The ASDA is stripped; the Co-Op is empty; and everything in Londis is suddenly ten quid. Yikes. What do you do? And when you can get something off the shop shelves, what do you get? I am aware that this advice may be bittersweet or completely EFFIN useless when there is literally nothing on the shelves. I will try to
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Everyone knows the tale of Little Red Riding Hood. The girl who wandered the woods alone in search of her Grandmother’s house only to find Grandma had made a few changes since they last met. But Christina Henry’s The Girl In Red is not the Grimm’s tale we know and love, it’s better. When a disease known as ‘The Cough’
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The King’s Tun VS The Rocket You need a night-out that’s cheap, where else but Wetherspoons. They serve food, sometimes the seats are comfy, and the drinks are London cheap*. Great, that’s decided, you type it into google maps only to find out you have options. That’s right, you, oh broke student spending your last penny on a pitcher to
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For any Roehampton student now well-versed in the trifecta of RSU night-time events, (i.e. you’ve mooched for cigarettes in the prison-style courtyard of Infernos, awkwardly balanced a fishbowl while boogying to some remix of “Eye of the Tiger” at the Clapham Grand, and been shooed out of BOP at approximately 2AM just as you were getting your sway on) what
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Four students. Four secrets. Can you trust the people you live with? Engaging, right? This is the premise for Rachel Sargeant’s latest novel The Roommates. The bestselling author, Rachel Sargeant, has become exceedingly popular among student readers, but why? Is it the setting of the University Campus and the compelling description of a Fresher’s fair that sounds all too familiar? Or
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Nestled between grey buildings, just behind Oxford Street, is a plant-based burger restaurant. It might look unassuming – a white shop front with a small logo, a few turquoise tables and chairs outside on a tiled patio – but Neat Burger promises delicious food that’s been backed by Lewis Hamilton, among several other ultra-famous celebrities. Step inside and you’ll find
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Through hosting events, societies at the University of Roehampton are raising awareness of their society all the while providing an opportunity for others to join in and have fun. Taking place on February 27 and 28, the philosophy society, Esports society and the film society are hosting events for both members and everyone else to join. Speaking on societies, the
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The author Catherine Barter lives in East London and Trouble Makers is her first book, it was published by Anderson press in Summer 2017. Trouble Makers was written after the author finished a course and decided to give non – academic writing a go. In an interview I read Barter describes herself as ‘quite a political person,’ and
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