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next five , w h i c h w o u l d c o v e r t h e
the residents o f s Hall m a finall c o s t o f t h e hall. This p r o p o s a l h a s h a d a
get a Village Hall. Currentl t h e hall has n o
m i x e d r e c e p t i o n . A c c o r d i n g to M s Christer
c o m m o n social area, a n d t h e c o n s t r u c t i o n
D a n n Segal ( w h o w a s unavailable at t h e
"there s e e m s to b e a g e n e r a l f e e l i n g that
t h e s t u d e n t s " a r c perfectl w i l l i n g to d o it,
of a separate b u i l d i n g to h o u s e a c o m m o n
t i m e o f writing), started a project to get a
t h e Estates p e o p l e are prett a p a t h e t i c
as l o n g as it has w h a t the w a n t in it." M a n r o o m has b e e n rejected b c o l l e g e in pre-
'village hall' built for . A c c o r d i n g
t o w a r d s us, v i e w i n g us as out o f sight, out
object to t h e m o v e o n principle, w i t h o n e
vious . H o w e v e r , t s e e m s that t h e hall
to J a s o n Bain, w h o has lived at s
of mind."
w a r d e n d e s c r i b i n g a s a "rather u g l p r e c e -
will b e built o n l if residents a g r e e to a sur-
for over five , "there ar c m a n p e o p l e
A c c r o d i n g t o n Caldwell, the Director
d e n t " . M r Bain d e s c r i b e d t h e p r o p o s a l as
c h a r g e b e i n g a d d e d to their rent to c o v e r
in c o l l e g e , for w h a t e v e r r e a s o n , don't w a n t
o f Estates, the p r o p o s e d b u i l d i n g w o u l d
" r i d i c u l o u s " , stating " t h e residents at -
t h e cost.
t h e c o m m o n r o o m built." Certainl little
cost n o m o r e t h a n
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three h u n d r e d students, both undergrad-
project has b e e n dis cu s s ed in c o l l e g e c o m -
projects. A s t h e b u i l d i n g is part o f a resi-
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flats w i t h i n several h o u s e s . T h e entire site
m i t t e e a n d the Rector's C o m m i t t e e o n
f r o m t h e p o s i t i o n o f Assistant W a r d e n . "
w a s a residential d e v e l o p m e n t that w a s
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Apparentl s o m e m e m b e r s of college have
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find s o m e f u n d i n g f r o m s o m e w h e r e else
r o o m ; J o a n n e Christer, a s u b w a r d e n at
s u g g e s t e d that not all t h e s t u d e n t s at , d e s c r i b e d t h e TV r o o m a s " a p o n d s w a n t t h e hall to b e built, a n a c c u -
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g a r a g e w i t h a f e w seats in it".
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sation that s t u d e n t representatives .
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n i n g t h e prestigiou s U H C u p for a s e c o n d
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r e d u c e t h e losses, t h e price rises w e r e t h e
f r o m t h e C o l l e g e outlets t h e n t h e p r o b l e m s
& Jason Ramanathan
"last resort" a c c o r d i n g to a m e m b e r o f t h e
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t o b e vigilant, a n d o u t l i n e d s o m e š › œ s i n
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f r o m satirical s w i p e s at s e n i o r staff t o
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themselves up.
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tance. While waiting for t h e police, a
fourth m a n a p p e a r e d f r o m t h e c a m p u s
with a m o u n t a i n bike. O n e o f the original
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Date: Wednesday
March
Time: 5pm
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d r u g s a l c o h o l a n d t o b a c c o , a n d that's in
that h a r d ) o r w o u l d just like t o h e l p o u t
t e r m s o f its a d d i c t i v e p r o p e r t i e s , a d v e r s e
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FGBC> d C a m - a n d a l s o g e n e r a l s o c i a l p r o b l e m s ( e . g .
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the
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violence).
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expect this event t o b e w e l l c o v e r e d ,
s i n c e it is a m a j o r s p o r t i n g e v e n t . In fact,
b e c o m e i n creas i n g l C difficult as t h e e x a m
c a n n a b i s is a l s o relativel C h a r m l e s s c o m -
~ N CE N e w h o thinks
c o m p o s e a  €  ‚ e (it's n o t
p l e a s e w a l k i n t o t h e Felix o f f i c e a n
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time
or e-mail.
H G W e l l s f o u n d e d P h o e n i x as t h e
'normal schools journal', a n d published
in it t h e first draft o f h i s n o v e l 'The T i m e
M a c h i n e ' . E H H u g h e s f o u n d e d Felix a n d
it is h i s n a m e that is r e m e m b e r e d in t h e
title o f t h e n e w s p a p e r .
I m a k e n o a p o l o g C for
However,
Salutations to
m a k i n g clues ridiculouslC o b s c u r e f r o m
time to time.
Yours
c a n n a b i s a r e listed as t h o u g h theC are
CEA,
PWNT>@>GC ,
facts, a l t h o u g h t h e o n l C reliable e v i d e n c e
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Roberts c o v e r i n g t h e m a t c h e s for us.
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Nice thin a n d a m u s i n g
Cop
I m a g i n e t h e s u r p r i s e in t h e R S M t h e n ,
f u n c t i o n s after l o n g t e r m u s e , a n d m a
(aka G n a t C h u m )
w h e n expecting a decent spread, there
also slightlC i n c r e a s e t h e i n c i d e n c e o f
I w a s u n d e r t h e i l l u s i o n that t h i s w a s t h e
c a s e , w i t h t h e n e w Felix E d i t o r ,
Dave
currentl C a v a i l a b l e s u g g e s t s that c a n n a b i s
was a brief report o n t h e front p a g e . O n
m o u t h cancer. These adverse
t u r n i n g t o t h e s p o r t s p a g e s at t h e b a c k ,
seem
expecting
caused b
further
coverage
I
was
s h o c k e d t o s e e that F e l l w a l k l n g h a d a
w h o l e half p a g e . I w o u l d h a v e t h o u g h t
that t h e r e m a r k a b l e a c h i e v e m e n t o f c o m p l e t i n g a w h i t e w a s h f o r t h e first t i m e
ever over C S M w o u l d merit a p r o p e r
report, n o t a p a r a g r a p h f o r e a c h o f t h e
sports. I d i d n o t b o t h e r w r i t i n g a r u g b C
report, w e w o n f o r t h e t h i r d c o n s e c u t i v e
HIJ r bK t h e LBC ,
s i n c e o n e p r e s u m e s that
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effects
small to those accepte d to be
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O n e t i m e Editor o f P h o e n i x
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d people w h o
HIJ r w i l l
h a v e u s e d c a n n a b i s in t h e last
h a v e a l s o t r i e d a n o t h e r rs te o f illegal
d r u g ? This is h a r d l C s u r p r i s i n g c o n s i d e r i n g that B N C ? E ] C w h o w i s h e s to u s e
A n d s o w h a t if 2 o u t o f
r
The Origins of Felix
Deadline for letters is
D e a r Ed S e x t o n
12noon
c a n n a b i s is f o r c e d t o c o m e i n t o c o n t a c t
w i t h harder s u b s t a n c e s v i a their dealers.
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u
M aC I reminisce?
effect
The familiar n a m e u s e d b
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t h e p r e s e n c e o f a Felix r e p o r t e r o n t h e
o f soft d r u g s l e a d i n g t o harde r d r u g s , a n d
m a t e s in t h e Links C l u b o f t h e F o u n d i n g
t o u c h l i n e n e g a t e s s u c h t h i n g s . It w a s
this
great t o h a v e s o m a n C s u p p o r t e r s p r e -
Father o f Felix, that is to s a
c a n n a b i s w a s d e c r i m i n a l i s e d . T h e respect
H u g h e s , w a s "Felix" - w h e r e that c a m e
sent (perhaps t h e DP(C&S) m i s s e d t h e
for t h e illegal status o f harder
f r o m n o o n e k n e w , f r o m his
bus) a n d
w o u l d a l s o b e r e s t o r e d if d e c r i m i n a l i s a -
p e r h a p s . Felix H u g h e s , d e b o n a i r , w i t h a
tion o f cannabis occurred.
dr C w i t a n d a satirical cast o f m i n d , w a s
K M u >NO EC> d CEA@P>GQ>P .
I hope
Yours
R@AGC ,
and
Matthew
S ET UBCN e
effect
would
eliminated
if
drugs
s h o u l d s m o k e it, its n o t a
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vwv xyz {e a n d
name
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like all recre-
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@>BGWPRWTBGGC , a n d d r u g
Œ
Letters ma be edited
for length, but will not
Œ
be altered in an other
 Ž
be signed, but a swipe
card must be shown
w h e n submitting
m e m o r i a l t o its f o u n d e r a n d as a n a s s o -
users g i v e n
n a n t g e n u f l e x i o n t o its a n c i e n t c o u s i n
Phoenix.
a little m o r e r e s p e c t a n d T@>]W?WGWRC . A f t e r
. Letters n e e d not
he
f o u n d e d in 1949 , b u t F C E w e l s ( w h o m I
treated
s
to the College Newspaper
b l i n g ) its u s e r e q u i r e s a c e r t a i n a m o u n t
It's a b o u t t i m e d r u g i s s u e s w e r e
e
P TqEEG]BC s
a t i o n a l ac t i v i t i e s ( e . g . d r i n k i n g o r g a m -
d
I
T e d (EH)
a Guildsman a n d a M e c h a n i c a l Engineer.
o f s e l f - d i s c i p l i n e a n d P>NPW?WGWRC .
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I'm n o t PBCWN g c a n n a b i s is w o n d e r f u l
d r u g that suits
RSMRFC Captain
be
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Felix a n d P h o e n i x w e r e rivals o n l C for
all t h e r e is a d i f f e r e n c e b e t w e e n r e s p o n -
the
e
sible d r u g use, a n d d r u g a b u s e - believe
P h o e n i x a p p e a r e d o n c e a t e r m ; it w a s
t
it o r n o t .
a n d still is t h e IC literar C
services
outlet for
of the college
>PPBCWPRP ,
.
s letters.
literati.
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an
p o e t s , critics a n d
artists. Felix w a s a n d still is a w e e k l C
Undergraduate Chemist
newspaper of record with topical news
Welfare O u t o f Touch
I
D e a r Felix Editor,
a n d views about events, societies a n d
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g
I w o u l d like t o c o m p l a i n a b o u t t h e I C U
T h o s e w h o f a n c i e d w r i t i n g in t h o s e
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,
t
Felix w h i c h f o c u s e s o n t h e u s e o f e c s t a s C
impartiall
V
p r o v i d i n g t h e facts
needed
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people
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awa
Z
ANN>T>PPB@C .
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d e d i c a t e d to satirising crimes a n d follies
Gnat C h u m C o m e s Out
Dear crossword doers
2 h a v i n g t r i e d e c s t a s C in t h e U K , is t h i s
c i n e a n d R>Tq NEG EaC ; its tie b o r e a silver
mine).
s
K
hand and
W e all c o l l a b o r a t e d w i t h T e d H u g h e s
a d m i t that I h a v e n o t b e e n
thorough
to k e e p Felix s u p p l i e d w i t h c o p C a n d
crosswords
c a m e t o w i e l d c o n s i d e r a b l e political influ-
enough w h e n checking m
K
e n c e in t h e C o l l e g e - over
ing,
m e w h e n I s a that t h e r e is n o o n e m o r e
prices, for e x a m p l e , or t h e e l e c t i o n o f
d i s s a p p o i n t e d that I w h e n a m i s t a k e is
s o c i e t C o f f i c e r s . W e all m u c k e d in a n d
K
p r i n t e d o n a M o n d a C m o r n i n g . At t h e
f o u n d t h e pace ver
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e
refectorC
for s p e l l i n g a n d c o n t e n t . Please believe
moment
s
in t h e u s e a n d a b u s e o f s c i e n c e , m e d i -
based o n t h e entire population (includ-
[\K , t h e >G]>@GC^ , o r p e r h a p s m o r e
_
realisticall o n a `CEANa ' a g e r a n g e o f
b BC? e cdef d HIJ r o l d s ?
K is c a n n a b i s
A n d P >T E N ] G C , w h
d e s c r i b e d a s b e i n g relativelC h a r m l e s s
c o m p a r e d o n l C t o h e r o i n ? T h e r e is a lot
s
m
quill o n a b l u e b a c k g r o u n d (I still h a v e
I feel obliged to hold up m
in
o f IC
named
et C o f P o p e , Swift a n d A d d i s o n . It w a s
f r o m drugs. I c o n s i d e r this
irresponsible a n d
Firstl
scate
lo be members
after t h e e i g h t e e n t h c e n t u r C literar C s o c i -
c h o i c e s , t h i s article h a s u s e d t h e u s u a l
scaremongering techniques to
tended
Scriblerus Club ( n o w defunct)
a n d c a n n a b i s . It s e e m s that i n s t e a d o f
for p e o p l e t o m a k e i n f o r m e d
e
n o d o u b t still is.
,
W e l f a r e N e w s l e t t e r in last w e e k ' s Issue o f
KEEP THE C A T FREE
clubs. It w a s a l s o d a m m e d h a r d w o r k a n d
x

Frida
d i f f e r e n t in Felix
I a m the sole contributor of
f r o m Phoenix,- t h e e x p e r i e n c e o f b o t h
c r o s s w o r d s t o Felix. I tr t o g e t a c r o s s -
s t o o d m e in g o o d s t e a d w h e n I later
s
word
w e n t to edit Nature.
c
out ever
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week
but this
will
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l
8
'
•–— ”˜™š› s w o u l d
of
like t o k n o w .
̔™še
describes himself as é
”™¤šg
at heart",
r e f l e c t i n g t h e c h a n g e in a t t i t u d e that
” results f r o m d r u g u s e .
š
”ò
Ä
—” , there's a pro-legalisation
m a r c h in L o n d o n o n M a œ 1 ( a s s u m i n g t h e
w h o w a n t s t o tell m e w h o t h e culprits a r e
a n d states that h e " s u p p o r t s s t u d e n t s
inevitabl
Sherfield - t a k e S i m o n Baker's a d v i c e , a n d
Íšê ™” ³ š g t h e m s e l v e s " , but a l s o b e l i e v e s
¤” šÅ .
o v e r a q u i e t pint, I'm ² ³
˜
”
š
A s for t h e s u g g e s t i o n o f — ³ g f o r it several h u n d r e d t h o u s a n d p o u n d s o f plan-
stop r e j e c t i n g s m a l l a n d u n f a s h i o n a b l e
w i t h i n c r e a s e d rent... I'm n o t s u r e . 9 0 p a
n i n g f e e s h a v e b e e n lost d u e to antisocial
o r g a n i s e r s a r e n ' t t o o s t o n e d t o h o l d it),
projects o n t h e g r o u n d s o f s a v i n g f u n d s .
w e e k is, w h a t , a b o u t
b e h a v i o u r f r o m IC (or other) s t u d e n t s . I
and I daresa
w o u l d like to a d d that Ian C a l d w e l l w a s
there.
”
onl o n e
This w e e k , I h a v e
”
t h i n g to sa to
”˜™š› s V i l l a g e H a l l this s u m Build t h e •–—
mer.
œ u s m u g College
žŸœ , "It d o e s n ' t w o r k
"Ah-ha!" I hear
Committee goers
¡¢£ r w e s p e n d all t h e res”
m o n e o n m or e important pro-
ÆÇ0 a ÈÉÊ Ë?
It isn't a
™ š ͔ , a n d if t h e s t u d e n t s a r e
lot o f Ì
”
h a p p to p aœ it, t h e n I saœ g o a h e a d a n d
let's g e t t h e d a m n t h i n g built. W e c a n
a r g u e a b o u t t h e ethics afterwards. A n d
like that! Ever
a r g u m e n t t h e r e s h o u l d b e ; c h a r g i n g res-
idences'
i d e n t s for n e w hall facilities sets a d a n -
jects, s u c h as m a k i n g sure current halls are
gerous precedent. H o w long before such
safe, pleasant, a n d not a b o u t t o fall d o w n .
a m o v e leads to students b e i n g charged
Y o u w o u l d n ' t w a n t us t o n e g l e c t s t u d e n t
for e s s e n t i a ! b u t u n e x p e c t e d w o r k , rather
safet
t h a n 'non-vital' projects s u c h a s that at
”
for t h e sake o f a c o m m o n r o o m ,
would
”™¤¥ "
O f c o u r s e not. T h e a n s w e r is
” helpful w h e n questioned about the
•–— ”˜™š› s Village t lall. T h e r e ”™ u g o , Ian
”
- w h a t o t h e r editor, apart f r o m Ì — ² e
”
J o a n n a 볖–´ , w o u l d d e v o t e s o m u c h
”
s p a c e in a n editorial to ìíî ? ï — ² e I a m
”š Î
l o s i n g m œ ´ ³´³ Ì ÜÜ .
m o r e cash. W e are talking 3 % o f the boat
”Í — § .
granite f r o m t h e f l o w e r b e d s , r e d u c e s o m e
ticularl
o f t h e six f i g u r e salaries in S h e r f i e l d bœ a
f e w percent,
”™¤¦§ e
and
half w a œ t h e r e .
D o n ' t like that idea? O h , I a m s u r p r i s e d . . .
At t h e e n d o f t h e d aœ t h e p r o b l e m is
¨©ª«¬­®¯° '
l o c a t i o n . It isn't a f a s h i o n a b l e
”
”
”š ³´³ Î Ì , I hear
”
it i n c r e a s e s w i t h ever
H a v e I lost m j o u r n a l i s t i c ´
”™ u Ï ÐÑ ? N o ,
in fact
Ò Í›šÍΛ — ” ,
w h i c h I a s s u m e d w a s not
«
”™ u
M r C a l d w e l l w o u l d like to p o i n t o u t
about
U n i o n ' t h a n mœ p r e d e c e s s o r . I h a v e e v e n
b e e n c a l l e d D a v e H e l l a r d ' s lap-dog, a n d
w h e t h e r the
”
argue
affect
”™¤ r
c o g n i t i o n , e t c the v o i c e o f t h e U n i o n , bœ s o m e students.
occasionall
ñ
harm
”™¤ r
mental make-up
a r c just as p o w e r f u l as a n œ 'artificial' d r u g .
œ u see the world
”
has difficult g e t t i n g p l a n n i n g p e r m i s s i o n
respond to the outside world.
the
”
± window
in S h e r f i e l d ,
will not s e e a great glass t o w e r
g l e a m i n g in t h e s u n l i g h t . I d o n ' t k n o w
w h o that m a n o r w o m a n is, o r
”
possibl
m e n or w o m e n , b u t I t h i n k t h e r e s i d e n t s
Having trouble with
”™¤ r
computing
IC c o m p u t i n g g r a d u a t e , call J a m e s o n
o n 0181 378 5442 o r e m a i l
[email protected]
e Hospital
²³´ ” ´– e
L o w cost
a c t e d in a w a œ
b e n e f i t e d t h e stu-
d e n t s o f this c o l l e g e ( w h i c h is m œ over-riding concern).
I h e r e a r c t h i n g s in t h e
pipeline, however...
So, m a s t e r H c l l a r d a n d o t h e r s , I'm
ú
sorr if I o f f e n d a n œ o f
”™ u
in t h e next four
”
w h o h a v e n o t t a k e n a certai n d r u g c a n
p r o f e s s i o n a l criticism f r o m p e r s o n a l prej-
n e v e r a r g u e effectivel
u d i c e s . A n d if —
f u t u r e c o l l e g e b u i l d i n g pl an s , a n d t h u s
h a v e e x p e r i e n c e d it, s i m p l
waste
t w o g r o u p s start f r o m d i f f e r e n t p r e m i s e s ,
o f w h o m a r e influential o n
”
college
̙šÍ”.
M r Caldwell
g
”
with those w h o
”
because the
š ” ™ š e f e e l s the ” h a v e
” b û ICU o r c o l l e g e ;
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Felix is
”™¤ r
i n d e p e n d e n t voice.
11 M a r c h , 1-2pm A N T E
1
Ó
M a r c h , 1-2pm INSPEC
18 M a r h c , 1-2pm M e t a d e x
All take place
ÔÕÖ×Ø×Ù
in Central
Level
Ú
Cit & Guilds Meeting
Officers a n d m e m b e r s committee
Thursda
”
meeting.
11th M a r c h ,
ÛÜÝ Â ˜ ÌÞßà ¤ ³– › s
O f f i c e ( M e c h E n g R o o m 340)
ۘ m
Thurs
Volunteers Wanted!
Do
œ  u t h i n k ”™¤ r
periods are
á Í —â ” ,
and want to k n o w more?
s
”
W e are d o i n g a stud l o o k i n g at w h
”
c o m e s w i t h all h a r d a n d s o f t w a r e
If
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”
s
Enthusiastic applicants are sought for the post of
Assistant Warden at Clayponds Village, from 1st April
1999. Clayponds is a community of 3 0 0 + students
(PG8JJG) living in self-catering flats and houses and is situated in Ealing. Duties will include assisting the Warden in
the pastoral care of students, promoting social life and
g o o d order in the village and some general administration. The successful applicant will live in a rent-free flat in
the village and will normally be resident in Clayponds
throughout the year. Applicants must be full time m e m bers of College but the post would especially suit s o m e one with experience of pastoral care and a desire to live
in a student community.
some
w o m e n have heavier p e r i o d s than others.
The s t u d
involves a MRI o f t h e uterus.
For further information and an application form, contact
Cathy Cumberland, Rector's Suite, Sherfield Building, email to:
[email protected]
w o u l d like f i n d o u t m o r e a b o u t
helping us with our
Î㤛” ,
then please
Closing date for applications is Friday, 12th M a r c h 1999
call:
Call 0171 244
ÁÂÃ 0
or e m a i l
[email protected]
- Ed
t
9 M a r c h , 1-2pm NTIS
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”
bours, man
P a p e r s t o b e s u b m i t t e d bœ
(sealed), i n c l u d e s s o m e i n t e r n e t / m a i l
that I f e e l
”
h a s directl
t h e local c o u n c i l , a r e likel to j e o p a r d i s e
[email protected]
d
”
with a g o o d sabb
m o n t h s - p l e a s e r e m e m b e r to s e p a r a t e
repairs, spares a n d
A
A s for t h e d r u g s a r g u m e n t ? I'm rapidl
”Í — § ,
team, a n d has generall
c o m i n g t o t h e c o n c l u s i o n that p e o p l e
sales o n c a m p u s .
Call J a m e s o n 0181 3 7 8 5442 o r e m a i l
perceive a n d
b e e n g o o d this
d e n t s that activities that piss off o u r n e i g h -
Programming Tuition
c o u r s e ? For p r i v a t e t u i t i o n b œ first c l a s s
change h o w
œ u
for projects. H e w o u l d like to r e m i n d s t u -
out o f their Level
through
a n o c e a n o f p o w e r f u l c h e m i c a l s that c o n -
w h o has b l o c k e d t h e hall's e r e c t i o n l o o k s
”
W e l l , it m a œ n o t last. T h e U n i o n h a s
etc. W e l l , e x c u s e m e , b u t t h e h o r m o n e s
achievement. W h e n the m a n or w o m a n
construction
”
certain drugs a r c harmless,
”
endlessl
stantl
as a great
óôõ ös this d i v i d i n g line
÷ø÷ù , a n d m a n ” o f œ  u
h a v e p r o b a b l n o t i c e d that I a m m o r e 'pro
People
whether
”
has w i t h e r e d
l e c t u r e last
exciting neurolog
that it is n o t Estates' fault that t h e c o l l e g e
recognised
d e c a d e a g o , w h e n U n i o n h a c k s o f a nœ
t h e U n i o n . In recent
a t h o u g h t I h a d d u r i n g a par-
Like it or not,
for p u b l i c a t i o n g i v e n its i n f o r m a l t o n e .
project, It isn't extravagan t o r likel t o b e
T h e r e w a s a t i m e , n o l m u c h m o r e than a
v i e w e d w i t h s u s p i c i o n in t h e c o n f i n e s o f
issue, b u t I a m a r e a s o n a b l e m a n . M r a n d n e u r o t r a n s m i t t e r s that alter a n d , œ ðž ,
C a l d w e l l e m a i l e d m e a letter late last
A
O f f i c e , a n d Felix c l u b m e m b e r s w e r e
u
...I'll tell
A
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d e s c r i p t i o n w e r e n o l a l l o w e d in t h e Felix
•–— ”˜™š›Î ?
t h e B M S ' bill. Sell o f f s o m e o f t h e e x c e s s
I'll s e e a g o o d f e w o f œ
ver
simple - give the residences pot s o m e
h o u s e ' s cost; less t h a n half a p e r c e n t o f
”
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t
The Truth, the Whole Truth and Nothing But the Truth
h e t r u t h , a s t h e , is o n l h a l f
the . A s a t e n d e r g i n n o -
as i n c r e d i b l e .
cent, o f f s c h o o l w i t h 'flu a n d rel-
if s o c i a l
T
i s h i n g t h e i l l i ci t p l e a s u r e
of
eating
cent t h o u g h t strikes m e
However,
commentators
are to b e believed, onl a g e n e r a t i o n
Shippham's pilchard a n d tomato paste
s a n d w i c h e s a n d w a t c h i n g e TV,
I was often c o n f u s e d as to w h t h e
ago the whole world was a much more
witnesses appearing o n 'Crown Court'
more
moral, truthful a n d trusting place.
when
maps of the globe
pink than an
w e r e a s k e d t o swear that t h e e v i d e n c e
w e r e about to give w a s t h e truth,
other
colour, a
the
cian
could
the w h o l e truth a n d n o t h i n g but t h e
truth s o h e l p t h e m G o d . T o m at t h e
t i m e u n s u l l i e d m i n d (I h a d
t to twig
"polling the electorate"
the hidden meanings of the n a m e s of
the characters in Captain P u g w a s h ) this
didn't m a k e sense - w h t h e n e e d for
contained
is a b u i l d e r .
awakenings go, it
h i m since
until
I b u m p e d into
c h a n c e in
upright
#& .
A lot h a s h a p -
pened
since
lot worse..."
then,
s u c h a d i s t i n c t i o n ; t h e t r u t h is t h e t r u t h ,
though.
Richard Nixon's Watergate,
isn't it? It is n o s e c r e t t h a t I w a s a l a t e
Ronald
d e v e l o p e r in m o r e s t h a n o n e (I still
M a n d c i s o n ' s N o t t i n g Hill G a t e
h a d C a m b e r w i c k G r e e n w a l l p a p e r in
m b e d r o o m right u p u n t i l t h e s u m m e r
b e f o r e m ' O ' - l e v e l s w h i c h I'm s u r e
w a s i n s t r u m e n t a l in m e o n l g e t t i n g a n
shattered the image
Reagan's Irangate a n d Peter
have
of our elected
representatives as d a s h e d g o o d c h a p s
superstructure
s o o n u p a n d t h e fittings a n d fixtures
w e r e well under ) . A s I have alread
m e n t i o n e d , e a c h r o o m in t h e facilit
other
Speculum, the
Ihursda
night.
last U V W r o r s o . It t u r n e d o u t t h a t h e ' d
X
o n l just g o t b a c k f r o m S t a v a n g e r in
south-west N o r w a
where he'd been
humiliating failure to c o p off with
E m m a 'bur m e in a Y-shapcd c o f f i n '
Slatter
with w h o m , I w a s reliabl
t o B r o w n s e a Island w i t h o u t t h e i n v o l v e '
u
m e n t o f Social Services. But t h e r e
h a v e it: ' f i n g s a i n ' t w h a t t h e u s e d to
sight-impaired N o r w e g i a n pensioners.
Apparentl the national a n d regional
informed, I w a s o n a promise). At t h e
be.'
l i e h a d still n o t
occurred to me.
H o w e v e r , as Peter, Paul a n d M a r
n o t e d : " d r a g o n s live f o r e v e r , b u t n o t s o
little " a n d w h e n
t h i s little J a c k i e P a p e r
As . d expect for a n essential
skill f o r e w a n t i n g t o s u r v i v e in
t h e m o d e r n w o r l d , $ g c o m e s in
man
forms a n d degrees of serious
n e s s . In m e x p e r i e n c e , t h e p o r k p i e
spectrum
...the fact that I w as t h e
s t a r t e d at B i g S c h o o l
he h a d to g r o w u p
!"
. O n e of the
first o f m a n
rude
awakenings
awaited
o n c e capable of
and a couple of hun
dred other #$ -
from
acceptable
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"...as
hurgh,
asked
hurgh".
I
him what the
thought strikes m e
vakia-and-Poland-and -
all a c c o u n t s , \] s i n g l e
we'll-call-it-quits
and
as incredible..."
meditated
pre-
deceit.
w o r k h a d b e e n l i k e . It
w a s " f a c k i n ' $ E# $ " b
30 d o u b l e
g i b j
g
f o r m s
a n d
rooms each with en
worse - I w e n t to t h e local
s i o n o f t h e G e n e r a t i o n G a m e , as b e i n g
compre-
public-school
enter-
t a i n m e n ts s u c h as t h e Biscuit G a m e
and the Dais Chain w e r e thankfull
u n h e a r d o f - b u t it w a s still a bit o f a
'(
s h o c k I c a n tell
. However, I
adapte d t o this n e w e n v i r o n m e n t w i t h
depressing ease a n d within a couple of
" e c o n o m i c a l w i t h t h e actuallte". But
'
whether
u a r e s i m p l J o e A v e r a g e ing not to get o n the w r o n g side of
r missus, a monotestate megalom a n i a c o r a l e c h e r o u s T h a t c h e r i t e has
b e e n , o n e s a d fact s t a n d s o u t : h o n e s t
is n o t n e c e s s a r i l t h e b e s t I $ # . T h e r e
w o r l d o f Arms-to-lran, Cash-for-Ques-
can be times w h e n telling the w h o l e
'
u n v a r n i s h e d truth c a n leave
u worse
o f f t h a n If . d s i m p l k e p t r g o b
s h u t . A c a s e in p o i n t is m m a t e J& .
'
u that h e has b a c o n s a n d If I t e l l
tions a n d Homes-for-Votes, t h e fact
w i c h e s for breakfast, likes his t e a w h i t e
that I w a s o n c e c a p a b l e o f s u c h inno-
with twelve sugars a n d s m o k e s Benson
w e e k s I w a s half-truthing with t h e best
of t h e m .
Viewed from m current perspec
tive, d e s p e r a t e l
t r e a d i n g w a f e r in a
gardens, the
kitchens, the dining areas and the c o m -
'wiv
all s t r i p p e d
i n m a n
d e d fees
of seriousness
m o n r o o m s a n d i n a fit o f e x c i t e m e n t
h e g r i p p e d m a r m a n d told m e that
"all t h e m c o r r i d o r s right, t h e w a s m a d e
about the landscaped
pine
time, for the want of
o n e measl
piece of
ber o f t h e t e a m stood
bonus,
As foreman, responk
s i b i l i t f e l l o n J& . s
shoulders.
He had
two
inventor of a highl
where
expect
bed-
town,
hensive
d
C O m e S
e n i n g s g o , it c o u l d h a v e b e e n a l o t
occasional M P a n d erstwhile
# c ver-
part w o u l d n e v e r m a k e it f r o m O s l o in
to l o s e their
not a black a n d w h i t e issue bu t w a s
actuall a c o n t i n u u m o f a n infinite vari
et o f s h a d e s o f % & . A s r u d e a w a k -
p i t c h e d u p f o r B a s i c T r a i n i n g o n t h e first
d a o f t e r m , w a s t h e i d e a that t r u t h w a s
n't f i n i s h e d , t h e d e a d l i n e w a s s e t f o r
and a replacement
the following da
porcelain, each m e m -
suite b a t h r o o m s , spe^
ciall d e s i g n e d w i t h t h e s i g h t i m p a i r e d
Terr
burbled on
p e r s o n in m i n d .
conscripts
that w h e n t h e p l u m b e r s c a m e t o install
t h e last b a t h r o o m s u i t e , t h e
found
that the w e r e exactl o n e sink short.
What w e r e the to d o ? The work was-
f o r an essential skill,
Somewhere
in t h e
m i d d l e t h e r e is t h e l o o s e l d e f i n e d cat
egor
o f t h e half-truth, a p h e n o m e n o n d u b b e d b A l a n Clark, t h e w e l l
H
CC CC#E& known
palmed
n u m b e r o f the units h a d g o t broke n so
'natta m e e n ? H u r g h ,
lie t o o u t a n d o u t just-
$&C&CDE&CFG&#D$o
lets e t c . h a d b e e n b r o u g h t i n , b u t o v e r
the course of the journe a n d during
several m o n t h s $ g a r o u n d t h e site, a
governments had stumped up the cash
f o r t h e s t a t e - o f - t h e - a rt f a c i l i t
and
J& . s f i r m h a d b i d f o r , a n d w o n , t h e
such innocent
which
me when I
sociall
runs
bathroom
o f t h e j o b , all t h e r e q u i r e d baths, toi-
tered a c c o m m o d a t i o n for blind a n d
c o n t r a c t . "I w e r e n ' t t o o k e e n o n g o i n '
t o start 'wiv", T e r r i n f o r m e d m e , " b a t
[ T
t h e m o n e w a s o w r i g h t a n d I've Y Z Y s
w a n t e d t o tr a bit a
the o l d Scandinavian,
.
to have an e n suite
needs of the sight-impaired.
I his,
II&$ , w a s w h e r e the problem
s t a r t e d . T h e s u p p l o f b a t h r o o m fur
n i t u r e w a s b r o u g h t in f r o m O s l o b
ship, a journe
o f s o m e \ h0 m i l e s
r e q u i r i n g a r o u n d t w o . At t h e start
asked him what he'd b e e n u p to for t h e
site f o r e m a n o n a j o b b u i l d i n g s h e l -
of the building was
c o m p r i s i n g b a t h / s h o w e r , toilet a n d sink
u n i t , all s p e c i a l l d e s i g n e d t o m e e t t h e
s a n " w e s e t t l e d d o w n at a c o r n e r t a b l e
S
w i t h a pint o f h i d e o u s l e x p e n s i v e PQRR
T
lager each (ferr w a s % ) a n d I
w i t h t a k i n g a g r o u p o f t e e n a g e lads o f f
truth a n d t h e w h i t e
was
After m u c h back-slap
ping
and man
a
.O).E&C CC -
w o r k i n g f o r t h e last e i g h t m o n t h s a s
t i m e t h e t w i n c o n c e p t s o f t h e half-
professional differences and toiled
like m a d t h i n g s t o m a k e sure
that t h e
got finished o n time. The
awa
then
in it f o r t h e s a t i s f a c t i o n o f s e r v i n g t h e
p u b l i c , a n d ) s a crust ex-arm
*+ ,
e w o u l d never b e able to get awa
'E' In M e d i a S t u d i e s , a n d w h i c h p r o b a bl h a d m o r e t h a n a little t o d o w i t h m
c h i p p i e s a n d p l u m b e r s h a d b u r i e d their
our local, the S h e e p
could have been a
of
&&G&C$ e financial gain, brickies,
him quite b
and
without raising a smile
members
seen
to
,and scoutmasters were
g o i n g t o b e a bit t i g h t t i m e w i s e b u t it
b n o m e a n s impossible. Thus,
spurred on b the thought of non-
was
Spot o n . I
met h i m w h e n h e c a m e t o repair t h e
h o u s e next d o o r after a particularl
r a u c o u s T u p p e r w a r c part in 1 9 9 7 , a n d
w e instantl b e c a m e friends. I hadn't
"...as rude
politi-
refer
Back
u l a t e d d a t e . A c c o r d i n g t o J& , it w a s
'
and Hedges,
u might
KLMLN
d a g u e s s that Terr
t
floorboards".
" N o r w e g i a n W o o d ? " I a s k e d h i m in a
w e a k a t t e m p t at h u m o u r , b u t h e j u s t
l o o k e d at m e $ _ $ .
W h e n Terr t o l d m e a b o u t t h e k i n d
of m o n e he'd been on, I w a s t e m p t e d
to g o straight r o u n d to B & Q , a r m
&$ f with a b a g o f tools a n d Black
a n d Decker w o r k m a t e a n d get o n the
next p l a n e to O s l o &$`. Better t h a n
that, e n t h u s e d J& , t h e w h o l e c o n struction team h a d b e e n p r o m i s e d a
abcdefg
e production bonus I $e on
c o m p l e t i o n o f t h e project b t h e stip-
options: admit
that D & . d m i s s e d t h e
target, a n d l o s e all
l u c r e , o r lie a n d c h e a t his w a
o u t o f it. N o c h o i c e & $ $ . In a fit o f
that filth
inspiration, he took o n e of the hods
u s e d b t h e # _ $ & , w e l d e d a m e t a l
p l a t e o n t h e o p e n s i d e , c u t a h o l e in
t h e b o t t o m a n d p l u m b e d it i n , b e f o r e
ringing the customer a n d telling him
that & E & D g w a s in o r d e r . N o t q u i t e
a lie, b u t n o t e x a c t l t h e t r u t h . " W e r e n ' t
u w o r r i e d . d get f o u n d out? I
m e a n , w h e n s o m e old c o d g e r g o e s to
u s e that p a r t i c u l a r w a s h b a s i n h e ' l l t u m b l e it s t r a i g h t l m l n , & $ " I s u g g e s t e d ,
f e r r s m i l e d a n d lit a n o t h e r f a g . " N o
c h a n c e m a t e - D& .$l never k n o w t h e
d i f f e r e n c e . " " D o n ' t b e $$ , o f c o u r s e
the
will."
"Nah the
won't" he
l a u g h e d , " d o n ' t c h a k n o w t h e o l d ing - 'A hod's as g o o d as a sink to a
blind Norse?'"
9
8
l
T
he
one
most
of the
d i s h e s p r o v i d e d , as
thing to d o though.
t h e m e a t is n o t hallal
more
T h e r e is a p e t i t i o n g o i n g a r o u n d s t a t i n g
food
"We t h e u n d e r s i g n e d b e l i e v e that t h e
killed
xyoz
)
unreasonable
meal
L o n d o n T r a n s p o r t s c h e m e is
o
p i c k i n g u p s t e a m , just
graduall
d
This
week
trips to H a r l i n g t o n (I t h i n k that w o u l d
cle
use College catering
U n i o n . Currentl
a n d s h o u l d b e a v a i l a b l e t o all s t u d e n t s
op
u agree with the above
o f all a g e s . " If
and
are
statement, could q ru please sign the
standable
t a c h stur rep s h o u l d
dish.
want
II
a
is
under-
that
have
catering department
d e p a r t m e n t a l reps, or s i g n t h e o n e o n
can not cater for
{ | { }~  €
e d u e to cost
the front d e s k o f t h e U n i o n .
and
C o l l e g e C a t e r i n g is o f t e n c r i t i c i s e d
demand
products,
for a
t h i n g t h e C o l l e g e c a n p u t o u t f o r Š‹Œ0
massive loss o n t h e
to o n e o f o u r c u r r i e s a n d I t h i n k it's
o
quite clear w h i c h polic t h e U n i o n a n d
ƒŽpo‰‚
the C o l l e g e a r c
. It's t i m e Ihe
o
College realised w hq the are here; the
‘
students. (Emergenc
services please
vy‚“”o
, I think s o m e of the Colbe o n ’
price
in
heading
the
o
outlet a n d e v e n with
the
o n e , if n o t g e t t h e m t o c h a s e u p t h e i r
petition,
we
to ethics. A r e o u r outlets here to m a k e
o
o u t o f o u r s t u d e n t s or to offer
mone
y‚o
t h e m a g e n u i n e service? C o m p a r e
about
increases
meat
the increase will b e
-
losing
p‚ƒo
but with
o
for cost, but for s u c h a n i n t e r n a t i o n a l
s u c h a large M u s l i m c o m m u n i t
in t h e
C o l l e g e a s I m p e r i a l it is a l s o d i s c r i m i n a v p wo
o
.
Currentl M u s l i m s c a n n ot eat
C o l l e g e , w h o a r e p r e p a r e d t o p a q a lito
tle m o r e f o r f o o d t h e c a n c a t , it is n o t
o
substantial
.
Although
„ … „ †‡ o
t h i n g , it is m o n e
opˆ
that g o e s t o w a r d s
r clubs a n d socixpwwo‰‚
e t i e s . It is p e r h a p s
g that e v e n
mone
for
alent o f n i n e m i n i b u s e s or 1000 return
c o v e r t r a i n i n g ) in p r o f i t . It c o m e s d o w n
discriminate against mature
students
in
there
s t u d e n t h a r d s h i p , b u t t h a t it s h o u l d n o t
is a n i m p o r t a n t s c h e m e t o h e l p a l l e v i a t e
t h a n a nq o f o u r C o l l e g e
is g o i n g t o b e a n arti-
I elix, I'm s u r e
certain
As a conseo
q u e n c e the have to
o
e a t f i s h s t i c k s if t h e
L o n d o n Transport student discount card
far c h e a p e r
c o m p e t i t o r s . C o l l e g e c a t e r i n g this stu r
h a s b u d g e t e d e n o u g h t o b uq t h e e q u i v -
lal.
(it h a s t o b e
in a
that
o n e d i s h a d a q is H a l -
isn't
l e g e h a v e j u s t h a d h e a r t attacks. )
A s e v e r a nq t h o u g h t s s h o u l d b e
emailed to [email protected].
w i t h t h i s larg e p r i c e i n c r e a s e , w e a r e still
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pence.
T h e rest o f I elix w a s m a d e
Despite
onl
o
producing
nine
b e t w e e n D e c e m b e r 1949 a n d t h e e n d o f
oƒ yw
, bq t h e t i m e .
t h e •–—˜ 0 a c a d e m i c
summer approached Mr L M
q u i t e clear that Felix w o u l d n o t a n s w e r to
y‚op‚
e a n d w o u l d v o i c e its o p i n i o n
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. T h e i n s u l a r n a t u r e o f t h e Felix
o
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acter f o r Felix, a n d t u r n it i n t o a n i n s t i t u tion.
o
up of
sports a n d club reports, occasional n e w s
o
o
o
articles, a n d literar w r i t i n g , m o s t l witt
Žpƒvwo
. T h e e d i t o r i a l s › ½¾ › ™ s m a d e it
issues
™ š › œs w a s m o r e
editorial control a n d political direction,
of a gentleman's club than a n e w s p a p e r
o
- a literar o u t l e t f o r e x - p u b l i c s c h o o l
o
friends w h o m or e c o m m o n l
met
s o m e t h i n g that t h e a d v e n t o f U n i o n s u b -
Felix in t h o s e earl
t h r o u g h t h e d r i n k i n g clubs. That
Felix
w a s a priv at e c l u b , o p e n t o c o n t r i b u t i o n

but w a r o f n e w m e m b e r s , is o b v i o u s
o
f r o m a flick t h r o u g h o f t h o s e earl i s s u e s .
o
Th e 'Felix B o a r d ' w a s a n internall e l e c t e d
t e a m o f writers a n d sub-editors, e l e c t i n g
ž
t h e f o l l o w i n g ™ š › œ s e d i t o r at t h e e n d o f
the s u m m e r t e r m .
Felix's t r a d i t i o n a l i n d e p e n d e n c e a n d
occasional o p p o s i t i o n to Imperial
l e g e U n i o n a l s o b e g a n in t h e first
Coloƒ y w
.
T h e f o u r t h i s s u e s a w a n irate P a u l C u m m i n g , t h e n U n i o n President, w r i t i n g a let-
/W
¤ ¥¦ t
f. ti:,,h
¯° till
²³ ´
± © tic
thTnfY
'(
e r o d e . A t t h e s a m e t i m e it w a s u n m i s v yĉ‚o
o
o
, u n a s h a m e d l and appalingi an
A*
'Links' D r i n k i n g C l u b s i n t o j o u r n a l i s m .
Still, g o o d t h i n g s c o m e f r o m s m a l l b e g i n -
ˆ ‚ ˆ w Ž w ‰ ‰ ‚  o
r e a d e r s . T h e first p r o f i l e ,
,
’
’
o
l o o k e d at t h e h i s t o r o f t h e U n i o n Bar.
o
A p p a r e n t l t h e first C o l l e g e Bar in t h e
µpˆ‚vwo
, t h e first b a r m a n w a s J i m P e a l e t t e r p u b l i s h e d late r that
oƒyw
, c l a i m i n g t h e priveledge to belong to a
o vƒw‰pˆ
s
woman
’
T h e b a s i c a r g u m e n t w a s that t h e U n i o n
Union Building was
h a d a g r e e d t o p aq f i n e s i n c u r r e d bq s t u -
built, t h e bar a r e a
dents
w a s i n t e n d e d as a
ƒµwƒvywo¶
’
s office. Ihe
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first U n i o n ·
, a
¼
m e m b e r s . T h e c o l u m n c o n t i n u e d ver
o
oƒyw
f o r Felix's first f i v e
’,
nings...
successfull
before b e c o m i n g somewhat more spo-
From Beer to Broadsheet
radic in a p p e a r a n c e .
T h e s e c o n d c o l u m n o n its first
c o c k , a l t h o u g h h e d e n i e s this in a
c a l l e d A u n t i e . Apparo
entl
when
the;
breaking the law during the
N o v e m b e r Ÿ h R a g activities , b u t t h e n
o
h ad a p p a r e n t l c h a n g e d its m i n d , f e e l i n g
ª«¬ ®
§¨© ­ ,
e x t e n s i o n of t h e '21', '22', 'Chaps' a n d
week's editorial c o n c e r n i n g Rag fines.
ter o f c o m p l a i n t c o n c e r n i n g t h e p r e v i o u s
s i d i e s a n d I C U C l u b r e g u l a t i o n s w e r e to
7. "i
appearance
-
also dealt
with
beer but, unlike Profile,
.
,
f^mr
We have had s o m e feedback from the
o
p r e v i o u s 'Fift Y e a r s O n ' c o l u m n , i n c l u d -
alcohol w a s to b e Ihe
i n g i n p u t o n t h e o r i g i n o f t h e n a m e Felix.
s u b j e c t m a t t e r f o r all
A l l o w m e t o q u o t e extracts o f a letter I
o
o
recentl
received from Anthon
dc
o ‰µ
R e u c k , a Å Æ ’ s s t u d e n t f r o m ÇÈÉÊËÌÇ ,
of
its i s s u e s .
Drinking
'The
Man's
Guide to London'
o
w a s exactl w h a t q r u
w o u l d expect; a p u b
‘
was reviewed ever
opˆ‚
week where a
g
m a n m aq m o p h i s f e v e r e d
w h o w a s a n e d i t o r o f P h o e n i x a n d writer
for Felix.
"The f a m i l i a r n a m e u s e d b q t h e intim a t e s in t h e Links C l u b o f t h e F o u n d i n g
o
Father o f Felix, that is t o sa T e d H u g h e s ,
that "for t h e U n i o n t o p a q t h e f i n e s w o u l d
Mr Houghton,
a p p e a r as a c o n d o n a t i o n o f t h e o f f e n c e ,
feet,
w a s ' F e l i x ' . Felix H u g h e s , d e b o n a i r , w i t h
o
a dr w i t a n d a satirical cast o f m i n d , w a s
w o u l d act a s a n i n c e n t i v e t o s t u d e n t s t o
that it b e t u r n e d i n t o a bar, a n d
o
the U n i o n C o m m i t t e e eventuall a g r e e d .
r e l a x i n g over a pint o f ale. A n d h o w
a G u i l d s m a n a n d a M e c h a n i c a l Engineer.
b r e a k t h e l a w in f u t u r e . " M r H u g h e s s u g -
O t h e r p r o f i l e s o f t h e first s tu r i n c l u d e d
m u c h d i d it c o s t ? W e l l , t h e first p u b
He would
g e s t e d that a g e n e r a l m e e t i n g b e c a l l e d
t h e Rector , Sir R o d e r i c Hill; P a u l C u m -
i n c l u d e d w a s T h e W i n d s o r Castle' ( o f f
name
to d e b a t e t h e i s s u e .
m i n g , t h e U n i o n P r e s i d e n t ; s o m e local
K e n s i n g t o n C h u r c h Street), w h e r e o n e
f o u n d e d in 1949 , b u t F C E w e l s ( w h o m I
s h o p k e e p e r w h o w a s b l o n d e , » f o o t tall,
o
rather g o o d l o o k i n g ; a n d
c o u l d p u r c h a s e a pint o f C h e r r i n g t o n s I PA
d o n o t recall) u r g e d its a d o p t i o n as a
Two c o l u m n s a p p e a r e d in t h e sec-
demanded
b r o w a n d rest h i s t i r e d
n o t h a v e a p p l i e d his o w n
to t h e C o l l e g e N e w s p a p e r
he
o n d issu e. 'Profile' w a s i n t e n d e d t o f o c u s
and apparentl
for o n e e i g t h o f a p e n c e o r , f o r t h o s e
m e m o r i a l t o its F o u n d e r a n d as a n a s s o -
o n a n i n d i v i d u a l or i n s t i t u t i o n c o n n e c t e d
t h e Imperial C o l l e g e W o m e n ' s Assocao
t i o n , w h o at t h e t i m e h a d just o v e r fift
w h o w a n t t o g o a bit m o r e u p m a r k e t , the
n a n t g e n u f l e x i o n t o its a n c i e n t
to t h e c o l l e g e , or o t h e r w i s e o f interest t o
m i l d a n d bitter f o r o n e q u a r t e r
of a
cousin
Í
P h o e n i x . " (full letter o n letters p a g e » .
0
8
n
k
T
w o trials o f d i f f e r e n t n a t u r e s b u t o f
police a n d i n d e p e n -
e q u a l i m p o r t a n c e a r e in s e s s i o n
dence of the judicial
äåäæçè
.
ÎÑ
The ÏÐ l c o m Ý
m i s s i o n or Black é e
Î
I n q u i r w a s f o r m e d in
r i g h t n o w in K u a l a L u m p u r . O n e
has b e e n p r o c e e d i n g s i n c e last N o v e m Î
ber w h i l e t h e o t h e r onl b e g a n a fort-
n i g h t a g o . T h e f o r m e r is a n o r m a l H i g h
C o u r t trial w i t h t h e s o l e p u r p o s e o f
d e t e r m i n i n g o n e p e r s o n ' s guilt or i n n o ÎÑ
c e n c e , w h i l e t h e latter Is a Ï Ð l C o m Î
m i s s i o n o f ÒÓÔÕÖ× , n o t u n l i k e t h e
M a c P h e r s o n C o m m i s s i o n that investigated the Stephen fawrence's
case. However,
murder
Î
the contrast basicall
ends there. The s a m e m an , M r Anwar
ÑÛÜÎ
, is t h e f o c u s o f b o t h
Ibrahim, ÖÓØÙÖÚ
c a s e s . In a n a l m o s t
unprecedented
Ý
phenomenal manner, unmatched b
Î
Ñ Î
Ó Ð Ó e in t h e s h o r t h i s t o r o f t h e c o u n Î
Ú× , o n e m a n h a s c a u s e d s e v e r e d a m Î
a g e to t h e g o v e r n m e n t ' s credibilit in
the ÞßÞ s of the general
public. His
' p o w e r c o r r u p t i o n trial', d u b b e d as
àÑÜÑÎá Ñâ
Î
Ö s Trial o f t h e ã Ø Ó Ú Õ × , h a s
resulted in t h e p e o p l e q u e s t i o n i n g t h e
NikB Hafi ó
Inal.
at
quarters
commission
folded
later
and
I b r a h i m w a s b e a t e n w h i l e in t h e i r cusÑÎ
Ú Ð ê , f o l l o w i n g h i s arrest in S e p t e m b e r
Î Ñ
last Ø × . T h e p u r p o s e o f t h e c o m m i s -
admitted
apparentl
s i o n is t o n a m e t h e i n d i v i d u a l s t h a t
Î
ë
a s s a u l t e d t h e f o r m e r d e p u t P M . Earl
Ý
statements b s o m e police officers during the investigation suggested
him
tling a n d s h o c k i n g a c c o u n t o f t h e vic-
with
the upcoming
àÑÜÑÎá Ñ
Ö n
s t a t e e l e c t i o n s in t h e e a s t e r n
e n c o u n t e r i n g its first l i t m u s test a h e a d
o f t h e g e n e r a l e l e c t i o n , w h i c h h a s to
Ý
Î
be h e l d b earl
2000. Even t h o u g h
Î
t h e Dr M a h a t h i r - l e d p a r t h a s , f o r t h e
transferred to a secret hideout, stripped
time b e i n g , m a n a g e d to stabilise the
A n w a r c o n f i r m e d in f r o n t o f t h e m e m -
political s c e n e a n d turn a r o u n d the
Î
Î
e c o n o m t o w a r d s × Ø ø Ð Ù Ø × , it still f a c e s
b e r s o f t h e c o m m i s s i o n that t h e i n j u r i e s
an
w e r e t h e result o f h i m b e i n g b e a t e n ,
Ý
refuting suggestions b s o m e quarters
Î
that t h e w e r e s e l f - i n f l i c t e d . A f t e r l e a r n -
w e e k , t o o b s e r v e if t h e p r e s e n t
establishment over f u n d a m e n t a l issues
m a n n e r in w h i c h h u n d r e d s o f police
ing of these events h o w can the ordiÎ àÑÜÑÎá Ñ
nar
not share
Anwar
Ö n
s u c h as j u s t i c e a n d h u m a n r i g h t s . In
special force unit m e m b e r s
stormed
I b r a h i m ' s f e a r s w h e n h e p o n d e r e d , "If
a d d i t i o n t o that, w o r r i e s
been
i n t o h i s h o u s e to arres t h i m , a s t h o u g h
raised over t h e p r o f e s s i o n a l i s m o f t h e
h e w a s a n a r m e d a n d d a n g e r o u s crim-
I'm g i v e n t h i s k i n d o f t r e a t m e n t , w h a t
Îù
a b o u t t h e o t h e r p e o p l e in this ø Ð Õ Ó Ú × "
have
the ex-DPM a n d " l o s i n g his c o o l " .
public uproar. His ordeal didn't e n d
n a k e d , d u m p e d in a d u n g e o n a n d f o r
tim h i m s e l f that must have a s t o u n d e d
Î àÑÜÑÎá Ñ á
man
Ö Ó : for example, the
to a s s a u l t i n g A n w a r after
Î
Ý
b e i n g verball provoked b
there, as h e recalle d that h e w a s t h e n
four õö÷s d e n i e d m e d i c a l care. A m e d Î
ical d o c t o r w h o e v e n t u a l l
examined
it w a s t h e star-
former
s t a t e o f S a b a h o n 12 a n d 13 M a r c h , t h e
Ñ Î
r u l i n g c o a l i t i o n ú ×Ú , N a t i o n a l f r o n t is
that
assailants. However,
the
bloodied, bruised a n d with the famous
Ý
left b l a c k ô e w h i c h h a s c a u s e d s t r o n g
the ex-police chief, Rahlm Noor, w h o
r e s i g n e d i n ì í î ïí ðñ , m i g h t h a v e b e e n
ò
directl
i n v o l v e d as o n e o f t h e
Î
Meanwhile,
leaving
that
of Police, Rahim
Ñ
Î
Î
N o o r , t h r o u g h his ÚÚÐ×ÓØ , h a s finall
Anwar
claimed
were
Inspector-General
handcuffed,
that h e w a s bru-
Anwar
At t h e t i m e t h i s c o l u m n w a s w r i t ÎÑ
l
t e n , t h e lates t f i n d i n g s f r o m t h e ×Ð
on, while blind-
the w a k e o f t h e findconcluded
Then,
the police h e a d -
u p h i l l b a t t l e t o r e t a i n p o w e r in
Î
S a b a h . A l l Þ ß Þ s a r e d e f i n i t e l o n this
û
politicall v o l a t i l e state d u r i n g t h e next
gov-
e r n m e n t c a n b e r e t u r n e d t o p o w e r in
view of the strong emergence of two
o p p o s i t i o n parties, t h e United Sabah
ü
Part
(PBS) a n d t h e F e d e r a t i o n o f
ü
S a b a h P e o p l e ' s F r o n t Part ( B e r s e k u t u ) .
t
,
B
lock v o t e . Wait, n o . C h i n e s e granite.
Ý
N o , that's w r o n g . M a p o l o g i e s . It
a
bit o f l u g g i n g
fridges
ÿ
v e n i e n t (but ver cold) flats
trul
in
standing.
this c o l u m n . W o m e n . Yes, I t h i n k it's c o m à á Î
Ý
ing back to m e . Ö Ø× . Despair. B Jove.
a b o u t , for s o m e reason.) So
l
Ýý
before
u w r i t e in w i t h
Î
ÐÕ r g r i p e s a n d m o a n s , c o n s i d e r that t h e
Î
Î
cat is o n l h u m a n . I w o u l d also like Ð u to
G o t it.
b e a r this in m i n d next t i m e
Ýý
H e l l o t o o n e a n d all . I'm s u r e
u
Ý
won't b e w o n d e r i n g w h I haven't graced
Ý
t h e s e p a g e s for a w h i l e . W h t h e m i r a c u Î
lous return? Stud this q u e s t i o n further, a n d
Ý
ask, w h d i d I write t h e article at t h e b e g i n Î
n i n g o f term? A m I reall that g o o d ? N o .
I w rite s o m e t h i n g crap. O r
p l a n s c u l m i n a t e in l o n g
m a k e a spelling mistake.
a n d e x p e n s i v e treks across
s e e m s I've f o r g o t t e n h o w t o w rite
S h u c k s . It w a s b e c a u s e o u r e d i t o r , Ed
" N i c h o l s o n " S e x t o n (nice o n e , Gulix) h a s
b e g u n t o t h i n k a l o n g similar lines t o t h e
þ
previous editor, o n e Jerem
"WinNuke"
ÿ
T h o m s o n , in realising t h e f o l l o w i n g , v e r
important p r e m i s e : this c o l u m n
never,
ever n e e d s p r o o f r e a d i n g . [ S m u g noises
áÜÎ
Ýý
u will h a v e n o t i c e d
Ø×ÖÐÕ , t h o u g h ,
South
Kensington.
ÑÎÛ
Some, e even most,
know, old fellow, b u t never mind. O h ,
further out. Here's t h e p o i n t : don't b e disÎ
c o n c e r t e d if Ð Õ r l i v i n g
Lon don . Picking a c h e a p
that w a s batting... Hick is b o w l e d
Î
Î
Î
b a frightful g o o g l I can't b e l i e v e the
Î
didn't p i c k H u s s a i n . . . it's a b s o l u t e l atro
Î
cious... N o , wait. Ð×× .
ò á ÑÎ
Î
, Ú ÖÓ g u p until s o m e u n g o d l
flat c a n m e a n g e t t i n g a
h o u r to w a i t f o r t h e e l e c t i o n results w a s -
w r o t e s o m e t h i n g a b o u t flat
lounge, a n d getting single
Î â
r o o m s . Best o f all, Ð Õ × e
Î â
n o l on g er a student; ÐÕ × e
n't s o b a d - b o r e d w i t h a r r a n g i n g barberÝ
s h o p h a r m o n i e s o f "Wh Are W e Waiting?",
Îá Ü
Ø f a n d D e n n i s " d r u m fill" Patrickson did
h u n t i n g . (I r e m e m b e r s o m e Ý
in m
department
a n inhabitan t o f L o n d o n .
Î
á Ü
E x p o s i n g ÐÕ × Ø f t o a dif-
a cracking d r u n k e n rendition o f Oasis'
complementing m e o n the
ferent cross-section o f s o c i Î
et is refreshing after b e i n g
laugh..."
I was looking through
ýÝ
, did I
o l d Felixes, a n d ,
write s o m e
drivel
t i m e s . This t i m e last
some
r I
one
p i e c e . B e l i e v e m e , I w a s as
Ýý
u are now. I
Î
w r o t e it in t w e n t m i n u t e s .
Supersonic.
All t o g e t h e r n o w : "...make
me
W h e n it's all s a i d a n d d o n e ,
t h o u g h , t h e e l e c t i o n h a s g i v e n birth to
s u r p r i s e d as
s t u c k in t h e r o o m next t o
Tasha g o the And
DP t&W, the newest sabb, b e given the
It w a s s h a m b o l i c . ) I w a s sit-
that a c o u p l e o f last t e r m ' s c o l u m n i s t s
t i n g in t h e c o m p u t e r r o o m ,
h a v e parties.
h ave b a i l e d o u t o f t h e o l d w r i t i n g lark, at
Ñ ÜÎ
least ÚØ úÐ× ×Ö . It just g o e s t o s h o w that
Î
Ýý
this j o b is n o t as eas as
u m i g h t think.
t h i n k i n g a b o u t this, a n d lisá Î Ñ
t e n i n g t o t w o Ö× Ú Ø × s dis-
frigging election special. (There's also quite
delightful
will b e stuck in c h e a p e r residences; h o u s e s
t h e Residen t Linstead A c i d
Î
T e c h n o Freak. Plus Ð u c a n
It's not all s m o k e d s a l m o n a n d c h a m p a g n e
Î
á ÑÎ
with M r C a l d w e l l , Ð u k n o w . It's Ú ÖÓ g u p
Ý
until six in t h e m o r n i n g d o i n g ô t a n o t h e r
Î
\o s e e s o m a n c a n d i d a t e s
ÜÎ
ÐÙØ . Bit m o r e c o m p e t i t i o n for
Ýý
the o l d Telix w o u l d h a v e b e e n nice,
u
c u s s i n g living p l a n s for next
Î Ñ
Ø × , w h e n I realised s o m e -
W e had s o m e sabbatN o smile, n o fag, n o
Ýý
p h o n e ; Just
u and me
t h i n g that I didn't k n o w w h e n I w r o t e t h e
á Î Ñ
o r i g i n al article. N o t all Ö× Ú Ø × s a r e g o i n g
to g e t re-app places. N o t all will g e t con-
hour
Ü ÑÎ
ical e l e c t i o n s , d i d n ' t w e ?
Ýý
Ýý
What d o
u mean,
u
don't know? I spent a g o o d
Î
ÖÓ g out t h o s e interviews s o Ð u lot
c o u l d b e well-informed. Pah. Don't w a n t t o
Û Î Î
d w e l l o n it, dear Ð , Ð u k n o w , but it w a s
i n t e r e s t i n g s w e e p s t a k e o p p o r t u n i t i e s . Will
Î
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loves
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grace.
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u r i n g their r e c e n t L o n d o n d e b u t ,

s ranging from

initial I n t r o d u c t i o n t o t h e p i e c e . It t h e r e -
t h e P a c i f i c N o r t h w e s t Ballet p e r -
originall
Ϣ
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b u r g theatre p r o d u c t i o n o f t h e Bard's
Midsummer

d t h e part o f a n e l f in a Saint Peters-
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baroque, creating an admittedl
problems of loving a n d being loved".
–œš
composer
b l e n d s a n e x t e n s i v e variet
as " t h e r e s o l u t i o n o f t h e c o n f u s i o n a n d
A
the superfluous
R e n a i s s a n c e m o t i f s . C o m b i n e d w i t h Felix
magic and adventure of

‘
M e n d e l s s o h n ' s e n c h a n t i n g s c o r e , this
imaginative performance captured the
Shakespearean comed
to a c c o m p l i s h his mission.
The potent t h e m e s o f sexual manipula-
›œšž—
,

20t h c e n t u r
with
b
was
Midsummer
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æ
at
min-
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adults.
fair
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q u e e n s are a hard b u n c h to
Ttienne
Pollard
8
s
n
B
illed
as
a
ç èé ê ë ì ê í î
'musical
latest theatrical
performed throughout
the
Union,
fable
was
a
of
Detroit (John Franks) a n d the
ïðñòóôõö
s
showgirl Miss Adelaide
ó÷ôøùúùûùüýù
,
son), the
, Operatic
last w e e k
at
classõ
distinctlõ
terson
(John
idealistic
e
reformed
Addi-
s i n n e r Skõ
Lofthouse)
missionarõ
Austin)
brassõ
(Julia
- proof
Mas-
and
Sarah
the
Brown
indeed
that
Overall, the
stan-
A s p a r k l i n g a n d i n s p i r a t i o n a l ùòøõt a l e at h e a r t ,
this classic m u s i c a l
essentiallõ about
taking chances
life. U n d e r t h e g u i d a n c e
embellished øððõn twang, d e m o n -
is
strated the
in
asm of the
dedication and
ñð
O n stage, the chemistrõ
of director
Phil Ftollman, t h e e x p r e s s i v e a c t i n g w a s
the
perfectlõ
a p p e a r e d t h a t t h e O p S o c cast
paced
and
balanced.
The
enthusi-
ùüõ.
characters
was
between
tangible
óü
-
it
ðõód
affair. Frank L o e s s e r ' s q u i n t e s s e n t i a l
ÿ and Dolls, s e t in N e w Y o r k d u r þ
o p p o s i t e s attract.
õ ü ù ò c a n d light-hearted d a n c e rou-
p e r f o r m i n g just as m u c h as t h e a u d i -
i n g t h e late
dard of the singing - chorus and leads
tines were interspersed with
moments
ence appreciated the show. Our com-
alike - w a s extremelõ impressive; each
of g e n u i n e
touching
memorable,
romance.
our
of
940s, c a p t u r e s t h e g l a m -
show
business
and
excitement of the gangster
the
genre.
The storõ f o l l o w s t h e parallel relationships of two couples; the
quent crapshooting gambler
delinNathan
catchõ t u n e
was
deliv-
e r e d w i t h skill a n d g u s t o , the
ðýón
humour
and
The attention to detail, f r o m
the
s t r o n g b a n d c o n d u c t e d bõ P a u l J e a n e s
kitschõ a n d o f t e n r i s q u e k a l e i d o s c o p i c
providing the costumes
ùýýõ
accompaniment.
p l i m e n t s to all i n v o l v e d o n s u c h
an
entertaining, ùôòõòüg a n d polished
to
the
perfection
of
an
production.
Helena
and
tlisa
8
s
e
he Institute o f C o n t e m p o r a r Arts
has surel o n e o f t h e m o s t t r e n d
T
bars i n L o n d o n o n its p r e m i s e s .
How
out o f place
I w a s in jeans,
pierc-
pullover a n d having n o b o d
ings. Leather trousers, h i p p i e c h i c a n d
s i d e . T h e i n f l u e n c e o f t h e Fast
Show
sets u p r e s p e c t a b l e characters to d r a g
In Love)
t h e i r r e p u t a t i o n s t h r o u g h t h e m u d , ( a n d p o s s i b l Shakespeare
&
was clearl a p p a r e n t in M a t h i e u t h e
o n l to e n d u p s e t t i n g all t o rights in
the
denouement.
A trul class
performance w a s
given b M a t t h e w Bunting, g the
it
lead, Pinglct - a hen-pecked husband
s e e m e d . The assembled l u w i e s stared
at m c h u m ' s C & G r u g b s h i r t , c l e a r l
g t o d e c i d e i f it w a s B a r a d i o r
s e e k i n g t o s e d u c e his straight-laced
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g wife. H eheld the
neighbour's
cremc
de menthe
w e r e de rigeur,
M c Q u e e n . A r e s t r i p e s i n t h i s ?
O b l i v i o u s , w e b o u g h t t w o p i n t s o f bitt e r . M i n u t e s l a t e r t h e last c a l l f o r t h e
pla r a n g o u t , s o w e d o w n e d o u r a l e
and went t o o u r seats i n t h e au dito rium.
I h a d n o idea what to expect hav
i n g n e v e r h e a r d o f t h e title o r t h e wright G e o r g e s u befor e a n d
"#
was pleasantl surprised to find !
f
l a u g h i n g heartil at s o m e e x c e l l e n t
stage slapstick. N i n e t e e n t h centur
F r e n c h f a r c e , it s e e m s , is o b s e s s e d
"$%#
. It
with ridiculing b o u r g e o i s
s t a g e like a W e s t End p r o a n d h a d t h e
timing to match. H e was admirabl
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(
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the 'inspector o f public ! b a r r i s t e r ' s ( R o w a n T a l b o t ) s tu tter. W h e n
w a n t i n g to s a '...ver k i n d o f m a d a m e
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m e . . . ' S o m e m i g h t s a that t h i s
e of
c o m e d is j u v e n i l e o r u n s o p h i s t i c a t e d ,
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.
b u t t h a t d o e s n ' t s t o p it b e i n g 4
5
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u turn u p t o a pla
with
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r spirits d o u s e d b a d a in front o f
u p puncturing Pinglet's
back-
dies o f t h e self-assured s n o b i s h n e s s o f
the m i d d l e classes o f the time, even
$; t h o u g h the are n ot so relevant
,
add t h e extra d i m e n s i o n w h i c h makes
affair slightl m o r e cere-
the whole
bral.
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a beige g l o w i n g box a n d leave clicking
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r h e e l s i n t h e air a n d w h i s t l i n g a
g i g g l i n g schoolgirls a n d their a d o p t i v e
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merr tune o n
r w a to the tube,
father. T h r o w t h e m all t o g e t h e r for a
$
u k n o w s o m e t h i n g is r i g h t . I h a d
night in a d o d g
Paris h o t e l a n d t h e
+ , - "
that l i g h t - h e a r t e d , l u n g s h u r t i n g f e e l i n g
e c a p e r s start a p a c e . T h e
n
as I w o u n d m w a h o m e o n t h e Bakcompan
brought off the set piece
c r l o o line. I h a v e n ' t felt t h e a s t h o r g a g s . . T h e a u d i e n c e split t h e i r
6
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oughl entertained since I went to a
sides w h e n a /
c porter drilled
7
seriousl g o o d night o f stand u p c o m a pee p hole in a door t o watch the
e d at LSE m o r e t h a n a 8 9 : r a g o . T h e
cavorting hotel guests, but instead
ended
of jokes; t h e ironies a n d savage paro-
for t h e g r a d u a t e s o f Rose Bruford,
#
$
man of w h o m can be sure of !
m e n t if t h e i r p r o f e s s i o n a l w o r k is u p t o
of this p e r f o r m a n c e . I used
the qualit
to h a v e a p o o r v i e w o f d r a m a s t u d e n t s , b u t if t h e c a n l e a r n t o e n t e r t a i n
this well I sa k e e p u p t h e g o o d work.
< $' # 4
, t h i s p l a w i l l h a v e r u n its
(
c o u r s e b t h e t i m e this review gets
p r i n t e d . If w h a t I s a w is ) g to go
. , though, Iwould recommend going
t o s e e t h e last p l a in t h e s e a s o n - Wid-
ows,
which
runs
from
March
lain
t h i n g is t h a t a f a r c e Is m o r e t h a n a s e t
S
9 to
March 11.
anjida O ' C o n n c l l , a television pro-
O n t h e w h o l e , Niall is t h e kin d o f per-
ducer a n d director w h o has also
s o n o n e t e n d s t o l e a v e at a n a r m ' s l e n g t h
a f t e r a bit b e c a u s e h e g r o w s s t e a d i l
$
g - I w a s certainl t e m p t e d to
w r i t t e n f o r N e w Scientist, h a p p e n s
$$ $>"
t - a n d t h i s fact is
r e f l e c t e d q u i t e clearl t h r o u g h o u t m u c h
5
o f Angel Bird. T h e first t h i n g
u notice
to b e a t r a i n e d =
s h u t t h e b o o k a b o u t three-quarters o f t h e
t h r o u g h a n d just give u p , a l t h o u g h
wa
a b o u t t h e b o o k ( w h e n r e a d i n g it, o f I'm g l a d I d i d n ' t d o s o . N o n e o f t h e o t h e r
c h a r a c t e r s is b u i l t u p s u f f i c i e n t l c o n ABCDBCEFG
, h o w e v e r , a n d that h a s t o b e
ing the behaviour of magpies!
c o u r s e ! ) is t h e a t t e n t i o n t o d e t a i l r e g a r d -
Niall - w e n e v e r l e a r n h i s s u r n a m e $$ $>"
"';
t from Cambridge
g
is a =
( w h a t else?) m a g p i e s i n N o r t h e r n Ire
l a n d . Niall h a s p r e v i o u s l s t u d i e d d u n n o c k s a n d h i s f a t h e r is a n a u t h o r i t o n
o r c h i d s . Fair e n o u g h . N i a l l ' s s t u d o f
m a g p i e s involves h i m rearing five o f t h e
birds. H e e v e n g i v e s t h e m all n a m e s ? 2 , Rannee, Rena, Ron a n d Riordan.
one o f the biggest weaknesses o f the
b o o k . O t h e r w i s e , t h e d e p i c t i o n o f life in
a little Irish v i l l a g e is c e r t a i n l w o r t h r e a d $$ $>
i n g ; pit t h a t t h e =
sometimes
g e t s in t h e H I . W e d o n ' t reall w a n t t o
J
k n o w e v e r last d e t a i l r e g a r d i n g t h e s e x
life o f a m a g p i e , n o t in a w o r k o f f i c t i o n
l e a s t ! Niall- b e c o m e s i n c r e a s i n g l
at
o b s e s s e d w i t h his birds a n d t h e realisation o f h i s lost past - h i s lost c h i l d h o o d -
But this is all irrelevant d e t a i l .
Niall just h a p p e n s t o b e o n e o f t h o s e
m e n w h o ' s h a n d s o m e , clever a n d smart,
as w e l l as b e i n g s o m e w h a t m e s s e d - u p .
H e lands u p with t w o lovers - Eddie, a n
$ $ '" ) beautiful chef,
ambitious a n d @ ./
a n d N a d i a Ismail, d a u g h t e r in t h e "first
A s i a n f a m i l t o m o v e t o N o r t h e r n Ire-
c o m e s a s h e is o n t h e b r i n k o f m a k i n g a
major scientific discover - h e essentiall
l o s e s all g r i p o n realit o n l t o b e " r e s c u e d " b Eddie.
T h e a u t h o r ' s first w o r k o f fiction, ThcLM NOPQRS
w a s written to m u c h acclaim,
K K
winning a number
c o n t r i v e d tw is ts o f plot I've e v e r r e a d i n
o f awards. While
entertaining a n d
r e a d a b l e , it's a real pit that t h e r e a r e s o
m a n scattered hints about t h e e n d i n g .
U l t i m a t e l t h e n , t h i s is a c r e d i t a b l e s e c -
what purports to b e a w o r k o f serious,
&
qualit fiction. T h e repeated references
t e n t i o u s n e s s - n o t particularl
land". Eddie, o f course, k n o w s n o t h i n g
about Nadia and onl discovers b what,
"$ I'm
, has to b e o n e o f the most
Angel
Bird Is c e r t a i n l
o n d ef f or t w i t h o u t a stifling s e n s e o f p r e brilliant,
b u t a v e r g o o d r e a d n o n e t h e l e s s , w i t h
$ > . I k n o w
to t h e v i o l e n c e a n d c o n f u s e d p e r s o n a l
lives o f t h e m a g p i e s a r e n a t u r a l l
% m e t a p h o r i c a l - p e r h a p s laid o n t o o ) 2 .
that I'll l o o k o u t f o r o t h e r w o r k s f r o m this
S o m e descriptions o f violent
author!
attacks
between magpies, a n d 'the war of the
c r o w s ' , a r e e x c e s s i v e l g r a p h i c b u t lack
a n real s e n s e o f terror. T h e r e a d e r is left
far t o o d e t a c h e d f r o m t h e a c t i o n .
s o m e definite signs of
Sun/7 Rao
TUVW9 f r o m B l a c k S w a n P u b l i s h i n g
8
A
7
s
part f r o m p e r h a p s God: The Truth,
S e x u a l P r o b l e m s ' , like a b o r t i o n a n d r a p e .
it is d i f f i c u l t t o t h i n k o f a m o r e
I w o u l d like t o stress that I d o n ' t t h i n k
Y
these things are unimportant, a n d the
Y
a r e d e f i n i t e l n o t irrelevant, b u t it is q u i t e
a l l u r i n g title t h a n Hot Sex,
HowTo
Do It. S o w h e n I w a s a s k e d t o r e v i e w t h i s
X
Y
Miss Trace Cox, I w a s
book, written b
o b v i o u s that this b o o k is n o t m e a n t t o b e
i n t r i g u e d a s t o t h e a n g l e that t h e a u t h o r
all f u n a n d g a m e s in t h e b e d r o o m . In
fact, in t h e s e m o r e d e l i c a t e a r e a s t h e
g
sensitive
a n d h o p e f u l that 1 m i g h t f i n d s o m e e f f e c - a u t h o r m a n a g e s t o b e v e r
Y`ab
a
Y
Y
while remaining informative, although
tive Z [ \ ] ^ _
] l Z ] c [ d . O K , s o reall
w o u l d t a k e o n this f a s c i n a t i n g s u b j e c t ,
there w a s certainl
I t h o u g h t I m i g h t learn s o m e t h i n g , a n d
Y
a great deal o f infor-
n o t h i n g beats a g o o d counsellor.
Y
T h e b o o k is a l s o q u i t e clearl w r i t t e n
m a t i o n o n all facets o f s e x u a l relations (as
f o r w o m e n , a n d all ' h i n t s ' a r e w r i t t e n as
Bill C l i n t o n w o u l d h a v e it). A l t h o u g h t h e r e
is a great d e a l o n sex, h o w t o d o it, a n d
Y Xe
wh
u s h o u l d e v e n b o t h e r in t h e first
Y
p l a c e , all that I r e a d w a s n o t p a r t i c u l a r l
if t o a w o m a n s o that s h e c o u l d p a s s it
Xe
Y
u definitel get t h e
o n to her (and
f e e l i n g h e ' s u n w i l l i n g ) m a l e p a r t n e r . In
m o r e than o n e instance while describing
h o w t o give a w o m a n excellent oral s e x
new, or interesting.
` Yf
g
Y
The \ e is ver friendl a n d i n f o r m a l ,
Xe
u c a n s e e t h e a u t h o r ' s skill a s a n
and
Y
agon aunt for a p o p u l a r w o m e n ' s m a g ai
] h e h a s c o m e in u s e f u l in h e r w r i t i n g
and so on.
career. H o w e v e r t h i s c o u l d a l s o b e h e r
Y
d o w n f a l l - t h i s b o o k is d e f i n i t e l n o t
i n f o r m a t i o n , a n d t h e first w o r d o f t h e
a i m e d at o u r a g e g r o u p . Hot Sex s e e m s
Y
reall t o b e a c o m p e n d i u m o f all h e r
'greatest hits', w h i c h b e g i n s t o g e t q u i t e
X
irritating b t h e e n d . I d o n ' t m e a n that in
X
a patronising j k : I a m referring to t h e
fact that a l a r g e p r o p o r t i o n o f t h e b o o k
is d e d i c a t e d t o s u b j e c t s s u c h a s d e a l i n g
Xe
w i t h d i v o r c e , w h a t t o d o if
u suspect
Ylm
r ' p a r t n e r ' is h a v i n g a n affair, a n d a
(just f o r e x a m p l e . . . ) , t h e i n s t r u c t i o n s r u n
a l o n g t h e lines of, '...then g e t h i m t o r u n
Y lm
d pp p q ,
his t o n g u e a l o n g t h e l e n g t h o f
H o w e v e r t h e r e is s o m e u s e f u l s e x u a l
b o o k is m a s t u r b a t i o n , s o it c a n ' t b e all
Ylm
bad, but unless
q d e p l a n n i n g t o settle
lil
Y
c]Z , I
d o w n to s o m e serious Z
Y
w o u l d strongl advise g i v i n g this a miss.
Just s e t t l e d o w n w i t h t h e g o o d - o l d - f a s h X
i o n e d Kama Sutra, a n d tr t o w o r k o u t
Ylm
w h i c h bit g o e s w h e r e o n
r own.
Ylm
lrsalm`fY
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r own,
.
h u g e 3 0 % o f t h e no 0 p a g e s is o n t h e s u b ject o f c o n t r a c e p t i o n , STDs,
Will
impotence
(male a n d female), a n d other
'Serious
tuvw9 f r o m C o r g i B o o k s
Y ` f‰ Š i fY `
Y
e as the e a c h attempt
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] ]
n h i s sixth p u b l i s h e d o f f e r i n g , D o u -
sivel
glas C o u p l a n d s e e m s t o h a v e c o m e
to r e c o n c i l e their pasts, a l l o w i n g Coup-
i n t o h i s o w n . Girlfriend
in a
Coma
land to explore t h e t h e m e o f the b o o k -
acclaimed
t h e s e a r c h f o r t r u t h . W h e t h e r o r n o t sci-
w o r k , n o t f o r its u s e o f b r a n d h u m o u r or
Y
b e c a u s e it fits n i c e l i n t o a c u r r e n t s o c i z{z|} ~€{
ological trend
xy
X and
Y
Microserfs),
b u t s i m p l b e c a u s e it is a
ence students need to be convinced of
g o o d piece of writing. Chronicling the
ter titles p l a
h a s p r o v e d h i s m o s t criticall
Y
the v a l u e o f q u e s t i o n i n g instead o f
‹
blindl a c c e p t i n g r e m a i n s t o b e s e e n , but
f i l l e d  ‚ƒ s o f h i g h s c h o o l t o t h e u n c e r Y
taint a n d regret o f m i d d l e a g e , t h e b o o k
still a r e m i n d e r is n o t a b a d t h i n g . C h a p Y
g
a v e r l a r g e rol e in d e v e l ` l Y
o p i n g the moral of the \ d , progressing
Œ
f r o m ' A l l i d e a s a r e t r u e ' t o 'Reject e v e r
Y
i d e a ' , ' P r o g r e s s is o v e r ' a n d finall 'The
is a b e a u t i f u l e x a m p l e o f t h e m o d e r n
Y
Y
- the urban Z \_.
rar
lives o f six f r i e n d s f r o m t h e i r last d r u g -
allegor
T h e first s e n t e n c e ,
End' with c o m m e n t s about c o n t e m p o Y
Y
societ a n d c o n s u m e r i s m .
'I'm J a r e d a n d
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I'm a g h o s t . ' , a n d t h e first c h a p t e r title,
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d e a d Jared a n d then b others, w e s e c
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the final carefree ‚ƒ s o f t h e characters
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Y
w i t h his s t r a n g e l distant g i r l f r i e n d a n d
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o f t h e g a n g h a v e t h e c h a n c e to l o s e a n
e x i s t i n g d i r e c t i o n in their lives. After m o v ˆ
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i n g a w a t o s e e m i n g l better t h i n g s , t h e
gists c a r e t o c o m m e n t ? ) b u t it d o e s h a v e
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d o e s n ' t d o j u s t i c e , b u t n o t o n e that h a s
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c a u s e d a l o n g t e r m a l t e r a t i o n in m p e r Y
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all gravitate b a c k t o their o l d street in Van' c o u v e r , n o w as b u r n e d o u t , u n c e r t a i n
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middle-aged adults.
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master, o f ‘ ’ “ ” • , Roberto Benigni,
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funn
able.
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father, s o n ,a n d , o n t h e other side o f
t h e f i l m stars h i m a l o n g w i t h h i s real-
t h e c a m p , m o t h e r ( w h o d e m a n d s to
life
wife
Nicoletta
Braschi.
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Jew)
in a c o n c e n t r a t i o n c a m p r u n
Ž
m a i n l bº G e r m a n s . T h e r e c a n n o t p o s ™Žœ —™
¼
sibl b e ›
¹ g to excuse the concept
of a c o n c e n t r a t i o n c a m p , but Benigni
a n d e n d s at t h e w a r ' s e n d . D u r i n g t h i s
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period, across Europe, Jews, ©
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of humour. B focusing o n the ’± g
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and
optimistic o n e - but watch out for t h e
handicapped
and
people
were
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race' theories.
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o p e n i n g a b o o k s h o p . In s c e n e
after
Charlie
Chaplin works, w e learn o f this m a n ' s
a p p r o a c h t o life; sharp,
humourous,
and charming. Through a series o f
this
l e a r n a b o u t t h e e s s e n c e o f life,- m a n ' s
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™
q u e s t f o r p e a c e , ” ’ “ ” t a n d , ultiœ Ž
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’u think about t h e unacceptable
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scene, reminiscent o f great
g o and watch
f i l m , n o t t o l e a r n w h a t Schindler's
List
Ž
has alread
told º »u before, but t o
serendipitous events h e manages to
™
Ž
rich ’ ± g N i c o l e t t a Braschi
seduce
f o r t h c o m i n g d i s c o m f o r t a r e felt w h e n
(who
Benigni's uncle gets his h o r s e p a i n t e d
Ž
w i t h racist s l o g a n s . It is o n l t h e n t h a t
d o e s n ' t like m u c h ) . T h e first s i g n s o f t h e
w e k n o w it, t h e c o u p l e a r e m a r r i e d , h e
is e n g a g e d t o a n o t h e r m a n , a
—
Ž
part o f t h e Facist ¹ ” ° › ° ‘ ¹ , w h o s h e w e k n o w t h a t B e n i g n i is a J e w . B e f o r e
f o r m s o f h a t r e d a n d p e r s e c u t i o n that
Ž
Ž
e x i s t t o d a in m a n p a r t s o f t h e w o r l d ,
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w i t h ( o f c o u r s e ) n o I d e a that their › ’ ™
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m o u s l o v e is t h e i r b i t t e r e s t ” ” “ .
Ž
T h e p l o t is e x t r e m e l s i m p l e a n d
Ž
t h e d i a l o g u e f l o w s s o realisticall that
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Ž
’ u b e l i e v e Á à n a n d H a n k s c o u l d reall
be but
it is
not.
is a n up-to-date
r e w o r k i n g o f t h e 1 9 4 0 c l a s s i c The Shop

Around
The Corner
b Ernst L u b i t s c h .
This t i m e a r o u n d , h o w e v e r , r a t h e r t h a n
™ ™Ž
“ ’ ± s p e n pals, o u r t w o
being › ’
central characters
be destined for each other. These two
Ž
p o s s e s s a k i n d o f m a g i c rarel
seen
a r e falling in love
b e t w e e n t w o p e o p l e i n r e a l life, n e v e r -
over t h e Internet.
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runs
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a children's
Around
Kell
bookstore,
The Corner'
Ž
m i n d o n t h e b i g screen, a n d director
who
E p h r o n ( w h o a l s o d i r e c t e d Sleepless)
'Shop
is
c a r e f u l n o t t o i n t e r f e r e . It's s o o b v i o u s
Ž
Ž
the
paired these t w o together
wh
in N e w York.
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m o u t h , s h e is h a v i n g a n o n - l i n e a f f a i r
™Ž
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w i t h ¬ Ä Å Æ2 u n d e r t h e
m of
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Ž
S h o p g i r l . This is n o s e e d o r s o r d i d affair
again.
Ò ™œ Ž
̔ ±› , h o w e v e r , this b e c o m e s
Ž
t h e f i l m ' s d o w n f a l l - t h e last t w e n t m i n Ž
utes a r e painstakingl b o r i n g asº »u
-just a s i m p l e , i n n o c e n t c o n v e r s a t i o n o f
w a i t t o s e e t h e i n e v i t a b l e . T h e f i l m is
life, l o v e a n d d r e a m s c a r r i e d o u t a c r o s s
l o n g e n o u g h w i t h o u t this extra p a d d i n g .
their e m a i l .
O f c o u r s e , ¬ Ä Å Æ2 is H a n k s
Y o u k n o w w h a t is g o i n g t o h a p p e n s o
(step-
p i n g into t h e s h o e s o f J a m e s Stewart,
ª Ž
who
› ” d t h e character in t h e origiŽ
nal), a m e m b e r o f t h e f a m i l t h a t h a s
just o p e n e d a h u g e d e p a r t m e n t b o o k È É ÊË
store almost o n Ç
s d o o r s t e p . Busi-
IDeep
n e s s b e g i n s t o d i m i n i s h in h e r s m a l l
s h o p a n d s o s h e starts to d e s p i s e H a n k s
Žœ —™
a n d ” Ì ” ° ¹ g h e s t a n d s for. M o r e o v e r ,
s he also takes pleasure in telling h i m
what s h e thinks of him ever
meet.
t h i s m a k e s t h e f i l m a little p r e d i c t a b l e .
Í
Ž
time the
Ž
That s a i d , h o w e v e r , t h e l o o s e e n d s e v e n Ž
tuall tie t o give º » u o n e o f t h e best
However, w h e n the
a r e n o t r o m a n c e s t o hit t h e b i g s c r e e n in q u i t e
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l o g o n a n d wait for t h o s e
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working the
m
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not a c o n v e n t i o n a l
western. T h e setting
is f a m i l i a r
e n o u g h Ôa t w o h o r s e t o w n i n t e r -
rupting featureless prairie a n d r e e k i n g
of t h e desolation w h i c h p e r m e a t e s t h e
genre.
However,
t h e traditional
male
h e r o e s w h o s e t u r b u l e n t d i s p l a c e d lives
Ó
generall provide t h e subject o f such
films a r e r e l e g a t e d t o t h e b a c k g r o u n d .
Instead, t a k i n g c e n t r e s t a g e a r e s o m e
of the western's most u n d e r d e v e l o p e d
ch aracters . T h e w o m e n
w h o work as
prostitutes in t h e s a l o o n s a n d b r o t h e l s
are r e l e a s e d f r o m t h e i r u s u a l r o l e s o f
Westerns.
c o w e r i n g in t h e c o r n e r w h i l e a t a c i t u r n
wanderer dispatches a barful o f drunk-
c o w p o k e s t o B o o t Hill, a n d a r e a n d that o f M o t t r a m , a n o l d e r w o m a n
Ó
Ó
w h o f e a r s that h e r w o r k i n g life m a s o o n
a l l o w e d t o tell t h e i r o w n ÕÖ×Ø .
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be over, contrast with those o f t h e
A n eclectic cast ÙÚÛ s a g r o u p o f
Ó
× Ü Ý Þ ß r girls. T h e h a r d s h i p w h i c h h a s driw o m e n w h o have the d u b i o u s privilege
en
of w o r k i n g for B r e n d a fricker's m a d a m .
v e n Irish i m m i g r a n t ( G a l l a g h e r ) a n d G e r -
N o matter h o w t o u g h life in t h e b r o t h e l
m a n d a n c e r (Becker) into prostitution
lurks b e h i n d t h e w a r m t h o f t h e i r f r a g i l e
Ó
friendship, w h i l e the ×ÜÝÞß ÕÖ , Jakub,
e x i s t e n c e in t h e o u t s i d e w o r l d w o u l d b e
Ó
Ó
entertains ambitious h o p e s o f ßàÙÚ× m o r e d i f f i c u l t f o r e a c h o f t h e m . Kell
Ó
M c G i l l i s ( o f Top Gun f a m e ) t u r n s i n a n m e n t in a cit b o r d e l l o .
gets, w e a r e r e m i n d e d that a r o o t l e s s
assured p e r f o r m a n c e as t h e stoical Net-
British d i r e c t o r J o n S a n d e r s h a s a
Ó
making,
tie, w o r k i n g t o s u p p o r t h e r s o n a n d a l c o -
background in documentar
holic h u s b a n d . H e r c i r c u m s p e c t a t t i t u d e ,
and, from the graphic depiction o f the
w o m e n ' s w o r k d o w n t o their w h i t e p o w der make up, h e s e e m s to have spared
n o effort in a c h i e v i n g t h e a u t h e n t i c
T h e rela-
New
tionships b e t w e e n the w o m e n are well
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presented, but
c o n c e i v e d a n d neatl
Shameless
a p p e a r a n c e o f Painted
Angels.
t h e r e is n o t m u c h d e v e l o p m e n t o f e a c h
character as t h e film p r o g r e s s e s . This
á
Ó
u n u s u a l Ù ×ØÖ ØÛ Û l o f a brutal w a o f life
is a d m i r a b l e , but t h e m e l a n c h o l i c m o n o t Ó
o n e o f t h e f i l m m a k e s f o r fairl u n i n volving viewing,
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Simon
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Lion
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necessaril
movie
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argue
that
the best
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animated
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the most suc-
ever
King is u n d e n i a b l
cessful - with U K b o x office sales o f
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million. N o w com e s
t h e release o f
t h e ( s t r a i g h t t o v i d e o ) s e q u e l - Lion
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s galore with the
King
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Simba's
Pride
-
and, of
c o u r s e , a n e w s o u n d t r a c k : The Lion
King
Collection.
Ihis s u p e r b s o u n d track
brings
t o g e t h e r t h e best f r o m t h e original
m o v i e , i n c l u d i n g t h e h i t s Can You
the Love
Tonight
and Circle
feel
á
of Life b
Llton J o h n , a n d a w h o l e range o f n e w
s o n g s f e a t u r i n g artists s u c h as Tina
Tuner a n d Lebo M .
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The stor o f t h e Lion King contin-
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u e s w i t h t h e r e l e a s e o f Simba's
Pride
w h i c h plots t h e a d v e n t u r e s o f S i m b a
a n d Nala's daughter K i a r a a n d a m e m -
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film department,
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plethora o f tickets a n d m e r c h a n d i s e o n
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offer. W e ' v e got g i m m i c k stuff g a l o r e
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You've
- f a n c Meet Joe Black p a j a m a s ,
e v e n i n g . T h e first f i v e n a m e s o u t o f t h e
Ó
Ó
virtual hat will w i n a à ÕÖ ß Ø ÙØãèßéÕê .
Got Mail C D ' s , A Bugs Life h a t s o r Phan-
T h e w i n n e r s o f last w e e k ' s You've
tom Menace
Mail
p o s t e r s ? O r t i c k e t s t o a varÓ
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i e d ( a n d , Û â à ã Ö Ö ß â Ú , fairl o b s c u r e ) s e t
Ó
ä
o f films? O r T-shirts f r o m practicall e v e r
ëìíîïða
f i l m r e l e a s e d i n t h e last s i x m o n t h s ?
á
Ó
friends (and ×ÜØÕ)
to d o is a n s w e r t h e f o l l o w i n g q u e s t i o n :
t
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man
Kasim Rehman
Marie Nicholaou
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å
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competition, were:
Stephen Whittaker
David Saunders
The
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together o n t h e long-forgotten romantic
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c o m e d Joe Versus the Volcano.
d r o p i n t o t h e Felix o f f i c e ( i n t h e Beit
ö ÷ø ùú ö û
Ó
) to pick u p ×Ü r üýþÿ .
meanwhile
t e b o M provides the African sounds
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a l o n g w i t h Ûâ Õ àã Ö h Black Û à Û è × ,
á
Ó
Lattimore
a n R&B d u c t s u n g b K e n n
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and Heather ßÛâÚ , a n d a rousing
r e n d i t i o n o f We Arc One p e r f o r m e d
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b W o r l d Beat artist A n g e l i q u e Kidjo.
I h c h a u n t i n g b u t e x c e l l e n t first e n d
title o f t h e m o v i e H e Lives
á
p e r f o r m e d b Tina Turner.
( a l o n g w i t h a b o u t ñò0 o t h e r s ) c o r -
i d e n t i f i e d that You've Got Mail stars
ôõ
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rectl
ber o f Scar's pride Kovu;
the soundtrack e n d e a v o u r s t o take
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× u into the world o fSimba a n d C o .
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transports
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f a n s , The
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records o n M a r c h 8th.
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l
o f f e m a l e p u n t e r s w h o g o a l o n g - it w a s
=
just t o o p a c k e d full o f b l o k e s . N o w I
k n o w that I d i d n ' t h e l p b n o t t a k i n g a n
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of London's
newest
house
n i g h t s this s o u t h o f t h e river j a u n t o n l
b e g a n t w o w e e k s a g o , a n d quite frankl
it s h o w s . D e s p i t e t h e p r o m i s e s o f glitter
cannons, balloon drops, a n d t h e most
h n i g h t that t h e c a p i t a l h a s s e e n in
a w h i l e , S h i n e just d o e s n ' t d e l i v e r . But it
is n o t a c o m p l e t e d i s a s t e r a r e a e i t h e r . It
is m e r e l a f l e d g l i n g n i g h t g to learn
to fl in a cit full o f b i g .
u n o t i c e is t h e
T h e first t h i n g that
g i r l f r i e n d s a l o n g this t i m e , b u t it's n o t all
m j o b , n o w is it?
The m u s i c also n e e d s to get a seri
ou s injection of m e l o d and
. The
t e m p o m a h a v e b e e n just a b o u t right
but t h e tracks d b t h e majorit of
t h e DJs w e r e just p l a i n b o r i n g . I s e r i o u s l
can't r e m e m b e r a single tune, a n d n o n e
of t h e m even c a m e close to giving m e
that u s u a l r u s h that
u get w h e n
u
reall e n j o a track. D e s p i t e t h e c al i br e o f
the talent o n s h o w , s u c h as Ro t h e
u
r m o v e s . A l t h e s a m e t i m e , if
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off
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or g e t t i n g u p to n o g o o d , t h e n t h e r e a r e
p l e n t o f little out-of-thc w a s e c t i o n s t o
e x p l o r e . It m a b e c o n f u s i n g t o g e t
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s t o r m o n t h e n a t i o n ' s d a n c e f l o o r s , it
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c o m e s w i t h a f e w m i x e s , t h e best b e i n g
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Sasha's o w n 'Belfunk'.
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b e e n c o m p i l e d behind ih e decks before
1
p e o p l e w h o like all k i n d s o f m u s i c - a
superb collection o f tunes.
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a TY
'Cit B o k x d o _ '
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r e f i n i n g w o r k in t h e s t u d i o t o c r e a t e
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John Digweed a n d Sasha are the
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T
T
a n d great t u n e s , t h e o n l p r o b l e m
variet
Astral P r o j e c t i o n
is t h e a l b u m is n o t l o n g e n o u g h ! !
'Another World'
is a C D w h i c h j o i n s t o g e t h e r h o u s e , s o u l ,
(Transient)
d i s c o , R&B, g o s p e l , y z { { a n d e l e c t r o n l c a
grooves
M o r c e a n Worker
This is t h e sixth a l b u m f r o m t h e finest
T
Israeli t r a n c e act e v e r ( p e r s o n a l l I k n o w
' M i x e d E m o t i o n a l F e a t u r e s LP'
o f n o o t h e r Israeli t r a n c e act s b u t w h o ' s
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• • • •
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t a i n i n g . T h e h a v e t h e abilit t o c r e a t e a
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c o u n t i n g ? ) . A nine-track a l b u m , ' A n o t h e r
great a t m o s p h e r e u s i n g b r e a t h t a k i n g
T
have
t u n e s , a n d in r e c e n t U V W X s t h e
Y Z[ \ T Y
d h u g e success with t h e superb
( M o r c e a n Worker) has t o b e o n e o f t h e
Northern Exposure series ( a n d b e f o r e
best D & B a l b u m s thai has ever
T
This a l b u m , p r o d u c e d b A d a m D o r n
a n d Afro-American
musical
f u s i o n . T h e a l b u m h a s 1S t r a c k s a n d
T
t a k e s k l u o n a j o u r n e t h r o u g h all t h e
TaY
p r e v i o u s m e n t i o n e d _`
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T
m o r e t e c h n o - s o u n d i n g t h a n it actuall is,
that t h e i n c r e d i b l e R e n a i s s a n c e projects).
c r e a t e d . It's s o g o o d that h a d it not b e e n
p l i n g h a v e g i v e n t h e tracks g l o w i n g
m
r e p o r t s . T h e m u s i c is v e r m u c h like that
The collaboration b e t w e e n the t w o m a s -
f o r S a s h a a n d D i g w e e d , this w o u l d h a v e
released o n the Perfecto
l a b e l - fast
but t h e a l b u m s h o w s h o w f u s i n g d i f f e r -
ters c o n t i n u e s w i t h t h e n e w N o r t h e r n
been album of the week. 'Mixed Emo-
Exposure a l b u m entitled 'Expeditions.'
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This is a n a l b u m w h i c h is s i m p l brilliant.
that u s e s m a n
e n t s o u n d s t o g e t h e r c a n m a k e a great
T
sounding album simpl because of the
T
variet o n offer.
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t i o n a l f e a t u r e s LP is a t e n track a l b u m
T
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different `
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T
w h i c h are t h e n expertl f u s e d with D&B.
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T
T
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d o w n s . A n d b e c a u s e it's g o o d qualit fast
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g T
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,
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t h e m s e l v e s a s d i f f e r e n t t o all t h e o t h e r
j e c t i o n , t h e true o r i g i n a t o r s o f
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m a k e their n a m e s - g o o d bcd ` , d e e p
t h e r e a r e n o M C s at all, s o t h e r e ' s n o irri-
w ill s o o n b e t o u r i n g in L o n d o n t o h e l p
t h e f o r m i d a b l e _`
tating vocals. T h e tracks feature m u s i c
p r o m o t e t h e a l b u m a n d if k l u w a n t
s u c h as h o u s e , funk, h ijj, progressive
m o r e info, t h e n p o p into t h e Felix o f f i c e .
p r o g r e s s i v e h o u s e m u s i c . T h e t r a c k list-
a n d s o m e g o o d o l d " n o r m a l " D&B; e a c h
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T
tune slowl builds up, starting gentl
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before hitting k lu with D&B sounds
T
fade into the calm
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mate w h o randoml turned up) braved
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g e n t l a s t h e lig h ts d i m m e d .
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T
in t h e last thirt h o u r s o r s o , J o e l ( w h o
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c o u l d b a r e l sta a w a k e ) s p e n t t h e g i g
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dancing behind a bloke w h o not onl
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kicked u p a fuss, w h e n h e promptl tied
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screaming out the
b e f o r e I w a s s u r p r i s e d at h o w s m a l l t h e
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T
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c r u t c h e s at h o m e (after last w e e k ' s f a r c e
T
at Turnmills t h e r e w a s n o w a I w a s b r i n g -
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u w a n n a hear techno?" to t h e c r o w d .
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gressive a n d h a r d , but I felt a bit sorr f o r
t e c h n o track w i t h h a r d bas s l i n e s a n d
him as no-one s e e m e d to notice h i m .
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Graduall the clock a p p r o a c h e d 9:30pm
m i n i m a l vocals b e f o r e l a u n c h i n g into
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a n d t h e a t m o s p h e r e built u p in a n t i c i T
pation o f G u s Gus. A n d t h e n the c a m e

o n s t a g e t o a s t a n d i n g o v a t i o n ( o k a I'll
throughout the gig, weird images and
messages w e r e projected onto a screen
T
b e h i n d t h e stage a d d i n g to a n alread
admit there w e r e n ' t a n k seats), a n d
T
T
i m m e d i a t e l G u s G u s (six € c s a n d a
electric a t m o s p h e r e .
girl) t o o k u s t h r o u g h a trip o f great m u s i c .
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pro-
ished - G u s G u s c a m e o n for a n e n c o r e
duce
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it e n c o m p a s s e s
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until t h e l e a d s i n g e r c a m e o u t a n d s a i d
T
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was treated to a great mix o f t u n e s .
T
w a s a g r e a t g i g a n d Felix h a s t o t h a n k
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a n d review a f a b u l o u s night.
but t h e r e w e r e a f e w classics d r o p p e d in
there, i n c l u d i n g t h e f a b u l o u s
fin-
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s n a t c h e d o n e ba c k , b u t C h r i s retal-
iated f r o m a 40
ˆ–›d free kick w h i c h
netted
m a n a g e d t o g e t t h e ball past
ˆ
Greek-
s e e m e d t o b e all w e w e r e d o i n g a n d
™
ˆ
s c r e a m e d past t h e k e e p e r . T h e K l i n s m a n
Ç ¶± ³ È É
w h e n R i c k i "Jack D u c k w o r t h "
a n d w a s f u n d a m e n t a l in t u r n i n g t h i n g s
ˆ—
ˆ
¸¹ e c e l e b r a t i o n c a p p e d o f f a qualit d a …
g a m e in g o a l , w h e n c r e a t i v e m i d f i e l d e r
around.
for t h e f o u r t h s .
W i n g c o n v e r t e d a c h a n c e s e t u p b… ICU
finall
‰
Gibson
k n o c k e d t h e ball i n t o their half,
A l d e n "Jorrel" B a n k s p o u n c e d o n it a n d
perfectl
ˆ
chipped the keeper.
M… Dad
" W i s h a r t h a d t h e fire in h i s bell
The s e c o n d goal c a m e w h e n
r e a d a ball w e l l a n d c a l m l
Turning a ”
would've been proud.
After s u c h a o n s l a u g h t w e d i d w e l l
to g o in at h a l f t i m e one-nil u p , b u t k n e w
¬­
t h e c a p t a i n Elliot " G r e a t ©ª « "
ˆ
Newton
first t e a m
I w r i t e t h e s e ? ) h e laid o f f a n i n c h p e r f e c t
ˆ
™º ¸“»¸¼ .
pass t o Chris.
Maths...
Good
control a n d a
the captain o f t h e M a t h s t e a m , D i n o .
At t h e f i n a l w h i s t l e , w i t h m o s t ”
ˆ
™º ¸“»“¸¹ s
once
demon-
s t rat e d t h e i r s u p e riorit
½
over
Mathematicians
ˆ
¾¿3 v i c t o r in t h e
Melvin
Lewis
If a n … s t u d e n t s a r e i n t e r e s t e d e m a i l m e
al [email protected]
3
Tournament.
M e c h Eng
3
match,
b i l l e d b… s o m e a s
At a r o u n d 2 p. m . o n Ò Ó Ô ÕÓ Ö Ô × Ø , t h e
"the match o f t h e
Management
with
School's team ”
—–ˆ
›
š d its
¨—ˆ
first m a t c h a g a i n s t M e c h E n g , a Ù “ š ·
,
o v e r a m o n t h after t h e t h o u g h t o f f o r m -
lots o f g o a l - m o u t h
i n g a t e a m w a s first c o n c e i v e d .
action a n d a feast
e i g h t e e n f o o t b a l l e r s b r a v e d t h e rain t o
of goals.
However,
the m a t c h
almost
didn't take
due
to
place
the
lat e
In a l l ,
ˆ
pla for t h e t e a m , m a d e w o r s e b… t h e fact
that w e w e r e all in t r a i n e r s .
ÚÛÜÜÝ
A l t h o u g h M a n a g e m e n t b e g a n skill, M e c h Engtook advantage of M a n -
arrival o f t h e M a t h s
a g e m e n t ' s occasional o p e n d e f e n c e to
team,
s c o r e t w o g o a l s in t h e first half. T h e s e c -
which
ˆ
o f over 30 m i n u t e s .
When
match
the
finall
œ ¨ ›À–ˆ
· š
,
ˆ got
o n d half s a w M a n a g e m e n t e q u a l i s e w i t h
two excellent goals from Robbi Malandrenlotis a n d o n e from M i k e , a M e c h Eng
member ”
—–ˆ
“ · g f o r us. T h e r e w e r e a l s o
both
s o m e brilliant s a v e s , g o a l a t t e m p t s a n d
teams
started off
tackles, not t o m e n t i o n s o m e interesting
ˆ
and took a
s l i d e s in t h e m u d d u r i n g t h e m a t c h a n d
slowl
w h i l e to get into
ˆ
™º ¸ “ » s
the g a m e .
o p e n e d the scoring
midwa
ˆ
e i t h e r t e a m l o o k e d like t h e
several instances.
š ·Þ
through
t h e first half w i t h a
well-worked
move
ˆ
which w a s cooll
finished
off
"Man
b…
˜ˆ–ß—
If
ˆ˜
ˆ
c o u l d w i n at
O v e r a l l , it w a s a n
e match
u a r e i n t e r e s t e d in ”
[email protected]
for
–
—–ˆ
“ ·à . E-mail
Management,
˜ ßˆá – œ
¼» ¸
“»¼ »¼ k for M e c h Eng a n d
˜¨ á – œk for other e n g i n e e r i n g
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“» “»¼ »¼
departments.
the
Vaskor
Ä
Basak
M a t c h " Á ÂÃÃ , w h o
m a d e it 2-0 s h o r t l
Freefone 0800 731 7316 or
contact the Sports Centre
direct on 0171-594-8964
ˆ
Management
r e s u l t e d in a d e l a
h
e v e n after an
Interdepartmental
disappoint,
d
their victor
under-par p e r f o r m a n c e , a n d c a n onl
first p h a s e o f t h e IC
20th & 21st March
Imperial College^,''
Sports Centre
deserved
get better.
ˆ –›
š " d i d n o t fail t o
*W
—–ˆ-
—–ˆ ›
š s unsporters e x h a u s t e d , M a t h s ”
Ê
ingl
didn't shake the hands of the
Ë ÌÍÎÏÐÏÎÑÎ
ˆ
ˆ
! O v e r a l l , ™º ¸ “» s t h o r o u g h l
ˆ
with an emphatic
The
M
Shubeur
t h e n a d d e d a fifth f o r ™º ¸“»¸ , w h i c h w a s
f o l l o w e d b… t w o late c o n s o l a t i o n g o a l s b…
again
Come join
the fun!
member, Warren.
ˆ
L
i n t e r c e p t e d it.
—–ˆ r w i t h e a s e (can
š
… ® u tell
t Marios, w h o had an outstanding
before
ˆ
halftime
s
with a n o t h e r welltaken goal.
The
much
path
.
second
half f o l l o w e d prett
the
ˆ
same
.
a s t h e first,
ˆ
w i t h ™º ¸“ » s d o m i nating
for
long
ˆ
™º ¸“»s
periods.
n o t c h e d u p a third
g o a l earl
ˆ
in t h e
f
8
t
7
t
R
,
C
c a m e back strong against Warwick with
â
E
o u r ãä å s s o r t e d o u t ; M o a n d Ket d r i v i n g
â
t h e I m p e r i a l o f f e n s i v e like a f i n e - t u n e d
The overseas societies basketball tour-
h o u r o f 10:30 a m , w i t h us a g a i n s t B i r m -
Ferrari w i t h N a r i s s a a n d L i s a n n e p u t t i n g
n a m e n t w a s held o n the 27th ò çå
a p p e a r e d to h a v e p i c k e d
u p a brick wall o f d e f e n c e . W e a c h i e v e d
The da w a s w o n b the Afro-Caribbean
t h u g s o f f t h e street at r a n d o m a n d p a i d
a s h u t o u t a n d w e r e just g e t t i n g d o w n
Societ
t h e m a Fiver e a c h t o ãäå . T h e i r g a m e
to s o m e serious offense w h e n the whis-
w h e n s o m e societies d e c i d e d not to
consisted of p u m m e l l i n g the opposition
tle w a s b l o w n .
T h e t o u r n a m e n t s t a r t e d at t h e u n g o d l
ingham. The
â
â
whenever the referee wasn't watching
â
æçèéêä , w e
ë
ì
q u i c k l learnt t o s k a t e a w a f r o m t h e
âíî
ãäå
s w h o h a d their knuckles scraping
and often w h e n he was!
on the floor.
â
T h e Imperial ãäå s w e r e m o r e m i x e d
up than a well-shaken martini, but simpl
ï
sterling g o a l t e n d i n g from Nerissa
h e l d t h e m at b a
ð
until t h e last s e c o n d s
of the g a m e w h e n the
â
C a m b r i d g e h a d to offer. D r e w score a
ñ
nift g o a l late in t h e m a t c h b u t it w a s n ' t
â
í
ò ç ä ä ó ô õ d t w o past o u r
borrowed Warwick goalie
turn u p , t h e a f t e r n o o n m a t c h e s s t art e d
þ ý â
ôô ä . There w a s s o m e
to f l o w m o r e
â
ö ÷ ø % since t h e b e g i n n i n g of t h e tourù
â
d e f e n c e a n d inspired attacks.
n a m e n t a n d s o m e ver
fine hocke
was
ð
h a d b all, w i t h s p l e n d i d d e f e n c e f r o m
îý
ýí â
T h o r a n d S p e a D F r e a K . ú û üô ç û å ä , t h e
íâ þ ý
weak é
ôûe was our borrowed Goalie,
Fair pla
â
b a s k e t b a l l m a l c h e s , tight
to t h e L e b a n e s e a n d å ä å
c l o s e f o u r t h in t h e e n d ; n o t a
before ãäå
A-teams.
âí
â
Rugb M a t c h / R o w i n g (Boat Race)
ô
âþ
in
the
3rd
team.
For
â
î í
for a practice b e f o r e t h e
ð National Indoor student finals , that
m a k e s IC in t h e t o p 1 ÿ s t u d e n t t e a m s in
ý îâ the èôçû
, s o t h e first t e a m w e r e o u t
â
their place. A s t h e s c o r c l i n e
Q
c a s u a l t i e s , b u t n o t after s o m e
â
T h e IC j u d o c l u b a t t e n d e d a belt g r a d i n g
eas
us dinner!
(to g o u p a belt) at t h e L o n d o n J u d o
o n d h a l f K i n g s w e r e k e e n to s h o w IC
societ
h o w the
â
o n t h e 28th. Overall g o o d per-
ð
R a m a g e put t w o over the posts. Special
w a l k o v e r f o r IC. b u t c o m e t h e s e c -
â c o u l d reall â
â
ãäå . In t h e e n d
formances b the peopl e present m e a n l
the s c o r e w a s i n e v i t a b l e t h o u g h , a n o t h e r
that t h e c l u b n o w b o a s t s m o r e r a i n b o w
ass kicking b
â exist. C o n g r a t -
u l a t i o n s t o D a n u t a , Chris, N i c h o l a i d e s ,
ð
IC.
The g a m e w a s ãäå
m e n t i o n must g o to G r e g f r o m Civ Eng,
David a n d D u n c a n .
b u i l d s t r o n g links b e t w e e n IC u l t i m a t e
For m o r e info visit t h e j u d o w e b p a g e o n
t e a m a n d Kings ultimate t e a m . Another
t h e u n i o n w e b site.
victor
minutes, then ãäå
âíd a stormer.
þ î î þ
s o far in t h e s o u t h - e a s t o u t d o o r l e a g u e
G
â
w e r e a s s e m b l e d . ú û ç ã ê ê û ä , Civ. E n g .
t o o k a d v a n t a g e o f their e x p e r i e n c e a n d
â m a k i n g it 3 o u t o f 3 w i n s f o r IC
Overall, the da
ð w a s fairl â n o r m a l w i t h
ð
H
g o o d performances b the whole team
m
m
G n a t C h u m ' s h e a d s o o n p u t a s t o p t o all
d o w n i n g f r o m lain . M e c h E n g g o t o f f
â
this. W h e n t h e h a d left t h e f i e l d , t h e o i l
ð
íâ
ô û é s c l a w e d their w a b a c k to par
â
ð
: at h a l f t i m e t h e l e a d b t w o c o n -
ì
w i t h it. M e c h E n g ' s ' O r a n g e l e p r e c h a u n '
Cosb a n d 'village' Stevens w e r e vicious
g r o w l i n g b e a s t s in attack, w i t h S v e n a n d
Phil m a k i n g s o m e s t o r m i n g r u n s . F r o m
h e r e o n i n , t h o u g h , Clvil's A n d
â
d in great spiri
w h o learnt t h e rules o f t h e g a m e in t e n
as u s u a l (4th o v e r a l l in parallel r a c i n g ,
v e r s i o n s a n d l o o k e d like r u n n i n g a w a
âí
(no fouls there t h e n ) a n d h e l p e d to
o n e m a n u p after a s m o o t h f o u r s e c o n d
between
defiant
K i n g s d e f e n d i n g . T h e first h a l f w a s a n
s n a t c h e d t h e lead straight , b e i n g
â
â
a ü ê û ó ä . This g a m e w a s t h e
last c h a n c e
Stricko's teeth a n d
interpla
, a l t h o u g h this m e a n t
cial l o v e t o L i s a n n e ' s M u m f o r c o o k i n g
o n d half. T w o b o a t race t e a m s o f e i g h t
d i d in
âíî þ
s h o w s , IC d i s p o s e d o f k i n g s w i t h f e w
Massive thanks g o to Nerissa
S w i t c h t o t h e H a r l i n g t o n bar f o r t h e s e c -
â
o u r (best) ãäå
to j u s t i f
d together, ãäå êû g against
- 0, t h e b r i c k i e s w e r e k e e n t o s e t t h e
- which the
mail
[email protected].
â
'
þýâ í
ä . A b l i n d i n g start g a v e
tremendous
â
t h e hard hats a n earl l e a d . S o m e incisive
info
â
After last s d e b a c l e w h e n civil lost 2 record straight
o f t h e flu s o w a s s e n t t o b e d w i t h h i s
i n g it o n l
â
s u c c e s s , speciall t h e r e f e r e e ' s a n d t e a m
a n d L i s a n n e f o r d r i v i n g . A n d üêûåää , s p e -
7 ÿ - 49
Mechanical Engineering 'Spanner
except 'Worship me', w h o complained
T h a n k s t o all w h o m a d e t h e e v e n t a
c o l o u r s t h a n m u s t reall
'Brickies'
âí
ãäå r (at least
îý
ýí â
çûå ä , d u e
â
ð
to a n u n u s u a l l k e e n turn-out b IC (all
that K i n g s h a d t o f o r f e i t t h e g a m e , m a k -
captains.
L
Engineering
êån
T h e next t o u r n a m e n t s h o u l d b e f o o t b a l l
ù
â
7 n e e d e d for a t e a m ) . ô
s o c i e t i e s f o r t h e i r s p o r t i n g spirit.
ing seconds.
A ver
It w a s n o s u r p r i s e w h e n K i n g s t u r n e d u p
(late a s usual) w i t h o n l
w o m a n ) , w e could lend t h e m a f e w of
w h o let o n e s n e a k past h i m in t h e o p e n -
A f t e r a b e a u t i f u l t w o g a m e rest w e
Civil
âþ
C
.
ð
high qualit
b a d e f f o r t f o r a B t e a m that h a d n e v e r
T h e next m a t c h w a s a g a i n s t t h e best
ð
îâ
â 2 n d team. After a l o n g m o r n i n g
bridge, our t e a m had improved about
h a p p e n e d into
a fluke goal.
e n o u g h as the
The closing g a m e w a s with C a m -
í î
' B i g ' Lit-
tle a n d Brad ' T h e B u c k e t ' Baskett p u s h e d
t h e p a c e u p a f e w n o t c h e s a n d it all
c a m e t o g e t h e r in t h e last f i v e m i n u t e s .
â
Brad e n d e d w i t h six tries a n d ' B i g å ó ó '
more
þ
â
â
ä ô ä , b u t k e p t a m o r e s t e a d ratâ
i n g w h i c h a v e r a g e d slightl
higher. The
2 n d overall in i n d i v i d u a l t i m e s , 3rd p l a c e
s n o w b o a r d i n g f o r D a v e Best!).
H o w e v e r , t h e c a p t a i n w a s n o t i c e d hav-
ù
â
g a p w a s c l o s e d a n d t h e r e w a s n o clear
ing ver
w a t e r , b u t t h e m e c h a n i c s c a u g h t a crab ,
UCL club president.
s o t h e s c a f f o l d e r s c o u l d pull a w a
ì
again
ý îâ
t o ê è ô . I n c l u d i n g t h e f o o t b a l l , that
m a k e s Civil 3 - M e c h a n i c a l 0, t i m e t o pull
â
ôçr wrenches out of
â
ôçr builders'
c l e a v a g e lads !
friendl
discussions with the
The United Hospital's c u p dates from
188 a n d is t h e s e c o n d o l d e s t c u p in the
îâ þ
w o r l d . T h e c u r r e n t h o l d e r s a r e St. å
,
d e f e n d i n g under t h e guise o f ICSM.
R u m o u r s h a v e it
C o a c h e s w i l l b e laid o n f o r support-
â
that h e w a s a s k i n g for c e r t a i n s e r v i c e s .
ers in t h e h o p e that a s m a n
T h e c a p t a i n w a s later b e a t e n in t h e race,
p o s s i b l e w i l l c o m e a n d h a v e a brilliant
â
his e x c u s e b e i n g that h e w a s l a u g h i n g
da
at t h e U C L c l u b p r e s i d e n t ' s fall. A r r o g a n t
c o m p e t i n g in h o c k e
f r e n c h m a n , s e r v e s h i m right!
ð
o u t t h e d a at M o t s p u r Park.
ð
o u t as t h e r e will a l s o b e I C S M t e a m s
The da
It s e e m s that t h e spirit o f t h e d e p a r t -
â g r o w i n g into s o m e t h i n g
â
tangible... keep up the g o o d work! û m e n t s is f i n a l l
p e o p l e as
â
U L finals t h r o u g h
will b e c o m p l e t e d b
o n e f o r cricket?
d
Mon 8
Wed 10
Tues 9
RCSU Elections - v o t i n g C o m i c Relief Q u i õ
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for
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m m e e t i n g , all w e l c o m e -
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Caving Club Meet i n g
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ð
'"teabagging" of Simon T h o m p s o n .
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!
!
I m p e r i a l , reall b e g i n n i n g t o e n j o
t h e g a m e , s t a r t e d t o let l o o s e a n d s p e n t
ICII...
UCL I
.
IC III-
In t h e N e w Year IC II h a v e b e e n h a v i n g
!
a nightmare. We've w o n onl 2 out of
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league games and been knocked out
H a v i n g b e a t e n St. G e o r g e s in t h e s e c o n d
t h e r e m a i n d e r o f t h e first h a l f c a m p e d
r o u n d o f t h e G u t t e r i d g e c u p , t h e IC 1st
!
XV d e c i d e d t o pla a w a r m u p g a m e
n e a r t h e i r line. M o r e tries w e r e s c o r e d
!
!
b winger And ./01 s a n d the scrum
o f t h e c u p in t h e s e m i - f i n a l . H o w e v e r ,
2C
after = > ? @> A ? B s result a g a i n s t SS/S
!
1st t e a m , t h i n g s a r e s u d d e n l to l o o k a
a g a i n s t B r u n e i 3rd XV.
half Gabriel O d e d i r a n .
w h o l e lot better.
H o w e v e r , all w a s n o t w e l l .
The g a m e started w i t h Brunei p u s h -
h e l d fast. T h e b r e a k c a m e w i t h B r u n e i
!
!
!
c o n c e d i n g a p e n a l t f o r dirt pla In t h e
ruck, a n d D a v e H o g g b o o t i n g t h e ball
s t a m p e d all o v e r .
d e e p i n t o t h e i r half.
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s t r i n g o f o u t s t a n d i n g s a v e s t o l e a v e it at
a n d a b a t t e r i n g is w h a t it w a s . D o n ' t g e t
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d a b e l o n g e d t o IC. T h e first g o a l c a m e
the grave w a s there for the taking, a n d
s o o n , after t h e start o f t h e g a m e f r o m
s t a r t e d t h e s e c o n d h a l f OPQRSPT . U C f a r e
a b e a u t i f u l m o v e started b - Peter C a m p -
a
bell, c o n t i n u e d b - A m a h a n d f i n i s h e d b !
Dave, f r o m t h e most unlikel s o u r c e -
c h a n c e s d e n i e d b - t h e still e x c e l l e n t
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Inaki t h e s u p e r k e e p e r . A l o n g g o a l kick
;
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decent,
a n d having
seen
a few
their b o x a n d p r o c e e d e d t o d i p o v e r
e v e r , w i t h j u s t 10 m i n u t e s t o g o , it w a s
C h a r l i e " w i n d m e u p a n d I start t o g o "
their b e w i l d e r e d k e e p e r s h e a d - 2-0.
still 1-0 t o U C f . T h e n , t h o u g h , t h e ball
C u n n e l p a c e d it d o w n t h e t o u c h l i n e t o
The third a n d fourth goals c a m e s o o n
b r o k e t o M a g i c o n t h e right,
put Ic f u r t h e r i n t h e l e a d .
after f r o m A m a h a n d Peter C a m p b e l l .
s w e e t first t i m e c r o s s w a s m e t b - O l e .
whose
Brunei h a d b- n o w given u p an -
IC b a t t l e d i n t o t h e w i n d i n t h e s e c -
h o p e o f w i n n i n g and w e r e concentrating
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their efforts o n h u r t i n g o u r p e o p l e . T h e
o n d h a l f a n d s h o c k e d SS/S b - s c o r i n g a
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c a n n o n s firing. But t h e just d i d n ' t s e e m
even decided to be sportsmanlike a n d
super defender.
b r o u g h t o n half o f their s e c o n d t e a m to
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after s u p p l i e d b - D a n W a i g h t .
t o c o m p a r e at all w i t h o u r fast p a c e d
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t e a m a n d a r e third in t h e l e a g u e b u t w e
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attack. H a v i n g c a r r i e d t h e ball f o r U 0
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first p o i n t s f o r IC.
IC t h o u g h t that B r u n e i , h a v i n g c o n -
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t h e l e g e n d a r p r e s e n c e o f B i g g e r Titties
a n d Pink G a s h .
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t h r o u g h , a n d t h e ball fell t o Indian Car-
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pet C a t a l o g u e in t h e m i d d l e o f t h e D.
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not at t h e s a m e t i m e , ( 4 c ( d # . I'm f i n d -
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b e c a u s e n o- on e w a s a t t e m p t i n g t o tackle
lost. T h e p a s s i n g w a s e x c e p t i o n a l ( o c c a [\]^_ ``ab
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, w i t h t h e ball rarel r e t u r n i n g t o
d i d a p p e a r t o h a v e t h e u p p e r h a n d to
h i m . H e p i c k e d his spot a n d flicked t h e
start w i t h . T e n m i n u t e s i n t o t h e m a t c h ,
!
C a s a n o v a bri ef l b e c a m e lost In d r e a m s
ball i n t o t h e air. It s e e m e d t o h a n g f o r -
o f a lilting W e l s h v o i c e , in t h e t h r o e s o f
the bar a n d hitting t h e back of the net.
t h e IC half. O n c e fast b r e a k B l u e U n d e r !
p a n t s r o u n d e d t w o "#$ s b e f o r e s e t t i n g
ever, b e f o r e l o o p i n g b a c k d o w n u n d e r
B r u n e i III
up J u m b o B w a n a w h o took 3 attempts
an o r g a s m , calling his n a m e . While h e
2-2, a n d t h e c r o w d w e n t w i l d .
M e c h . Eng.
t o p u t t h e ball past t h e k e e p e r .
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T h e s e c o n d half started
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s e e i n g H o l l o w a p u t p r e s s u r e o n IC's D
s t o o d t h e r e g h i j g , his m a n g a v e h i m t h e
In t h e s e c o n d - h a l f w e t o o k t h e g a m e
o
t o t h e m . O u r spirits m n m p s g a v e u s t h e
for Z m i n u t e s , n o t h e l p e d b - Ic's i n a b i l !
5 8 !
it t o g e t t h e ball o u t $e # .
0-1 t o t h e m e d i c s .
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a l l o w i n g H o l l o w a t o c o n v e r t a n o f this
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21 - 4 K i n g s
slip, a n d b e f o r e C a s a n o v a c o u l d c a t c h
him, the medics had o p e n e d the scoring.
But, if o u r e n e m i e s strike u s d o w n ,
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c a n o n l g e t s t r o n g e r . O u r fires
e d g e , a n d this m a t c h w a s n o e x c e p t i o n .
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C h a n c e s c a m e a g a i n a n d a g a i n , but lad
l u c k w a s n o t s m i l i n g o n f i l t r u m , Lager
Lager a n d I n d i a n C a r p e t C a t a l o g u e . But,
s u r g e d higher a n d not five m i n u t e s h a d
w i t h less t h a n 4 m i n u t e s t o g o , w e w o n
p r e s s u r e . A d e m o n r u n b - 11 p l u s s a w
passed before the S u n d a n c e
t h e ball r e a c h B i g g e r Titties stick less
v e r t e d a n u n o r t h o d o x s h o r t c o r n e r . 1-1
k
T h e battle r a g e d . Ever t a c k l e w a s h a r d
2
f o u g h t ; e v e r pas s h a d t o c o u n t . 10 m i n -
a s h o r t i e . T h e S u n d a n c e Kid s w o o p e d in
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a n d it w a s 3-2 t o t h e D i s c o q( . C o m e
t h a n a f o o t f r o m t h e g o a l . T h e third g o a l
was
a tribute to Pink G a s h ' s
speed,
a g g r e s s i o n a n d d e d i c a t i o n (!). F e e l i n g
!
sorr f o r t h e o p p o s i t i o n M r . T g a v e t h e
Kid c o n -
u t e s b e f o r e half-time, I a b i o d e c a p i t a t e d
ball t o t h e i r CF a n d let t h e g a m e rest at
o n e o f t h e o p p o s i t i o n in o u r D, a n d t h e
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u m p i r e harshl gave t h e m e d i c s a short
3-1.
corner. Despite our defences
valiant
on!
A n d s o , with this victor
!
under our
belts, p r o m o t i o n b e c k o n s m o r e e n t i c r
i n g l t h a n s tu vw x n after a b r a c e o f b e v !
erages a n d a heart vomit. Disco!