of the year. Every February 13th, my lady friends and I leave our husbands and our boyfriends at home,…
Arts
Upcoming: Tessa Hadley at the Spring Literary Festival
Wednesday 20th February will see The Literary Festival entertaining Tessa Hadley, whose latest novel, Late in the Day, which tells the story of four friends in their fifties, and the turn their lives take after one of them dies after a sudden heart attack. It invokes a discussion of ageing, love, and a longing for…
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Review: Calendar Girls at the Norwich Theatre Royal
It’s been a few years since I’ve seen the film Calander Girls, and I was really excited to see the musical when it came to Norwich this week. I was not disappointed. It’s got a bit less of the Hollywood glamour than the film, but the message comes across all the more because of that….
News
Fears of further UCU strikes
Approximately 700,000 University and College Union members from 143 universities are being balloted over the next month for strike action concerning disputes over pay and work conditions. UCU members will be looking for guarantees that universities will tackle the gender pay gap, insecure contracts and excessive workloads. Concerns also lie within the education sector’s stagnating…
News
Attempted Robbery on Larkman Lane
At approximately 9.15pm on Wednesday 9th January an unidentified man wearing a skeleton mask and gloves entered the Kwiksave store on Larkman Lane, a popular area for student housing. The man threatened the manager Arulampalam Rajiharan (known as Raj) with what appeared to be a gun and a hammer. Raj used a broom handle to…
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