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TUESDAY NOVEMBER 3rd 2009

THE MIGHTY BOOSH, REBELLION AND MAN CRUSHES

UEA’S INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER

A FORTNIGHT OF INTERVIEWS AND LIVE MUSIC REVIEWS

ISSUE 234

MEN’S FASHION SPECIAL: THE BECKS FACTOR

INSIDE BOBBY ORR’S WARDROBE

RICH FULCHER TALKS TO EVENT

TUITION FEES: “NO CHANGE HERE” NEWS Local politicians questioned by UEA students for The Independent’s Uni-Q panel debate. Questions vary from tuition fee policies to the BNP. ŵŵĂ WĂƌƌŽƩ ZĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĂƟǀĞƐ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ŽŶƐĞƌǀĂƟǀĞ͕ >ĂďŽƵƌ ĂŶĚ 'ƌĞĞŶ WĂƌƟĞƐ ŵĞƚ Ăƚ h ƚŚŝƐ ǁĞĞŬ ƚŽ ĚĞďĂƚĞ ĂŶĚ ĂŶƐǁĞƌ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶƐ ƐƵďŵŝƩĞĚ ďǇ h ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĮůŵŝŶŐ ŽĨ Ă ŶĞǁ ŽŶůŝŶĞ ƉŽůŝƟĐƐ ƐŚŽǁ͕ hŶŝͲY͘ /Ŷ ƚŚĞ ĚĞďĂƚĞ͕ ŚĞůĚ ŽŶ &ƌŝĚĂǇ ϯϬƚŚ KĐƚŽďĞƌ ĨŽƌ dŚĞ /ŶĚĞƉĞŶĚĞŶƚ͛Ɛ ǁĞďƐŝƚĞ͕ ŚůŽĞ ^ŵŝƚŚ͕ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǁůǇ ĞůĞĐƚĞĚ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ EŽƌƚŚ DW ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ŽŶƐĞƌǀĂƟǀĞ WĂƌƚǇ͕ ĚƌŝĂŶ ZĂŵƐĂǇ͕

ĚĞƉƵƚǇ ůĞĂĚĞƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ 'ƌĞĞŶ WĂƌƚǇ ĂŶĚ WŚŝů dĂǇůŽƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ >ĂďŽƵƌ WĂƌƚǇ ĚŝƐĐƵƐƐĞĚ ǀĂƌŝŽƵƐ ŝƐƐƵĞƐ ĂŚĞĂĚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŐĞŶĞƌĂů ĞůĞĐƟŽŶ ĚƵĞ ŝŶ DĂǇ ŶĞǆƚ ǇĞĂƌ͘ ^ƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ĨŽƌŵĞĚ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶƐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƉĂŶĞůůŝƐƚƐ͕ ǁŚŽ ʹ ĨŽůůŽǁŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĨŽƌŵĂƚ ŽĨ ƉŽƉƵůĂƌ ƉŽůŝƟĐƐ ƐŚŽǁ͕ YƵĞƐƟŽŶ dŝŵĞ Ͳ ǁĞƌĞ ŶŽƚ ĂůůŽǁĞĚ ƚŽ ǀŝĞǁ ƚŚĞŵ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ƌĞĐŽƌĚŝŶŐ͘ dŚĞƐĞ ƌĂŶŐĞĚ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ĞĐŽŶŽŵǇ͕ ƚŽ ĐůŝŵĂƚĞ ĐŚĂŶŐĞ͕ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ h<͛Ɛ ƌŽůĞ ŝŶ ƵƌŽƉĞ͕ ďƵƚ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ ƚŚĞ ƚŽƉŝĐ ŽĨ ƚƵŝƟŽŶ ĨĞĞƐ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƌĞĂůůǇ ŐŽƚ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ƚĂůŬŝŶŐ͘ ŽƚŚ >ĂďŽƵƌ ĂŶĚ ŽŶƐĞƌǀĂƟǀĞ DWƐ ŵĂŝŶƚĂŝŶĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚƵŝƟŽŶ ĨĞĞƐ ^ŝŵŽŶ WĂƌƚƌŝĚŐĞ

WĂŶĞůŝƐƚƐ͗ ;ĨƌŽŵ ůĞŌ ƚŽ ƌŝŐŚƚͿ ĚƌŝĂŶ ZĂŵƐĂǇ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ 'ƌĞĞŶ ƉĂƌƚǇ͕ ŚůŽĞ ^ŵŝƚŚ ĨŽƌ ŽŶƐĞƌǀĂƟǀĞƐ ĂŶĚ WŚŝů dĂǇůŽƌ ĨŽƌ >ĂďŽƵƌ

ǁĞƌĞ ŶĞĐĞƐƐĂƌǇ ďƵƚ ĚƌŝĂŶ ZĂŵƐĂǇ ƐĂŝĚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ 'ƌĞĞŶƐ ǁŽƵůĚ ĂďŽůŝƐŚ ƚŚĞŵ͕ ĂĚĚŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƟĞƐ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ďĞ ĨƵŶĚĞĚ ĂƐ Ă ͚ƉƵďůŝĐ ƐĞƌǀŝĐĞ͛ ĂŶĚ ͚ĨƌĞĞ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƉŽŝŶƚ ŽĨ ĚĞůŝǀĞƌǇ͛ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŵ ŵƵĐŚ ůŝŬĞ ƚŚĞ E,^͘ ,Ğ ĂĚĚĞĚ ĂŌĞƌǁĂƌĚƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ͞ĨĂŝƌĞƐƚ ǁĂǇ ƚŽ ĚŽ ƚŚĂƚ ǁŽƵůĚ ďĞ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ŝŶĐŽŵĞ ƚĂǆ͘͟ ŽŶƐĞƌǀĂƟǀĞ DW͕ ŚůŽĞ ^ŵŝƚŚ͕ ƚŽůĚ ƚŚĞ ĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞ ƚŚĂƚ ĨƵŶĚŝŶŐ ŽĨ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ ĨĞĞƐ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ďĞ Ă ͞ďůĞŶĚĞĚ͟ ĞīŽƌƚ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ƚŚĞ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂƚĞ͕ ƵƐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĞǆĂŵƉůĞ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ƚĂǆƉĂǇĞƌ ͞ƐŚŽƵůĚŶ͛ƚ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŽ ƉĂǇ ĨŽƌ Ă ŵŝůůŝŽŶĂŝƌĞ͛Ɛ ƐŽŶ ƚŽ ŐŽ ƚŽ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ͘͟ tŚĞŶ ĨĂĐĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ 'ƌĞĞŶ WĂƌƚǇ͛Ɛ ĐŽŵƉĂƌŝƐŽŶ ŽĨ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ E,^͕ ƐŚĞ ĂƌŐƵĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ ŝƐ Ă ĐŚŽŝĐĞ ĂŶĚ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ƚŚĞƌĞĨŽƌĞ ƉůĂŶ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĐŚŝůĚ͛Ɛ ŚŝŐŚĞƌ ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ ĨĞĞƐ͘ WŚŝů dĂǇůŽƌ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ >ĂďŽƵƌ WĂƌƚǇ ƚŽŽŬ ĂŶŽƚŚĞƌ ǀŝĞǁ͕ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƉŽŝŶƚ ƚŚĂƚ ŶŽƚ ĞǀĞƌǇŽŶĞ ƌĞĐĞŝǀĞƐ ƚŚŽƵƐĂŶĚƐ ŽĨ ƉŽƵŶĚƐ ŽĨ ƚĂǆƉĂǇĞƌ͛Ɛ ŵŽŶĞǇ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ͘ /Ŷ Ă ĐŽŵŵĞŶƚ ǁŚŝĐŚ ǁĂƐ ƵŶƉŽƉƵůĂƌ ǁŝƚŚ ŵŽƐƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞ͕ ŚĞ ƐĂŝĚ ƚŚĂƚ ƉƵƫŶŐ ƐƚĂƚĞ ŵŽŶĞǇ ŝŶƚŽ ƉĂǇŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ƚŽ ŐŽ ƚŽ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ ͞ŽŶůǇ ďĞŶĞĮƚƐ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͘͟ KŶĞ ŵĞŵďĞƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞ

ƌĞĂĐƚĞĚ ƚŽ ƚŚŝƐ ďǇ ƐƵŐŐĞƐƟŶŐ ƚŽ Dƌ dĂǇůŽƌ ƚŚĂƚ ŝĨ Ă ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ ǁĂƐ ƚŽ ĚŝƐĐŽǀĞƌ Ă ĐƵƌĞ ĨŽƌ ĐĂŶĐĞƌ ƚŚĂƚ ǁŽƵůĚ ďĞŶĞĮƚ ƚŚĞ ǁŚŽůĞ ŽĨ ƐŽĐŝĞƚǇ͘ THE PANEL dŚŝƐ ĚĞďĂƚĞ ǁĂƐ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƚǇ ĨŽƌ ŚůŽĞ ^ŵŝƚŚ ƚŽ ƐƉĞĂŬ ǁŝƚŚ h ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ĂŌĞƌ ŚĞƌ ƌĞĐĞŶƚ ǁŝŶ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ EŽƌƚŚ ďǇͲĞůĞĐƟŽŶ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƐƵŵŵĞƌ ĨŽůůŽǁŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƌĞƐŝŐŶĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ >ĂďŽƵƌ DW /ĂŶ 'ŝďƐŽŶ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĞǆƉĞŶƐĞƐ ƐĐĂŶĚĂů͘ ŚůŽĞ ĚĞƐĐƌŝďĞƐ ŚĞƌƐĞůĨ ŽŶ ŚĞƌ ǁĞďƐŝƚĞ ĂƐ Ă ͞EŽƌĨŽůŬ Őŝƌů ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ĂŶĚ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ͕͟ ďƵƚ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ ĚƌŝĂŶ ZĂŵƐĂǇ͕ ǁŚŽ ƚŽůĚ ƚŚĞ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĞ ĨŽƵŐŚƚ ĂŐĂŝŶƐƚ ƚŚĞ ŝŶƚƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƚƵŝƟŽŶ ĨĞĞƐ ǁŚĞŶ ŚĞ ǁĂƐ Ă ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ Ăƚ h ͕ ǁŚŽ ƌĞĐĞŝǀĞĚ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ĂƉƉůĂƵƐĞ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ĞǀĞŶƚ͘ ĚƌŝĂŶ ZĂŵƐĂǇ ŝƐ Ă ĨƌĞƋƵĞŶƚ ǀŝƐŝƚŽƌ ƚŽ h ͕ ďĞŝŶŐ >ĞĂĚĞƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ KƉƉŽƐŝƟŽŶ ŽŶ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ ŝƚǇ ŽƵŶĐŝů͕ ĂŶĚ ŝƐ ŚŽƉŝŶŐ ƚŽ ďĞĐŽŵĞ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ 'ƌĞĞŶ DWƐ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ŐĞŶĞƌĂů ĞůĞĐƟŽŶ ŶĞǆƚ ǇĞĂƌ͘ WŚŝů dĂǇůŽƌ ŝƐ ŚŽƉŝŶŐ ƚŽ ĐŽŶƚĞƐƚ ŚůŽĞ ^ŵŝƚŚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǆƚ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ EŽƌƚŚ ĞůĞĐƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ǁĂƐ ƉƌĞǀŝŽƵƐůǇ Ă ƐƉĞĐŝĂů ĂĚǀŝƐŽƌ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ >ĂďŽƵƌ WĂƌƚǇ͘

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STUDENTS UNITE AGAINST BNP ON QUESTION TIME Gareth Coventry ŐƌŽƵƉ ŽĨ h ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ĂƩĞŶĚĞĚ ƚŚĞ ĚĞŵŽŶƐƚƌĂƟŽŶ ŽƵƚƐŝĚĞ ƚŚĞ ƐƚƵĚŝŽƐ ŝŶ >ŽŶĚŽŶ ĂŐĂŝŶƐƚ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŶƚƌŽǀĞƌƐŝĂů ĂƉƉĞĂƌĂŶĐĞ ŽĨ EŝĐŬ 'ƌŝĸŶ͕ ƚŚĞ ůĞĂĚĞƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ EW͕ ŽŶ YƵĞƐƟŽŶ dŝŵĞ ůĂƐƚ ŵŽŶƚŚ͘ dŚĞ ŐƌŽƵƉ ŽĨ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ĨŽƌŵĞĚ ƉĂƌƚ ŽĨ Ă ǁŝĚĞƌ ĐŽŶƟŶŐĞŶƚ ĨƌŽŵ EŽƌĨŽůŬ

ǁŚŝĐŚ ǁĂƐ ŽƌŐĂŶŝƐĞĚ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ŐƌŽƵƉ hŶŝƚĞ ŐĂŝŶƐƚ &ĂƐĐŝƐŵ ;h &Ϳ͕ ǁŚŽ ĂůƐŽ ŽƌŐĂŶŝƐĞĚ ĂŶ ĂůůͲĚĂǇ ƉŝĐŬĞƚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĚĂǇ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽƚĞƐƚ ŽƵƚƐŝĚĞ ƚŚĞ ƐƚƵĚŝŽƐ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ŝŶƚĞŶƟŽŶ ŽĨ ůĞĂŇĞƟŶŐ ǁŽƌŬĞƌƐ ƚŽ ĞǆƉůĂŝŶ ǁŚǇ h & ƚŚŽƵŐŚƚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ EW ƐŚŽƵůĚ ŶŽƚ ďĞ ĂůůŽǁĞĚ ŽŶ YƵĞƐƟŽŶ dŝŵĞ͘ /ƚ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ĞƐƟŵĂƚĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ƵƉ ƚŽ Ϯ͕ϬϬϬ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ĂƩĞŶĚĞĚ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽƚĞƐƚ ŽƵƚƐŝĚĞ dĞůĞǀŝƐŝŽŶ ĞŶƚƌĞ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ŵĂŶǇ ƐŵĂůůĞƌ ƉƌŽƚĞƐƚƐ ŽƵƚƐŝĚĞ ƚŚĞ ƌĞŐŝŽŶĂů

ŽĸĐĞƐ͕ ŶĂŵĞůǇ >ŝǀĞƌƉŽŽů ĂŶĚ ĞůĨĂƐƚ͘ ƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽƚĞƐƚ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ƐƚƵĚŝŽƐ͕ Ϯϱ ĚĞŵŽŶƐƚƌĂƚŽƌƐ ǁĞƌĞ ĂďůĞ ƚŽ ďƌĞĂĐŚ ƐĞĐƵƌŝƚǇ ĂŶĚ ŐĂŝŶĞĚ ĂĐĐĞƐƐ ƚŽ ďƵŝůĚŝŶŐƐ͕ ĂůƚŚŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞǇ ǁĞƌĞ ƋƵŝĐŬůǇ ƌĞŵŽǀĞĚ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ƚŚĞǇ ĐŽƵůĚ ŵĂŬĞ Ă ƉĞƌŵĂŶĞŶƚ ƉƌĞƐĞŶĐĞ͘ dŚĞ ƉƌŽƚĞƐƚ ǁĂƐ ŵĂŝŶůǇ ƉĞĂĐĞĨƵů͕ ƚŚŽƵŐŚ ƚŚƌĞĞ ƉŽůŝĐĞ ŽĸĐĞƌƐ ǁĞƌĞ ŝŶũƵƌĞĚ ĂŶĚ Ɛŝǆ ƉƌŽƚĞƐƚĞƌƐ ǁĞƌĞ ĂƌƌĞƐƚĞĚ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĚĞŵŽŶƐƚƌĂƟŽŶ͖ ŚŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ŽŶĞ ǁĂƐ ĂƌƌĞƐƚĞĚ ŝŶ ĐŽŶŶĞĐƟŽŶ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ƉƌŝŽƌ

NORFOLK FAILS TO RETAIN GRADUATES AFTER DEGREE CARNAGE COUNTDOWN. CONTROVERSIAL STUDENT MONITORING PROGRAMME. PIPE LEAK LEAVES RESIDENTS WATERLESS.

INTERNATIONAL 8

NORWICHS’ ENCHANTING GHOST WALKS HALLOWEEN LEAVES ITS FRIGHTFUL MARK ON UEA STUDENTS.

FEATURES 12 NOUGHTIES AMNESIA: WHAT WILL YOU REMEMBER FROM THE DECADE? MANDELSON’S POLITICAL MONOPOLY.

TRAVEL

MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT THE CHANGING FACE OF THE BAHAMAS HOW ST. IVES BECAME THE SEASIDE TOWN OF THE YEAR. A WALK THROUGH NEW YORK’S FINEST.

ĂƌƌĞƐƚ ǁĂƌƌĂŶƚ͘ tĂƌƌĞŶ ĞŶŶĞƩ͕ ũŽŝŶƚ ƐĞĐƌĞƚĂƌǇ ŽĨ h &͕ ĐůĂŝŵĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ͞dŽĚĂǇ͛Ɛ ĚĞŵŽŶƐƚƌĂƟŽŶ ǁĂƐ Ă ďƌŝůůŝĂŶƚ ĞǆĂŵƉůĞ ŽĨ Ă ĮŶĞ ƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶ ŽĨ ŵĂƐƐ ŵŽďŝůŝƐĂƟŽŶ ĂŐĂŝŶƐƚ ƚŚĞ EĂǌŝƐ͘ dŚŝƐ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĂƐ ĚĞĨĞĂƚĞĚ ĨĂƐĐŝƐŵ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƐƚ͘͟ THE GOOD LIFE: HOW HARD

TURF

IS IT TO GROW YOUR OWN?

INCREASE IN INTEREST DOES ORGANIC FOOD dŚĞ ĞƉŝƐŽĚĞ ŽĨ YƵĞƐƟŽŶ dŝŵĞ ŝŶ ACTUALLY BENEFIT YOU IN ANY ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶ ĂƩƌĂĐƚĞĚ ĂŶ ĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞ ŽĨ ϴ͘Ϯ WAY?

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2 NEWS STUDENT WINS LITERATURE AWARD Nick Church ŶƚŽŝŶĞƩĞ &ĂǁĐĞƩ͕ Ă WŚ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ Ăƚ h ͕ ŚĂƐ ǁŽŶ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ƉƌŝǌĞ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ <ĞĂƚƐͲ^ŚĞůůĞǇ WƌŝǌĞ ǁĂƌĚƐ ϮϬϬϵ͘ dŚĞ WƌŝǌĞ ǁĂƌĚƐ͕ ƐĞƚ ƵƉ ŝŶ ϭϵϵϴ ďǇ ƚŚĞ <ĞĂƚƐͲ ^ŚĞůůĞǇ DĞŵŽƌŝĂů ƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶ͕ ĞŶĐŽƵƌĂŐĞƐ ƚĂůĞŶƚĞĚ ƉŽĞƚƐ ĂŶĚ ĞƐƐĂǇŝƐƚƐ ŽĨ Ăůů ĂŐĞƐ ĂŶĚ ǁĂůŬƐ ŽĨ ůŝĨĞ ƚŽ ǁƌŝƚĞ ŽŶ ZŽŵĂŶƟĐ ƚŚĞŵĞƐ͗ ƉŽĞŵƐ ŽĨ ŵŽĚĞƌŶ ƌĞůĞǀĂŶĐĞ ĂŶĚ ZŽŵĂŶƟĐ ŝŶƐƉŝƌĂƟŽŶ͕ ĂŶĚ ĞƐƐĂǇƐ ŽŶ <ĞĂƚƐ͕ ^ŚĞůůĞǇ͕ ǇƌŽŶ͕ Žƌ DĂƌǇ Shelley. “FIND” This year prizes are awarded for ƉŽĞŵƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƚŚĞŵĞ ŽĨ ͞&ŝŶĚ͕͟ ǁŚŝĐŚ DƐ͘ &ĂǁĐĞƩ ĞŶƚĞƌĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ŚĞƌ ƉŽĞŵ͕ ĞŶƟƚůĞĚ ͞tŚĞƌĞ WůĂĐĞƐ ǆŝƐƚ͘͟ DƐ͘ &ĂǁĐĞƩ ŝƐ ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚůǇ ƐƚƵĚǇŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ƚƌĂŶƐůĂƟŶŐ ƚǁŽ ƵƚĐŚ ŵŽĚĞƌŶŝƐƚ ƉŽĞƚƐ͕ :ŝũŚŽī ĂŶĚ ĐŚƚĞƌďĞƌŐ͘ dŚĞ ǁŝŶŶŝŶŐ ƉŽĞŵƐ ǁĞƌĞ ĂŶŶŽƵŶĐĞĚ ďǇ WƌŽĨĞƐƐŽƌ :ĂŶĞƚ Todd at an award ceremony at ^ƚ DĂƟŶ͛Ɛ ƌǇƉƚ͕ ^ƚ DĂƌƟŶͲŝŶͲ ƚŚĞͲ&ŝĞůĚƐ͕ >ŽŶĚŽŶ͘ ŽŵŵĞŶƟŶŐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƉŽĞƚƌǇ ĞŶƚƌŝĞƐ͕ WƌŽĨĞƐƐŽƌ :ĂŶĞƚ dŽĚĚ͕ WƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚ ŽĨ >ƵĐǇ ĂǀĞŶĚŝƐŚ ŽůůĞŐĞ͕ ĂŵďƌŝĚŐĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ƐŝƫŶŐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ũƵĚŐŝŶŐ ƉĂŶĞů ƐĂŝĚ͕ ͞dŚĞ ũƵĚŐŝŶŐ ƉĂŶĞů ĨŽƵŶĚ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ƉŽĞŵƐ ĞŶũŽǇĂďůĞ ƚŚŝƐ ǇĞĂƌ͘ tĞ ƌĞĂĚ Ă ƐĞůĞĐƟŽŶ ŽĨ ůŝĨĞͲĞŶŚĂŶĐŝŶŐ ƉŽĞŵƐ ĂďŽƵƚ ƐƵīĞƌŝŶŐ͕ ĐĂƌŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ƌĞŵĞŵďĞƌŝŶŐ͖ ǁŚŝůĞ Ă ŵŽƌĞ ƐƵƌƌĞĂů ŐƌŽƵƉ ŽĨ ƉŽĞŵƐ ŐĂǀĞ ƵƐ ĚŽŐƐ ƐƉŽƵƟŶŐ >ĂƟŶ ĂŶĚ ůŽƐƚ ŚĂƚƐ ƐĐƌĂŵďůŝŶŐ ƚŽŐĞƚŚĞƌ͘͟ WƌŽĨ͘ dŽĚĚ ǁĂƐ ũŽŝŶĞĚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ũƵĚŐŝŶŐ ƉĂŶĞů ďǇ ƉŽĞƚƐ :ŽŚŶ ,ĂƌƚůĞǇ tŝůůŝĂŵƐ ĂŶĚ DĂƩŚĞǁ Sweeney. &ŝƌƐƚ ƉƌŝǌĞ ǁĞŶƚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƵĚĚŚŝƐƚ ƉŽĞƚ , DĂŝƚƌĞǇĂďĂŶĚŚƵ ĨŽƌ ŚŝƐ ƉŽĞŵ ĞŶƟƚůĞĚ ͞dŚĞ ^ŵĂůů ŽǇ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ DŽƵƐĞ͘͟ The Keats-Shelley Memorial ƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶ ǁĂƐ ĨŽƵŶĚĞĚ ŝŶ ϭϵϬϯ ƵŶĚĞƌ ƌŽǇĂů ƉĂƚƌŽŶĂŐĞ and exists to commemorate <ĞĂƚƐ͕ ^ŚĞůůĞǇ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŽƚŚĞƌ ŶŐůŝƐŚ ZŽŵĂŶƟĐƐ ǁŚŽ ƐƉĞŶƚ ŵƵĐŚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƟŵĞ ŝŶ /ƚĂůǇ͕ ĞƐƉĞĐŝĂůůǇ ǇƌŽŶ ĂŶĚ >ĞŝŐŚ ,ƵŶƚ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŽ ƐƟŵƵůĂƚĞ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚ ŝŶ ZŽŵĂŶƟĐ ƉŽĞƚƌǇ͘

concrete.news@uea.ac.uk TUESDAY 3rd NOVEMBER 2009

DONATION NOT DISCRIMINATION Lucy Moore Students across UEA followed ŽƚŚĞƌƐ ŝŶ ƉĞƟƟŽŶŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ EĂƟŽŶĂů ůŽŽĚ ^ĞƌǀŝĐĞ ǁŚĞŶ they came to campus last week. dŚĞ ƉĞƟƟŽŶ ƌĞĐŽŐŶŝƐĞĚ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͛ ĂŶŐĞƌ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ŽƌŐĂŶŝƐĂƟŽŶ͛Ɛ ůŝĨĞƟŵĞ ďĂŶ ŽŶ ƐĞǆƵĂůůǇ ĂĐƟǀĞ ŐĂǇ ĂŶĚ ďŝƐĞǆƵĂů ŵĞŶ ĨƌŽŵ ŐŝǀŝŶŐ ďůŽŽĚ͘ dŚĞ ďĂŶ ŚĂƐ ƐƚŽŽĚ ƐŝŶĐĞ the 1980s despite the fact ƚŚĂƚ ĞĂĐŚ ǁĞĞŬ ŽǀĞƌ Ϯ͕ϬϬϬ ďůŽŽĚ ĚŽŶĂƟŽŶƐ ĂƌĞ ŶĞĞĚĞĚ to meet demand. In a statement issued ŽŶ ŝƚƐ ǁĞďƐŝƚĞ͕ ƚŚĞ EĂƟŽŶĂů ůŽŽĚ ^ĞƌǀŝĐĞ ĚĞĨĞŶĚƐ ŝƚƐ ƉŽƐŝƟŽŶ͗ ͞ZĞƐĞĂƌĐŚ ƐŚŽǁƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞůǇ ƌĞŵŽǀŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚ ĞǆĐůƵƐŝŽŶ ŽŶ ďůŽŽĚ ĚŽŶĂƟŽŶ ĨƌŽŵ ŵĞŶ ǁŚŽ ŚĂǀĞ sex with men would result in a ĮǀĞĨŽůĚ ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƌŝƐŬ ŽĨ ,/sͲŝŶĨĞĐƚĞĚ ďůŽŽĚ ĞŶƚĞƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ďůŽŽĚ ƐƵƉƉůǇ͘͟ ĂŶ zŽƵŵĂŶƐ͕ ǁŚŽ ŽƌŐĂŶŝƐĞĚ h ͛Ɛ ƉĞƟƟŽŶ͕ ĚĞƐĐƌŝďĞĚ ƚŚĞ ƉŽůŝĐǇ ĂƐ

͞ŽƵƚŵŽĚĞĚ͟ ĂŶĚ ƐĂŝĚ ͞ƚŚĞ rules mean that you could ŚĂǀĞ ƐĞǆ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ŵĂŶ ŽŶĐĞ͕ ƚŚĞŶ ďĞĐŽŵĞ Ă ŵŽŶŬ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǆƚ ϮϬ ǇĞĂƌƐ ĂŶĚ ǇŽƵ ǁŽƵůĚ ƐƟůů ŶŽƚ ďĞ ĂďůĞ ƚŽ ŐŝǀĞ ďůŽŽĚ͘͟ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ŚĞ ǁĂƐ ŬĞĞŶ ƚŽ ƐƚĂƚĞ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ĐĂŵƉĂŝŐŶ ĚŝĚ ŶŽƚ ǁĂŶƚ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ƚŽ ďŽǇĐŽƩ ŐŝǀŝŶŐ ďůŽŽĚ͘ /ŶƐƚĞĂĚ͕ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ǁĞƌĞ ĞŶĐŽƵƌĂŐĞĚ ƚŽ ͚ĚŽŶĂƚĞ ĨŽƌ Ă ŐĂǇ ŵĂƚĞ͛ ĂŶĚ make this known to the nurse ƚĂŬŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĚŽŶĂƟŽŶ͘ dŚĞ h<ͲǁŝĚĞ ĐĂŵƉĂŝŐŶ ĐĂůůĞĚ ͚ ŽŶĂƟŽŶ EŽƚ ŝƐĐƌŝŵŝŶĂƟŽŶ͛ ŝƐ ƚƌǇŝŶŐ ƚŽ ĂůƚĞƌ ƉĞŽƉůĞ͛Ɛ ƉĞƌĐĞƉƟŽŶ ŽĨ ,/sͬ / ^ ĂƐ ͚ŐĂǇ͛ ĚŝƐĞĂƐĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƐŚŽǁ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƚ ŝƐ ŽǀĞƌĂůů ƵŶƐĂĨĞ ƐĞǆ ƉƌĂĐƟĐĞƐ ƌĞŐĂƌĚůĞƐƐ ŽĨ sexuality that causes these diseases. dŚĞ ƉĞƟƟŽŶ ǁŝůů ďĞ ƐĞŶƚ ƚŽ Eh^ >' d ŽĸĐĞƌƐ ŝŶ >ŽŶĚŽŶ ǁŚŽ ǁŝůů ƚŚĞŶ ďĞ ƉƌĞƐĞŶƟŶŐ ŝƚ͕ ĂůŽŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚŽƐĞ ĐŽůůĞĐƚĞĚ ĨƌŽŵ ŽƚŚĞƌ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƟĞƐ͕ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ Department of Health. Students located in the ,ŝǀĞ ŵĂŶĂŐĞĚ ƚŽ ƌĞĐĞŝǀĞ ŽǀĞƌ ĞŝŐŚƚǇ ƐŝŐŶĂƚƵƌĞƐ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƟŶŐ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĐĂŵƉĂŝŐŶ͘

CARNAGE - ROUND THREE Mia Wecker dŚĞ ĐŽŶƚƌŽǀĞƌƐŝĂů ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ ƉƵď ĐƌĂǁů͕ ĂƌŶĂŐĞ͕ ŝƐ ƐĞƚ ƚŽ ƌĞƚƵƌŶ to Norwich on Monday 9th EŽǀĞŵďĞƌ͘ ĂƌŶĂŐĞ h<͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝƐ ƐƚĂŐĞĚ ŝŶ ϭϱ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ĐŝƟĞƐ͕ ŚĂƐ ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐŝŶŐůǇ ĨŽƵŶĚ ŝƚƐĞůĨ ƵŶĚĞƌ pressure as more and more ĐŽůůĞŐĞ ůĞĂĚĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ ƵŶŝŽŶƐ ĂƌĞ ĐŽŶĚĞŵŶŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŽƌŐĂŶŝƐĞĚ ƉƵď ĐƌĂǁů͘ ŽŶĐĞƌŶƐ ĂƌĞ ŐƌŽǁŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ĞǀĞŶƚ ŝƐ ĂĐƟǀĞůǇ ĞŶĐŽƵƌĂŐŝŶŐ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ƚŽ ĚƌŝŶŬ ƚŽŽ ŵƵĐŚ Ͳ ĂƌŐƵĂďůǇ Ă ƉƌŽďůĞŵ ĞŶĚĞŵŝĐ ĂŵŽŶŐƐƚ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͘ :ŝůů ƌŽǁŶ͕ ƚŚĞ h ^ƚƵĚĞŶƚ ^ĞƌǀŝĐĞƐ DĂŶĂŐĞƌ͕ ƐĂǇƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ĞĂŶ ŽĨ ^ƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͛ KĸĐĞ is always worried when an ĞǀĞŶƚ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ ĂƌŶĂŐĞ ƚĂŬĞƐ ƉůĂĐĞ͕ ƐŝŶĐĞ ůŽƚƐ ŽĨ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ do not know their own limits when it comes to alcohol ĐŽŶƐƵŵƉƟŽŶ͘ ŽŶƐĞƋƵĞŶƚůǇ͕ ŶĞŝƚŚĞƌ ƚŚĞ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ ŶŽƌ the Union of Students has ĞŶĚŽƌƐĞĚ ĂĚǀĞƌƟƐĞŵĞŶƚ ĨŽƌ ĂƌŶĂŐĞ ŽŶ ĐĂŵƉƵƐ͘ zĞƚ ƌŽǁŶ ƐƚĂƚĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƐŝŶŐůŝŶŐ ŽƵƚ

ĂŶĚ ĂƩĂĐŬŝŶŐ ĂƌŶĂŐĞ h< ŝƐ ŶŽƚ ƚŚĞ ĂŶƐǁĞƌ͕ ƐŝŶĐĞ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĂů ƉƌŽďůĞŵ ŝƐ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ ĚƌŝŶŬŝŶŐ ďĞŚĂǀŝŽƵƌ ŝŶ ŐĞŶĞƌĂů͗ ͞ŝƚ͛Ɛ ƚŚĞ ǁŚŽůĞ ĚƌŝŶŬŝŶŐ ĐƵůƚƵƌĞ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŶĞĞĚƐ ƚŽ ďĞ ƚĂĐŬůĞĚ͘͟ ŝŶŐĞ ĚƌŝŶŬŝŶŐ ĚŽĞƐ ŶŽƚ ƐĞĞŵ ƚŽ ďĞ ƚŚĞ ŽŶůǇ ƉŽƚĞŶƟĂů ƐŽƵƌĐĞ ŽĨ ĐŽŶŇŝĐƚ ƌĞůĂƚĞĚ ƚŽ ĂƌŶĂŐĞ͕ ƚŚŽƵŐŚ͘ ƌŽǁŶ ƐƚĂƚĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƉƌĞǀŝŽƵƐ ĂƌŶĂŐĞ ĞǀĞŶƚƐ ŚĂǀĞ ƌĞĐĞŝǀĞĚ ŵŝǆĞĚ ĨĞĞĚďĂĐŬ͗ ͞ƐŽŵĞ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ǁŚŽ ĂƩĞŶĚĞĚ ƐĂŝĚ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ Ă ƌŝƉͲŽī͖ ƚŚĞǇ ĨĞůƚ exploited [due to lack of drinks ĚŝƐĐŽƵŶƚƐ΁͟ tŚŝůĞ ƚŚŝƐ ĐŽƵůĚ ďĞ ƐĞĞŶ ĂƐ ĞǆƉůŽŝƚĂƟŽŶ͕ ƚŚĞ sĂƌƐŝƚǇ >ĞŝƐƵƌĞ 'ƌŽƵƉ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƌƵŶƐ ƚŚĞ ŶŝŐŚƚ͕ ĂƌŐƵĞƐ ŝƚ ĐƵƌďƐ ďŝŶŐĞ ĚƌŝŶŬŝŶŐ dŽŵ ^ƵƩŽŶ͕ ƚŚĞ hŶŝŽŶ͛Ɛ tĞůĨĂƌĞ KĸĐĞƌ͕ ǁĂƌŶƐ ƚŚĂƚ ͞ĞǀĞŶƚƐ ůŝŬĞ ĂƌŶĂŐĞ ĐĂŶ ĚĂŵĂŐĞ ƌĞůĂƟŽŶƐ ǁŝƚŚ ůŽĐĂů ƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚƐ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ ŐŝǀŝŶŐ ĂŵŵƵŶŝƟŽŶ ƚŽ ƚŚŽƐĞ ǁŚŽ ǁĂŶƚ ŵŽƌĞ ĂŶƟͲƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ ƉŽůŝĐŝĞƐ ŽŶ ŝƐƐƵĞƐ ůŝŬĞ ŚŽƵƐŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ƉŽůŝĐŝŶŐ͘͟ ĂƌŶĂŐĞ h< ƐĂǇ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞǇ ĂƌĞ ƉƌŽǀŝĚŝŶŐ ƐƚĞǁĂƌĚƐ ĂŶĚ ŵĞĚŝĐĂů ƐĞƌǀŝĐĞƐ ŽŶ ƐŝƚĞ͕ ĂƐ ǁĞůů ĂƐ ĨƌĞĞ ƐŽŌ ĚƌŝŶŬƐ͘

NEWS 3

concrete.news@uea.ac.uk TUESDAY 3rd NOVEMBER 2009

Is it right for workers to strike in the public sector?

STUDENTS AGAINST BNP

>ŽŶĚŽŶ ĚĞŵŽŶƐƚƌĂƟŽŶ ŽƵƚƐŝĚĞ ƐƚƵĚŝŽƐ ĂŐĂŝŶƐƚ EW͘ WŚŽƚŽŐƌĂƉŚ͗ W

^ŝŵŽŶ͕ >/d Ϯ

^ƵĮǇĂ͕ W^/ ϯ

:ŽƐŚ͕ >/d ϯ

<ŝƌŽŶ͕ >/d ϰ

͞tĞůů / ĨĞĞů ƐŽƌƌǇ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌŬĞƌƐ ďƵƚ / ƚŚŝŶŬ ŝƚ͛Ɛ inevitable that technological advances will replace workers and have more of an impact ŽŶ ŵŽĚĞƌŶ ǁŽƌŬƉůĂĐĞƐ͘ ĞĐĂƵƐĞ ƚŚĂƚ͛Ɛ ǁŚĂƚ ŝƚ͛Ɛ about; modern advances in the industry cause people to ůŽƐĞ ƚŚĞŝƌ ũŽďƐ͘ ^Ž͕ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ŝŶĞǀŝƚĂďůĞ ďƵƚ ƐĂĚ͘͟

͞ ƐƐĞŶƟĂůůǇ ŝƚ͛Ɛ Ă ǁŽƌŬĞƌ͛Ɛ ƌŝŐŚƚ ƚŽ ĂŶĚ ŝĨ ǁŽƌŬĞƌƐ ĂƌĞŶ͛ƚ ďĞŝŶŐ paid well then why should ƚŚĞǇ ĚŽ ƚŚĞ ũŽď͍ zĞƐ ƚŚĞǇ ŚĂǀĞ a responsibility to the public ďƵƚ / ƚŚŝŶŬ ƚŚĞ ƌĞƐƉŽŶƐŝďŝůŝƚǇ ƐŚŽƵůĚŶ͛ƚ ďĞ ƚŚĂƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌŬĞƌƐ ƚŽ ƐƵīĞƌ͕ ƐŽ ŝƚ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ďĞ ĚŽǁŶ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŽǁŶĞƌƐ ƚŽ ŽīĞƌ pay to ensure workers do ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞ ĂŶ ĞĸĐŝĞŶƚ ƐĞƌǀŝĐĞ͘͟

“Obviously if the reasons are ŶŽƚ ůĞŐŝƟŵĂƚĞ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞǇ͛ƌĞ ũƵƐƚ ŵŽĂŶŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŶ ƚŚĞǇ ƐŚŽƵůĚŶ͛ƚ ďĞ ĞŶƟƚůĞĚ ƚŽ͘ ͞ Ƶƚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐĂƐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ZŽǇĂů Mail workers the reasons are ůĞŐŝƟŵĂƚĞ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞƌĞĨŽƌĞ ƚŚĞǇ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ďĞ ĂůůŽǁĞĚ ƚŽ ƐƚƌŝŬĞ͘ And although it will cause huge ŝŶĐŽŶǀĞŶŝĞŶĐĞ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƌŝƟƐŚ ƉƵďůŝĐ ŝƚ ŚĂƐ ƚŽ ďĞ ĚŽŶĞ͘͟

“When things get that bad then / ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ƐĞĞ ǁŚǇ ƚŚĞǇ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ŶŽƚ ďĞ ĂůůŽǁĞĚ ƚŽ͘ tŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ƉŽƐƚĂů ƐƚƌŝŬĞ ŝŶ ƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌ / ƚŚŝŶŬ ŝƚ͛Ɛ a bit immature because no one seems to be really sure Ăƚ ĞǆĂĐƚůǇ ǁŚĂƚ ƚŚĞǇ͛ƌĞ ĂŶŐƌǇ ĂďŽƵƚ͘ EĞŝƚŚĞƌ ƐŝĚĞ ĂƌĞ ƚĂůŬŝŶŐ ƚŽ ĞĂĐŚ ŽƚŚĞƌ͘ So there has clearly been a ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝĐĂƟŽŶ ďƌĞĂŬĚŽǁŶ͘͟

NORFOLK SUFFERS BRAIN DRAIN Chris King A recent report by the University and College Union (UCU) has revealed ƐŝŐŶŝĮĐĂŶƚ ƌĞŐŝŽŶĂů ĚŝīĞƌĞŶĐĞƐ in the numbers of those with university degrees or ĞƋƵŝǀĂůĞŶƚ ƋƵĂůŝĮĐĂƟŽŶƐ͘ h h ƐƚĂƟƐƟĐƐ ƐŚŽǁ ƚŚĂƚ on average 27% of Norwich residents have degrees, whilst ƚŚĞ ĮŐƵƌĞ ŝƐ ũƵƐƚ ϭϵй ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƌĞƐƚ ŽĨ EŽƌĨŽůŬ͘ /Ŷ ƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌ͕ the areas of South West Norfolk and Great Yarmouth are the worst performers, ǁŝƚŚ ďŽƚŚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ďŽƩŽŵ ƚĞŶ throughout the country for ĚĞŐƌĞĞ ŚŽůĚĞƌƐ͘ LACK OF JOBS Whilst this may appear to suggest the existence of an endemic problem with the numbers entering higher ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ ŝŶ EŽƌĨŽůŬ͕ ŝƚ ŝƐ ŵŽƌĞ Ă ƌĞŇĞĐƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĞŵƉůŽǇŵĞŶƚ ƐŝƚƵĂƟŽŶ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƌĞŐŝŽŶ͘ /ƚ ƐĞĞŵƐ ƚŚĂƚ Ă ůĂĐŬ ŽĨ ũŽď ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƟĞƐ ĂƌĞ ĚƌŝǀŝŶŐ graduates away from Norwich and Norfolk to places such as London, where the chances of gaining suitable employment ĂƌĞ ŚŝŐŚĞƌ͘ Dr Louise Bohn, UEA Outreach Manager, believes

ƚŚĂƚ ͞ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞƐĞ ƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌ ƐƚĂƟƐƟĐƐ͕ / ǁŽƵůĚ ŝŵĂŐŝŶĞ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽƉŽƌƟŽŶ ŽĨ ŐƌĂĚƵĂƚĞƐ ƌĞŇĞĐƚƐ ƚŚĞ ŐƌĂĚƵĂƚĞ ũŽďƐ ŝŶ the area,” rather than the ƋƵĂůŝƚǇ ŽĨ ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ ĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞ͕ “as graduates tend to be ƌĞůĂƟǀĞůǇ ŵŽďŝůĞ ǁŚĞŶ ũŽď ŚƵŶƟŶŐ͘͟ /ŶĚĞĞĚ͕ h ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ƉůĂǇŝŶŐ ŵŽƌĞ ŽĨ ĂŶ ĂĐƟǀĞ ƌŽůĞ ŝŶ ƉƌŽŵŽƟŶŐ ŚŝŐŚĞƌ ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ in Norwich and throughout Greg Mann

ŝƚǇ ĐĂĚĞŵǇ ũŽŝŶƚůǇ ĨƵŶĚĞĚ ďǇ h ͘

EŽƌĨŽůŬ ĂŌĞƌ ďĞŝŶŐ ďƌĂŶĚĞĚ ͞ĞůŝƟƐƚ͟ ůĂƐƚ ǇĞĂƌ͘ UEA, who were branded ͞ĞůŝƟƐƚ͟ ďǇ ĨŽƌŵĞƌ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ EŽƌƚŚ DW͕ ƌ͘ /ĂŶ 'ŝďƐŽŶ͕ for their perceived lack of involvement in local schools and the community, have numerous outreach programmes engaging with schools and local businesses and reaching out

ƚŽ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƟĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŵĂǇ ŶŽƚ have considered entering ŚŝŐŚĞƌ ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ ďĞĨŽƌĞ͘ dŚŝƐ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞƐ ŽǀĞƌ ϭϴϬ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ĂĐƟŶŐ ĂƐ ĂŵďĂƐƐĂĚŽƌƐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ͘ PROJECT EVOLVE ƐŽůƵƟŽŶ ƚŽ ƉŽƚĞŶƟĂů problems facing graduates ĂƩĞŵƉƟŶŐ ƚŽ ĮŶĚ employment in the local ĂƌĞĂ ŝƐ WƌŽũĞĐƚ ǀŽůǀĞ͘ /ƚ ŝƐ Ă ŐŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚͲĨƵŶĚĞĚ ŝŶŝƟĂƟǀĞ designed to help graduates gain experience through its internship programme and assist them in developing transferrable skills and approaching the local and ƌĞŐŝŽŶĂů ũŽď ŵĂƌŬĞƚ͘ dŚĞ ƉƌŽũĞĐƚ ŝƐ ŝŶ ŽƉĞƌĂƟŽŶ at UEA, City College Norwich ĂŶĚ Eh ͘ tŚŝůƐƚ ŝƚ ĚŽĞƐ ŶŽƚ ŐƵĂƌĂŶƚĞĞ ƚŽ ĮŶĚ ƐƵŝƚĂďůĞ employment for graduates, it aims to provide them with the ŶĞĐĞƐƐĂƌǇ ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ ƚŽ ĚŽ ƐŽ͘ ĐĐŽƌĚŝŶŐ ƚŽ ^ŽƉŚŝĞ DĂũŽƌ ŽĨ WƌŽũĞĐƚ ǀŽůǀĞ͕ ǁŚŽ ŚĂƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƐƚ ƐƵīĞƌĞĚ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ůĂĐŬ ŽĨ ĞŵƉůŽǇŵĞŶƚ ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƟĞƐ in the region, the fact that such a programme is running arguably “implies a lack of ũŽď ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƟĞƐ ŝŶ EŽƌĨŽůŬ and Norwich,” which can ďĞ ĂƩƌŝďƵƚĞĚ ŝŶ ƉĂƌƚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ

͞ǀĞƌǇ ĐŽŵƉĞƟƟǀĞ ũŽď ŵĂƌŬĞƚ͕ ĞƐƉĞĐŝĂůůǇ ĨŽƌ ŐƌĂĚƵĂƚĞƐ͘͟ dŚŝƐ ŝƐ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚĞĚ ďǇ ƐƚĂƟƐƟĐƐ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƌĞǀĞĂů ƚŚĂƚ one in seven employers in Norwich have received more ƚŚĂŶ ϭϱϬ ĂƉƉůŝĐĂƟŽŶƐ ĨŽƌ ĞĂĐŚ ĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞ ƉŽƐŝƟŽŶ͕ ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ďƵƌĚĞŶ ŽŶ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƟĞƐ ĂŶĚ colleges to provide students with the necessary support to deal with unemployment and ƚŚĞ ĚĞĂƌƚŚ ŽĨ ũŽďƐ ĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞ͕ ƉƌŝŽƌ ƚŽ ŐƌĂĚƵĂƟŽŶ͘ “STARK DIFFERENCES” Speaking to Eastern Daily Press, South-West Norfolk MP Christopher Fraser said that he is not convinced that the ƐƚĂƟƐƟĐƐ ƐŚŽǁ Ă ƌĞŐŝŽŶ ǁŚŽƐĞ ƉŽƉƵůĂƟŽŶ ŚĂƐ ůĞƐƐ ĐŚĂŶĐĞ ŽĨ ŐĂŝŶŝŶŐ Ă ĚĞŐƌĞĞ͘ ͞ZĂƚŚĞƌ͕͟ ŚĞ ƐĂǇƐ͕ ͞ƚŚĞ ĮŐƵƌĞƐ ƐƵŐŐĞƐƚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ĂƌĞĂ ŵĂǇ ďĞ ƐƵīĞƌŝŶŐ ĨƌŽŵ Ă ůĂĐŬ ŽĨ ũŽďƐ ƐƵŝƚĂďůĞ for graduates, and those with a degree are therefore ĚŝƐƐƵĂĚĞĚ ĨƌŽŵ ůŝǀŝŶŐ ŚĞƌĞ͘͟ dŚĞ h h ƌĞƉŽƌƚƐ ĂƌŐƵĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ͞ƐƚĂƌŬ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶĐĞƐ͟ between “haves and have nots” is widening and is ŵŝƌƌŽƌĞĚ ĂĐƌŽƐƐ ƌŝƚĂŝŶ͘ dŚĞ ƌĞƉŽƌƚ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ĨŽƵŶĚ Ăƚ ǁǁǁ͘ƵĐƵ͘ŽƌŐ͘ƵŬͬŝŶĚĞǆ͘ ĐĨŵ͍ĂƌƟĐůĞŝĚсϰϮϮϬ

CONTINUED FROM FRONT PAGE million, which is almost three ƟŵĞƐ ƚŚĞ ƵƐƵĂů ĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞ ĮŐƵƌĞ͘ /ƚ ŝƐ ƵŶůŝŬĞůǇ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚŝƐ ǁŝůů be the sole performance of the BNP on YƵĞƐƟŽŶ dŝŵĞ͘ DĂƌŬ dŚŽŵƉƐŽŶ͕ ƚŚĞ ĚŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ general, has suggested that the BNP may be invited to make an annual appearance ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵŵĞ͘ Dƌ͘ dŚŽŵƉƐŽŶ ĚĞĨĞŶĚĞĚ ƚŚĞ ͛Ɛ ƉŽƐŝƟŽŶ ƐĂǇŝŶŐ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ ƵƉ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŐŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚ ƚŽ ďĂŶ ƚŚĞ EW͘ dŚĞ EW ĐůĂŝŵƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĂƐ a result of appearing on the ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵŵĞ͕ ŝƚ ŚĂƐ ƐĞĞŶ Ă ϯϬ

per cent increase in interest for EW ŵĞŵďĞƌƐŚŝƉ͘ Ŷ ĞĂƌůǇ ĚĂǇ ŵŽƟŽŶ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŽŵŵŽŶƐ ŚĂƐ been signed by ten MPs who condemned the BBC for the ũƵĚŐĞŵĞŶƚ ďǇ ŝƚƐ ŵĂŶĂŐĞŵĞŶƚ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ dƌƵƐƚ͘ EĞĂƌůǇ ϭ million people voted for the EW ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƵƌŽƉĞĂŶ ĞůĞĐƟŽŶƐ ůĂƐƚ ƐƵŵŵĞƌ͕ ŐƌĂŶƟŶŐ Ă ƉůĂĐĞ ƚŽ EŝĐŬ 'ƌŝĸŶ ĂŶĚ Ă ĐŽůůĞĂŐƵĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƵƌŽƉĞĂŶ WĂƌůŝĂŵĞŶƚ͘ dŚĞ ƉĂƌƚǇ ŝƐ ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚůǇ discussing amendments to its ĐŽŶƐƟƚƵƟŽŶ ƌĞŐĂƌĚŝŶŐ ŝƚƐ ďĂŶ ŽŶ ĐĞƌƚĂŝŶ ĞƚŚŶŝĐŝƟĞƐ ũŽŝŶŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƌƚǇ ŵĞŵďĞƌƐŚŝƉ͘

UEA ART EXHIBIT Gordon Malloy

dŚĞ ŝŶŶŽǀĂƟǀĞ D ŝŶ ƌĞĂƟǀĞ ŶƚƌĞƉƌĞŶĞƵƌƐŚŝƉ aims to give people who are in the process of establishing their arts careers the support ĂŶĚ ƉƌĂĐƟĐĂů ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ ƐŬŝůůƐ ƚŽ ďĞ Ă ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐ͘ dŚĞ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ address the key demands and challenges of contemporary ĐƌĞĂƟǀĞ ƉƌĂĐƟĐĞ͕ ĂĐƋƵŝƌŝŶŐ ůĞŐĂů ĂŶĚ ĮŶĂŶĐŝĂů ƐŬŝůůƐ ǁŚŝůĞ ĚĞǀĞůŽƉŝŶŐ ĂďŝůŝƟĞƐ ŝŶ ĂƌĞĂƐ ŽĨ ĨƵŶĚŝŶŐ͕ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝĐĂƟŽŶƐ ĂŶĚ ŶĞǁ ƚĞĐŚŶŽůŽŐǇ͘ Earlier this term ViceChancellor, Professor Ed Acton, spoke of the “enormous opportunity to have a base in London,” especially concerning unique masters degrees, ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ D ŝŶ ƌĞĂƟǀĞ ŶƚƌĞƉƌĞŶĞƵƌƐŚŝƉ͘

Visual arts students from h ͛Ɛ D ŝŶ ƌĞĂƟǀĞ Entrepreneurship will be showcasing their work during EŽǀĞŵďĞƌ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŽĸĐĞƐ ŽĨ ŝŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů ůĂǁ Įƌŵ ůůĞŶ & Overy, in Bishops Square, >ŽŶĚŽŶ͘ Dominique Bivar Segurado, Elizabeth Haider and Keith WŽŵĞƌŽǇ ǁŝůů ďĞ ĞǆŚŝďŝƟŶŐ their work in an event that also marks the future delivery of ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ͛Ɛ London campus set to open in ϮϬϭϬ͘ /ĂŶ tĞůƐŚ͕ ĂŶ ĞƐƚĂďůŝƐŚĞĚ >ŽŶĚŽŶ ĂƌƟƐƚ ĂŶĚ ƉĂƌƚͲƟŵĞ tutor on the course, will also exhibit recent work with his ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͘ ŽƵƌƐĞ ĚŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ /ĂŶ ŚĂŶĐĞ said, “With this showcase of contemporary art at the ƉƌĞƐƟŐŝŽƵƐ >ŽŶĚŽŶ ƉƌĞŵŝƐĞƐ of Allen & Overy, the MA in ƌĞĂƟǀĞ ŶƚƌĞƉƌĞŶĞƵƌƐŚŝƉ Ăƚ the University of East Anglia ŵŽǀĞƐ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞŽƌǇ ƚŽ ƉƌĂĐƟĐĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĂƉƉůŝĐĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ĐƌĞĂƟǀĞ ĞŶƚĞƌƉƌŝƐĞ͘͟ ^ĐƵůƉƚƵƌĞ ďǇ ŝǀĂƌ ^ĞŐƵƌĂĚŽ͘

4 NEWS THE POWER OF WORDS dŚĞ ƌĞĂƟǀĞ tƌŝƟŶŐ ^ŽĐŝĞƚǇ ŝƐ ƚŽ ŚŽůĚ ĂŶ ŽƉĞŶ ŵŝĐ ŶŝŐŚƚ͕ ͞dŚĞ WŽǁĞƌ ŽĨ tŽƌĚƐ͕͟ ŝŶ ĂŝĚ ŽĨ KǆĨĂŵ͕ ƚĂŬŝŶŐ ƉůĂĐĞ in the Grad Bar on Monday November 9th. tŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ĞǀĞŶƚ ďĞŐŝŶŶŝŶŐ Ăƚ ϳ͘ϯϬƉŵ͕ ƚŚĞ ƐŽĐŝĞƚǇ͛Ɛ WƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚ͕ ŚƌŝƐ KŐĚĞŶ͕ ƐĂŝĚ ƚŚĞ ŶŝŐŚƚ ǁŝůů ͞ŚĂǀĞ Ă ǁŽŶĚĞƌĨƵů ŵŝǆ ŽĨ ƉŽĞƚƌǇ͕ ƉƌŽƐĞ͕ ĐŽŵĞĚǇ ĂŶĚ ŵƵƐŝĐ͟ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ǀĂƌŝĞƚǇ ŽĨ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĞƌƐ͘ ^ƉĞĂŬŝŶŐ ƚŽ ŽŶĐƌĞƚĞ͕ Chris said, “As a society, we’re ƚƌǇŝŶŐ ƚŽ ďĞ ŵŽƌĞ ĂŵďŝƟŽƵƐ ŝŶ our reach this year. ͞/ƚ͛Ɛ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƟŵĞ ƚŚĂƚ ǁĞ͛ǀĞ ŚĞůĚ ĂŶ ĞǀĞŶƚ ĨŽƌ ĐŚĂƌŝƚǇ ƚŽ ŵǇ ŬŶŽǁůĞĚŐĞ͖ ŝĨ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐĨƵů͕ ǁĞ ŵŝŐŚƚ ƐƚĂƌƚ ĚŽŝŶŐ ƐŽ ŽŶ Ă ƌĞŐƵůĂƌ ďĂƐŝƐ͊͟ The event is held in ĂƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶ ǁŝƚŚ KǆũĂŵ͕ KǆĨĂŵ h<͛Ɛ ĨĞƐƟǀĂů Ăƌŵ ĂŶĚ ŝƐ ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞůǇ ĨƌĞĞ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ŽƌŐĂŶŝƐĞƌƐ ŚŽƉŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƚĂŬĞ ĚŽŶĂƟŽŶƐ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ŶŝŐŚƚ͘

WELLBEING WEEK h ŝƐ ŽƌŐĂŶŝƐŝŶŐ ŝƚƐ ƚŚŝƌĚ ǁĞůůďĞŝŶŐ ǁĞĞŬ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ϭϲƚŚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ϮϬƚŚ ŽĨ EŽǀĞŵďĞƌ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ĞĂĐŚ ĚĂǇ ĨŽĐƵƐƐŝŶŐ ŽŶ Ă ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ĂƐƉĞĐƚ ŽĨ ǁĞůůďĞŝŶŐ͘ Each day will have a theme Ͳ Žƌ Ă ƉĂƚŚ ƚŽ ǁĞůůďĞŝŶŐ Ͳ ĨƌŽŵ ĮǀĞ ŝĚĞŶƟĮĞĚ ĂƐ ŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚ ŝŶ Ă ƌĞĐĞŶƚ ůĂƌŐĞ ƐĐĂůĞ ƌĞƐĞĂƌĐŚ ƉƌŽũĞĐƚ ;ǁǁǁ͘ĨŽƌĞƐŝŐŚƚ͘ŐŽǀ͘ ƵŬͿ͘ ǀĞŶƚƐ͕ ĂĐƟǀŝƟĞƐ ĂŶĚ workshops will take place ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ǁĞĞŬ͕ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŵĂŝŶ ǁĞůůďĞŝŶŐ ĨĂŝƌ͕ ŚĞůĚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ dƵĞƐĚĂǇ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ > Z͘ WĞŽƉůĞ ĐĂŶ ĮŶĚ ŽƵƚ more about the week at www. ƵĞĂ͘ĂĐ͘ƵŬͬĚŽƐͬǁĞůůďĞŝŶŐ͘

REMEMBRANCE WEEK Cllr Evelyn Collishaw will lead a remembrance service ŽŶ ^ƵŶĚĂǇ ϴƚŚ EŽǀĞŵďĞƌ͕ ĨŽůůŽǁĞĚ ďǇ Ă ƉĂƌĂĚĞ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ the city centre and a service at Norwich Cathedral. The service will take place ŽŶ ^ƚ WĞƚĞƌ͛Ɛ ^ƚƌĞĞƚ ŽƵƚƐŝĚĞ ŝƚǇ ,Ăůů Ăƚ ϭϬ͘ϰϬĂŵ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƚŚĞ ƉƵďůŝĐ ĂƌĞ ŝŶǀŝƚĞĚ ƚŽ ĂƩĞŶĚ ĂŶĚ ǁĂƚĐŚ ĨƌŽŵ ŶĞĂƌďǇ ĂƌĞĂƐ͘

concrete.news@uea.ac.uk TUESDAY 3rd NOVEMBER 2009

UNIVERSITY PLANS TO MONITOR STUDENTS Danny Keillor UEA Union Council resolved ƚŽ ĂĚŽƉƚ Ă ƌĞƐŽůƵƟŽŶ ƌĞůĂƟŶŐ to the new visa points system, last council summit, on Thursday 29th October. The visa system instructs ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƟĞƐ ƚŽ ŵŽŶŝƚŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĂƩĞŶĚĂŶĐĞ ĂŶĚ ƉŽƚĞŶƟĂů ƌĂĚŝĐĂůŝƐĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ŶŽŶͲ h students as well as to report ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŐŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚ ĂďŽƵƚ ŶŽŶͲ h ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ǁŚŽ ĂƌĞ ŶŽƚ ĨƵůůǇ ĂƩĞŶĚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ͕ ƌĞŐĂƌĚůĞƐƐ ŽĨ ǁŚĞƚŚĞƌ Žƌ ŶŽƚ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŶƚĂĐƚ ƟŵĞ ŝƐ compulsory. The Union Council voted to support Rachel Archer’s, Ă ĨŽƵƌƚŚ ǇĞĂƌ >/d ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ͕ ŵŽƟŽŶ ǁŝƚŚ ĂŶ ŽǀĞƌǁŚĞůŵŝŶŐ majority. dŚĞ ŵŽƟŽŶ ĐĂůůƐ ĨŽƌ ǀĂƌŝŽƵƐ ůŝŶĞƐ ŽĨ ĂĐƟŽŶ͕ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ǁƌŝƟŶŐ ƚŽ WĞƚĞƌ Mandelson, the Minister ƌĞƐƉŽŶƐŝďůĞ ĨŽƌ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƟĞƐ͕ Home Secretary Alan Johnson ĂŶĚ h ͛Ɛ sŝĐĞͲ ŚĂŶĐĞůůŽƌ͕ ƚŽ publicise this issue to all UEA

students. dŚĞ ŵŽƟŽŶ ĂůƐŽ ĂŝŵƐ ƚŽ ĞŶĐŽƵƌĂŐĞ h ƐƚĂī ƚŽ ĚŽ all they can to oppose the ŵŽŶŝƚŽƌŝŶŐ ŽĨ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŽ ǁŽƌŬ ǁŝƚŚ ŽƚŚĞƌ ŽƌŐĂŶŝƐĂƟŽŶƐ ƚŽ ĞŶƐƵƌĞ ŶŽ ĨƵƌƚŚĞƌ ŝŵƉŽƐŝƟŽŶ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂƚĞ ƵƉŽŶ the academic community. &ƵƌƚŚĞƌŵŽƌĞ͕ ŝƚ ĐĂůůƐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ hŶŝŽŶ ƚŽ ŝŶĨŽƌŵ ƚŚĞ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ ĂŶĚ ŽůůĞŐĞ hŶŝŽŶ ;ƚŚĞ dƌĂĚĞ hŶŝŽŶ ĨŽƌ Ăůů ĂĐĂĚĞŵŝĐƐ͕ lecturers, trainers, researchers ĂŶĚ ĂĐĂĚĞŵŝĐͲƌĞůĂƚĞĚ ƐƚĂī ǁŽƌŬŝŶŐ ŝŶ ĨƵƌƚŚĞƌ ĂŶĚ ŚŝŐŚĞƌ

ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ h<Ϳ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ hh ^͛ ƐŽůŝĚĂƌŝƚǇ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ h h͛Ɛ ƉŽƐŝƟŽŶ ŽŶ ƚŚŝƐ͘ “SPYING GAME” Sally Hunt, the General ^ĞĐƌĞƚĂƌǇ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ h h͕ ƌĞŐĂƌĚƐ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǁ ƐǇƐƚĞŵ ĂƐ Ă ͞ƐƉǇŝŶŐ ŐĂŵĞ͟ ĂŶĚ ĐůĂŝŵƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŵĞŵďĞƌƐ ĚŽ ŶŽƚ ǁĂŶƚ ƚŽ ŐĞƚ involved in the new system. There have been some worries that the new system ǁŝůů ĚĞƚĞƌ ŶŽŶͲ h ŝŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ĨƌŽŵ ĂƉƉůǇŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƌŝƟƐŚ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƟĞƐ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ Nick Church

/EdK ďƵŝůĚŝŶŐ ŽīĞƌŝŶŐ ƌĞƐŝĚĞŶĐĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƚĞĂĐŚŝŶŐ ĨĂĐŝůŝƟĞƐ ĨŽƌ ŽǀĞƌ ϰϬϬ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ

would have a widespread ŝŵƉĂĐƚ͘ tŽƌƌǇŝŶŐůǇ͕ ŝŶ ϮϬϬϴ ƚŚĞ YƵĂůŝƚǇ ƐƐƵƌĂŶĐĞ ŐĞŶĐǇ͕ ƚŚĞ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƟĞƐ͛ tĂƚĐŚĚŽŐ͕ reported that various ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƟĞƐ ŝŶ ƌŝƚĂŝŶ ĂƌĞ ŶŽǁ ĮŶĂŶĐŝĂůůǇ ĚĞƉĞŶĚĞŶƚ on overseas students, and ƚŚƵƐ ĐŽƵůĚ ďĞĐŽŵĞ ĮŶĂŶĐŝĂůůǇ ƵŶǀŝĂďůĞ ŝĨ Ă ƌĞĚƵĐƟŽŶ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŶƵŵďĞƌƐ ŽĨ ŝŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů students was to occur. dŚĞ ďĂƐŝƐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǁ ƌĞƐƉŽŶƐŝďŝůŝƟĞƐ ƉƵƚ ƵƉŽŶ academics is security. “BOGUS STUDENTS” /ƐƐƵĞƐ ŚĂǀĞ ĂƌŝƐĞŶ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƐƚ ŽǀĞƌ ͞ ŽŐƵƐ ^ƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͟ ƵƐŝŶŐ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ ǀŝƐĂƐ ƚŽ ŐĂŝŶ ĞŶƚƌǇ to the country. However, the ,ŽŵĞ KĸĐĞ ǁĂƐ ƵŶĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞ ƚŽ ĐŽŵŵĞŶƚ ŽŶ ƚŚŝƐ ŵĂƩĞƌ͘ The Union Council’s ĚĞĐŝƐŝŽŶ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ͚^ƚĂƚĞ ƚƌĂĐŬŝŶŐ ŽĨ /ŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů ^ƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͛ ďƌŝŶŐƐ ƚŚĞ hh ^ ŝŶ ůŝŶĞ with other Student Unions, ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ^ŽƵƚŚĂŵƉƚŽŶ University.

STUDENTS TAKE THE PISS Rosie Stamp ZĞĐĞŶƚůǇ ƵƉĚĂƚĞĚ ƐƚĂƟƐƟĐƐ ĨŽƌ ϮϬϬϵ ĨƌŽŵ h ƐƚĂƚĞƐ department show an ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐĞĚ ƉĞŶĐŚĂŶƚ ŽĨ h ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ĨŽƌ ƐǇŶĐŚƌŽŶŝƐĞĚ ĨĂůƐĞ ĂůĂƌŵƐ ĂŶĚ ƉƵďůŝĐ ƵƌŝŶĂƟŽŶ͘ /Ŷ ĂŶ ĂŶŶƵĂů ĚŝƐĐƵƐƐŝŽŶ with UEA Estates and its security team, Concrete discussed the new cohort ŽĨ ĨƌĞƐŚĞƌƐ ŝŶ ĐĂŵƉƵƐ ĂĐĐŽŵŵŽĚĂƟŽŶ͕ ĐĂŵƉƵƐ ƐĞĐƵƌŝƚǇ͕ ĂŶĚ ƐƚĂƟƐƟĐƐ ŽĨ various crimes on campus. &ĂůƐĞ ĮƌĞ ĂůĂƌŵƐ ĂƌĞ Ă major problem on campus. This year, 34 incidents have been recorded. Recently, ϭϯ ĮƌĞ ĂůĂƌŵƐ ǁĞƌĞ ƐĞƚ Žī ƐŝŵƵůƚĂŶĞŽƵƐůǇ͕ ůĞĂǀŝŶŐ students outside their ĂĐĐŽŵŵŽĚĂƟŽŶ ĨŽƌ ƚǁŽ ĂŶĚ Ă ŚĂůĨ ŚŽƵƌƐ͘ Concerns have been raised by Trevor Smith that ǁĞ ŵĂǇ ďĞŐŝŶ ƚŽ ŐĞƚ Ă ͞ĐƌǇͲ ǁŽůĨ ƐŝƚƵĂƟŽŶ͕ ǁŚĞƌĞ ŐĞŶƵŝŶĞ ĂůĂƌŵƐ ĂƌĞ ŝŐŶŽƌĞĚ͘͟ /Ŷ ϮϬϬϴ there were only 9 malicious

ĮƌĞ ĐĂůůƐ͕ ĐĂƵƐŝŶŐ h ^ĞĐƵƌŝƚǇ to believe the sudden increase ŝƐ ĚƵĞ ƚŽ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ƉůĂǇŝŶŐ ƐŽŵĞ ƐŽƌƚ ŽĨ ŐĂŵĞ͕ Žƌ ĐŚĂůůĞŶŐŝŶŐ each other. WƵďůŝĐ ƵƌŝŶĂƟŽŶ ŝƐ ĂůƐŽ Ă problem this year, with walls ŶĞĞĚŝŶŐ ƚŽ ďĞ ĚŝƐŝŶĨĞĐƚĞĚ ŽŶ Ă ƌĞŐƵůĂƌ ďĂƐŝƐ͘ dƌĞǀŽƌ Smith says the worse area is ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĞĂŶ ŽĨ ^ƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ďƵŝůĚŝŶŐ͕ ĂŶĚ ͞ŝƐ ŐĞƫŶŐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƉŽŝŶƚ ǁŚĞƌĞ ŽĸĐĞ ƐƚĂī ĚŽ ŶŽƚ ǁŝƐŚ ƚŽ ŽƉĞŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ǁŝŶĚŽǁƐ͘͟ ůĞĂƌůǇ ůŝŶŬĞĚ ƚŽ > Z ŶŝŐŚƚƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ůŽĐĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƐŵŽŬŝŶŐ areas, the Union have taken

ĂĐƟŽŶ ďǇ ƌĞůŽĐĂƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƐŵŽŬŝŶŐ ƉĂƟŽ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŽƚŚĞƌ Hive doors. ^Ž ĨĂƌ ƚŚŝƐ ǇĞĂƌ ŽŶůǇ ŽŶĞ ďƵƌŐůĂƌǇ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ƌĞƉŽƌƚĞĚ ŽŶ ĐĂŵƉƵƐ͕ ĐŽŵƉĂƌĞĚ ƚŽ ϮϬϬϳ where there were 5 incidents. Campus and Services DĂŶĂŐĞƌ͕ dƌĞǀŽƌ ^ŵŝƚŚ said “the increased police presence has undoubtedly ŚĞůƉĞĚ͘͟ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ďŝŬĞ ƚŚĞŌ ƌĞŵĂŝŶƐ Ă ƐŝŐŶŝĮĐĂŶƚ ƉƌŽďůĞŵ͕ ǁŝƚŚ Ϯϯ ďĞŝŶŐ ƐƚŽůĞŶ this year. David Whales, ^ĞĐƵƌŝƚǇ dĞĂŵ >ĞĂĚĞƌ ŝƐ ŬĞĞŶ ƚŽ ŝŵƉƌŽǀĞ ƚŚĞ ĂǁĂƌĞŶĞƐƐ ŽĨ

<ǇůĞ ^ƉĞŶĐĞƌ

^ƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ŽƵƚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐŽůĚ ĂŌĞƌ Ă ĨĂůƐĞ ĮƌĞ ĂůĂƌŵ͘

students towards this issue, ĨŽƌ ĞǆĂŵƉůĞ ƌĞĐŽŵŵĞŶĚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƵƐĞ ŽĨ ͲůŽĐŬƐ ǁŚĞŶ ƐĞĐƵƌŝŶŐ ďŝŬĞƐ͕ ĂƐ ƚŚĞǇ ĂƌĞ ͞ĨĂƌ ƐƵƉĞƌŝŽƌ ƚŽ ĐŚĂŝŶ ůŽĐŬƐ͘͟ /Ŷ ϮϬϬϳ ƚŚĞƌĞ ǁĞƌĞ ƚǁŽ assaults on campus, and in ϮϬϬϴ ƚŚĞƌĞ ǁĞƌĞ ƚŚƌĞĞ͘ ^Ž ĨĂƌ ƚŚŝƐ ǇĞĂƌ ƚŚĞ ĮŐƵƌĞ ƌĞŵĂŝŶƐ Ăƚ ǌĞƌŽ͘ dƌĞǀŽƌ ^ŵŝƚŚ ŚŝŐŚůŝŐŚƚƐ ƚŚĞ ĨĂĐƚ ƚŚĂƚ ͞ĂůĐŽŚŽů ŝƐ ŶĞĂƌůǇ always related to assaults on ĐĂŵƉƵƐ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͘͟ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƟĞƐ ŝŶ ůĂƌŐĞƌ ĐŝƟĞƐ such as Manchester and >ŽŶĚŽŶ ĂƌĞ ŽŌĞŶ ƌĞƋƵŝƌĞĚ ƚŽ provide their security teams with stab vests in order ƚŽ ĚĞĂů ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ƚŚƌĞĂƚ ŽĨ ŬŶŝĨĞ ĐƌŝŵĞƐ͘ h ŚĂƐ ƐŽ ĨĂƌ ŵĂŶĂŐĞĚ ƚŽ ƐƚĂǇ ĨƌĞĞ ŽĨ ŵŽƌĞ ǀŝŽůĞŶƚ ĐƌŝŵĞƐ͘ ͞/Ŷ Ă ǁĂǇ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ŐŽŽĚ ƚŽ ďĞ ƚĂůŬŝŶŐ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞƐĞ ŝƐƐƵĞƐ ƌĂƚŚĞƌ ƚŚĂŶ ŬŶŝĨĞ ĂŶĚ ŐƵŶƐ ŽŶ ĐĂŵƉƵƐ͕͟ ƐĂŝĚ ĂǀŝĚ tŚĂůĞƐ ŝŶ ƌĞĨĞƌĞŶĐĞ ƚŽ ŵŽƌĞ ŵŝŶŽƌ ŽīĞŶĐĞƐ͘ ,Ğ ĂůƐŽ ŶŽƚĞĚ ŚŽǁ h ŚĂƐ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ůŽǁĞƐƚ ĐƌŝŵĞ ƌĂƚĞƐ ŽĨ Ăůů university campuses.

SHOEBOX APPEAL ŚƌŝƐƚŵĂƐ ƐŚŽĞďŽǆ ĂƉƉĞĂů ĨŽƌ ŽƌƉŚĂŶƐ ŝŶ EĞƉĂů ŽƌŐĂŶŝƐĞĚ ďǇ h ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ŝƐ ŝŶ ŶĞĞĚ ŽĨ ǀŽůƵŶƚĞĞƌƐ͘ dŚĞ ĂƉƉĞĂů Ͳ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚĞĚ by the charity ChildSmile ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝƐ ƌƵŶ ďǇ ĨŽƌŵĞƌ h ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ ,ĞŶĂ WĂƌŵĂƌ ʹ ŶĞĞĚƐ volunteers to help wrap ƐŚŽĞďŽǆĞƐ ĂƐ ǁĞůů ĂƐ ƌƵŶ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂůůƐ ǁŚĞƌĞ ƚŚĞ ƐŚŽĞďŽǆĞƐ are to be sold, in the Hive ĚƵƌŝŶŐ tĞĞŬ ϵ ĨƌŽŵ ϭϮͲϮƉŵ͘ There will be two ǁƌĂƉƉŝŶŐ ĞǀĞŶƚƐ͕ ŽŶ ^ƵŶĚĂǇ ϭƐƚ ĂŶĚ ^ƵŶĚĂǇ ϴƚŚ EŽǀĞŵďĞƌ ŝŶ hŶŝŽŶ ,ŽƵƐĞ ƌŽŽŵ ϭ͘ϯϯ ĨƌŽŵ ϭͲϯƉŵ͘ For any more details, or to volunteer, contact Jen on ũĞŶŶŝĨĞƌ͘ƚĂǇůŽƌΛƵĞĂ͘ĂĐ͘ƵŬ͘

STUDENT BURGLARY RISK ^ƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ĂƌĞ ƚŚƌĞĞ ƟŵĞƐ ŵŽƌĞ ůŝŬĞůǇ ƚŽ ďĞ ďƵƌŐůĞĚ ƚŚĂŶ ĂŶǇ ŽƚŚĞƌ ŐƌŽƵƉ ďƵƚ ĂƌĞ ůĂƌŐĞůǇ ƵŶĐŽŶĐĞƌŶĞĚ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ƌŝƐŬ ƚŚĞǇ ĨĂĐĞ ŝŶ ďĞĐŽŵŝŶŐ Ă ǀŝĐƟŵ ŽĨ ďƵƌŐůĂƌǇ͕ Ă ŶĞǁ EĂƟŽŶĂů hŶŝŽŶ ŽĨ ^ƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ;Eh^Ϳ ƐƵƌǀĞǇ ƌĞǀĞĂůƐ͘ dŚĞ ƐƵƌǀĞǇ ƐŚŽǁƐ ƚŚĂƚ ϴϰй ŽĨ ĨƌĞƐŚĞƌƐ ĂƌĞ ŶŽƚ ĐŽŶĐĞƌŶĞĚ about crime, despite the ůŝŬĞůŝŚŽŽĚ ŽĨ ŝƚ ŽĐĐƵƌƌŝŶŐ͘ Eh^ sŝĐĞ WƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚ ĨŽƌ tĞůĨĂƌĞ͕ ĞŶ tŚŝƩĂŬĞƌ͕ ƐĂŝĚ͕ “Because most students live in communal households, ƚŚĞǇ ĂƌĞ ƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌůǇ Ăƚ ƌŝƐŬ ĨƌŽŵ ǁĂůŬͲŝŶ ƚŚĞŌ͘ tĞ ǁŽƵůĚ advise students to take ĞǆƚƌĂ ĐĂƌĞ ǁŚĞŶ ŝƚ ĐŽŵĞƐ ƚŽ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ ƐƵƌĞ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĚŽŽƌƐ ĂŶĚ windows are locked, and to ŐĞƚ ŝŶƐƵƌĂŶĐĞ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĐŽǀĞƌƐ ǁĂůŬͲŝŶ ƚŚĞŌ͘͟

GRADUATE UNEMPLOYMENT RISE Graduate unemployment ŚĂƐ ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐĞĚ ϰϰй ǁŝƚŚŝŶ Ă ǇĞĂƌ͕ ĂĐĐŽƌĚŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƌĞƐĞĂƌĐŚ ƌĞůĞĂƐĞĚ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ,ŝŐŚĞƌ ĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ ĂƌĞĞƌƐ ^ĞƌǀŝĐĞƐ hŶŝƚ ;, ^hͿ͘ >ĞǀĞůƐ ŽĨ ũŽďůĞƐƐŶĞƐƐ ŚĂǀĞ not been as low since the ŵŝĚͲŶŝŶĞƟĞƐ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ , ^h ǁĂƌŶŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƉŝĐƚƵƌĞ ĐŽƵůĚ ďĞ ǁŽƌƐĞ ĨŽƌ ƚŚŽƐĞ ŐƌĂĚƵĂƟŶŐ this year.

6 NEWS NORFOLK DNA DATABASE EĞĂƌůǇ ϭ͕ϬϬϬ E ƉƌŽĮůĞƐ of innocent people in Norfolk have been added ƚŽ Ă ŶĂƟŽŶĂů ĚĂƚĂďĂƐĞ͕ which parliamentary ĂŶƐǁĞƌƐ ĐŽŵƉůŝĞĚ ďǇ >ŝďĞƌĂů ĞŵŽĐƌĂƚƐ ŚĂǀĞ ƌĞǀĞĂůĞĚ͘ dŚŝƐ ĐŽŵĞƐ ĂŌĞƌ ƚŚĞ ƌƵůŝŶŐ ůĂƐƚ ǇĞĂƌ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ƵƌŽƉĞĂŶ ŽƵƌƚ ŽĨ ,ƵŵĂŶ ZŝŐŚƚƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ƉƌĂĐƟĐĞ ŽĨ ĂĚĚŝŶŐ E ƉƌŽĮůĞƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĚĂƚĂďĂƐĞ ǁĂƐ ŝůůĞŐĂů͘ There are a total of ϲϰ͕ϬϮϵ EŽƌĨŽůŬ E ƉƌŽĮůĞƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĚĂƚĂďĂƐĞ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ŐŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚ ĞƐƟŵĂƟŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ϮϬ͘ϴй ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĚĂƚĂďĂƐĞ ĂƌĞ ŝŶŶŽĐĞŶƚ ʹ ĞƋƵŝǀĂůĞŶƚ ƚŽ ϭϯ͕ϯϭϴ ƉƌŽĮůĞƐ ŝŶ ƚŽƚĂů ŝŶ EŽƌĨŽůŬ͘ ŽŶĐĞƌŶƐ ĨƌŽŵ h ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ŚĂǀĞ ĂůƐŽ ďĞĞŶ ĞǆƉƌĞƐƐĞĚ ŽǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĐĞŶƚ ĚŝƐĐŽǀĞƌǇ ŽĨ ĂŶ ĞǆƚĞŶƐŝǀĞ ĚĂƚĂďĂƐĞ ŽĨ ͞ĚŽŵĞƐƟĐ ĞǆƚƌĞŵŝƐƚƐ͟ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ŵĂŶǇ ŝŶŶŽĐĞŶƚ ĚĞŵŽŶƐƚƌĂƚŽƌƐ ǁŝƚŚ ĐůĞĂŶ ĐƌŝŵŝŶĂů ƌĞĐŽƌĚƐ͘ ;^ĞĞ ŽŵĞƐƟĐ ǆƚƌĞŵŝƐƚƐ Ăƚ h ďĞůŽǁͿ͘

concrete.news@uea.ac.uk TUESDAY 3rd NOVEMBER 2009

UEA STUDENT BECOMES A PCSO ZIGGURATS IN ARCHITECTURAL AWARD Rachel Handforth ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ǇĞĂƌ ŚĞŵŝƐƚƌǇ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ ŝƐ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ůĂƚĞƐƚ ƌĞĐƌƵŝƚƐ ƐƚĞƉƉŝŶŐ ŽƵƚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ďĞĂƚ ĂŌĞƌ ũŽŝŶŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƌĂŶŬƐ ŽĨ EŽƌĨŽůŬ͛Ɛ ^ƉĞĐŝĂů ŽŶƐƚĂďƵůĂƌǇ͘ sĂŶĞƐƐĂ 'ƌĞĂǀĞƐ ŝƐ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ϭϰ ŶĞǁ ĐŽŶƐƚĂďůĞƐ ǁŚŽ ĂƌĞ ƉĂƚƌŽůůŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵŶƚǇ ĨŽůůŽǁŝŶŐ ĂŶ ŽĸĐŝĂů ĂƩĞƐƚĂƟŽŶ ĐĞƌĞŵŽŶǇ Ăƚ EŽƌĨŽůŬ͛Ɛ ŽŶƐƚĂďƵůĂƌǇ͛Ɛ tǇŵŽŶĚŚĂŵ ŚĞĂĚƋƵĂƌƚĞƌƐ͘ sĂŶĞƐƐĂ͕ Ϯϱ͕ ůŝǀĞƐ ŝŶ &ŽǆůĞǇ ŶĞĂƌ ZĞĞƉŚĂŵ ĂŶĚ ũŽŝŶĞĚ ƚŚĞ ^ƉĞĐŝĂů ŽŶƐƚĂďƵůĂƌǇ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ƐŚĞ ǁĂƐ ŬĞĞŶ ƚŽ ĚŽ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ ǁŽƌƚŚǁŚŝůĞ ǁŝƚŚ ŚĞƌ ƐƉĂƌĞ ƟŵĞ͗ ͞/ ǁĂŶƚĞĚ ƚŽ ĚŽ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ǁŽƵůĚ ŐĞƚ ŵĞ ŽƵƚ ĂŶĚ ĂďŽƵƚ ŵĞĞƟŶŐ ŶĞǁ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĂƚ ǁŽƵůĚ ƌĞĂůůǇ ŵĂŬĞ Ă ĚŝīĞƌĞŶĐĞ͘͟ ͞^Ž ĨĂƌ /͛ǀĞ ŽŶůǇ ďĞĞŶ ŽƵƚ ŽŶ ĚƵƚǇ Ă ĨĞǁ ƟŵĞƐ͕ ďƵƚ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ůŽƚƐ ŽĨ ǀĂƌŝĞƚǇ ǁŚŝĐŚ / ůŝŬĞ͘ ͞/ ǁĂƐ ƉĂƚƌŽůůŝŶŐ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ h ŽŶĞ ŶŝŐŚƚ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ &ƌĞƐŚĞƌƐ͛ tĞĞŬ ǁŚŝĐŚ ǁĂƐ ƋƵŝƚĞ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƟŶŐ͕ ĂƐ / ŶŽƌŵĂůůǇ ŽŶůǇ ƐĞĞ ƚŚĞ ĐĂŵƉƵƐ ŝŶ ĚĂǇƟŵĞ͘ ͞/ƚ ǁĂƐ ŽĚĚ ƚŽ ƚŚŝŶŬ ƚŚĂƚ ŶŽ ŽŶĞ ǁŽƵůĚ ďĞ ĂǁĂƌĞ ƚŚĂƚ ƵŶĚĞƌ ƚŚĞ ƵŶŝĨŽƌŵ / ǁĂƐ ũƵƐƚ ĂŶŽƚŚĞƌ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ͘ / ŚĂǀĞ ĂůƐŽ ďĞĞŶ ŽƵƚ ŽŶ ĚƵƚǇ ŝŶ ĞƌĞŚĂŵ Ă ĐŽƵƉůĞ

ŽĨ ƟŵĞƐ ĂŶĚ / ŚĂǀĞ ŚĂĚ ƚŚĞ ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƚǇ ƚŽ ǁŽƌŬ ĂůŽŶŐƐŝĚĞ ďŽƚŚ ƌĞŐƵůĂƌ ŽĸĐĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ ŽƚŚĞƌ ^ƉĞĐŝĂůƐ͘͟ ƐƐŝƐƚĂŶƚ ŚŝĞĨ ŽŶƐƚĂďůĞ ŚĂƌůŝĞ ,Ăůů ƐĂŝĚ͗ ͞dŚĞ ^ƉĞĐŝĂů ŽŶƐƚĂďƵůĂƌǇ ŝƐ Ă ƚĞĂŵ ŽĨ ǀŽůƵŶƚĞĞƌƐ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ůŽĐĂů ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚǇ ǁŚŽ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞ ƚƌĞŵĞŶĚŽƵƐ ŚĞůƉ ĂŶĚ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ ƚŽ ƌĞŐƵůĂƌ ƉŽůŝĐĞ ŽĸĐĞƌƐ͘͟ dŚĞ ^ƉĞĐŝĂů ŽŶƐƚĂďƵůĂƌǇ ŝƐ Ă ǀŽůƵŶƚĂƌǇ ďŽĚǇ ƚŽ ŚĞůƉ ƚŚĞ ƌĞŐƵůĂƌ ƉŽůŝĐĞ ĨŽƌĐĞ ŝŶ ŵĞĞƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƉŽůŝĐŝŶŐ ŶĞĞĚƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚǇ͘ dŚĞŝƌ ƌŽůĞƐ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞ ƉƌŽǀŝĚŝŶŐ ŚŝŐŚ ǀŝƐŝďŝůŝƚǇ ƉĂƚƌŽůƐ ĂŶĚ ŚĞůƉŝŶŐ ƉŽůŝĐĞ ŵĂũŽƌ ŝŶĐŝĚĞŶƚƐ ĂŶĚ ĞǀĞŶƚƐ͘

Tasha Percy

sĂŶĞƐƐĂ 'ƌĞĂǀĞƐ ƉŝĐƚƵƌĞĚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƌŝŐŚƚ͘

EŽƌĨŽůŬ dĞƌƌĂĐĞ ŝŐŐƵƌĂƚƐ͕ ĚĞƐŝŐŶĞĚ ďǇ ĞŶǇƐ >ĂƐĚƵŶ ŝŶ ϭϵϲϬƐ͘

dŚĞ ŝŐŐƵƌĂƚƐ Ͳ EŽƌĨŽůŬ ĂŶĚ ^ƵīŽůŬ Terrace - have made it into the ƌĐŚŝƚĞĐƚ͛Ɛ :ŽƵƌŶĂů ƚŽƉ ƚĞŶ ƌŝƟƐŚ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ ƵŝůĚŝŶŐƐ͘ dŚĞǇ ĐĂŵĞ ŝŶ Ăƚ ĞŝŐŚƚŚ ƉůĂĐĞ ďĞŚŝŶĚ ƐƵĐŚ ďƵŝůĚŝŶŐƐ ĂƐ >ĞĞĚƐ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ >ĞĐƚƵƌĞ dŚĞĂƚƌĞ ůŽĐŬ ĂŶĚ KǆĨŽƌĚ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ͛Ɛ ZĂĚĐůŝīĞ ĂŵĞƌĂ͘ dŚĞ h ƉƌĞƐƐ ŽĸĐĞ ĐŽŵŵĞŶƚĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ͞ƚŚĞ ůĂƌŐĞͲƐĐĂůĞ ϯͲ ĞīĞĐƚ ŝŵƉĂĐƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ǌŝŐŐƵƌĂƚƐ ƐƚĂŶĚŝŶŐ ƚŽŐĞƚŚĞƌ͕ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƉŽƐŝƟŽŶ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƌŬ ůĂŶĚƐĐĂƉĞ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƵƌďĂŶ ƐƚǇůĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ

ĐĞŶƚƌĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĐĂŵƉƵƐ ĂŶĚ͕ ŽĨ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ͕ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŶĐƌĞƚĞ Ăůů ĐŽŶƚƌŝďƵƚĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƵŶŝƋƵĞŶĞƐƐ͘͟ dŚĞ ďƵŝůĚŝŶŐƐ ĂƌĞ ůŝƐƚĞĚ ĂƐ 'ƌĂĚĞ //͕ ŵĞĂŶŝŶŐ ƚŚĞǇ ĂƌĞ ͞ƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌůǇ ƐŝŐŶŝĮĐĂŶƚ ďƵŝůĚŝŶŐƐ ŽĨ ŵŽƌĞ ƚŚĂŶ ůŽĐĂů ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚ͘͟ Ƶƚ͕ ͞ŵŽƐƚ ŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚůǇ͕͟ ƚŚĞ ƉƌĞƐƐ ŽĸĐĞ ƐĂŝĚ͕ ͞ƚŚĞ ĂƌĐŚŝƚĞĐƚ ƚŚŽƵŐŚƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƋƵĂůŝƚǇ ŽĨ ůŝĨĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ǁŚŽ ǁŽƵůĚ ůŝǀĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞŵ͕ ĞŶƐƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞǇ ĐŽƵůĚ ũƵŵƉ ŽƵƚ ŽĨ ďĞĚ ĂŶĚ ŐĞƚ ƚŽ ůĞĐƚƵƌĞƐ ŝŶ ĮǀĞ ŵŝŶƵƚĞƐ ŇĂƚ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞǇ ĐŽƵůĚ Ăůů ĞŶũŽǇ ƐƚƵŶŶŝŶŐ ǀŝĞǁƐ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞŝƌ ďĞĚƌŽŽŵ ǁŝŶĚŽǁ͕ ĂƐ Ăůů ƌŽŽŵƐ ĨĂĐĞ ƚŚĞ ƌŽĂĚ͘͟

>ĂƵƌĂ ^ŵŝƚŚ

DOMESTIC EXTREMISTS AT UEA?

PIPE LEAK PANDEMONIUM

Nick Church

ĐƌŝƟĐŝƐĞĚ ƚŚĞ Eh^͛ ŶĞǁ , ŽŶĞ

Paul Wellard

ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ĨƌĂĐƚƵƌĞ ďĞŝŶŐ ĨŽƵŶĚ ĞĂƌůǇ

ůŝƐƚĞĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĚĂƚĂďĂƐĞ ŵŽŶŝƚŽƌŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ƚƌĂĐŬŝŶŐ ͞ĚŽŵĞƐƟĐ ĞǆƚƌĞŵŝƐƚƐ͕͟ ĂƐ Ă ƌĞƐƵůƚ ŽĨ Ă hŶŝŽŶ ŽƵŶĐŝů ƉŽůŝĐǇ͘ :ĂŵĞƐ ^ŝůǀĂ͕ ŽĨ 'ĂŵĞ^ŽĐ ĂŶĚ ƉƌŽƉŽƐĞƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƟŽŶ͕ ǁĂƐ ŽƵƚƌĂŐĞĚ Ăƚ ƌĞĐĞŶƚ ĚŝƐĐŽǀĞƌǇ ŽĨ Ă ŶĂƟŽŶĂů ŐŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚ ƐĐŚĞŵĞ ƚŽ ŵŽŶŝƚŽƌ ͞ĚŽŵĞƐƟĐ ĞǆƚƌĞŵŝƐƚƐ͕͟ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝŶ ĨĂĐƚ ĐŽŶƚĂŝŶƐ ŵĂŶǇ ƉĞĂĐĞĨƵů ƉƌŽƚĞƐƚŽƌƐ ǁŝƚŚ ŶŽ ĐƌŝŵŝŶĂů ƌĞĐŽƌĚƐ͘ tŝƚŚ Ă ĐĂŵƉĂŝŐŶŝŶŐ hŶŝŽŶ͕ ĂŶĚ ŵĂŶǇ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ƚĂŬŝŶŐ ƉĂƌƚ ŝŶ ƐƵĐŚ ůĞŐĂů ƉƌŽƚĞƐƚƐ͕ ŚĞ ĞǆƉƌĞƐƐĞĚ ĐŽŶĐĞƌŶ ŽǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ ƉŽƚĞŶƟĂů ŽĨ h ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ďĞŝŶŐ ůŝƐƚĞĚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĚĂƚĂďĂƐĞ͘ /Ŷ ŽƚŚĞƌ ĞǀĞŶƚƐ͕ hŶŝŽŶ ŽƵŶĐŝů ŚĂƐ ƉĂƐƐĞĚ ĨŽƵƌ ƌĞĨĞƌĞŶĚƵŵ ĞŶƚƌŝĞƐ ƐƵďŵŝƩĞĚ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ hh ^͛ ͞zŽƵ ŽƵŶƚ͊͟ ĐĂŵƉĂŝŐŶ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ǁŝůů ďĞ ƉƵƚ ƚŽ Ă ƉŽůŝĐǇ ďĂůůŽƚ ĨŽƌ Ăůů h ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͘ dŚĞ ĞŶƚƌŝĞƐ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞ Ă ƉŽƚĞŶƟĂů ďŽǇĐŽƩ ŽĨ ŽĐĂͲ ŽůĂ͕ ůŽďďǇŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ Ă ŵƵůƟͲ ƐƚŽƌĞǇ ĐĂƌ ƉĂƌŬ͕ ƐƚŽĐŬŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŵŝŶŝŵƵŵ ĐŽƉŝĞƐ ƉŽƐƐŝďůĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĂŝůǇ DĂŝů ĂŶĚ ƐƚŽĐŬŝŶŐ͕ ǁŚĞƌĞ ĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞ͕ ĂƐƚ ŶŐůŝĂŶ ĨƌƵŝƚ ĂŶĚ ǀĞŐĞƚĂďůĞƐ͘ >Ăǁ WŽƐƚŐƌĂĚƵĂƚĞ ZĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĂƟǀĞ ĂŶĚ ĐŚĂŝƌ͕ ZŝĐŚĂƌĚ ZĞǇŶŽůĚƐ͕ ƐƚƌŽŶŐůǇ

ZĞǇŶŽůĚƐ ƐĂŝĚ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ ŝŶ ĨĂĐƚ ĂŶ ĞǀĞŶƚ ĨŽƌ ͞ĐŚƵŵŵǇ ƐĂďď ΀ƐĂďďĂƟĐĂů΁ ŽĸĐĞƌƐ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵŶƚƌǇ͟ ĂŶĚ ͞ƐƚƌƵĐƚƵƌĂůůǇ ƉŽŽƌ͘͟

dŚĞ ĨƌĂĐƚƵƌĞ ĂīĞĐƚĞĚ Ăůů ƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚƐ ŝŶ ŶĞǁ ĐĂŵƉƵƐ ĂĐĐŽŵŵŽĚĂƟŽŶ ʹ ƌŝƩĞŶ͕ ŽůŵĂŶ͕ WĂƐƚŽŶ͕ <ĞƩ͕ sŝĐƚŽƌǇ͕ ƌŽǁŶĞ ʹ EĞůƐŽŶ ŽƵƌƚ͕ /EdK͕ ƚŚĞ ,ĞĂůƚŚ ĞŶƚƌĞ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŶƵƌƐĞƌǇ͘ tŽƌŬŝŶŐ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ŶŝŐŚƚ ĐŽŶƚƌĂĐƚŽƌƐ ǁĞƌĞ ĂďůĞ ƚŽ ƌĞƉĂŝƌ ƚŚĞ ĨƌĂĐƚƵƌĞ ĞĂƌůǇ ŵŽƌŶŝŶŐ ŽŶ ϮϮŶĚ KĐƚŽďĞƌ͕

^ƉĞĂŬŝŶŐ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ŝŶĐŝĚĞŶƚ tĞůĨĂƌĞ KĸĐĞƌ͕ dŽŵ ^ƵƩŽŶ͕ ƉƌĂŝƐĞĚ ƚŚĞ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ͘ ͞dŚŝƐ ƉƌŽďůĞŵ ĐĂƵƐĞĚ Ă ŵĂƐƐŝǀĞ ŝŶĐŽŶǀĞŶŝĞŶĐĞ ĨŽƌ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ŝŶ h ƌĞƐŝĚĞŶĐĞƐ͕͟ ŚĞ ƐĂŝĚ͕ ͞ŚŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ƚŚĞ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ ĂĐƚĞĚ ǁĞůů ŐƌĂƐƉŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƐĞǀĞƌŝƚǇ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŝƐƐƵĞ ĂŶĚ ĚĞĂůŝŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ƉƌŽďůĞŵ ďŽƚŚ ƋƵŝĐŬůǇ ĂŶĚ ĞīĞĐƟǀĞůǇ͘͟

ĐŽŶĨĞƌĞŶĐĞƐ ĂƐ ͞ĚŝƐŐƌĂĐĞĨƵů͘͟ ^Ğƚ ƵƉ ŵŽƌŶŝŶŐ ŽŶ ϮϭƐƚ KĐƚŽďĞƌ͘ “THE WAVE” hh ^ ŝƐ ƚŽ ǁƌŝƚĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ,ŽŵĞ ƚŽ ŐŝǀĞ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ĂĐƌŽƐƐ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵŶƚƌǇ ^ƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ŝŶ ĐĂŵƉƵƐ ĂĐĐŽŵŵŽĚĂƟŽŶ ^ƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ǁĞƌĞ ƵƌŐĞĚ ƚŽ ƵƐĞ ŽŶůǇ ƚŚĞ NUS CLIMATE ^ĞĐƌĞƚĂƌǇ͕ DW ůĂŶ :ŽŚŶƐŽŶ͕ Ă ĐŚĂŶĐĞ ƚŽ ƚĂŬĞ ƉĂƌƚ ŝŶ ǁŽƌŬƐŚŽƉƐ ǁĞƌĞ ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ ǁĂƚĞƌ ĨŽƌ ŽǀĞƌ Ϯϰ ŚŽƵƌƐ ďĂƚŚƌŽŽŵ ƐŝŶŬƐ͕ ŬŝƚĐŚĞŶ ƐŝŶŬƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŽŝůĞƚ ĚĞŵĂŶĚŝŶŐ ĐŽŶĮƌŵĂƟŽŶ ĂƐ ƚŽ ĂŶĚ ŚĞĂƌ ƐƉĞĂŬĞƌƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ŵĂŝŶ ĂŌĞƌ Ă ŵĂũŽƌ ǁĂƚĞƌ ŵĂŝŶ ŽŶ ĐĂŵƉƵƐ ŇƵƐŚĞƐ ǁŚĞƌĞ ĂďƐŽůƵƚĞůǇ ŶĞĐĞƐƐĂƌǇ͕ ĂŶĚ PROTEST ǁŚĞƚŚĞƌ h ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͛ ĚĞƚĂŝůƐ ĂƌĞ ƉŽůŝĐǇ ŝƐƐƵĞƐ ĨŽƌ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͕ ZŝĐŚĂƌĚ ĨƌĂĐƚƵƌĞĚ͘ ƚŽ ŶŽƚ ƵƐĞ ƐŚŽǁĞƌƐ Žƌ ǁĂƚĞƌ ĨŽƌ ĚƌŝŶŬŝŶŐ͘ Eh^ ĂƌĞ ƉůĂŶŶŝŶŐ ͞Ă ǁĂǀĞ͟ ʹ Ă ͞ĐĂƌŶŝǀĂůͲƐƚǇůĞ ƐƚƌĞĞƚ ƉƌŽĐĞƐƐŝŽŶ͟ ʹ ĂŶĚ ĚĞŵŽŶƐƚƌĂƟŽŶ͕ ĞĐĞŵďĞƌ ϱƚŚ͕ ŝŶ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ ŽĨ ĂĐƟŽŶ ĂŐĂŝŶƐƚ ĐůŝŵĂƚĞ ĐŚĂŶŐĞ ĂŚĞĂĚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ hE ĐůŝŵĂƚĞ ƚĂůŬƐ ŝŶ ŽƉĞŶŚĂŐĞŶ͘ ,ŽƉŝŶŐ ƚŽ ďĞ ƚŚĞ ďŝŐŐĞƐƚ ĞǀĞƌ ĚĞŵŽŶƐƚƌĂƟŽŶ ŝŶ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ ŽĨ ĂĐƟŽŶ ĂŐĂŝŶƐƚ ĐůŝŵĂƚĞ ĐŚĂŶŐĞ͕ Eh^ ŚŽƉĞ ƚŚŽƵƐĂŶĚƐ ǁŝůů ĚĞƐĐĞŶĚ ƚŽ >ŽŶĚŽŶ͕ ĂƐ ǁĞůů ĂƐ 'ůĂƐŐŽǁ͘ dŚĞ ǁĂǀĞ ŝƐ ďĞŝŶŐ ŽƌŐĂŶŝƐĞĚ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ^ƚŽƉ ůŝŵĂƚĞ ŚĂŽƐ ŽĂůŝƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚĞĚ ďǇ ƚŚĞ EĂƟŽŶĂů hŶŝŽŶ ŽĨ ^ƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ;Eh^Ϳ͘ ƉůĂŶŶĞĚ ĮŶĂůĞ ǁŝůů ƐĞĞ ƚŚĞ ĚĞŵŽŶƐƚƌĂƚŽƌƐ ĞŶĐŝƌĐůŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ,ŽƵƐĞƐ ŽĨ WĂƌůŝĂŵĞŶƚ͘ &Žƌ ŵŽƌĞ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ ŐŽ ƚŽ͗ ŚƩƉ͗ͬͬǁǁǁ͘ŶƵƐ͘ŽƌŐ͘ƵŬͬ ĞŶͬ ĂŵƉĂŝŐŶƐͬ'ƌĞĞŶͲ ŽŶĞͬ dŚĞͲǁĂǀĞͲĐŽŵĞͲƚŽŐĞƚŚĞƌͲƚŽͲ ƐƚŽƉͲĐůŝŵĂƚĞͲĐŚĂŽƐͬ

“BALANCE OF PROBABILITIES” ŽƵŶĐŝů ĂůƐŽ ƉĂƐƐĞĚ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƟŽŶ ĐŽŶĐĞƌŶŝŶŐ ĚŝƐĐŝƉůŝŶĂƌǇ ƉƌŽĐĞĚƵƌĞƐ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŽŶĐƌĞƚĞ ƌĞƉŽƌƚĞĚ ŽŶ ůĂƐƚ ŝƐƐƵĞ͕ ŽďůŝŐŝŶŐ hh ^͛ ƚŽ ĐŚĂůůĞŶŐĞ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽƉŽƐĞĚ ĂŵĞŶĚŵĞŶƚ ƚŽ ĚŝƐĐŝƉůŝŶĂƌǇ ƉƌŽĐĞĚƵƌĞƐ͘ dŚĞ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ ƉƌŽƉŽƐĞĚ ƚŚĞ ƵƐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƚĞƌŵ ͞ďĂůĂŶĐĞ ŽĨ ƉƌŽďĂďŝůŝƟĞƐ͟ ŝŶƐƚĞĂĚ ŽĨ ďĞǇŽŶĚ ƌĞĂƐŽŶĂďůĞ ĚŽƵďƚ͘ /Ŷ ŽƚŚĞƌ ĞǀĞŶƚƐ ŵŽƟŽŶƐ ǁĞƌĞ ƉĂƐƐĞĚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ hŶŝŽŶ ƚŽ ďŽǇĐŽƩ &ƌƵŝƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ >ŽŽŵ͕ ƚŚĞ ƐƵƉƉůŝĞƌ ŽĨ ŶƵŵĞƌŽƵƐ ƵŶŝĨŽƌŵƐ ĂŶĚ ĐůŽƚŚŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƟĞƐ ĂĐƌŽƐƐ ƚŚŝƐ ĐŽƵŶƚƌǇ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ h^͘ dŚĞ ŵŽǀĞ ĐĂŵĞ ĂŌĞƌ ƚŚĞ ĐůŽƐƵƌĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŽŶůǇ ĨĂĐƚŽƌǇ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ƵŶŝŽŶŝƐĞĚ ǁŽƌŬĨŽƌĐĞ͘ hh ^͛ ĂůƐŽ ƉůĞĚŐĞĚ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƵƐƚƌŝĂŶ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ŝŶ sŝĞŶŶĂ ŽĐĐƵƉǇŝŶŐ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ ďƵŝůĚŝŶŐƐ ŝŶ ƉƌŽƚĞƐƚ ĂŐĂŝŶƐƚ ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐŝŶŐ ƉƌŝǀĂƟƐĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ŚŝŐŚĞƌ ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ͘

UNI-Q PANEL DEBATE CONTINUED FROM THE FRONT PAGE WŚŝů dĂǇůŽƌ ǁĂƐ ƐƵƌƉƌŝƐŝŶŐůǇ ŚŽŶĞƐƚ ǁŚĞŶ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶĞĚ ŽŶ >ĂďŽƵƌ͛Ɛ ƌŽůĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐƌĞĚŝƚ ĐƌƵŶĐŚ͕ ĂĚŵŝƫŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ EĞǁ >ĂďŽƵƌ ŚĂĚ ŶŽƚ ŵĂŶĂŐĞĚ ƚŽ ĞŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĐǇĐůĞ ŽĨ ďŽŽŵ ĂŶĚ ďƵƐƚ ʹ ŚĞ ƚŽůĚ ƚŚĞ ĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞ ͞tĞ ĐĂŵĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĞĚŐĞ ŽĨ ŐŽŝŶŐ ďƵƐƚ͘͘͘ǁĞ ĚŝĚ ŶŽƚ ĚŽ ĞŶŽƵŐŚ͘͟ dŚĞ ƉƌŽĚƵĐĞƌƐ ŽĨ hŶŝͲY͕ ĂƚĐŚ Ϯϭ͕ ŚŽƉĞ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚŝƐ ŽŶůŝŶĞ ƐŚŽǁ ǁŝůů ĂƩƌĂĐƚ ǇŽƵŶŐ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ĂŶĚ ƌĂŝƐĞ ĂŶ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚ ŝŶ ƉŽůŝƟĐƐ ďǇ ĞŵďƌĂĐŝŶŐ ŶĞǁ ŵĞĚŝĂ ĂŶĚ ƚƌĂǀĞůůŝŶŐ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƟĞƐ͘ ŚůŽĞ ^ŵŝƚŚ ĂŐƌĞĞĚ͕ ƐĂǇŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ͞ƚŚŝƐ ŬŝŶĚ ŽĨ ĞǀĞŶƚ ŝƐ ƌĞĂůůǇ ƉŽƐŝƟǀĞ͕ / ƚŚŝŶŬ ƚŚŝƐ ƌĞĂůůǇ

ƉůĂǇƐ ƚŽ ǁŚĞƌĞ ǁĞ ŶĞĞĚ ƚŽ ŐŽ ǁŝƚŚ ŶĞǁ ŵĞĚŝĂ͘͟ ĚƌŝĂŶ ZĂŵƐĂǇ ĂůƐŽ ƐƉŽŬĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƉŽƐŝƟǀĞ ĞīĞĐƚ ƐƵĐŚ ĚĞďĂƚĞƐ ŚĂǀĞ͘ ͞tĞ ĂůƐŽ ĞŶŐĂŐĞ ǁŝƚŚ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĚŽŽƌƐƚĞƉ ĂŶĚ ǁĞ ŚĂǀĞ Ă ůŽƚ ŽĨ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ĚŽŝŶŐ ǁŽƌŬ ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ŐŽŽĚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ s Ͳ ŝƚ ůĞƚƐ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ŬŶŽǁ ǁŚĂƚ ƐŽƌƚ ŽĨ ũŽďƐ ƚŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ŽƵƚ ƚŚĞƌĞ͟ ŚĞ ƚŽůĚ ŽŶĐƌĞƚĞ͘ dŚĞ ĨŽŽƚĂŐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĚĞďĂƚĞ ŝƐ ĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞ ƚŽ ǁĂƚĐŚ Ăƚ ǁǁǁ͘ ŝŶĚĞƉĞŶĚĞŶƚ͘ĐŽ͘ƵŬͬƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ ĂƐ ǁŝůů ďĞ ƚŚĞ ƌĞƐƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐĞƌŝĞƐ ǁŚĞƌĞ ŶĞǆƚ ǁĞĞŬ ƚŚĞ ƐŚŽǁ ŝƐ ŝŶ >ŽŶĚŽŶ͘

8 INTERNATIONAL

concrete.international@uea.ac.uk TUESDAY 3rd NOVEMBER 2009

Scarily good times Magic and Mirth on Norwich’s Ghost walk

London Calling

Nishavitha Murthi

Chen Zhao

It was a much awaited event; rumours went around that ůĂƐƚ ǇĞĂƌ͛Ɛ ,ĂůůŽǁĞĞŶ ǁĂůŬ ǁĂƐ Ă ƚƌŝƉ ŶŽƚ ƚŽ ďĞ ŵŝƐƐĞĚ and consequently , this year, Ă ƟĐŬĞƚ ǁĂƐ ǀĞƌǇ ŵƵĐŚ ŝŶ order. ^ŝƚƵĂƚĞĚ ŝŶ Ă ƉĂƌŬ ŶĞǆƚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĚĂŵ ĂŶĚ ǀĞ ƉƵď͕ ƚŚĞ ,ĂůůŽǁĞĞŶ ŐŚŽƐƚ ǁĂůŬ ŽŶ tĞĚŶĞƐĚĂǇ ϮϴƚŚ KĐƚŽďĞƌ ŚĂĚ two sessions, one at 7.30pm and the other at 9.30 pm. In Ă ƚĞĂŵ ŽĨ ϭϱ͕ ƚŚĞ ǁĂůŬ ǁĂƐ ůĞĚ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ͞DĂŶ ŝŶ ůĂĐŬ͟ ĂƐ ŚĞ ƌĞĨĞƌƌĞĚ ƚŽ ŚŝŵƐĞůĨ͘ Ɛ ƚŚĞ name suggests, the man was ĐůĂĚ ŝŶ Ă ĨƵůů ůĞŶŐƚŚ ďůĂĐŬ ĐůŽĂŬ

ŵĂƚĐŚĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ďůĂĐŬ ƚŽƉ ŚĂƚ ĂŶĚ ďůĂĐŬ ďŽŽƚƐ͘ ,Ğ ĐůĂŝŵĞĚ ƚŽ ďĞ ŝŶŚƵŵĂŶ ĂŶĚ ϭϱϬ ǇĞĂƌƐ ŽĨ ĂŐĞ͊ dŚĞ ǁĂůŬ ĐŽŶƐŝƐƚĞĚ ŽĨ Ă ƚŽƵƌ ŽŶ ĨŽŽƚ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƌŬ ŝŶ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ƐĐĞŶĞƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŚĂƵŶƚĞĚ ƉĂƐƚ ŚĂĚ ďĞĞŶ recreated. The guide related ƌĞĂů ůŝĨĞ ƚĂůĞƐ ĂŶĚ ŵĞĚŝĞǀĂů ƐĞĐƌĞƚƐ ŽĨ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ͘ dŚĞ ǁĂůŬ proceeded along the river ďĂŶŬ ǁŝƚŚ ƌĂŶĚŽŵ ĞŶĐŽƵŶƚĞƌƐ ǁŝƚŚ ůŝŐŚƚĞĚ ƉƵŵƉŬŝŶ ĨĂĐĞƐ͕ ƐŬƵůůƐ ĂŶĚ ŐŚŽƐƚůǇ ůŽŽŬŝŶŐ creatures hanging on trees. The moonlight that shone ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ƚƌĞĞƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ŶŝŐŚƚ ŵŝƐƚ

ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĐŚŝůůŝŶŐ ƐŽƵŶĚ ĞīĞĐƚƐ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ƚĞĂŵ Ăůů ĂĚĚĞĚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƐƉŽŽŬŝŶĞƐƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŶŝŐŚƚ͘ There was a humorous ƐŝĚĞ ƚŽ ŝƚ ĂƐ ǁĞůů͘ /ŶƚĞƌŵŝƩĞŶƚ ĐŽŵŝĐĂů ĐŽŵŵĞƌĐŝĂů ďƌĞĂŬƐ ;ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ĂŶ ĂĚǀĞƌƚ ĨŽƌ Ğ ĂǇ͊Ϳ ƌĞĐĞŝǀĞĚ Ă ŶƵŵďĞƌ ŽĨ ĐŚƵĐŬůĞƐ͘ DŽƌĞŽǀĞƌ͕ ǁŚĞŶ ƚƌŝĐŬƐ Žƌ ƐƚŽƌŝĞƐ ĚŝĚ ŶŽƚ ŝŶǀŝƚĞ ĂƐ ŵĂŶǇ ĨƌŝŐŚƚĞŶĞĚ ĨĂĐĞƐ͕ ƚŚĞ DĂŶ ŝŶ ůĂĐŬ ŚŝŵƐĞůĨ ũŽŬĞĚ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞŵ ĐƌĞĂƟŶŐ ůĂƵŐŚƚĞƌ͘ dŚĞ ǁĂůŬ ĞŶĚĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ an announcement that the ƐƵďƐĞƋƵĞŶƚ ĚĂǇ͛Ɛ ŶĞǁƐƉĂƉĞƌ headlines would apparently ƌĞĂĚ͗ ͞EŽďŽĚǇ ƐƵƌǀŝǀĞĚ ƚŚĞ

ŐŚŽƐƚ ǁĂůŬ͟ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƐƚĂƌƚůĞĚ everyone. However, whether ĂŶǇďŽĚǇ ĞůƐĞ ƐƵƌǀŝǀĞĚ Žƌ ĚŝĚ not remains a mystery.

A real life Halloween nightmare! Xin Chen tŚĞŶ / ǁĂƐ ƐƚƵĚǇŝŶŐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ EĞƚŚĞƌůĂŶĚƐ ŝŶ ϮϬϬϳ͕ / ǁĂƐ invited to a Halloween party ŝŶ Ă ƉƵď͘ dŚĂƚ ǁĂƐ ŵǇ ĮƌƐƚ ever Hallowen experience, you can imagine how excited / ǁĂƐ͘ Ƶƚ ƚŚĞ ŽŶůǇ ƉƌŽďůĞŵ ǁĂƐ / ĚƌĞƐƐĞĚ ŝŶ ĮŶĞƌǇ͖ ŚŝŶĞƐĞ ƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶĂů YŝƉĂŽ ƚŽ ďĞ ƉƌĞĐŝƐĞ͘ dŚŽƵŐŚ ŵǇ ĨƌŝĞŶĚ ƚŚŽƵŐŚƚ ƚŚĞ YŝƉĂŽ ǁĂƐ ŐŽƌŐĞŽƵƐ͕ / ƐƟůů ĨĞůƚ ƚŚĞƌĞ ǁĂƐ ŶŽ ĐŽŶƐŝƐƚĞŶĐǇ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ the party and my dress. All the others were dressed ŝŶ ƐƉŽŽŬǇ ĂŶĚ ƐĐĂƌǇ costumes; I started to ĨĞĞů ƵŶĐŽŵĨŽƌƚĂďůĞ ĂŶĚ went to the toilet. I never thought that could ďĞ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ĞŵďĂƌƌĂƐƐŝŶŐ t h i n g that happened on ƚŚĂƚ ŶŝŐŚƚ͘ / ǁĂƐ ůŽĐŬĞĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƚŽŝůĞƚ͊ dŚĞ ůŽĐŬ ƐĞĞŵĞĚ ŶŽƌŵĂů͕ ďƵƚ ǁŚĞŶ / ƚƌŝĞĚ ƚŽ ŽƉĞŶ ŝƚ͕ ŝƚ ĚŝĚŶ͛ƚ ǁŽƌŬ ĂŶǇ ŵŽƌĞ͘ >ŽŽŬŝŶŐ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ the narrow toilet,

/ ǁĂƐ ĂŶǆŝŽƵƐ ĂŶĚ ĨƵůů ŽĨ ĨĞĂƌ͘ ^ƵĚĚĞŶůǇ / ŚĞĂƌĚ ŐŝƌůƐ laughing a short distance ĂǁĂǇ͘ / ƐŚŽƵƚĞĚ ͞,ĞůƉ͊͟ ĂŶĚ ŬŶŽĐŬĞĚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĚŽŽƌ ƚŽ ĂƩƌĂĐƚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĂƩĞŶƟŽŶ͘ /ƚ ǁŽƌŬĞĚ͘ ͞ ŽŶ͛ƚ ǁŽƌƌǇ͕ /͛ůů ĮŶĚ ƐŽŵĞďŽĚǇ ƚŽ ŚĞůƉ ǇŽƵ͕͟ Ă Őŝƌů ƐĂŝĚ͘ ŵŝŶƵƚĞ ůĂƚĞƌ / ǁĂƐ ƌĞƐĐƵĞĚ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ƉƵď ƐƚĂī ĂŶĚ ƌĞƚƵƌŶĞĚ ƚŽ ŵǇ ĨƌŝĞŶĚƐ͘ dŚĞǇ ǁĞƌĞ ƚĂůŬŝŶŐ ĂďŽƵƚ Ă Őŝƌů ǁŚŽ ǁĂƐ ůŽĐŬĞĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƚŽŝůĞƚ͖ / ĂĚŵŝƩĞĚ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ ŵĞ͘ ,Žǁ ĞŵďĂƌƌĂƐƐŝŶŐ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ͕ ƚŚĞǇ ƌŽĐŬĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ůĂƵŐŚƚĞƌ͘ Ƶƚ Ăƚ ƚŚĂƚ ŵŽŵĞŶƚ / ĨĞůƚ ƌĞůĂǆĞĚ͖ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ƚĞƌƌŝďůĞ ƚŚŝŶŐ ŚĂĚ happened. Two months later I met the girl who helped me when / ǁĂƐ ůŽĐŬĞĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƚŽŝůĞƚ Ăƚ ŵǇ ĨƌŝĞŶĚ͛Ɛ ĨĂƌĞǁĞůů ƉĂƌƚǇ͘ tĞ ďĞĐĂŵĞ ŐŽŽĚ ĨƌŝĞŶĚƐ ĂŶĚ ĞǀĞƌǇ ƟŵĞ ǁĞ ƚĂůŬĞĚ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĂƚ ŶŝŐŚƚ͕ ƐŚĞ ƐĂŝĚ ƚŚĞ ,ĂůůŽǁĞĞŶ ƉĂƌƚǇ ďƌŽƵŐŚƚ ƵƐ together.

Since I arrived at London Heathrow airport in June, a strong impulse has driven me ƚŽ ƚƌĂǀĞů ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĞŶƟƌĞ London area. The capital city seemed to have many secrets ǁĂŝƟŶŐ ĨŽƌ ŵĞ͘ KŶĞ ŵŽŶƚŚ ůĂƚĞƌ͕ / ǁĂƐ ĮŶĂůůǇ ĂďůĞ ƚŽ ŐŽ ǁŝƚŚ ŵǇ ĨƌŝĞŶĚƐ͘ Holding a map and a ƚŽƵƌŝƐƚ ŚĂŶĚďŽŽŬ ŝŶ ŵǇ ŚĂŶĚ͕ I decided to go to the Tower ŽĨ >ŽŶĚŽŶ ĮƌƐƚ͘ dŚĞ ƚƌĂǀĞů route was not as hard as we ŝŵĂŐŝŶĞĚ ďƵƚ ŝƚ ƚŽŽŬ ƵƐ Ă ǁŚŝůĞ ƚŽ ǁŽƌŬ ŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŵƉůŝĐĂƚĞĚ ƚƵďĞ ŵĂƉ͘ tĞ ĐŽƵůĚ ŶŽƚ ĞǀĞŶ ĮŶĚ ǁŚĞƌĞ ƚŚĞ ZŝǀĞƌ dŚĂŵĞƐ was, as there were so many ĐŽůŽƵƌĨƵů ůŝŶĞƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ŵĂƉ͘ >ƵĐŬŝůǇ ǁĞ ƌĞĂĐŚĞĚ ƚŚĞ >ŽŶĚŽŶ dŽǁĞƌ ^ƚĂƟŽŶ͘ tŚĞŶ ǁĞ ĐĂŵĞ ŽƵƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ

ƵŶĚĞƌŐƌŽƵŶĚ͕ Ă ŵĂŐŶŝĮĐĞŶƚ tower jumped into our sights: impressive in colour, size and ĞǆƚĞŶƚ͘ tĞ ĐŽƵůĚ ŶŽƚ ƐƚŽƉ ƐŚŽƵƟŶŐ ĂŶĚ ĐĞůĞďƌĂƟŶŐ͘ Ƶƚ ĐůŝŵďŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĞƉƐ ĂŶĚ ŚĂǀŝŶŐ Ă ůŽŽŬ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ǀŝĞǁƐ ǁĂƐ ƚŚĞ ƚŚŝŶŐ ǁĞ ŵŽƐƚ ǁĂŶƚĞĚ͘ ůů ŽĨ us were laughing at others ĂŶĚ ƚĂŬŝŶŐ ƉŚŽƚŽŐƌĂƉŚƐ ƚŽ ƌĞĐŽƌĚ ƐƵĐŚ Ă ŚĂƉƉǇ ƟŵĞ͘ I realised I actually did not have many requirements ĂŶĚ ǁĂƐ ĞĂƐŝůǇ ƐĂƟƐĮĞĚ͘ dŚŝƐ ŚĂƉƉǇ͕ ďĞĂƵƟĨƵů ĂŶĚ ĨŽƌƚƵŶĂƚĞ ŵŽŵĞŶƚ ǁĂƐ ĞŶŽƵŐŚ ĨŽƌ ŵĞ͘

Why I love Halloween Hui Zhou /Ĩ ƐŽŵĞŽŶĞ ĂƐŬƐ ŵĞ ǁŚĂƚ / ǁŝůů ƌĞŵĞŵďĞƌ ĂďŽƵƚ England, Halloween will ĚĞĮŶŝƚĞůǇ ďĞ ůŝƐƚĞĚ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ƚŽƉ͘ dŚĞ ĨƵŶ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ ũƵƐƚ ĂďŽƵƚ ƉĂƌƚĂŬŝŶŐ ŝŶ ĐƵƐƚŽŵƐ͕ ďƵƚ ĂůƐŽ ƚŚĞ ƉƌĞƉĂƌĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƚƌǇŝŶŐ ƚŽ stand out either as scary or as ĚŝƐƟŶĐƟǀĞ͘ dŚŝƐ ǇĞĂƌ / ĚĞĐŝĚĞĚ to go as a mystery lady with ĂŶ ĂŵĂǌŝŶŐ ŵĂƐŬ͘ tŝƚŚ Ă ŵŝƐƚǇ ŵŽŽŶ ŇŽĂƟŶŐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĚĂƌŬ͕ ƚŚĞ ŶŝŐŚƚ ǁĂƐ ĨƵůů ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ,ĂůůŽǁĞĞŶ ĂƚŵŽƐƉŚĞƌĞ͖ ƐƉŝĚĞƌ ǁĞďƐ ĂŶĚ ĨƌĞĂŬǇ ƉƵŵƉŬŝŶƐ ǁĞƌĞ ŚƵŶŐ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ĞǀĞƌǇǁŚĞƌĞ͘ tĞ ǁĞŶƚ ŝŶƚŽ Ă ƉƵď͕ ĚĂŶĐŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ watching people surrounding us. Everyone else thought a ǁŝƚĐŚ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ďƌŽŬĞŶ ďƌŽŽŵ͕ ĞǆĂŐŐĞƌĂƚĞĚ ƐŵŽŬǇ ĞǇĞƐ ĂŶĚ ďůŽŽĚ ŽŶ ŚĞƌ ĨĂĐĞ͕ ǁĂƐ ƐĐĂƌǇ ďƵƚ / ĚŝƐĂŐƌĞĞĚ͘ >ĂƚĞƌ ŽŶ Ă

ŵĂŶ͕ ǁŚŽ ǁĂƐ ƐƚĂŶĚŝŶŐ ƐƟůů at the corner without saying a single word, wearing a ƉƵƌĞ ƉĂůĞ ŵĂƐŬ ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ ĂŶǇ expression, really made me ĂĨƌĂŝĚ͘ Ƶƚ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ƟŵĞ I was impressed, so I went to Śŝŵ ĂƐŬŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ Ă ƉŚŽƚŽŐƌĂƉŚ together. He simply nodded ŚŝƐ ŚĞĂĚ͕ ďƵƚ ƐƟůů ŶŽ ǁŽƌĚƐ ĐĂŵĞ ŽƵƚ ŽĨ ŚŝƐ ŵŽƵƚŚ͘ Halloween is the a ƵŶŝƋƵĞ ŽĐĐĂƐŝŽŶ͕ ĂŶĚ / ƚŚŝŶŬ it’s also the day everyone ƚƌŝĞƐ ƚŽ ďĞ ĐƌĞĂƟǀĞ͘ dŚƌŽƵŐŚ ŝŵĂŐŝŶĂƟŽŶ͕ ǁĞ ǁĞƌĞ ĞǆƉůŽƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĞǆĐŝƚĞŵĞŶƚ ŽĨ ďĞŝŶŐ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ͕ ĂŶĚ ǁĞƌĞ ƐůŝŐŚƚůǇ ĐƵƌŝŽƵƐ ĂďŽƵƚ ǁŚĞƚŚĞƌ ƌĞĂů ŐŚŽƐƚƐ ǁĂůŬĞĚ ĂŵŽŶŐ us. Uncertainity is the most ĂƩƌĂĐƟǀĞ ƉĂƌƚ ŽĨ ,ĂůůŽǁĞĞŶ ƚŽ ŵĞ ĂŶĚ ƚŚŝƐ ƐƉĞĐŝĂů ĨĞĞůŝŶŐ ǁŝůů ŶĞǀĞƌ ďĞ ĨŽƌŐŽƩĞŶ͘

10 COMMENT AND OPINION

concrete.opinion@uea.ac.uk TUESDAY 3rd NOVEMBER 2009

Britain Not Persuaded After Nick Griffin’s controversial appearance on Question Time was watched by over 8 million people, Lucy Moore examines what happened on this night in political history. dŚŝƐ ǁĂƐ EŝĐŬ 'ƌŝĸŶ͛Ɛ ďŝŐ ŶŝŐŚƚ͘ Ɛ ƚŚĞ ƐƚƵĚŝŽ ůŝŐŚƚƐ ƌŽƐĞ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƉĂŶĞů͕ ƚŚĞ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĂĚ ĨƵĞůůĞĚ ŵŽŶƚŚƐ ŽĨ ŵĞĚŝĂ ĚĞďĂƚĞ ǁĂƐ ĮŶĂůůǇ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŽ ďĞ ĂŶƐǁĞƌĞĚ͘ tŽƵůĚ ƚŚĞ EW ŵĂŶĂŐĞ ƚŽ ƐŝůĞŶĐĞ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĐƌŝƟĐƐ ĂŶĚ ǁŽƌŵ ƚŚĞŝƌ ǁĂǇ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĂīĞĐƟŽŶƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƌŝƟƐŚ ƉƵďůŝĐ͍ dŚĞ ĂŶƐǁĞƌ ǁĂƐ Ă ƌĞƐŽƵŶĚŝŶŐ ŶŽ͘ &ƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ǀĞƌǇ ƐƚĂƌƚ͕ 'ƌŝĸŶ ǁĂƐ ƌĞǀĞĂůĞĚ ƚŽ ďĞ ŚƵŐĞůǇ ƵŶĚĞƌͲƉƌĞƉĂƌĞĚ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞůǇ ƵŶǁŝůůŝŶŐ ƚŽ ĞŶŐĂŐĞ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚŽƐĞ ǁŚŽ ŽƉƉŽƐĞĚ Śŝŵ͘ ǀĞƌǇ ƋƵŽƚĂƟŽŶ ĂƩƌŝďƵƚĞĚ ƚŽ Śŝŵ ǁĂƐ ŇĂƚůǇ ĚĞŶŝĞĚ ĂƐ ĂŶ ͞ŽƵƚƌĂŐĞŽƵƐ ůŝĞ͟ ĨĂďƌŝĐĂƚĞĚ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ŵĞĚŝĂ͘ ǀĞŶ ǁŚĞŶ ŚĞ ǁĂƐ ĐŽŶĨƌŽŶƚĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶƐ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƌĞ ŝĚĞŽůŽŐǇ ŽĨ ŚŝƐ ƉĂƌƚǇ͕ 'ƌŝĸŶ ƌĞŵĂŝŶĞĚ ĞǀĂƐŝǀĞ͘ tŚĞŶ ĂƐŬĞĚ ĂďŽƵƚ ŚŝƐ ,ŽůŽĐĂƵƐƚ ĚĞŶŝĂů͕ Ăůů ŚĞ ĐŽƵůĚ ƐĂǇ ǁĂƐ ͞/ ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ŬŶŽǁ ǁŚǇ

/ ƵƐĞĚ ƚŽ ƐĂǇ ƚŚŽƐĞ ƚŚŝŶŐƐ͕͟ ĂŶĚ ŚĞ ƐĞĞŵŝŶŐůǇ ŝŶǀĞŶƚĞĚ ĂŶĞĐĚŽƚĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƐƚĂƟƐƟĐƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĞ ǁĂƐ ƵŶĂďůĞ ƚŽ ďĂĐŬ ƵƉ͕ ĨŽƌ ĞǆĂŵƉůĞ ŚŝƐ ĐůĂŝŵ ƚŚĂƚ ϴϰй ŽĨ ƌŝƟƐŚ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚĞĚ ƚŚĞ EW͛Ɛ ŝŵŵŝŐƌĂƟŽŶ ƉŽůŝĐǇ͘ ^ǁĞĂƟŶŐ ĂŶĚ ƐŵŝƌŬŝŶŐ ŚŝƐ ǁĂǇ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ ƐŚŽǁ͕ 'ƌŝĸŶ͛Ɛ ŵŝƐƐŝŽŶ ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƌƚǇ ĂĐĐĞƉƚĂďůĞ ĨĂŝůĞĚ ƐƉĞĐƚĂĐƵůĂƌůǇ͘ Ǉ ƚŚĞ ĞŶĚ͕ ƚŚĞ ĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞ ŚĂĚ ŶŽ ĐůĞĂƌĞƌ ŝĚĞĂ ŽĨ ǁŚĂƚ ŚŝƐ ƉĂƌƚǇ ƐƚŽŽĚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĂŶ ĂŶ ŚŽƵƌ ďĞĨŽƌĞ͘ dŚĞ ŽŶůǇ ƚŚŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ǁĂƐ ŵĂĚĞ ĐůĞĂƌ ǁĂƐ ƚŚĂƚ EŝĐŬ 'ƌŝĸŶ ŝƐ Ă ƚŚŽƌŽƵŐŚůǇ ƵŶƉůĞĂƐĂŶƚ ŵĂŶ͘ ,Ğ ĚĞƐĐƌŝďĞĚ /ƐůĂŵ ĂƐ ͞Ă ǁŝĐŬĞĚ ĂŶĚ ǀŝĐŝŽƵƐ ĨĂŝƚŚ͕͟ ŚŽŵŽƐĞǆƵĂůƐ ĂƐ ͞ƉĞƌǀĞƌƐĞ͟ ĂŶĚ ͞ĐƌĞĞƉǇ͟ ĂŶĚ ĂƩĞŵƉƚĞĚ ƚŽ ĚĞĨĞŶĚ Ă ƉŝĐƚƵƌĞ ŽĨ Śŝŵ ƐƚĂŶĚŝŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ <Ƶ <ůƵǆ <ůĂŶ ůĞĂĚĞƌ ĂǀŝĚ ƵŬĞ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƵŬĞ͛Ɛ ďƌĂŶĐŚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ

<<< ǁĞƌĞ ͞ŶŽŶͲǀŝŽůĞŶƚ͘͟ /ƚ ŝƐ ŚĂƌĚ ƚŽ ďĞůŝĞǀĞ ƚŚĂƚ ĂŶǇŽŶĞ ǁŽƵůĚ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ĨŽŽůĞĚ ďǇ ŚŝƐ ĚĞŵŽĐƌĂƟĐ ĞǆƚĞƌŝŽƌ͘ KŶĞ ĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞ ŵĞŵďĞƌ Śŝƚ ƚŚĞ ŶĂŝů ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ŚĞĂĚ ǁŚĞŶ ƐŚĞ ĚĞƐĐƌŝďĞĚ 'ƌŝĸŶ ĂƐ ͞Ă ǁŽůĨ ŝŶ ƐŚĞĞƉ͛Ɛ ĐůŽƚŚŝŶŐ͘͟ 'ƌŝĸŶ͛Ɛ ĨĞůůŽǁ ƉĂŶĞůůŝƐƚƐ͕ ƚŚŽƵŐŚ ǁĞůů ŵĞĂŶŝŶŐ͕ ǁĞƌĞ ŽŌĞŶ Ă ůŝƩůĞ ƚŽŽ ŝŶĚŝŐŶĂŶƚ͘ :ĂĐŬ ^ƚƌĂǁ ƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌůǇ ůĞƚ ŚŝƐ ĂŶŐĞƌ ĐůŽƵĚ ƚŚĞ ƉŽŝŶƚƐ ŚĞ ǁĂƐ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ͘ /ƚ ǁĂƐ ŽŶŶŝĞ 'ƌĞĞƌ͕ ĚĞƉƵƚǇ ĐŚĂŝƌǁŽŵĂŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƌŝƟƐŚ DƵƐĞƵŵ͕ ǁŚŽ ŵŽƐƚ ĞīĞĐƟǀĞůǇ ŵĂŶĂŐĞĚ ƚŽ ĐŽŶĨƌŽŶƚ 'ƌŝĸŶ͘ ,Ğƌ ďŽĚǇ ƌĞŵĂŝŶĞĚ ƚƵƌŶĞĚ ĂǁĂǇ ĨƌŽŵ Śŝŵ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ǁŚŽůĞ ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵŵĞ ďƵƚ ƐŚĞ ǁĂƐ ŶĞǀĞƌ ĂŶŐƌǇ ŝŶ ŚĞƌ ĚĞĂůŝŶŐƐ ǁŝƚŚ Śŝŵ͘ /ŶƐƚĞĂĚ ƐŚĞ ǁĂƐ ĨƵŶŶǇ͕ ƐŽŌůǇ ƐƉŽŬĞŶ ĂŶĚ ŵĂŶĂŐĞĚ ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ 'ƌŝĸŶ ůŽŽŬ ĨĂƌ ŵŽƌĞ ĨŽŽůŝƐŚ ƚŚĂŶ ƚŚĞ ŽƚŚĞƌ ƉĂŶĞůůŝƐƚƐ ĐŽŵďŝŶĞĚ ĚŝĚ͘

dŚĞ EW͛Ɛ ŽŶĞ ĐŽŶĐĞƐƐŝŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŶŝŐŚƚ ĐĂŵĞ ǁŚĞŶ :ĂĐŬ ^ƚƌĂǁ ƌĞĨƵƐĞĚ ƚŽ ĂĐŬŶŽǁůĞĚŐĞ ƚŚĂƚ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ǁĞƌĞ ƚƵƌŶŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ EW ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ŽĨ >ĂďŽƵƌ͛Ɛ ĨĂŝůƵƌĞƐ ŽŶ ŝŵŵŝŐƌĂƟŽŶ͘ ĞƐƉŝƚĞ ŚŝƐ ĂƐƐĞƌƟŽŶ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽďůĞŵƐ ŽĨ ŝŵŵŝŐƌĂƟŽŶ ǁĞƌĞ ďĞŝŶŐ ƌĞĐƟĮĞĚ͕ ƚŚĞ ƉƌĞƐĞŶĐĞ ŽĨ 'ƌŝĸŶ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƉĂŶĞů ƚĞƐƟĮĞĚ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞ ŽƉƉŽƐŝƚĞ͘ ^ƚƌĂǁ͛Ɛ ǁĞĂŬŶĞƐƐ ŽŶ ƚŚŝƐ ƉŽŝŶƚ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ǀĞƌǇ ƌĞĂƐŽŶ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ĂƌĞ ƐĞĞŬŝŶŐ ŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ EW ĂŶĚ ŚĞ ǁŽƵůĚ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ŝŶ Ă ŵƵĐŚ ƐƚƌŽŶŐĞƌ

ƉŽƐŝƟŽŶ ŚĂĚ ŚĞ ĂĚŵŝƩĞĚ ƚŚŝƐ͘ KǀĞƌĂůů ƚŚŽƵŐŚ͕ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ ƚŚĞ ĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞ ǁŚŽ ĐĂŵĞ ĂĐƌŽƐƐ ďĞƐƚ͘ KŶĞ ĂƵĚŝĞŶĐĞ ŵĞŵďĞƌ ŝŶ ƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌ ƐƵŵŵĞĚ ƵƉ ƚŚĞ ǁŚŽůĞ ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵŵĞ ĨĂŶƚĂƐƟĐĂůůǇ ǁŚĞŶ ŚĞ ƐĂŝĚ ƚŽ 'ƌŝĸŶ͗ ͞zŽƵ͛Ě ďĞ ƐƵƌƉƌŝƐĞĚ ŚŽǁ ŵĂŶǇ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ǁŽƵůĚ ŚĂǀĞ Ă ǁŚŝƉ ƌŽƵŶĚ ƚŽ ďƵǇ ǇŽƵ ĂŶĚ ǇŽƵƌ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚĞƌƐ Ă ƟĐŬĞƚ ƚŽ ŐŽ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ^ŽƵƚŚ WŽůĞ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ Ă ĐŽůŽƵƌůĞƐƐ ůĂŶĚƐĐĂƉĞ͘ /ƚ ǁŝůů ƐƵŝƚ ǇŽƵ ĮŶĞ͘͟ ůů 'ƌŝĸŶ ĐŽƵůĚ ĚŽ ǁĂƐ ŐƌŝŵĂĐĞ͘

Debate: Should the Daily Mail have published Jan Moir’s article? For Against Fact box Gareth Coventry dŚĞ ĐŽŶƚĞŶƚ ŽĨ :ĂŶ DŽŝƌ͛Ɛ ĂƌƟĐůĞ ĂďŽƵƚ ^ƚĞƉŚĞŶ 'ĂƚĞůǇ͛Ɛ ĚĞĂƚŚ ǁĂƐ ĚĞĞƉůǇ ƵŶƉůĞĂƐĂŶƚ͕ ŽīĞŶƐŝǀĞ ĂŶĚ ƉŽƚĞŶƟĂůůǇ ůŝďĞůůŽƵƐ͘ dŚĞ ƟŵŝŶŐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƉƵďůŝĐĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĂƌƟĐůĞ͕ ũƵƐƚ ďĞĨŽƌĞ 'ĂƚĞůǇ͛Ɛ ĨƵŶĞƌĂů͕ ǁĂƐ ĂůƐŽ ŐƌŽƐƐůǇ ŝŶƐĞŶƐŝƟǀĞ͘ dŚĞ ŶĂƚƵƌĂů ƌĞƐƉŽŶƐĞ ƚŽ ƚŚŝƐ ĂƌƟĐůĞ ŝƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƚ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ŶĞǀĞƌ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ƉƵďůŝƐŚĞĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƉůĂĐĞ͖ ŚŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ŝƚ ŝƐ ũƵƐƚ ƚŽŽ ĞĂƐǇ ƚŽ ƐĂǇ ƚŚĂƚ͘ /Ĩ ƚŚĞ Daily Mail ŚĂĚ ŶŽƚ ƉƵďůŝƐŚĞĚ ƚŚŝƐ ĂƌƟĐůĞ͕ ƚŚŽƵŐŚ͕ ƚŚĞŶ ƚŚĞ ĂĐĐƵƐĂƟŽŶ ǁŽƵůĚ ďĞ ŽĨ ĐĞŶƐŽƌƐŚŝƉ͘ dŚĞ ƐƉĞĐŝĮĐ ĞǆĂŵƉůĞ ŽĨ :ĂŶ DŽŝƌ͛Ɛ ĂƌƟĐůĞ ŝƐ ŚĂƌĚ ƚŽ ũƵƐƟĨǇ ĂƐ ďĞŝŶŐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƉƵďůŝĐ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚ ĂƐ ŝƚ ŝŶǀŽůǀĞƐ ƚŚĞ ŝƐƐƵĞ ŽĨ ĐĞŶƐŽƌƐŚŝƉ ŝŶ ƌĞůĂƟŽŶ ƚŽ ĐĞůĞďƌŝƚǇ͕ ďƵƚ ŐĞŶĞƌĂůůǇ ƐƵĐŚ ĐĞŶƐŽƌƐŚŝƉ͕ ůĞŐĂů Žƌ ƐĞůĨͲŝŵƉŽƐĞĚ͕ ŵĂǇ ĂīĞĐƚ ŐŽŽĚ͕ ƌĞƐƉŽŶƐŝďůĞ ĂŶĚ ƌĞƐƉĞĐƚĂďůĞ ũŽƵƌŶĂůŝƐŵ͘ dŚŝƐ ŚĂƐ ŚĂƉƉĞŶĞĚ ĂůƌĞĂĚǇ ǁŚĞƌĞ ƐŽŵĞ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐĞƐ ŚĂǀĞ ƵƐĞĚ ƉƌŝǀĂĐǇ ůĂǁƐ ŝŶ ŽƌĚĞƌ ƚŽ ƉƌĞǀĞŶƚ ƉŽƚĞŶƟĂůůǇ ĞŵďĂƌƌĂƐƐŝŶŐ ĚŝƐĐůŽƐƵƌĞƐ͘ tŝƚŚŽƵƚ ĚĞďĂƚĞƐ ŽǀĞƌ ĐŽŶƚĞŶƚ͕ ǁĞ ǁŝůů ĚŝƐĐŽǀĞƌ ŐƌĞĂƚ ĚŝĸĐƵůƚǇ ŝŶ ĞŝƚŚĞƌ ĮŶĚŝŶŐ Žƌ ĞƐƚĂďůŝƐŚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ

ůŝŶĞ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ǁŚĂƚ ŝƐ ĂĐĐĞƉƚĂďůĞ ĂŶĚ ǁŚĂƚ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ ĂĐĐĞƉƚĂďůĞ͖ ŶĞŝƚŚĞƌ ǁŝůů ǁĞ ƐĞĞ ŚŽǁ ƐŽĐŝĞƚǇ ŚĂƐ ƉƌŽŐƌĞƐƐĞĚ͘ &Žƌ ĞǆĂŵƉůĞ͕ ŝŶ ϭϵϴϳ The Sun ƉƵďůŝƐŚĞĚ Ă ŚĞĂĚůŝŶĞ͗ ͞&ůǇ ǁĂǇ 'ĂǇƐ Ͳ ŶĚ tĞ tŝůů WĂǇ͕͟ ŝŶ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƚŚĞǇ ŽīĞƌĞĚ ƚŽ ŐŝǀĞ ŐĂǇ ŵĞŶ ƚŚĞ ŵŽŶĞǇ ĨŽƌ Ă ŽŶĞ ǁĂǇ ƟĐŬĞƚ ƚŽ EŽƌǁĂǇ͘ dŚŝƐ ŚŽŵŽƉŚŽďŝĐ ĂƌƟĐůĞ ǁĂƐ ŵĞƚ ǁŝƚŚ ůŝƩůĞ ĐŽŶƚƌŽǀĞƌƐǇ ǁŚĞŶ ŽƌŝŐŝŶĂůůǇ ƉƵďůŝƐŚĞĚ͘ tĞ ĐĂŶ ĐŽŶƚƌĂƐƚ ƚŚŝƐ ĂĚŵŝƩĞĚůǇ ůŽǁ ƉŽŝŶƚ ǁŝƚŚ ƌĞĂĐƟŽŶ ƚŽ :ĂŶ DŽŝƌ͛Ɛ ĂƌƟĐůĞ ĂŶĚ ŝƚ ŝƐ ƵƉůŝŌŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƐĞĞ ŚŽǁ ƐŽĐŝĞƚǇ ŚĂƐ ďĞĐŽŵĞ ŝŶƚŽůĞƌĂŶƚ ŽĨ ŚŽŵŽƉŚŽďŝĂ͘ /Ĩ ǁĞ ĂĐĐĞƉƚ ƚŚĂƚ ǁĞ ůŝǀĞ ŝŶ Ă ƐŽĐŝĞƚǇ ƚŚĂƚ ŐĞŶƵŝŶĞůǇ ĂĐĐĞƉƚƐ ĂŶĚ ǀĂůƵĞƐ Ă ƉůƵƌĂůŝƚǇ ŽĨ ǀŝĞǁƐ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƉĂǇƐ ŵŽƌĞ ƚŚĂŶ ŵĞƌĞůǇ Ă ůŝƉ ƐĞƌǀŝĐĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞƐĞ ŝĚĞĂůƐ͕ ƚŚĞŶ ǁĞ ŵƵƐƚ ĂůƐŽ ĂĐĐĞƉƚ ƚŚĂƚ ŽĐĐĂƐŝŽŶĂůůǇ ǁĞ ǁŝůů ƌƵŶ ŝŶƚŽ ǀŝĞǁƐ ƚŚĂƚ ǁĞ ƐƚƌŽŶŐůǇ ĚŝƐĂŐƌĞĞ ǁŝƚŚ͘ KŶ ƚŚĞƐĞ ŽĐĐĂƐŝŽŶƐ ǁĞ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ŶŽƚ ƌƵŶ ĂǁĂǇ ĂŶĚ ƉƵƚ ŽƵƌ ŚĞĂĚƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŶĚ ďƵƚ ŝŶƐƚĞĂĚ ƵƐĞ ŽƵƌ ƉŽǁĞƌƐ ŽĨ ƌĞĂƐŽŶ ĂŶĚ ĚĞďĂƚĞ͕ ŝŶ ŽƌĚĞƌ ƚŽ ƐŚŽǁ ǁŚǇ ƚŚĞƐĞ ǀŝĞǁƐ ĂƌĞ ƵŶĂĐĐĞƉƚĂďůĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƉůĂĐĞ ĂŶĚ ƚƌǇ ƚŽ ƉĞƌƐƵĂĚĞ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ƚŽ ŽƵƌ ǁĂǇ ŽĨ ƚŚŝŶŬŝŶŐ͘

The Press Complaints Commission received a record 25,000 complaints about the article. The article was quickly spread over Facebook and Twitter. Brands such as Marks and Spencer and Nescafé removed their adverts from the page.

James Dixon dŚĞ Daily Mail ŚĂƐ ŐĂƌŶĞƌĞĚ ĂŶ ŝŵĂŐĞ ĂƐ Ă ƉĂƉĞƌ ƚŚĂƚ ůĞĂŶƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƌŝŐŚƚ ŽĨ ƉŽůŝƟĐĂů ŽƉŝŶŝŽŶ͘ ZĞĐĞŶƚůǇ͕ ŚŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ƚŚĞǇ ĂƉƉĞĂƌ ƚŽ ŚĂǀĞ ůŽƐƚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ďĂůĂŶĐĞ ĂŶĚ ƚŽƉƉůĞĚ ŽǀĞƌ ŝŶ Ă ƐƚƌŽŶŐ ŐĂůĞ ŽĨ ŽůĚͲĨĂƐŚŝŽŶĞĚ ŚŽŵŽƉŚŽďŝĂ͘ dŚĞ ŵĂƩĞƌ Ăƚ ŚĂŶĚ ŝƐ :ĂŶ DŽŝƌ͛Ɛ ƌŝƐƋƵĠ ĂƌƟĐůĞ ĂďŽƵƚ ^ƚĞƉŚĞŶ 'ĂƚĞůǇ͛Ɛ ƵŶƟŵĞůǇ ĚĞĂƚŚ͘ tŚŝůƐƚ ĨƌĞĞĚŽŵ ŽĨ ƐƉĞĞĐŚ ŝƐ Ă ŚĂůůŵĂƌŬ ŽĨ ƌŝƟƐŚ ƐŽĐŝĞƚǇ͕ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ Ă ĮŶĞ ůŝŶĞ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ŽƉŝŶŝŽŶ ĂŶĚ ƐƵďƚůĞ ŚĂƚƌĞĚ͘ DŽŝƌ ŚĂƐ ĐƌĞĂƚĞĚ ŚĞƌ ŽǁŶ ͚ůŝŶĞ͛ ďǇ ĚƌĂǁŝŶŐ Ă ůĂƌŐĞ ďůĂĐŬ ĐƌŽƐƐ ŽǀĞƌ ŚŽŵŽƐĞǆƵĂůŝƚǇ ĂŶĚ ŝƚƐ ƉƌĂĐƟƟŽŶĞƌƐ͘ dŚĞ ĨĂĐƚ ŝƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ Daily Mail ŚĂƐ ĂŶ ĞǆƚƌĞŵĞůǇ ůĂƌŐĞ ƌĞĂĚĞƌƐŚŝƉ ĂĐƌŽƐƐ ƌŝƚĂŝŶ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŵĞĂŶƐ ŚĞƌ ǀŝĞǁƐ ǁŝůů ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ƌĞĂĚ ďǇ ƚŚŽƵƐĂŶĚƐ͘ dŚĞ ƐŶŝĚĞ͕ ďŝƩĞƌ ǀŽŝĐĞ ŽĨ ŚŽŵŽƉŚŽďŝĂ ǁŚŝƐƉĞƌŝŶŐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŶĂƟŽŶ͛Ɛ ĞĂƌ ŝƐ Ă ƐĂĚ ƐŽƵŶĚ ƚŽ ŚĞĂƌ͘ dŚĞ ƟƚůĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĂƌƟĐůĞ͕ ͞tŚǇ ƚŚĞƌĞ ǁĂƐ ŶŽƚŚŝŶŐ ͚ŶĂƚƵƌĂů͛ ĂďŽƵƚ ^ƚĞƉŚĞŶ 'ĂƚĞůǇ͛Ɛ ĚĞĂƚŚ͕͟ ŝƐ ƐƵŐŐĞƐƟǀĞ ĞŶŽƵŐŚ ĂƐ ŝƚ ŝƐ͘ dŚĞ Daily Mail ŚĂƐ ƐŝŶĐĞ ĐŚĂŶŐĞĚ ƚŚĞ ƟƚůĞ ƚŽ ͞ ƐƚƌĂŶŐĞ͕ ůŽŶĞůǇ ĂŶĚ ƚƌŽƵďůŝŶŐ ĚĞĂƚŚ͘͟ dŚŝƐ ĐŚĂŶŐĞ ŝŶ ŚĞĂĚůŝŶĞ ĚŽĞƐ ŶŽƚ ĐŚĂŶŐĞ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŶƚĞŶƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĂƌƟĐůĞ͘ DŽŝƌ ŽƉĞŶƐ

ŚĞƌ ĂƌƟĐůĞ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ĐŽŵŵĞŶƚ ƵƉŽŶ ƚŚĞ ŵŽĚĞƌŶ ĐĞůĞďƌŝƚǇ ƐƚĂƟŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ǁĞ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ͞ĞǆƉĞĐƚ ƚŚĞ ƵŶĞǆƉĞĐƚĞĚ͟ ĨƌŽŵ ĐĞůĞďƌŝƟĞƐ͕ ĞƐƉĞĐŝĂůůǇ ƚŚŽƐĞ ǁŚŽ ͞ůŝǀĞ Ă ůŝĨĞ ƐŚĂĚŽǁĞĚ ďǇ ĚĂƌŬ ĂƉƉĞƟƚĞƐ Žƌ ĨƌĂĐƚƵƌĞĚ ďǇ ƉƌŝǀĂƚĞ ǀŝĐĞ͘͟ /Ɛ ŝƚ ƚŚĞƌĞĨŽƌĞ ĚŝĸĐƵůƚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĂĚĞƌ ƚŽ ďĞůŝĞǀĞ 'ĂƚĞůǇ͛Ɛ ŚŽŵŽƐĞǆƵĂůŝƚǇ ƚŽ ďĞ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĂĨŽƌĞŵĞŶƟŽŶĞĚ ĞǀŝůƐ͍ DŽŝƌ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞƐ ŚĞƌ ĚŝĂƚƌŝďĞ ĂŐĂŝŶƐƚ ŚŽŵŽƐĞǆƵĂůŝƚǇ ƐƚĂƟŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ͞ĐŝƌĐƵŵƐƚĂŶĐĞƐ ƐƵƌƌŽƵŶĚŝŶŐ ŚŝƐ ĚĞĂƚŚ ĂƌĞ ŵŽƌĞ ƚŚĂŶ Ă ůŝƩůĞ ƐůĞĂǌǇ͘͟ ^ŚĞ ƉƵƚƐ ƚŚĞ ĮŶĂů ŶĂŝů ŝŶ ŚĞƌ ĐĂƌĞĞƌ͛Ɛ ĐŽĸŶ ǁŝƚŚ ŚĞƌ ĐůĂŝŵ ƚŚĂƚ 'ĂƚĞůǇ͛Ɛ ĚĞĂƚŚ ͞ƐƚƌŝŬĞƐ ĂŶŽƚŚĞƌ ďůŽǁ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŚĂƉƉǇͲĞǀĞƌͲĂŌĞƌ ŵǇƚŚ ŽĨ Đŝǀŝů ƉĂƌƚŶĞƌƐŚŝƉƐ͘͟ ^ŚĞ ĐůĂŝŵƐ ŝŶ Ă ƌĞƐƉŽŶƐĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƵƉƌŽĂƌ ƐŚĞ ĐĂƵƐĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĞƌ ĐŽŵŵĞŶƚƐ ǁĞƌĞ ŵŝƐĐŽŶƐƚƌƵĞĚ͘ /Ĩ ĂŶǇƚŚŝŶŐ͕ DŽŝƌ ŚĂƐ ŵŝƐĐŽŶƐƚƌƵĞĚ ŚĞƌ ŽǁŶ ĐŽŵŵĞŶƚƐ͘ dŚĂƚ ƚŚŝƐ ĂƌƟĐůĞ ĞǀĞƌ ŵĂĚĞ ŝƚ ƉĂƐƚ ƚŚĞ ĞĚŝƚŽƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƉĞƌ ŝƐ ƋƵŝƚĞ Ă ƐƵƌƉƌŝƐĞ͘ /ƚ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ŶŽƚ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ƉƵďůŝƐŚĞĚ͘ DŽŝƌ ĐĂŶ ĂƉŽůŽŐŝǌĞ ĂŶĚ ďůĂŵĞ ƚŚĞ ĨƵƌŽƌĞ ŽŶ ŝŶƚĞƌŶĞƚ ĐĂŵƉĂŝŐŶƐ ďƵƚ ƚŚĞ ƉŽŝƐŽŶŽƵƐ ƐƚƌĞĂŵ ŽĨ ŚŽŵŽƉŚŽďŝĂ ƌƵŶŶŝŶŐ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ŚĞƌ ĂƌƟĐůĞ ŝƐ ŝŶĞƐĐĂƉĂďůĞ͘ dŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ŶŽƚŚŝŶŐ ͚ŶĂƚƵƌĂů͛ ĂďŽƵƚ DŽŝƌ͛Ɛ ŽƉŝŶŝŽŶƐ͘

͞/ ǁĂŶƚĞĚ ƚŽ ŐŽ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŵĞŶƐ͛ ƚŽŝůĞƚ͘͘͘ƚŽ ƐĞĞ ŝĨ ƚŚĞƌĞ ǁĞƌĞ ĂŶǇ ƚĂƐƚǇ ŵĞŶ ŝŶ ƚŚĞƌĞ͟ ^Ăŵ >ĞǁŝƐ͕ W^/ Ϯ

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concrete.opinion@uea.ac.uk TUESDAY 3rd NOVEMBER 2009

Postal pressures European comeback kid? Jack Brinded hŶĨŽƌƚƵŶĂƚĞůǇ͕ ƚŚĞ ĂƫƚƵĚĞ ŽĨ ŵǇ peers seems to be that postal workers ĂƌĞ ƐĞůĮƐŚůǇ ƐƚƌŝŬŝŶŐ ŶĂƟŽŶǁŝĚĞ ĨŽƌ ŵŽŶĞǇ͘ dŚĞǇ ĂůƐŽ ƐĞĞŵ ƵŶĞŶƚŚƵƐĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ Eh^ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ ƚŚĞ th ; ŽŵŵƵŶŝĐĂƟŽŶ tŽƌŬĞƌƐ͛ hŶŝŽŶͿ͘ Of course it is by no means their fault; they can only see scraps of half-truth kicked down to them by members of our “free” press, such as the Guardian columnist Mark Lawson, who set about the character ĂƐƐĂƐƐŝŶĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ th ůĞĂĚĞƌ ŝůůǇ ,ĂǇĞƐ ďǇ ĐŽŵƉĂƌŝŶŐ Śŝŵ ƚŽ ƌƚŚƵƌ ^ĐĂƌŐŝůů ŝŶ Ă ƌĞĐĞŶƚ ĂƌƟĐůĞ͘

“Despite what the media would have us believe, the government caused this strike, not the union” Despite what the media would have us believe, the government ĐĂƵƐĞĚ ƚŚŝƐ ƐƚƌŝŬĞ͕ ŶŽƚ ƚŚĞ ƵŶŝŽŶ͘ They persecuted mail workers ŽŶ ŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ ŽĨ ͞ŝŶĞĸĐŝĞŶĐǇ͟ ĂŶĚ ͞ŵŽĚĞƌŶŝƐĂƟŽŶ͕͟ ƌĞŐĂƌĚůĞƐƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĨĂĐƚƐ͘ I could go into how Royal Mail ĚŽƵďůĞĚ ŝƚƐ ĂŶŶƵĂů ƉƌŽĮƚ ƚŚŝƐ ǇĞĂƌ ƚŽ άϯϮϭŵ ;ŝŶ Ă ƌĞĐĞƐƐŝŽŶ͘͘͘Ϳ͕ Žƌ ƐĂǇ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƚ ŽīĞƌƐ Ă ĐŚĞĂƉĞƌ ƐĞƌǀŝĐĞ ƚŚĂŶ ŝƚƐ private sector rivals, or that it’s more

ŽĨ Ă ĐŽŵŵĞƌĐŝĂů ďĞŶĞĮĐŝĂƌǇ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŝŶƚĞƌŶĞƚ ƚŚĂŶ Ă ďǇͲƉĂƐƐĞĚ ĚŝŶŽƐĂƵƌ͘ However, this strike shouldn’t be ƐŽůĞůǇ ũƵƐƟĮĞĚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƚĞƌŵƐ ŽĨ ĚƵůů͕ ƉƌŽĮƚͲŵŝŶĚĞĚ ĞĐŽŶŽŵŝƐƚƐ Žƌ the cold, dehumanised, numbercrunching system by which they ĚĞĮŶĞ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐ͘ dŚŝƐ ƐƚƌŝŬĞ ĐĂŶ ĂŶĚ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ďĞ ũƵƐƟĮĞĚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ ŽĨ ĚĞŵŽĐƌĂĐǇ͘ The cause of this strike is not money at all, it is the “urgent ŵŽĚĞƌŶŝƐĂƟŽŶ͟ ;ŵĂƐƐ ƌĞĚƵŶĚĂŶĐǇͿ pushed for by that pantomime villain Mandelson, who resides in the unelected and ancient Lords, ǁŽƌŬŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ ĂŶ ƵŶĚĞŵŽĐƌĂƟĐ ŐŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚ ǁŚŽ ƐĐƌĂƉƉĞĚ ŽŶĞ ĮŌŚ ŽĨ Ăůů ƌŝƟƐŚ ĂĚƵůƚƐ͛ ǀŽƚĞƐ ŝŶ ϮϬϬϱ͘ ĐĐĞůĞƌĂƚĞĚ ͞ŵŽĚĞƌŶŝƐĂƟŽŶ͟ and downstream access (which ĂůůŽǁƐ ĐŽŵƉĞƟƚŽƌƐ ƚŽ ƵƐĞ ZD ƚŽ ĚĞůŝǀĞƌ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŵĂŝůͿ͕ ĂƐ ǁĞůů ĂƐ ůŽŶŐĞƌ routes, heavier bags, compulsory ŵŽǀĞŵĞŶƚ ƚŽ ŶŝŐŚƚ ƐŚŝŌƐ ĂŶĚ management bullies meant workers ŚĂĚ ŶŽ ĐŚŽŝĐĞ ďƵƚ ƚŽ ƐƚƌŝŬĞ͘ This strike needs the people’s support; the CWU is one of the last of a dying breed: a union both willing and capable of challenging Ă ŐŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚ ŝŶ ŝƚƐ ǀŝŶĚŝĐƟǀĞ ;ĂŶĚ ŝůůĞŐŝƟŵĂƚĞͿ dŚĂƚĐŚĞƌŝƚĞ ĐƌƵƐĂĚĞ ƚŽ ĚĞƐƚƌŽǇ Ăůů ƉƵďůŝĐ ƐĞƌǀŝĐĞƐ͘ dŚŝƐ ƐƚƌŝŬĞ stands for the good of the many ĂŐĂŝŶƐƚ ƚŚĞ ŐƌĞĞĚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĨĞǁ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ ŶŽƚ ũƵƐƚ ĂďŽƵƚ ƉŽƐƚĂů ǁŽƌŬĞƌƐ͖ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĨĂƚĞ ŝƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĞŶƟƌĞ ƉƵďůŝĐ ƐĞĐƚŽƌ͘

David Biggins Last year William Hague gave a speech in the House of Commons which ƌŝĚŝĐƵůĞĚ 'ŽƌĚŽŶ ƌŽǁŶ ĨŽƌ ƌĂƟĨǇŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ >ŝƐďŽŶ ƚƌĞĂƚǇ͕ ĞīĞĐƟǀĞůǇ ĞŶĚŝŶŐ ƌŝƚĂŝŶ͛Ɛ ƐƵďƐƚĂŶƟĂů ƉŽǁĞƌ ŽĨ ǀĞƚŽ ŝŶ Ă ǀĂƌŝĞƚǇ ŽĨ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ĂƌĞĂƐ͘ ƚ ƚŚĞ ƟŵĞ Hague had assumed that it would be 'ŽƌĚŽŶ ƌŽǁŶ ǁŚŽ ǁŽƵůĚ ďĞ ŐƌĞĞƟŶŐ

͞WƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚ dŽŶǇ ůĂŝƌ͙ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ŐƌŝƩĞĚ teeth” as he would, once again, be ƐƵďŽƌĚŝŶĂƚĞ ƚŽ ůĂŝƌ͛Ɛ ĂƵƚŚŽƌŝƚǇ͘ EŽǁ ƚŚĞ ŽŶƐĞƌǀĂƟǀĞƐ ŚĂǀĞ ĐŽŵĞ ƚŽ realise that it is increasingly likely that it will be David Cameron who will be subordinate to Blair’s authority and the very thought of it is making them ƐƋƵŝƌŵ͘ Personally, I would welcome ůĂŝƌ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ WƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚ ŽĨ ƵƌŽƉĞ͘ dŚĞ ĂůůĞŐĂƟŽŶƐ ĂŐĂŝŶƐƚ ƵƌŽƉĞ ĂƌĞ ǁĞůů known; that it’s leading to a rise in ŝŵŵŝŐƌĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ĐŽƐƟŶŐ ũŽďƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ UK, that it’s raised fuel taxes, that too many laws are being made in Brussels and not enough in the United Kingdom and that it is a fundamentally ƵŶĚĞŵŽĐƌĂƟĐ ďŽĚǇ͘ /Ĩ ŚĂůĨ ŽĨ ƚŚĞƐĞ ĐƌŝƟĐŝƐŵƐ ĂƌĞ ƚƌƵĞ ƚŚĞŶ ǁĞ ŶĞĞĚ Ă radical reformer to take the reigns and steer the European Union in the right ĚŝƌĞĐƟŽŶ͘ In the 2005 Labour Party Manifesto it was stated that Labour wanted to vote ‘Yes’ to Europe to “keep Britain a ůĞĂĚŝŶŐ ŶĂƟŽŶ͘͟ dŚŝƐ ŝƐ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ >ĂďŽƵƌ realised that if Britain is to have a future ŝƚ ŵƵƐƚ ŚĂǀĞ ƉŽǁĞƌĨƵů ƟĞƐ ǁŝƚŚ ƵƌŽƉĞ ƚŽ ŵĂŝŶƚĂŝŶ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƟĞƐ ĂŶĚ ĞĐŽŶŽŵŝĐ ƉƌŽƐƉĞƌŝƚǇ͘ /ƚ ŝƐ ǁŽƌƚŚ

ŶŽƟŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ƐƚƌŽŶŐĞƐƚ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚĞƌ of the EU from the Tory bench is none other than Shadow Secretary of State ĨŽƌ ƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ͕ /ŶŶŽǀĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ^ŬŝůůƐ͕ <ĞŶŶĞƚŚ ůĂƌŬĞ͘ /ƚ ƐĞĞŵƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƌĞ ĞŶƚƌĞƉƌĞŶĞƵƌŝĂů ƚŚĞ ƉŽůŝƟĐŝĂŶ͕ the more likely they are to support ƵƌŽƉĞ͘ I have never bought into the ĂƌŐƵŵĞŶƚƐ ƚŚĂƚ ǁƌŝƚĞ Žī dŽŶǇ ůĂŝƌ as a “warmonger” over the mistakes ŵĂĚĞ ŝŶ /ƌĂƋ͘ / ŽŌĞŶ ƚŚŝŶŬ ƚŚĂƚ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ƚŽŽ ƋƵŝĐŬ ƚŽ ǁƌŝƚĞ Žī ŚŝƐ Ireland legacy and the Good Friday ŐƌĞĞŵĞŶƚ͘ DŽƌĞ ƚŚĂŶ ƚŚŝƐ͕ dŽŶǇ ůĂŝƌ ŚĂƐ Ă ƉƌĞƐĞŶĐĞ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚ ƐƚĂŐĞ͘ With the rise of the Chinese and /ŶĚŝĂŶ ĞĐŽŶŽŵŝĞƐ͕ ŵĞƌŝĐĂ ŝƐ ŶŽ longer the world’s only superpower ĂŶĚ ŝĨ ƌŝƚĂŝŶ ǁĂŶƚƐ ƚŽ ŬĞĞƉ ŝƚƐ ƌĂƟŽŶĂů͕ liberal voice heard, we’re going to need a real personality to champion ŽƵƌ ǀŝĞǁƐ͘ ƌŝƚĂŝŶ ŶĞĞĚƐ ƚŽ ĂƉƉƌĞĐŝĂƚĞ ũƵƐƚ ŚŽǁ ŝŶŇƵĞŶƟĂů ƚŚŝƐ ŵĂŶ ĐŽƵůĚ be in helping to secure a prosperous future for our country, and it needs to realise that if we want make Europe more tolerable then we will need Britain’s voice to be heard – because ŝĨ ƚŚĞ ƌŝƟƐŚ ǁŽŶ͛ƚ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ Śŝŵ͕ ƚŚĞŶ what hope does he have for Europe?

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Mandelson’s Monopoly

Noughties As we approach the end of this century’s first decade, Gareth Coventry takes a look at two of the most prominent features of the last ten years; the meteoric rise of the internet and our growing obsession with celebrity culture.

Peter Mandelson has been described in recent years as the “most powerful man in Britain”; he created the New Labour Rose and he’s had more reinventions than Madonna. David Biggins profiles the most fascinating character in British politics.

KŶ EĞǁ zĞĂƌ͛Ɛ ǀĞ ϭϵϵϵ͕ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚ͕ ĂŌĞƌ ĂŶ ŝŶƚĞŶƐĞ ŵĞĚŝĂ ƉĂŶŝĐ͕ ŚĞůĚ ŝƚƐ breath to see whether the Millennium ďƵŐ ǁŽƵůĚ ƐƉĞůů ƚŚĞ ĞŶĚ ŽĨ ĐŝǀŝůŝƐĂƟŽŶ ĨŽƌ ŵĂŶŬŝŶĚ͘ >ƵĐŬŝůǇ ĨŽƌ ƵƐ ǁĞ ĂƌĞ ƐƟůů ŚĞƌĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ŝŶ Ă ĨĞǁ ǁĞĞŬƐ ƟŵĞ͕ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ĚĞĐĂĚĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƚǁĞŶƚǇͲĮƌƐƚ ĐĞŶƚƵƌǇ ǁŝůů be over and, inevitably, the debate has ƐƚĂƌƚĞĚ ĂďŽƵƚ ǁŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ EŽƵŐŚƟĞƐ ǁŝůů be remembered for. Among the most ƉƌŽŵŝŶĞŶƚ ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ EŽƵŐŚƟĞƐ have been the rise of the internet and the cult of celebrity. So what has been ƚŚĞ ŝŶŇƵĞŶĐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞƐĞ ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞƐ ŽŶ ŽƵƌ ŐĞŶĞƌĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ŚŽǁ ƚŚĞƐĞ ŝŶŇƵĞŶĐĞƐ ŚĂǀĞ ĂīĞĐƚĞĚ ƚŚĞ ƉŽůŝƟĐĂů ĚŝƐĐŽƵƌƐĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ h<͍ Despite being a product of the Cold tĂƌ͕ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ EŽƵŐŚƟĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ŝŶƚĞƌŶĞƚ ƌĞĂůůǇ ƚŽŽŬ Žī͕ ǁŝƚŚ ŵŽƌĞ people gaining wider access and faster bandwidth speeds. The internet has ŚĂĚ Ă ŵĂƐƐŝǀĞ ŝŵƉĂĐƚ ŝŶ ƌĞǀŽůƵƟŽŶŝƐŝŶŐ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝĐĂƟŽŶƐ͕ ĞƐƉĞĐŝĂůůǇ ǀŝĂ ƚŚĞ use of social networking sites such as Facebook. About 25 million people in the UK who are at present on a social networking site. These sites have helped ƚŽ ĐŚĂŶŐĞ ŽƵƌ ƉĂƩĞƌŶ ŽĨ ĐŽŶƐƵŵƉƟŽŶ͖ for example MySpace has provided the opportunity for up-and-coming musicians, like Lily Allen, to establish an online fanbase. The internet is likely ƚŽ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞ ƚŽ ƌĞǀŽůƵƟŽŶŝƐĞ ƐŽĐŝĞƚǇ ĂƐ ůŽŶŐ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĐŽŵŵĞŶĚĂƟŽŶƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ

When the former Work and Pensions Secretary, James Purnell, resigned from Gordon Brown’s cabinet earlier this year, Foreign Secretary, David Miliband, and Secretary of State for Culture Media and Sport, Andy Burnham, were supposed to follow, causing a coup that would have surely ended Brown’s premiership.

Digital Britain Report are successfully implemented, with the aims like ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐĂů ĂĐĐĞƐƐ ƚŽ ďƌŽĂĚďĂŶĚ ďǇ ϮϬϭϮ and an increased online presence for state-provided services. WŽůŝƟĐĂů ƉĂƌƟĞƐ ŚĂǀĞ ƵƐĞĚ ƚŚĞ internet in order to gain access to a wider audience. Devices which as WebCameron, which was launched ŝŶ ϮϬϬϲ͕ ŚĂǀĞ ĞŶĂďůĞĚ ƉĂƌƟĞƐ ƚŽ broadcast their message directly to the public. However if you wanted to be cynical, it could mean that the leaders are able to put across their message ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ ĂŶǇ ŵĞĂŶŝŶŐĨƵů ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶŝŶŐ͘ In turn, the internet has provided more ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƟĞƐ ĨŽƌ ŽƌĚŝŶĂƌǇ ǀŽƚĞƌƐ ƚŽ ŚŽůĚ ƉŽůŝƟĐĂů ĞůŝƚĞƐ ĚŝƌĞĐƚůǇ ƚŽ ĂĐĐŽƵŶƚ with the internet enabling voters to ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƌƚǇ ůĞĂĚĞƌƐ ƚŚŽƵŐŚ ƐƵĐŚ ĚĞǀŝĐĞƐ ĂƐ ǁĞď ĐŚĂƚƐ ĂŶĚ ŝŶŝƟĂƟǀĞƐ ůŝŬĞ ƐŬ ƚŚĞ WD͘ dŚĞ ŶĞǆƚ ŐĞŶĞƌĂů ĞůĞĐƟŽŶ is likely to be fought with a heavy ŽŶůŝŶĞ ƉƌĞƐĞŶĐĞ͖ ĂůƌĞĂĚǇ ŵŽƐƚ ůĞĂĚĞƌƐ ŽĨ Ă ƉŽůŝƟĐĂů ƉĂƌƚǇ ŚĂǀĞ Ă ďůŽŐ Žƌ ĂŶ account on a social networking site. zĞƚ ƚŚĞ ŵŽǀĞ ŝŶƚŽ ĐǇďĞƌƐƉĂĐĞ ŚĂƐ ŶŽƚ ďĞĞŶ ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ ƉƌŽďůĞŵƐ ĨŽƌ ƉŽůŝƟĐŝĂŶƐ͖ Gordon Brown’s performance on zŽƵdƵďĞ ĚĞƚĂŝůŝŶŐ ŚŝƐ ƉƌŽƉŽƐĂůƐ ĨŽƌ DWƐ expenses has been widely ridiculed and ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ƉŽƉƵůĂƌ ƉĞƟƟŽŶ Ăƚ ƉƌĞƐĞŶƚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ŽĸĐŝĂů ϭϬ ŽǁŶŝŶŐ ^ƚƌĞĞƚ ƐŝƚĞ ŝƐ Ă ĞͲƉĞƟƟŽŶ ĐĂůůŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ 'ŽƌĚŽŶ ƌŽǁŶ ƚŽ ƌĞƐŝŐŶ ĂƐ WD ǁŚŝĐŚ ŚĂƐ ĂƩƌĂĐƚĞĚ ϳϮ͕ϮϯϮ

signatures before it closed last week. Although the internet has become increasingly intertwined in our everyday lives, it should be remembered that ƚŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ƐƟůů ϭϳ ŵŝůůŝŽŶ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ĂŐĞĚ ŽǀĞƌ ϭϱ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ h< ǁŚŽ ŚĂǀĞ ŶŽ ĂĐĐĞƐƐ to the internet, with evidence to suggest that the uptake is coming slower, and that non-users are becoming increasingly ‘militant’. Also a recent survey by Harvard has cast doubt on the ƉŽƉƵůĂƌŝƚǇ ŽĨ ƐŽĐŝĂů ŶĞƚǁŽƌŬŝŶŐ ƐŝƚĞƐ͖ ŝƚ ŚĂƐ ĞƐƟŵĂƚĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ŶŝŶĞƚǇ ƉĞƌ ĐĞŶƚ ŽĨ ƚƌĂĸĐ ŽŶ dǁŝƩĞƌ ŝƐ ŐĞŶĞƌĂƚĞĚ ďǇ ŽŶůǇ ten per cent of users with an average tweet posted every seventy four days. /Ŷ ϭϵϲϴ ŶĚǇ tĂƌŚŽů ĨĂŵŽƵƐůǇ remarked that in the future everyone ǁŽƵůĚ ďĞ ĨĂŵŽƵƐ ĨŽƌ ϭϱ ŵŝŶƵƚĞƐ͘ This saying has been updated for the EŽƵŐŚƟĞƐ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ƐŽŵĞ ĚĞĐůĂƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ on the web, everyone will be famous ƚŽ ĮŌĞĞŶ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ĂŶĚ ƐŽŵĞ ǁŽƵůĚ ƐĂǇ ƚŚĞ ůĞǀĞů ŽĨ ĞǆŚŝďŝƟŽŶŝƐŵ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ǁĞď ŚĂƐ ŚĞůƉĞĚ tĂƌŚŽů͛Ɛ ƉƌĞĚŝĐƟŽŶ ƚŽ ĐŽŵĞ true, with people becoming famous for being famous without any discernable talent. This facet is what has separated this decade’s cult of celebrity from previous decades. The thirst for fame ŚĂƐ ůĞĂĚ ƚŽ ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐŝŶŐůǇ ďŝǌĂƌƌĞ ĂŶƟĐƐ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĐĞŶƚ ďĂůůŽŽŶ ŚŽĂǆ ŝŶ ŵĞƌŝĐĂ͖ where a couple, who had previously appeared on the US version of Wife Swap, pretended that their young son ǁĂƐ ŝŶƐŝĚĞ Ă ƌƵŶĂǁĂǇ ďĂůůŽŽŶ ĮůůĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ŚĞůŝƵŵ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ŝŶƚĞŶƟŽŶ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ media exposure would gain them a TV reality series. dŚĞ ĐŽŶĐĞƌŶƐ ŽǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ ŶĞŐĂƟǀĞ ĞīĞĐƚƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĐƵůƚ ŽĨ ĐĞůĞďƌŝƚǇ ƐĞĞŵ ƚŽ ďĞ ǁĞůů ũƵƐƟĮĞĚ͖ Ă ƐƵƌǀĞǇ ĐŽŶĚƵĐƚĞĚ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĂƐƚ ĂŶĐĞƌ ĂŵƉĂŝŐŶ ŝŶ ϮϬϬϴ ĐŽŶĐůƵĚĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ Ă ƐŝǌĞĂďůĞ ƉŽƌƟŽŶ ŽĨ women were concerned more with the cult of celebrity than their own health. ŶŽƚŚĞƌ ƐƵƌǀĞǇ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ Teachers and Lecturers (ALT) found ƚŚĂƚ͕ ĚĞƉƌĞƐƐŝŶŐůǇ͕ ϯϮй ŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƉƵƉŝůƐ cited Paris Hilton as a role model. ALT went on to conclude that the cult of celebrity is actually reducing their ƉƵƉŝů͛Ɛ ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶĂů ĂƐƉŝƌĂƟŽŶƐ͕ ǁŝƚŚ many of their pupils thinking celebrity

ŝƐ ĂŶ ĞĂƐǇ ŽƉƟŽŶ ĐĂƌĞĞƌ ǁŝƐĞ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĚŽĞƐ ŶŽƚ ƌĞƋƵŝƌĞ ŵƵĐŚ ĞīŽƌƚ ĂŶĚ Ăůů that is needed is an entry to a talent ĐŽŵƉĞƟƟŽŶ͘ ^ƵĐŚ ĂŶ ŝŵƉƌĞƐƐŝŽŶ ŝƐ ŵŝƐůĞĂĚŝŶŐ͖ ŽŌĞŶ ƚŚŽƐĞ ǁŚŽ ǁŝŶ ƚŚĞƐĞ ĐŽŵƉĞƟƟŽŶƐ͕ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ The X Factor, and ĂƌĞ ŐĞŶƵŝŶĞůǇ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐĨƵů ĂŌĞƌǁĂƌĚƐ

“32% of pupils cite Paris Hilton as a role model” ƚĞŶĚ ƚŽ ŚĂǀĞ ƐƉĞŶƚ ǇĞĂƌƐ ƉĞƌĨĞĐƟŶŐ their art beforehand rather than being ƌĂǁ ƵŶĚŝƐĐŽǀĞƌĞĚ ƚĂůĞŶƚ͖ >ĞŽŶĂ >ĞǁŝƐ ĂƩĞŶĚĞĚ ƚŚƌĞĞ ŚŝŐŚ ƉƌŽĮůĞ ƐƚĂŐĞ ƐĐŚŽŽůƐ͕ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ /ƚĂůŝĂ ŽŶƟ ĐĂĚĞŵǇ ĂŶĚ dŚĞ Z/d ^ĐŚŽŽů͕ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ĂƵĚŝƟŽŶŝŶŐ for The X Factor. The same is true for Alexandra Burke who also comes from a singing background. Although there has always been an element of the cult of celebrity in

ƚŚĞ ƉŽůŝƟĐĂů ƌĞĂůŵ͕ ŝƚ ĚŽĞƐ ƐĞĞŵ ƚŽ have taken on a more aggressive form. Gordon Brown had his credibility as Ă ƐĞƌŝŽƵƐ ƉĞƌƐŽŶ ĨŽƌ ƐĞƌŝŽƵƐ ƟŵĞƐ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶĞĚ ǁŚĞŶ ŚĞ ŵĞŶƟŽŶĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ he phoned Piers Morgan and Simon Cowell to check on the welfare of Susan ŽǇůĞ ƚŚĞ ĚĂǇ ĂŌĞƌ ƐŚĞ ǁĂƐ ƚĂŬĞŶ ƚŽ dŚĞ WƌŝŽƌǇ ĨŽƌ ƚƌĞĂƚŵĞŶƚ ĨŽƌ ĞǆŚĂƵƐƟŽŶ͘ dŚŝƐ ŐĞƐƚƵƌĞ ǁĂƐ ƚŚƌŽǁŶ ŝŶ ŚŝƐ ĨĂĐĞ͖ ŝƚ was remarked in contrast to his handling over the release of the Lockerbie bomber, which took him almost two weeks to comment on and a father whose son was one of the hostages killed in Iraq lambasted Gordon Brown for failing to contact him while making ƟŵĞ ĨŽƌ ^ƵƐĂŶ ŽǇůĞ͘ ^Ž͕ ƚŚĞ ŝŶƚĞƌŶĞƚ͖ ŝƚƐ ŝŵƉĂĐƚ ŝƐ ďĞǇŽŶĚ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶ͕ ďƵƚ ŝƐ ŝƚ Ă ĨŽƌĐĞ ĨŽƌ ŐŽŽĚ Žƌ Ğǀŝů͍ /Ɛ ĂǀŝĚ ĂŵĞƌŽŶ ĂƩĞŵƉƟŶŐ ƚŽ brainwash our naïve public with his ĚŝƐŚǁĂƐŚŝŶŐ ƚĞĐŚŶŝƋƵĞ͍ Kƌ ŝƐ ŝƚ ĂŶ opportunity to bring down the higherups from the comfort of our swivel ĐŚĂŝƌƐ͍ &Žƌ ĐĞƌƚĂŝŶ͕ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ĂĐĐĞůĞƌĂƚĞĚ the rise of celebrity culture almost ĞǆƉŽŶĞŶƟĂůůǇ͘

“Mandelson may never gain credibility with the British public”

/ŶƐƚĞĂĚ͕ ĂŌĞƌ WƵƌŶĞůů ƐƚĞƉƉĞĚ ŽƵƚ ŽĨ the door it was quickly closed behind him. It is generally accepted that the ŵĂŶ ƌĞƐƉŽŶƐŝďůĞ ĨŽƌ ƐŚƵƫŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĚŽŽƌ was the prince of darkness, Peter Mandelson. Somehow, at the last moment, Mandelson appears to have persuaded the remaining rebels that ƌŽǁŶ ǁĂƐ ƚŚĞ ŽŶůǇ ƌĞĂůŝƐƟĐ ĐĂŶĚŝĚĂƚĞ to lead the Labour party into the next ĞůĞĐƟŽŶ͘ KǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƐƚ ĨĞǁ ǁĞĞŬƐ ĂŶĚ ŵŽŶƚŚƐ͕ ŚŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ƌƵŵŽƵƌ ĂŌĞƌ rumour has cropped up in a variety of newspapers and blogs about the possibility of there in fact being one very strong contender for the role of Labour leader Mandelson himself. The whispers started turning into screams earlier this year ǁŚĞŶ :ƵƐƟĐĞ ^ĞĐƌĞƚĂƌǇ͕ Jack Straw, announced Ă ͞ĐŽŶƐƟƚƵƟŽŶĂů ƐŚĂŬĞͲ up” that would allow, for ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƟŵĞ͕ ůŝĨĞ ƉĞĞƌƐ ƚŽ ƌĞŶŽƵŶĐĞ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƟƚůĞƐ (previously, only hereditary peers such as Tony Benn and former Prime Minister Alec Douglas-Home were allowed to give up their place in the Lords). If that move wasn’t enough to raise eyebrows around Westminster, last week a radical reform was proposed which would allow members of the House of Lords to enter the House of Commons to answer to Parliament. These reforms ƌĂŝƐĞ ƚŚĞ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶ͗ ũƵƐƚ ǁŚŽ ĂƌĞ ƚŚĞƐĞ ŵĞĂƐƵƌĞƐ ĚĞƐŝŐŶĞĚ ƚŽ ďĞŶĞĮƚ͍ Technically, Mandelson could become Prime Minister today as the Queen can appoint whoever she likes to rule the country, although ƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶĂůůǇ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŚĂƐ ĂůǁĂǇƐ ďĞĞŶ ŽŶĞ ůŽŐŝĐĂů ƐƟƉƵůĂƟŽŶ ʹ ƚŚĂƚ ƉĞƌƐŽŶ͛Ɛ ability to govern. For example, if the YƵĞĞŶ ƐĂǁ Įƚ͕ ƐŚĞ ĐŽƵůĚ ĐĂůů :ĞƌĞŵǇ Clarkson to Buckingham Palace and ask him to form a government. However, if Clarkson put forward a proposal that banned all cyclists from the road, no one would vote for it, so it couldn’t

ďĞĐŽŵĞ ůĞŐŝƐůĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ŝĨ ǇŽƵ ĐĂŶŶŽƚ ŵĂŬĞ ĂŶǇ ŶĞǁ ůĞŐŝƐůĂƟŽŶ ƚŚĞŶ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ŶŽ ƉŽŝŶƚ ŝŶ ďĞŝŶŐ ŝŶ ĐŚĂƌŐĞ͘ ĚŵŝƩĞĚůǇ͕ DĂŶĚĞůƐŽŶ ŚĂƐ Ă ŵŽƌĞ ƉƌĂĐƟĐĂů ĐŚĂŶĐĞ than Clarkson of becoming Prime DŝŶŝƐƚĞƌ ;ďĞŝŶŐ Ă ƉŽůŝƟĐŝĂŶ ŚĞůƉƐ ĨŽƌ Ă start) as he frequently demonstrates ƚŚĂƚ ŚĞ ŚĂƐ Ă ŚƵŐĞ ŝŶŇƵĞŶĐĞ ŽǀĞƌ ŚŝƐ Party and could readily command Ă ŵĂũŽƌŝƚǇ͖ ŚŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ŚĞ ƐƟůů ĨĂĐĞƐ ƚƌŝĐŬǇ ĐŽŶƐƟƚƵƟŽŶĂů ĚŝĸĐƵůƟĞƐ͘ Lord can become Prime Minister (Lord Salisbury, for example) but it is a generally an unworkable scenario as they cannot enter the House of Commons and therefore they cannot answer to Parliament. Furthermore, as we don’t elect our Lords it would not ďĞ ƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌůǇ ĚĞŵŽĐƌĂƟĐ ƚŽ ŚĂǀĞ ŽŶĞ in charge of our country! KĨ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ͕ ĞǀĞŶ ŝĨ DĂŶĚĞůƐŽŶ ĐŽƵůĚ become Prime Minister, there’s no evidence to suggest that the country ƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌůǇ ǁĂŶƚƐ Śŝŵ ƚŽ͘ ,Ğ͛Ɛ ďĞĞŶ involved in so many scandals that he’s earned the nickname ‘the Comeback <ŝĚ͛͘ ^ƚĂƌƟŶŐ ŝŶ ϭϵϵϴ͕ DĂŶĚĞůƐŽŶ ŚĂĚ been forced to resign from the role of Secretary of State for Trade and /ŶĚƵƐƚƌǇ ŽǀĞƌ Ă ƉĞƌĐĞŝǀĞĚ ĐŽŶŇŝĐƚ ŽĨ interest when he failed to declare a private loan from the Paymaster 'ĞŶĞƌĂů͘ Ɛ ƚŚĞ ŵĂƩĞƌ ǁĂƐ ŽŶůǇ Ă ƉĞƌĐĞŝǀĞĚ ĐŽŶŇŝĐƚ ŽĨ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚ ;ŝŶ ƚŚĞ public’s and the media’s eyes at least) ĂŶĚ ŶŽƚ ĂŶ ĂĐƚƵĂů ĐŽŶŇŝĐƚ ŽĨ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚ͕ Mandelson was able to cheerfully return to Government a mere year later as Northern Ireland Secretary. ,Ğ ůŽƐƚ ŚŝƐ ũŽď͕ ĂŐĂŝŶ͕ ĂŌĞƌ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ alleged that Mandelson had lobbied ĨŽƌ ^ƌŝĐŚĂŶĚ ,ŝŶĚƵũĂ ƚŽ ďĞ ĂůůŽǁĞĚ Ă ƌŝƟƐŚ ƉĂƐƐƉŽƌƚ ĂŌĞƌ ,ŝŶĚƵũĂ ŚĂĚ ŵĂĚĞ ƚŚĞ ǀĞƌǇ ǁĞůĐŽŵĞ ĚŽŶĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ one million pounds to the Millennium ŽŵĞ ƉƌŽũĞĐƚ ;ǁŚŝĐŚ DĂŶĚĞůƐŽŶ had been in charge of as Secretary of ^ƚĂƚĞ ĨŽƌ dƌĂĚĞ ĂŶĚ /ŶĚƵƐƚƌǇͿ͘ ŌĞƌ ĂŶ inquiry, Mandelson was cleared of any ǁƌŽŶŐĚŽŝŶŐ͖ ŚŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ ƚŽŽ ůĂƚĞ͘ Blair had already forced Mandelson ƚŽ ƌĞƐŝŐŶ ĨŽƌ ĨĞĂƌ ƚŚĂƚ ŚŝƐ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞĚ presence would make the Government appear ‘sleazy’.

dŚĞ ƌĞƉƵƚĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƐůĞĂǌĞ ŶĞǀĞƌ has, and never will never escape Mandelson. He may have caused ŵŝůůŝŽŶƐ ŽĨ ƌŝƟƐŚ ĐŝƟǌĞŶƐ ƚŽ ĐŚŽŬĞ ŽŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĐŽƌŶŇĂŬĞƐ ǁŚĞŶ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ announced at the end of last year that he would be returning to Government ĨŽƌ Ă ƚŚŝƌĚ ƟŵĞ ʹ ďƵƚ ŚĞ ǁĂƐ ŶĞǀĞƌ going to be in for an easy ride. In March this year, he had green custard thrown in his face by Leila Deen, a Plane Stupid campaigner, who claimed that Mandelson had ‘bullied’ Ed DŝůŝďĂŶĚ ŝŶƚŽ ĂĐĐĞƉƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽƉŽƐĂů for a third runway at Heathrow airport. She angrily claimed that it was an outrage that Mandelson was allowed to represent Britain’s green interests and that “the only thing that’s green about Peter Mandelson is the slime coursing through his veins”. Harsh words, but Deen is certainly not alone ŝŶ ŚĞƌ ŚŽƐƟůĞ ǀŝĞǁ ŽĨ DĂŶĚĞůƐŽŶ͘ ,ŝƐ ability to calmly bat away unwanted ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶƐ ĨƌŽŵ ƐŬŝůůĞĚ ŝŶƚĞƌǀŝĞǁĞƌƐ such as Andrew Marr and Jeremy Paxman probably does him more harm that good as his previous experience in television (where he worked as a researcher and producer for the current events program Weekend World) gives Mandelson the now ĐƵƌƐĞĚ ĂƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶ ǁŝƚŚ ͚ƐƉŝŶ͛ ƚŚĂƚ ƐŽ damaged Tony Blair’s credibility during the later years of tenure.

Mandelson may never gain ĐƌĞĚŝďŝůŝƚǇ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ƌŝƟƐŚ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ďƵƚ ŚŝƐ ŝŶŇƵĞŶĐĞ ŽǀĞƌ >ĂďŽƵƌ ĐĂŶŶŽƚ ďĞ ƵŶĚĞƌĞƐƟŵĂƚĞĚ͘ WƌŝŶĐĞ ŚĂƌůĞƐ ŐƌĞĞƚƐ him as ‘the red rose man,’ referring to Mandelson’s decision to change Labour’s symbol from a militant red banner in favour of a friendlier, more electable red rose. This is a simple, though striking, example of how Mandelson is regarded as one of the key architects in modernising the Labour Party and was partly ƌĞƐƉŽŶƐŝďůĞ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞŵ͕ ĐƌƵĐŝĂůůǇ͕ ŐĞƫŶŐ elected. Furthermore, he is also said to have had enough power to play ͚ŬŝŶŐŵĂŬĞƌ͛ ďǇ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƟŶŐ ůĂŝƌ ĂŶĚ ŶŽƚ ƌŽǁŶ ĂŌĞƌ :ŽŚŶ ^ŵŝƚŚ͛Ɛ ĚĞĂƚŚ ŝŶ ϭϵϵϰ͘ The idea of Prime Minister Mandy ŝƐ͕ ŽďǀŝŽƵƐůǇ͕ ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞ ƐƉĞĐƵůĂƟŽŶ͘ His ability to make governments and kings and silence rebellions is eerily ŝŵƉƌĞƐƐŝǀĞ͕ ďƵƚ ŚŝƐ ƉŽůŝƟĐĂů ƐŬŝůůƐ ŚĂǀĞ never translated quite as well into the public sphere (or even into the business world as he has yet to miraculously solve the Royal Mail dispute, which, as Business Secretary, falls under his remit). The man himself, in his usual headline-tantalizing way, has never denied the possibility of running for ƚŚĞ ƚŽƉ ũŽď͕ ƐŝŵƉůǇ ĐŽŵŵĞŶƟŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ such a move may be “one comeback too many.”

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The Morbidity of Media There have been an inordinate number of high-profile deaths over the past year - but how have print and online media chosen to write about it? Alice Violett delves into the journalism of celebrity death - do they ask the questions everyone wants to know or are they simply disrespectful? Celebrity death is a real boon to media outlets. How many people headed straight for a reputable news website or turned on ƚŚĞ ds ĨŽƌ ĐŽŶĮƌŵĂƟŽŶ ǁŚĞŶ ƚŚĞǇ ĮƌƐƚ ŚĞĂƌĚ that Michael Jackson was dead? The deaths of household names are a great excuse to Įůů ƐĞǀĞƌĂů ƉĂŐĞƐ ŽĨ ůŽǁĞƌͲĞŶĚ ŶĞǁƐƉĂƉĞƌƐ ǁŝƚŚ ƐƉĞĐƵůĂƟŽŶ ĂďŽƵƚ ŚŽǁ ƚŚĞǇ ĚŝĞĚ͕ ͚ůĂƐƚ ƉŝĐƚƵƌĞƐ͛ ŝŶ ǁŚŝĐŚ͕ ŽĚĚůǇ ĞŶŽƵŐŚ͕ ƚŚĞ ĐĞůĞďƌŝƚǇ ŝŶ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶ ǁĂƐ ƐƟůů ĂůŝǀĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ƋƵŽƚĂƟŽŶƐ ĨƌŽŵ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ǁŚŽ ŵŝŐŚƚ ŚĂǀĞ ƐĞĞŶ ƚŚĞŵ ŝŶ ĐŽŶĐĞƌƚ ŽŶĐĞ͘ ŶĚ ƚŚĞŶ ƚŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ĨŽůůŽǁͲƵƉ ƐƚŽƌŝĞƐ͕ ďŝŽŐƌĂƉŚŝĞƐ͕ ĞĚŝƚŽƌŝĂůƐ͕ ŝŶƚĞƌǀŝĞǁƐ͕ ĨƵŶĞƌĂů ĂŶĚ ŵĞŵŽƌŝĂů ĐŽǀĞƌĂŐĞ͕ ƉŚŽƚŽŐƌĂƉŚƐ ŽĨ ƌĞůĂƟǀĞƐ ůŽŽŬŝŶŐ ĚŽůĞĨƵůͬŐĞƫŶŐ ŽŶ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ůŝǀĞƐ͕ ŵĂǇďĞ ĞǀĞŶ Ă ĐŽůŽƵƌ ƐƵƉƉůĞŵĞŶƚ Ăůů ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂƌ͛Ɛ ůŝĨĞ͘ hŶĚŽƵďƚĞĚůǇ͕ Ă ůŽƚ ŽĨ ŵŝůĞĂŐĞ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ŐĂŝŶĞĚ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ĚĞĂƚŚ ŽĨ Ă ĐĞůĞďƌŝƚǇ͕ ďƵƚ ŝƐ ƚŚŝƐ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ĞǆƉĞŶƐĞ ŽĨ ƌĞƐƉĞĐƚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚŽƐĞ ůĞŌ behind? ǆƚƌĞŵĞ ƐƉĞĐƵůĂƟŽŶ ƐĞĞŵƐ ƚŽ ƐƵƌƌŽƵŶĚ any unexpected celebrity death. It took a ĚĞĐĂĚĞ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ŵĞĚŝĂ͕ ŵŽƐƚ ĨĂŵŽƵƐůǇ the Daily Express͕ ƚŽ ĐŽŶĐůƵĚĞ ƚŚĂƚ ŝĂŶĂ͛Ɛ ĚĞĂƚŚ ǁĂƐ ĂŶ accident; she was in the prime of her life and a ĮŐƵƌĞ ŽĨ ĚŝƐƌĞƉƵƚĞ ǁŝƚŚŝŶ ƚŚĞ ZŽǇĂů &ĂŵŝůǇ ƐŽ there just had to be some kind of conspiracy. To use the more recent example of Stephen 'ĂƚĞůǇ͛Ɛ ƵŶƟŵĞůǇ ĚĞĂƚŚ͕ ƐŽŵĞ ŵĞĚŝĂ ŽƵƚůĞƚƐ

could not accept the possibility that a healthy ϯϯͲǇĞĂƌͲŽůĚ ĐŽƵůĚ ĚŝĞ ŽĨ ŶĂƚƵƌĂů ĐĂƵƐĞƐ͕ :ĂŶ Moir of the Daily Mail being a notable example of a journalist denying medical fact. The fact ƚŚĂƚ 'ĂƚĞůǇ ǁĂƐ ŐĂǇ ŵĂĚĞ ƚŚĞ ƐƚŽƌǇ ĞǀĞŶ juicier; a story about someone dying because ŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƐƵƉƉŽƐĞĚ ͚ůŝĨĞƐƚǇůĞ͛ ŝƐ ďŽƵŶĚ ƚŽ ŐĞƚ more people talking than one where they die ĂƌďŝƚƌĂƌŝůǇ͘ /Ŷ ƚŚĞ ĂŌĞƌŵĂƚŚ ŽĨ :ĂĐŬƐŽŶ͛Ɛ ĚĞĂƚŚ͕ ŵĞĂŶǁŚŝůĞ͕ Ăůů ŵĂŶŶĞƌ ŽĨ ĂƐƉĞƌƐŝŽŶƐ ĂďŽƵƚ his health and the circumstances surrounding his death were published in the Sun; some of ǁŚŝĐŚ ƚƵƌŶĞĚ ŽƵƚ ƚŽ ďĞ ƚƌƵĞ͕ ŽƚŚĞƌƐ ǁŚŝĐŚ ǁĞƌĞ later dispelled or quietly dropped. The death ŽĨ Žď tŽŽůŵĞƌ͕ ĐŽĂĐŚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŶŐůĂŶĚ ĐƌŝĐŬĞƚ ƚĞĂŵ͕ ŝŶ ϮϬϬϳ͕ ǁĂƐ ĂďƐŽůƵƚĞ ĚǇŶĂŵŝƚĞ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ

tabloids; the three months it took Jamaican police to conclude he had not been murdered ŐĂǀĞ ƚŚĞ ƉƌĞƐƐ ƉůĞŶƚǇ ŽĨ ƟŵĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞŽƌŝƐĞ ĂďŽƵƚ what had happened. The message is clear; ƐƉĞĐƵůĂƟŶŐ ĂďŽƵƚ ƵŶĞǆƉůĂŝŶĞĚ ĚĞĂƚŚƐ ƐĞůů papers. dŚĞ ŽƚŚĞƌ ĞīĞĐƚ ŽĨ ƐƵĐŚ ƐƉĞĐƵůĂƟŽŶ͕ ƚŚŽƵŐŚ͕ ŝƐ ĨĞůƚ ďǇ ƚŚŽƐĞ ĐůŽƐĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĚĞĐĞĂƐĞĚ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ ŽŶĞ ƚŚŝŶŐ ƚŽ ůŽƐĞ Ă ůŽǀĞĚ ŽŶĞ͖ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ĂŶŽƚŚĞƌ ƚŽ ƐĞĞ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĨĂĐĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǁƐƉĂƉĞƌƐ ĞǀĞƌǇ ĚĂǇ͕ ƐƵƌƌŽƵŶĚĞĚ ďǇ ƐƉƵƌŝŽƵƐ ĐůĂŝŵƐ ĂďŽƵƚ the details of their death. How can someone ŵŽǀĞ ŽŶ ĨƌŽŵ Ă ĚĞĂƚŚ ǁŚĞŶ ĨĂĐĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ĂƌƟĐůĞƐ such as Moir’s that sully the memory of the ĚĞƉĂƌƚĞĚ͍ dŚĞ ĂƌƟĐůĞ͛Ɛ ĚĂŵĂŐĞ ǁĂƐ ŶŽƚ ůŝŵŝƚĞĚ ƚŽ 'ĂƚĞůǇ͛Ɛ ĨĂŵŝůǇ͖ ŚŝƐ ůŽǇĂů ĨĂŶƐ͕ ŵĂŶǇ ŽĨ ǁŚŽŵ ǁŝůů ĂůǁĂǇƐ ĂƐƐŽĐŝĂƚĞ Śŝŵ ǁŝƚŚ ďĞŝŶŐ ǇŽƵŶŐ͕ ǁĞƌĞ ĚŝƐŐƵƐƚĞĚ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ĂƌƟĐůĞ͘ ǀĞŶ ƚŚŽƐĞ ǁŚŽ ǁĞƌĞŶ͛ƚ ƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌůǇ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚĞĚ ŝŶ Śŝŵ ǁĞƌĞ ŝŶĐĞŶƐĞĚ ďǇ ƐƵĐŚ Ă ĚŝƐƌĞƐƉĞĐƞƵů͕ ŚŽŵŽƉŚŽďŝĐ ĂƌƟĐůĞ͖ ƚŚĞ ŵĞƐƐĂŐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƚŚŽƵƐĂŶĚƐ ǁŚŽ complained and forced an apology from Moir was that speaking ill of the dead was simply ƵŶĂĐĐĞƉƚĂďůĞ͘ :ĂĐŬƐŽŶ͛Ɛ ĚĞĂƚŚ ŝŶǀŝƚĞĚ ĂŶ outpouring of grief but the public was also reminded by the media that he was tried for paedophilia; something he was not found ŐƵŝůƚǇ ŽĨ͕ ǇĞƚ ǁŝůů ĂůǁĂǇƐ ŐĂƌŶĞƌ Ă ŵĞŶƟŽŶ ŝŶ ĂŶǇ ĂĐĐŽƵŶƚ ŽĨ ŚŝƐ ůŝĨĞ͕ ĂŐĂŝŶ ƐŚŽǁŝŶŐ Ă ůĂĐŬ ŽĨ respect for his nearest and dearest who might prefer to remember the years when he was at ŚŝƐ ďĞƐƚ͕ ƵŶƚĂŝŶƚĞĚ ďǇ ƐĐĂŶĚĂů͘ /ŶƚĞƌĞƐƟŶŐůǇ͕ :ĂĚĞ 'ŽŽĚǇ͛Ɛ ƚƌĂŶƐŐƌĞƐƐŝŽŶƐ ǁĞƌĞ ŐůŽƐƐĞĚ ŽǀĞƌ ƉŽƐƚŚƵŵŽƵƐůǇ͖ ďĞŐŐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶ͕ ǁŚĂƚ makes one dead celebrity more worthy of ĨŽƌŐŝǀĞŶĞƐƐ ƚŚĂŶ ĂŶŽƚŚĞƌ͍ This reporter remembers recently reading ĂŶ ĂƌƟĐůĞ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ĚĞĂƚŚ ŽĨ dŽƌǇ DW WŝĞƌƐ Merchant which concentrated almost wholly ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĨĂĐƚ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĞ ǁĂƐ ͚ƐůĞĂǌǇ͛ ĂŶĚ ŚĂĚ ŚĂĚ ĂŶ ĂīĂŝƌ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ůĂƚĞ ϭϵϵϬƐ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ůŝƩůĞ ƌĞŐĂƌĚ ĨŽƌ ĂŶǇƚŚŝŶŐ ŚĞ ŵŝŐŚƚ ŚĂǀĞ ĂĐŚŝĞǀĞĚ ŝŶ ŚŝƐ ůŝĨĞ͘ /ƚ ŝƐ ƐĂĨĞ ƚŽ ƉƌĞƐƵŵĞ ƚŚĂƚ ŚŝƐ ǁŝĨĞ͕ ǁŚŽ ƚŽŽŬ Śŝŵ ďĂĐŬ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƌĞƐƚ ŽĨ ŚŝƐ ĨĂŵŝůǇ͕ ǁŽƵůĚ ŶŽƚ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ƉůĞĂƐĞĚ ƚŽ ŚĂǀĞ ƐƵĐŚ ŶĞŐĂƟǀĞ ŵĞŵŽƌŝĞƐ ƌĞƐƵƌĨĂĐŝŶŐ ĂŌĞƌ ŚŝƐ ĚĞĂƚŚ͘ /Ŷ ĂŶ ŽďŝƚƵĂƌǇ͕ ŐĞƫŶŐ ƚŚĞ ďĂůĂŶĐĞ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ƉŽƐŝƟǀĞ ĂŶĚ ŶĞŐĂƟǀĞ ĂƐƉĞĐƚƐ ŽĨ Ă ĨĂŵŽƵƐ ƉĞƌƐŽŶ͛Ɛ ůŝĨĞ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ƚƌŝĐŬǇ͕ ďƵƚ ƐŽŵĞƟŵĞƐ ƚŚĞ ŝŵƉƌĞƐƐŝŽŶ ŝƐ ŐŝǀĞŶ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ǁƌŝƚĞƌ ŝƐŶ͛ƚ ĞǀĞŶ ƚƌǇŝŶŐ͘ /ƚ ŝƐŶ͛ƚ ũƵƐƚ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǁƐƉĂƉĞƌƐ͕ ƚŚŽƵŐŚ͕ ǁŚŽ ŚĂǀĞ Ă ůŽƚ ƚŽ ŐĂŝŶ ĨƌŽŵ ĐĞůĞďƌŝƚǇ ĚĞĂƚŚ͘ dŚĞ ĂĚǀĞŶƚ ŽĨ ϮϰͲŚŽƵƌ ŶĞǁƐ ĐŚĂŶŶĞůƐ ŵĞĂŶƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĂƐ ƐŽŽŶ ĂƐ Ă ĨĂŵŽƵƐ ƉĞƌƐŽŶ ĚŝĞƐ͕ ĞǀĞƌǇďŽĚǇ ŬŶŽǁƐ ĂďŽƵƚ ŝƚ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĐŚĂŶŶĞůƐ ŐĞƚ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ ƚŽ Įůů ƚŚĞŝƌ ĂŝƌƟŵĞ ǁŝƚŚ͘ hŶĨŽƌƚƵŶĂƚĞůǇ͕ ƚŚĞƌĞ͛Ɛ only so far a breaking story about death can be stretched on TV. What usually happens ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĂŌĞƌŵĂƚŚ ŽĨ Ă ƌĞĐĞŶƚůǇͲĂŶŶŽƵŶĐĞĚ

celebrity death is as follows: news of the death ŝƐ ƌĞƉĞĂƚĞĚ ĞǀĞƌǇ ƚĞŶ ŵŝŶƵƚĞƐ ͞ĨŽƌ ƚŚŽƐĞ ǁŚŽ ŚĂǀĞ ũƵƐƚ ũŽŝŶĞĚ ƵƐ͖͟ ƐŽŵĞŽŶĞ ĚŽĞƐ ĂŶ ŽƵƚƐŝĚĞ ƌĞƉŽƌƚ͕ ƵƐƵĂůůǇ ĨƌŽŵ ƐŽŵĞǁŚĞƌĞ ǁŚĞƌĞ ǀĞƌǇ ůŝƩůĞ ŝƐ ŐŽŝŶŐ ŽŶ͖ Ă ŚĂƐƟůǇͲƉƌŽĚƵĐĞĚ ŵŽŶƚĂŐĞ ŝƐ ƐŚŽǁŶ͘ dŚĞ ůĞŶŐƚŚ ŽĨ ƟŵĞ ŝƚ ƚĂŬĞƐ ƚŽ

“The fact that Gately was gay made the story even juicier” ŝŶǀĞƐƟŐĂƚĞ Ă ĚĞĂƚŚ ƚĞŶĚƐ ŶŽƚ ƚŽ ůĞŶĚ ŝƚƐĞůĨ ƚŽ ůŝǀĞ ds͕ ĂůƚŚŽƵŐŚ ƚĞůĞǀŝƐŝŽŶ ŝƐ ďĞ Ă ůŝƩůĞ ŵŽƌĞ restrained than newspapers when it comes ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶ ŽĨ ĞǆĂĐƚůǇ ŚŽǁ ƐŽŵĞďŽĚǇ ŚĂƐ come to die. dŚĞ ŝŶƚĞƌŶĞƚ͕ ŽĨ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ͕ ŝƐ Ă ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ďĞĂƐƚ ĂůƚŽŐĞƚŚĞƌ͘ dŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ͚ƚƌƵƐƚĞĚ͛ ƐŝƚĞƐ͖ TMZ.com,

ǁŚŝĐŚ ďƌŽŬĞ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǁƐ ŽĨ :ĂĐŬƐŽŶ͛Ɛ ĚĞĂƚŚ͕ ďĞŝŶŐ ŽŶĞ͕ ƚŚĞ ďĞŝŶŐ ĂŶŽƚŚĞƌ͘ KŶ ƚŚĞ ŽƚŚĞƌ ƐŝĚĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŝŶ͕ ƚŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ƐŝƚĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĂƌĞ ŶŽƚŽƌŝŽƵƐůǇ ƵŶƚƌƵƐƚǁŽƌƚŚǇ͖ ŵŽƐƚ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ŚĂǀĞ ůĞĂƌŶƚ ƚŽ take Wikipedia with a pinch of salt; contrary ƚŽ Ă ƵƐĞƌ͛Ɛ ĐůĂŝŵƐ Ăƚ ŽŶĞ ƉŽŝŶƚ͕ ƌƚ ƩĂĐŬ ƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĞƌ EĞŝů ƵĐŚĂŶĂŶ ŝƐ ǀĞƌǇ ŵƵĐŚ ĂůŝǀĞ͘ dŚĞ ŶĞƚͲƐĂǀǀǇ ĐĂŶ ƐƉŽƚ Ă ŵŽĐŬĞĚͲƵƉ ƉĂŐĞ Ă ŵŝůĞ Žī ĂŶĚ ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ďĞůŝĞǀĞ ĂŶǇƚŚŝŶŐ ƵŶƟů ŝƚ͛Ɛ ďĞĞŶ ǀĞƌŝĮĞĚ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ƚŚĞ ƵŶĐĞŶƐŽƌĞĚ͕ ƵƐĞƌͲ generated nature of the internet means that ŵŽƌĞ ĞǆƚƌĞŵĞ͕ ƵŶƐƵƉƉŽƌƚĞĚ ƐƉĞĐƵůĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ conspiracy theories can arise surrounding such ĚĞĂƚŚƐ͕ ǁŚŝůƐƚ ƚŚĞ ŝŶƚĞƌŶĞƚ͛Ɛ ĂŶŽŶǇŵŝƚǇ ŵĂŬĞƐ it easy to feign insider knowledge. It seems ƚŚĂƚ ƐƉĞĐƵůĂƟŽŶ͕ ƌĞĂƐŽŶĂďůĞ Žƌ ŽƚŚĞƌǁŝƐĞ͕ ĞǆŝƐƚƐ Ăůů ŽǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ ŵĞĚŝĂ ďƵƚ ƚŚĂƚ ƉƵďůŝƐŚĞĚ͕ ƉƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂů͕ ǁŝĚĞůǇ ĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞ ŵĂƚĞƌŝĂů͕ Ăƚ ůĞĂƐƚ͕ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ďĞĂƌ ŝŶ ŵŝŶĚ ƚŚĞ ďĞƌĞĂǀĞĚ families of the deceased.

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An open letter to UEA students Do students who persist in parking on the Earlham Park car park realise how selfish their actions are? By taking spaces meant for genuine users of the park i.e. walkers, dog walkers, runners and families, they are preventing them from enjoying their activities. Because most students do not patronise the cafe in the park, preventing genuine users from being able to park and therefore patronise the cafe means that the young man who runs the cafe is being deprived of his livelihood. Since term started, his takings have dropped significantly and there is a danger that he will only open at weekends. For park users like myself who live alone, the chance to have a meal or coffee with other users will be taken away, meaning that our chance of social interaction for that day will be gone. For some, it may be the only time that they talk to another person all week. May I remind students that the notice at the entrance to the park states that the car park is “Strictly for park users only”. I appreciate that you need to attend lectures but there is an excellent bus service to UEA and there is the bicycle! I know for a fact that several of you live off Unthank Road (I have been followed on several occasions by students from the car park and down Unthank Rd where they have turned off into the side roads.) so why not bus or even walk! Worse still are the students who drive over from the Village side of the road to the car park and the student who parked in a disabled space and put a note under the windscreen wipers stating that they had broken down and would be back in two hours! Please be more considerate. Sincerely, Pat Gyte (Mrs)

Notice >ĂƵƌĂ ^ŵŝƚŚ ŚĂƐ ƚĂŬĞŶ ƉŚŽƚŽŐƌĂƉŚƐ ŽŶ ďĞŚĂůĨ ŽĨ ŽŶĐƌĞƚĞ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƉƌĞǀŝŽƵƐ ƚǁŽ ĞĚŝƟŽŶƐ ŽĨ ƚŚŝƐ ŶĞǁƐƉĂƉĞƌ ďƵƚ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ŵŝƐĐƌĞĚŝƚĞĚ͘ ŽŶĐƌĞƚĞ ŽīĞƌƐ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ĂƉŽůŽŐŝĞƐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚŝƐ ŵŝƐƚĂŬĞ͘

16 TRAVEL

concrete.travel@uea.ac.uk TUESDAY 3rd NOVEMBER 2009

It’s better in the Bahamas Lauren South tells us why the Bahamas is such an amazing place to visit and how some of the islands are being changed forever. “It’s better in the Bahamas” is what the commercial promises and yes, I would have to agree. The Bahamas certainly deliver in way of desert island paradises, white sands and a turquoise sea. But it all depends on what you want out of a holiday - and I choose the word holiday because no matter how action packed you make it, no matter how much scuba diving, lobster spearing or water sports you cram in, you do it alongside drinking a plethora of rum, rum punches and Goombay Smashes. There is no escaping the snail’s pace of life and that is why three weeks here is heavenly for some and stifling for others. The Bahamas is actually an archipelago of over 700 islands, many of which remain secret from the vast majority of tourists and thus the beautiful beaches are untouched and almost exclusive to the extent that some couples feel entitled to use them as their own private beaches. Contrary to popular belief they are not part of the Caribbean and by no means should be confused with Barbados or Bermuda; they are in fact in the Atlantic Ocean and considered to be part of the West Indies. I spent my holiday in Green Turtle Cay, Abaco. ‘Vacation in the Bahamas’ sounds glamorous; you would expect entire American families decked out Ralph Lauren prep style. However, this is not really what I saw - for starters there are no palm trees here. Also, the landscape is surprisingly inhospitable, leaving the Bahamians with no natural resources and a huge dependence on the sea for their livelihood. Fishing is still the main occupation on the smaller islands and there is an abundance

of marine life to be glimpsed even by a less than competent snorkeler. For me, what made visiting the Bahamas better than visiting other Caribbean islands like Jamaica and Antigua was that we were not staying in a hotel. The 20 foot Boston Whaler named ‘The Boombastic’ gave us the freedom and independence to see the Bahamas beyond our own small island. The islands are tiny compared to anything at home - the main modes of transport on the island are golf karts. Everyone knows each other and as tourists we felt genuinely welcomed to the country. On top of that everyone is relaxed and the atmosphere is consistently chilled – even on the plane over,

“Everyone knows each other and, as tourists, we felt genuinely welcomed to the country” the charming yet alarmingly lax pilot gave no concern to safety regulations and carelessly skimmed over the instructions to open the fire exit. It is easy to be lulled into a sense of complete security in this extremely pleasant climate and very easy to forget that the boat you are driving is not part of a Disney ride and that safety precautions must be taken. Yes, the water is known to be very safe, and it’s so clear you can practically see what you are swimming with, but take the boat out to about eight

metres deep and the radar picks up various shadowy outlines of lengths reaching up to six foot; a reminder that one danger here is a real threat. And this was our routine for the next couple of weeks: snorkelling, beachcombing, eating, drinking and sleeping. We hunted for sand dollars on the empty white beaches, read trashy novels in hammocks slung between casuarina trees, took the boat out to stranded islands and snorkelled in any spot we liked. There was no TV and no real night life beyond the occasional reggae band or chatting with locals and other visitors at Nippers, the nearest bar. Within a few days we felt part of the community, which was brought home to me one morning as we returned from our first dive to be presented with two filleted barracudas from our next-door neighbours. So it was with mixed feelings that we learned that Green Turtle Cay is about to change forever. Over the next two years, the island will be developed into a 180-acre golf and spa resort, which will bring muchneeded revenue. Most controversial are plans to build a large marina in place of the picturesque harbour. Property prices will soar, and luxury yachts, of the kind already festooning Treasure Cay, will for the first time be able to dock at Green Turtle. The transport links and infrastructure will improve, and so will the average standard of living. And yet this is a classic tale of mixed blessings; with these changes a more relaxed way of life will disappear, causing sadness for some but for others, will completely consolidate the epitaph “it’s better in the Bahamas.”

UK: St. Ives Alex May

Take a leisurely stroll through the ancient cobbled streets of St Ives, meandering between quaint ĮƐŚĞƌŵĞŶ͛Ɛ ĐŽƩĂŐĞƐ ƐƚĞĞƉĞĚ ŝŶ history and culture, and one cannot fail to be mesmerised by the town’s ďĞĂƵƚǇ͘ /ƚƐ ƟƚůĞ Ͳ ͞^ĞĂƐŝĚĞ ƚŽǁŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ year 2007,” as voted by readers of the Guardian - evokes images of a tacky Cornish holiday resort, overrun by tourists and ruined in high summer. But the reality could not be farther from the truth. DƵƐĞ ƚŽ ƐƵĐŚ ĨĂŵŽƵƐ ĂƌƟƐƚƐ ĂƐ Peter Lanyon and Sir Terry Frost, it is no surprise that St Ives is primarily renowned for its artwork. The world famous Tate St Ives - opened in 1993 by H.R.H. Prince Charles - stands ƚĂůů͕ ŽǀĞƌůŽŽŬŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŵĂŐŶŝĮĐĞŶƚ Porthmeor beach, where surfers, children, locals and holidaymakers ĂůŝŬĞ ĞŶũŽǇ ƚŚĞ ŵĂŐŶŝĮĐĞŶƚ ǀŝĞǁƐ ŽƵƚ ŽǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ ŚŽƌŝǌŽŶ͘ /ƚ ŝƐ ĂŶ ŝŶƐƉŝƌĂƟŽŶĂů ƐĞƫŶŐ ĨŽƌ ƐƵĐŚ ŝŶƐƉŝƌĂƟŽŶĂů ǁŽƌŬ͘ ůƚĞƌŶĂƟǀĞůǇ͕ ŽŶĞ ĐĂŶ ƐƉĞŶĚ Ă ůĂǌǇ ĂŌĞƌŶŽŽŶ ůŽƵŶŐŝŶŐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŐĂƌĚĞŶ of Barbara Hepworth - the famous

sculptor who lived and worked in the town - where her works have been lovingly preserved and displayed for the public in her very own garden. Aside from art and culture, which can be found around near enough every corner of the town, there is an ĂƌƌĂǇ ŽĨ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ƚŚŝŶŐƐ ƚŽ ďĞ ƐĞĞŶ ĂŶĚ done. Why not take a walk down to ƚŚĞ ƐĂŶĚǇ ďŽƩŽŵ ŚĂƌďŽƵƌ ĂŶĚ ǁĂƚĐŚ ƚŚĞ ůŽĐĂů ĮƐŚĞƌŵĂŶ ůĂŶĚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĚĂŝůǇ ĐĂƚĐŚ ŽĨ ĨƌĞƐŚ ĮƐŚ͕ Žƌ ƐĂŵƉůĞ ƐŽŵĞ ŽĨ the delicacies from one of the many wonderful restaurants along the sea front? You could always take a stroll along one of the numerous sandy bays and let the silky white sand glide through your toes while paddling ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŵŝůĚ ĐůĞĂƌ ďůƵĞ ƚůĂŶƟĐ͘ dĂŬĞ a picnic, set up camp on the small sandy cove of Porthgwidden, and wait for a glimpse of sea life: dolphins, porpoises and basking sharks have all been seen swimming in the bay and its surrounding waters. Whatever you do, there is one thing which is sure; the simple beauty of St Ives will not fail to take your breath away.

New York! Gemma Henzley

“I want to wake up in the city that never sleeps. New York, New York.” Wise words, Mr Sinatra, wise words. I mean, who wouldn’t want to open their eyes in one of the ŵŽƐƚ ǀŝďƌĂŶƚ ĂŶĚ ǀĂƌŝĞĚ ĐŝƟĞƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌůĚ͍ hŶĨŽƌƚƵŶĂƚĞůǇ͕ ƚŚĞ ƐƟŶŐǇ government don’t really take our desire to travel into account when paying student loans into the bank. ^Ž Ɛŝƚ ďĂĐŬ͕ ŐƌĂď Ă ĐŽīĞĞ ĂŶĚ ůĞƚ ŵĞ guide you around the Big Apple in ŽŶĐƌĞƚĞ͛Ɛ ŽǀĞƌĚƌĂŌͲĨƌŝĞŶĚůǇ ǁĂǇ͘ Without being too obvious, The Empire State Building and the Statue of Liberty are both solid places to begin any trip to NYC. As emblems of not just the city, but of the whole of the USA, they add a great deal of majesty to the place. A visit to >ĂĚǇ >ŝďĞƌƚǇ ŝŶ ƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌ ŐŝǀĞƐ ŽŶĞ the sense of what it means to be ĂŶ ŵĞƌŝĐĂŶ͖ ƚŚĞ ƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶ͕ ƚŚĞ ĚŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ͕ ƚŚĞ ƉŽǁĞƌ͘ EŽƚ ƚŽ ŵĞŶƟŽŶ͕ of course, the rather extensive ŐŝŌ ƐŚŽƉ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĞǀĞŶ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ

nonchalant of tourists cannot help ŐĞƫŶŐ ĞǆĐŝƚĞĚ ďǇ͘ dŚĞ ŵƉŝƌĞ ^ƚĂƚĞ ƵŝůĚŝŶŐ͛Ɛ ŐŝŌ ƐŚŽƉ͕ ĐŽŵƉĂƌĂƟǀĞůǇ͕ is rather poor, but the simply aweŝŶƐƉŝƌŝŶŐ ǀŝĞǁƐ ŽĨ DĂŶŚĂƩĂŶ ĂŶĚ beyond more than make up for any disappointment you may be feeling over mediocre knick-knacks. If museums and art galleries are your thing then New York will certainly not let you down. The Met, The Guggenheim and MoMA are all world-famous establishments and a day spent browsing them is a day spent browsing some of the most ĨĂŵŽƵƐ ŚŝƐƚŽƌŝĐĂů ĂŶĚ ĂƌƟƐƟĐ ƉŝĞĐĞƐ in the world. Let’s not forget shopping! Bloomingdale, Saks and Macy’s are the Mecca of New York shoppers, yet Brooklyn and Coney Island have some of the quirkiest purchases ĂƌŽƵŶĚ͕ ĂƐ ǁĞůů ĂƐ ŽīĞƌŝŶŐ Ă ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ƉĞƌƐƉĞĐƟǀĞ ŽŶ ^ŝŶĂƚƌĂ͛Ɛ ďĞůŽǀĞĚ “New York, New York.”

FOCSOC 17

concrete.editorial@uea.ac.uk TUESDAY 3rd NOVEMBER 2009

Discover Europe with ELSA Naomi Fraser

͚ >^ ^ŽĐ͛ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ ŽĨ ĂƐƚ ŶŐůŝĂ͛Ɛ ǀĞƌǇ ŽǁŶ ͚ ƵƌŽƉĞĂŶ >Ăǁ ^ƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶ͛͘ tĞ ŽƌŐĂŶŝƐĞ ĞǀĞŶƚƐ͕ ƚƌŝƉƐ ĂŶĚ ĂĐƟǀŝƟĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĐĂƚĞƌ ƚŽ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ Ăƚ h ǁŚŽ ŵĂǇ ŚĂǀĞ Ă ƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚ ŝŶ ƵƌŽƉĞĂŶ ůĂǁ͕ ƚƌĂǀĞů ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŶƟŶĞŶƚ ĂŶĚ those who have any curiosity about the academic and legal ĞůĞŵĞŶƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƵƌŽƉĞĂŶ ŝŶƐƟƚƵƟŽŶƐ͘ KƵƌ ĂƩĞŶƟŽŶ ƚŽ professional excellence in these areas is not the full

extent of our mission. As ǁĞůů ĂƐ ůŽŽŬŝŶŐ ĨĂŶƚĂƐƟĐ ŽŶ your CV, a large part of the >^ ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ ŝƐ ƐŽĐŝĂů ďŽŶĚŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ŶĞƚǁŽƌŬŝŶŐ Ͳ ŽƵƌ past socials have proven a success and there are many more great events lined up for the upcoming weeks. &ĂŶĐǇ ƐĞĞŝŶŐ Ă ƵƌŽƉĞĂŶ Įůŵ ǁŝƚŚ ůŝŬĞͲŵŝŶĚĞĚ ƉĞŽƉůĞ͍ ƩĞŶĚŝŶŐ ƚĂůŬƐ ďǇ ŝŶŶŽǀĂƟǀĞ ŐƵĞƐƚ ƐƉĞĂŬĞƌƐ͍ ,ŽƵƐĞ ƉĂƌƟĞƐ ǁŝƚŚ ŝŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů ŇĂŝƌ͍ ŽǁůŝŶŐ ͚ŝŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂůŝƚǇ͛ tournaments? Or perhaps

ŐĞƫŶŐ ŝŶǀŽůǀĞĚ ŝŶ ŽƵƌ ƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶĂů ŶŐůŝƐŚ ŚƌŝƐƚŵĂƐ events? If you have a passion for learning about h ĐŽƵŶƚƌŝĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƐƚƌŝŬŝŶŐ ƵƉ ͚ĐƌŽƐƐ ďŽƌĚĞƌ͛ ƌĞůĂƟŽŶƐŚŝƉƐ and, of course, having fun, >^ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ƐŽĐŝĞƚǇ ĨŽƌ ǇŽƵ͘ The main event in the >^ ĐĂůĞŶĚĂƌ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ĂŶŶƵĂů ƌƵƐƐĞůƐ ƚƌŝƉ͖ ĨŽƵƌ ĚĂǇƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ city at student rates. There’ll be organised tours of the h ŝŶƐƟƚƵƟŽŶƐ ĂƐ ǁĞůů ĂƐ Ă host of cultural delights with ƚŚĞ ĂĚĚĞĚ ďŽŶƵƐ ŽĨ Ă ŶĂƟǀĞ

ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ ŽŶ ŽƵƌ ĐŽŵŵŝƩĞĞ ƚŽ ŐƵŝĚĞ ƵƐ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ĂŌĞƌͲ ŚŽƵƌƐ ŚŽƚƐƉŽƚƐ͊ &ĂŶƚĂƐƟĐ ŽƵƟŶŐ͕ ŐƌĞĂƚ ďĞĞƌ ĂŶĚ ĚĞůŝĐŝŽƵƐ ĞůŐŝĂŶ ĐŚŽĐŽůĂƚĞ͕ and all for less than £100. ŽŽŬŝŶŐ ǁŝůů ŽƉĞŶ ƵƉ ƐŽŽŶ ĂŶĚ ƐŚĂůů ďĞ ĂĚǀĞƌƟƐĞĚ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ĐĂŵƉƵƐ ĨŽƌ ŶŽŶͲŵĞŵďĞƌƐ͘ If you’d like to learn more ĂďŽƵƚ >^ Žƌ ƐŝŐŶ ƵƉ͕ ƉůĞĂƐĞ contact t.wilcocks@uea.ac.uk Žƌ ĮŶĚ ƵƐ ŽŶ &ĂĐĞďŽŽŬ͊

Plenty of Greens Something for everyone This issue, Nick Clinch extols the virtues of Alfie Kirk explains to FocSoc that there’s more to Games the Green Party’s presence on campus. Society than you might think. dŚĞ h 'ƌĞĞŶƐ ĂƌĞ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ largest and most successful 'ƌĞĞŶ WĂƌƚǇ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ ŐƌŽƵƉƐ ŝŶ the country. We have a great ƌĞůĂƟŽŶƐŚŝƉ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ ƉĂƌƚǇ ĂŶĚ ĚƌŝĂŶ ZĂŵƐĂǇ͕ 'ƌĞĞŶ WĂƌƚǇ ĞƉƵƚǇ >ĞĂĚĞƌ ĂŶĚ DW ĐĂŶĚŝĚĂƚĞ ĨŽƌ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ ^ŽƵƚŚ͕ ǁŚŽ ǁŝůů ďĞ ƐƚĂƌƟŶŐ ƚŚŝƐ ƚĞƌŵ Žī ǁŝƚŚ ĂŶ ŝŶƐŝŐŚƞƵů talk about the world of green ƉŽůŝƟĐƐ͘ We’ve also had the obligatory jaunts to the pub, canvassing sessions around Norwich and we’ve been working with other ŽƌŐĂŶŝƐĂƟŽŶƐ ŽŶ ŝƐƐƵĞƐ ƐƵĐŚ as climate change. A trip to the ĞĐŽͲĨƌŝĞŶĚůǇ ĚŶĂŵƐ ďƌĞǁĞƌǇ is also on the cards! The Greens can claim to have some of the most relevant policies for students. EŽǁ ƚŚĞ >ŝďĞƌĂů ĞŵŽĐƌĂƚ ůĞĂĚĞƌƐŚŝƉ ŝƐ ŐƌĂǀŝƚĂƟŶŐ ƚŽǁĂƌĚƐ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƟŶŐ ƚƵŝƟŽŶ ĨĞĞƐ͕ ǁĞ ĂƌĞ ůĞŌ ĂƐ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŽŶůǇ ƉĂƌƟĞƐ ǁŚŽ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ ĨƌĞĞ ŚŝŐŚĞƌ ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ͘ ŶĚ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƉĂƌƚǇ ŝƐ ďĞƩĞƌ ŬŶŽǁŶ ĨŽƌ

tackling environmental issues? If change isn’t brought about soon we are going to be the ŽŶĞƐ ĐůĞĂŶŝŶŐ ƵƉ ƚŚĞ ŵĞƐƐ ůĞŌ to us by previous governments who lacked the will to tackle the issue with real fervour and ĚĞĚŝĐĂƟŽŶ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ǁĞ ĂƌĞ ŵŽƌĞ ƚŚĂŶ Ă ƉƵƌĞůǇ ƉŽůŝƟĐĂů ĞŶƟƚǇ͘ We are part of a movement championing the value of our planet and the importance of ƐŽĐŝĂů ũƵƐƟĐĞ͘ ůƚŚŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ 'ƌĞĞŶƐ ĚĞĂů ŝŶ ƉŽůŝƟĐƐ͕ ǁĞ ĚŝīĞƌ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ŵĂŝŶ ƉĂƌƟĞƐ ŝŶ our desire for real change, not ƚŚĞ ŵĂŝŶƚĞŶĂŶĐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂƚƵƐͲ quo and gradual slide into the ƚĞƌƌŝƚŽƌǇ ŽĨ ƉƌŝǀĂƟƐĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĐĞŶƚƌĞͲƌŝŐŚƚ ĂŐĞŶĚĂ͘ dŽ ŐĞƚ ŝŶǀŽůǀĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ h Greens or help Adrian beat Charles Clarke at the next ŐĞŶĞƌĂů ĞůĞĐƟŽŶ͕ ƉůĞĂƐĞ contact us at ueagreens@ gmail.com, or join our ĨĂĐĞďŽŽŬ ŐƌŽƵƉ͕ h 'ƌĞĞŶ ƉĂƌƚǇ͘ 'ŝǀĞ ŝŶ ƚŽ ƚĞŵƉƚĂƟŽŶ and join us, nothing beats the rewards of being green!

Most people only know the Games Society as that bunch of weird geeks with the foam weapons and medieval armour, seen on Sundays around campus. In truth, this is just the most visible face of one of the larger and ŵŽƌĞ ĚŝǀĞƌƐĞ ƐŽĐŝĞƟĞƐ͘ Ğ it the familiar board games everyone fondly remembers from childhood or the ĂĚƌĞŶĂůŝŶĞͲĨƵĞůůĞĚ͕ ƚĞƌƌŽƌͲ

driven madness of Zombie (played overnight, in the ĚĂƌŬĞŶĞĚ ŽŶŐƌĞŐĂƟŽŶ ,Ăůů͕ once a semester), the Games Society probably plays it. Tabletop roleplaying games, including the famed Dungeons and Dragons, make up a ůĂƌŐĞ ƉŽƌƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐŽĐŝĞƚǇ͛Ɛ ĂĐƟǀŝƟĞƐ͕ ďƵƚ ĐŽŵƉƵƚĞƌ games, war games, card games, live games (similar ƚŽ ĂŵĂƚĞƵƌ ĂĐƟŶŐͿ ĂŶĚ >ŝǀĞ ĐƟŽŶ ZŽůĞ WůĂǇ ;> ZW ʹ ƚŚĞ one with the foam weapons) all make up elements of the society. A commonly held ŵŝƐĐŽŶĐĞƉƟŽŶ ŝƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ Games Society is comprised ŽŶůǇ ŽĨ ĂŶƟƐŽĐŝĂů͕ ŝŶƐƵůĂƌ geeks. Nothing could be further from the truth (except perhaps the geek part), as the ƐŽĐŝĞƚǇ͛Ɛ ĂĐƟǀŝƟĞƐ ƉƌŝŵĂƌŝůǇ revolve around socialising with friends...and running away from zombies. Don’t dismiss the more bizarre ĞǀĞŶƚƐ͕ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ > ZW͕ ĨŽƌ their eccentric appearance.

This is a society dedicated to having fun, whether that involves releasing the inner child and playing Monopoly, bludgeoning one another with foam swords, desperately holding Žī ǌŽŵďŝĞƐ ǁŝƚŚ Ă E Z& gun or bravely delving into ĚƵŶŐĞŽŶƐ ƚŽ ƐĂǀĞ ďĞĂƵƟĨƵů monsters from ravening princesses. Come along to ŽĂƌĚ ĂŶĚ ĂƌĚ 'ĂŵĞƐ EŝŐŚƚ͕ every Wednesday in the ŽŶŐƌĞŐĂƟŽŶ ,Ăůů͕ ĨŽƌ Ă ƚĂƐƚĞƌ of the fun.

Want to write for FocSoc? FocSoc needs you! If you’d like to see your society or club in Concrete, please email concrete.editorial@uea.ac.uk͘ zŽƵ ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ŶĞĐĞƐƐĂƌŝůǇ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŽ ǁƌŝƚĞ Ă ƉƌŽĮůĞ Ͳ ǁĞ ĐŽƵůĚ ŝŶƚĞƌǀŝĞǁ ǇŽƵ ŝĨ ǇŽƵ ƉƌĞĨĞƌ͘ ŶǇ ŽƚŚĞƌ ƐƵŐŐĞƐƟŽŶƐ ĨŽƌ ƐŽĐŝĞƚǇͲ ĂŶĚ ĐůƵďͲ ƌĞůĂƚĞĚ ĂƌƟĐůĞƐ ǇŽƵ͛Ě ůŝŬĞ ƚŽ ƐĞĞ ŽŶ ƚŚŝƐ ƉĂŐĞ ĂƌĞ ĂůƐŽ ǀĞƌǇ ŵƵĐŚ ǁĞůĐŽŵĞ͖ ĂŌĞƌ Ăůů &ŽĐ^ŽĐ ŝƐ Ă ƉĂŐĞ ĚĞĚŝĐĂƚĞĚ ƚŽ ǁŚĂƚ ǇŽƵ Ͳ ǇĞƐ͕ ǇŽƵ͊ Ͳ ŐĞƚ ƵƉ ƚŽ ǁŚĞŶ ǇŽƵ͛ƌĞ ŶŽƚ ƐƚƵĚǇŝŶŐ͘

18 FOOD

concrete.food09@gmail.com TUESDAY 3rd NOVEMBER 2009

The Ten Bells tunes into student taste buds Cocktail of Emma Richardson the Fortnight dŚĞ ŽƵƚƐŝĚĞ ĐŽŵĞƐ ŝŶĚŽŽƌƐ͕ ǁĂƐ ŵǇ Į ƌƐƚ impression of The Ten Bells on St Benedict’s ^ƚ͕ ǁŚĞŶ / ǁĂƐ ŐƌĞĞƚĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚƌĂĚŝƟ ŽŶĂů ǀŝůůĂŐĞ signposts and a telephone box; The Ten Bells ŝƐ ŶŽ ŽƌĚŝŶĂƌǇ ƉƵď͕ ďƵƚ ŝƚ ĚĞĮ ŶŝƚĞůǇ ŚĂƐ ƐŽŵĞ country charm about it. Imagine combining ǇŽƵƌ ŐƌĂŶŶǇ͛Ɛ Ɛŝƫ ŶŐ ƌŽŽŵ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ĚĠĐŽƌ ŽĨ ĂŶ ĂƌƚƐ ĨĞƐƟ ǀĂů ĂŶĚ ƚŚĂƚ͛Ɛ ŝƚ͘ dŚĞ ĐŚŽŝĐĞ ǁĂƐ ƚŽ ďĞ made between the kitsch sofas (good for hung ŽǀĞƌ ůƵŶĐŚĞƐͿ Žƌ ƌƵƐƟ Đ ƚĂďůĞƐ ĨŽƌ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ Ă bit more formal. Also with a sprinkling of fairy lights and absinthe at the bar this could be a new student home. The menu was quite limited, but we were impressed with the originality and it was certainly no standard pub grub. The choice ŽĨ Į ǀĞ ĚŝƐŚĞƐ ;ƚǁŽ ŽĨ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĂƌĞ ǀĞŐĞƚĂƌŝĂŶͿ

changes weekly. We tried the beef curry, ǁŚŝĐŚ ǁĂƐ ĚĞůŝĐŝŽƵƐ͕ ĨƵůů ŽĨ Ň ĂǀŽƵƌ͕ ƚĞŶĚĞƌ beef, and just the right amount of spice, my only complaint was that my rice was a bit watery. We also tried the rabbit, onion and ĨŽŶĚĂŶƚ ƉŽƚĂƚŽ ĐĂƐƐĞƌŽůĞ ;ŵƵĐŚ ŵŽƌĞ ĞǆĐŝƟ ŶŐ ƚŚĂŶ ǇŽƵƌ ĂǀĞƌĂŐĞ ŵĂƐŚĞĚ ƉŽƚĂƚŽĞƐͿ͕ ǁŝƚŚ roast parsnips, which was tasty. The rabbit was ŐŽŽĚ ďƵƚ ŶŽƚ ĨĂŶƚĂƐƟ Đ͕ ďƵƚ ƚŚĞŶ ƌĂďďŝƚ ĚŽĞƐ generally lack in substance. /ƚ ǁĂƐ ǀĞƌǇ ƌĞĨƌĞƐŚŝŶŐ ƚŽ Į ŶĚ ƐŽŵĞǁŚĞƌĞ ƚŚĂƚ ƐĞƌǀĞĚ ŐĂŵĞ͕ ĂƐ ŽƉƉŽƐĞĚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂŶĚĂƌĚ meats, with pheasant appearing on the menu ůĂƐƚ ǁĞĞŬ / ǁĂƐ ƚŽůĚ͘ /ƚ ǁĂƐ ŽďǀŝŽƵƐ ĨƌŽŵ looking at the menu that not only is the chef passionate about what he makes, but is deeply concerned with making sure that his menu

uses seasonal and local produce so you can ŵƵŶĐŚ ĂǁĂǇ ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ ŚĂǀŝŶŐ ƚŽ ǁŽƌƌǇ ĂďŽƵƚ you’re food miles, and know your helping the local economy. That’s today’s good deed done! Dessert was more limited with only three ŽƉƟ ŽŶƐ͕ ďƵƚ Ăůů ǁĞƌĞ ĐƌŽǁĚ ƉůĞĂƐĞƌƐ͘ dŚĞ ďĂŶŽī ĞĞ ĐƌĞƉĞƐ ǁŝůů ƉƵƚ Ă ƌĞŵŝŶŝƐĐĞŶƚ ƐŵŝůĞ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĨĂĐĞ ŽĨ ĂŶǇ ǁĞĂƌǇ ƚƌĂǀĞůůĞƌ͊ dŚĞ ĂƉƉůĞ plum and pear crumble was a modern take on an old winter classic, but when coupled with ǀĂŶŝůůĂ ƉŽĚ ŝĐĞ ĐƌĞĂŵ ŝƚ ĐĞƌƚĂŝŶůǇ ǁŽƌŬĞĚ ĂŶĞǁ͘ The most outstanding thing about this gem was the price - simply £5 for a main course ĂŶĚ άϯ ĨŽƌ Ă ĚĞƐƐĞƌƚ͊ Ɛ ĞǀĞƌǇƚŚŝŶŐ ǁĂƐ ƉƌŝĐĞĚ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ƚŚĞƌĞ ǁĂƐ ŶŽ ŶĞĞĚ ƚŽ ůŝŵŝƚ ŽƉƟ ŽŶƐ ŝŶ ƌĞŐĂƌĚƐ ƚŽ ƉƌŝĐĞ͕ ĂƐ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ŽŌ ĞŶ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŽ͘ /ƚ ǁĂƐ ĚĞůŝŐŚƞ Ƶů ĐŚĂŶŐĞ ƚŽ ďĞ ĂďůĞ ƚŽ ĐŚŽŽƐĞ from a menu based on what you fancied rather ƚŚĂŶ ǁŚĂƚ ǇŽƵ ĐĂŶ Ăī ŽƌĚ͘ Although the pub was a bit dark, it’s a rough diamond perfect for a cheap and more ƵŶƵƐƵĂů ůƵŶĐŚ Žƌ ǁŝŶƚĞƌ ǁĂƌŵĞƌ ;ŶĞǆƚ Ɵ ŵĞ we’ll be making sure to try the mulled wine ƚŽŽͿ ĂŶĚ ŐŝǀĞŶ ŝƚƐ ĐůŽƐĞ ƉƌŽǆŝŵŝƚǇ ƚŽ ĂƌůŚĂŵ Road and Dereham Road and its large beer ŐĂƌĚĞŶ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƐƵŵŵĞƌ͕ ŝƚ ĚĞƐĞƌǀĞƐ ƚŽ ďĞĐŽŵĞ Ă ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ ĨĂǀŽƵƌŝƚĞ ʹ ĞǀĞŶ ŝĨ ũƵƐƚ ƚŽ ƐĞĞ ƚŚĞ retro telephone box inside!

Danie Hadley and Hayley Hurrell We know it’s a tough Ɵ ŵĞ ŽĨ ǇĞĂƌ͘ dŚĞ Į ƌƐƚ ĨĞǁ ĞĂƐǇ ǁĞĞŬƐ ĂƌĞ ŽǀĞƌ͕ and now your lecturers are all about the essays. Dull, ĚƵůů͕ ĚƵůů͘ KŶ ƚŽƉ ŽĨ ƚŚĂƚ͕ ǇŽƵ͛ƌĞ knackered from 6 weeks of LCR-ing, the nights are drawing in fast and 9am is not your friend. Concrete ŝƐ ŚĞƌĞ ĨŽƌ ǇŽƵ Ăƚ ƚŚŝƐ Ɵ ŵĞ͗ ǁĞ ŚĂǀĞ ŚĞƌĞ ƚŚĞ ƉĞƌĨĞĐƚ ƚƌĞĂƚ to put a wee smile on your face, and a dreamy ƚĂƐƚĞ ŝŶ ǇŽƵƌ ŵŽƵƚŚ͘ dŚĞ ĂŝůĞǇ͛Ɛ ŚŽĐŽůĂƟ Ŷŝ ŝƐ a warming, decadent drink and is just enough to keep you going for just that one more hour with your damn seminar work. Let’s just say, that a drink this good will take the pain away. Shake together with ice: Don’t forget to add a 50ml Baileys cheeky 10ml Vodka sprinkle of cocoa 15ml Chocolate powder! Liqueur Strain into glass.

From pastries to pickles, Pumpkin and orange local shops have it all dark chocolate brownies Sarah Cox ŝĚ ǇŽƵ ƌĞĂĚ ƚŚĞ ĂƌƟ ĐůĞ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ͚dĞƐĐŽͲŝƐĂƟ ŽŶ͛ ŽĨ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ůĂƐƚ ŝƐƐƵĞ ŽĨ ŽŶĐƌĞƚĞ ďƵƚ ƐƟ ůů found yourself back there? Shopping locally ĚŽĞƐŶ͛ƚ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŽ ďĞ Ɵ ŵĞ ĐŽŶƐƵŵŝŶŐ Žƌ ĞǆƉĞŶƐŝǀĞ as long as you know where to go. It’s a great way to support local business, ĂŶĚ ƚƌĞĂƚ ďŽƚŚ ǇŽƵƌƐĞůĨ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĞŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚ ďǇ ĐƵƫ ŶŐ ŽƵƚ ŶĂƐƚǇ ĐŚĞŵŝĐĂůƐ ĂŶĚ ƉŽŝŶƚůĞƐƐ packaging. &ŽƌĚ ĂŶĚ zĂƌŚĂŵ ŐƌĞĞŶŐƌŽĐĞƌ ŽŶ 'ůŽƵĐĞƐƚĞƌ ^ƚƌĞĞƚ ;Žī hŶƚŚĂŶŬ ZŽĂĚ͕ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ƚŚĞ ůĂƵŶĚƌĞƩ Ğ ĂŶĚ >ůŽǇĚƐͿ ŝƐ Ă ŐƌĞĂƚ ƉůĂĐĞ ƚŽ ƐƚĂƌƚ͘ ^ĞůůŝŶŐ ĞǀĞƌǇ ǀĞŐĞƚĂďůĞ ǇŽƵ ĐĂŶ ŶĂŵĞ͕ ĂŶĚ some you probably can’t, it also has a huge range of seafood, bread, milk, eggs and the best Danish pastries in the city. Who needs that new Tesco on Unthank? Venturing into the city centre, Norwich

Sarah Cox DĂƌŬĞƚ ĐĂŶ ůŽŽŬ ůŝŬĞ ĂŶ ŝŶƟ ŵŝĚĂƟ ŶŐ ůŝƩ ůĞ ƚĞŶƚĞĚ ǁŽƌůĚ ĨƌŽŵ ǁŚŝĐŚ ǇŽƵ͛ůů ŶĞǀĞƌ ĞŵĞƌŐĞ͕ but don’t be afraid! Between the dodgy neon ůĞŐ ǁĂƌŵĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ ,ĂŶŶĂŚ DŽŶƚĂŶĂ ĐƵƐŚŝŽŶƐ Ă ŚƵŐĞ ƌĂŶŐĞ ŽĨ ĂŵĂǌŝŶŐ ůŽĐĂů ƉƌŽĚƵĐĞ ŝƐ ĨŽƌ sale. Whether it’s the cheapest cup of tea in EŽƌǁŝĐŚ ; ŚĂƌůŝĞ͛Ɛ ĨŽŽĚ ƐƚĂůů͕ ϱϬƉ͊Ϳ͕ ƚƌĂĚŝƟ ŽŶĂů Norfolk ice cream, or a jar of pickles bigger than your head, there’s almost nothing that can’t be ĨŽƵŶĚ ƚŚĞƌĞ͘ ^ĂůůĞ KƌŐĂŶŝĐƐ ĂƌĞ ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚůǇ ƐĞůůŝŶŐ six free range eggs for a quid, which is cheaper ƚŚĂŶ dĞƐĐŽ͕ ĂŶĚ ǇŽƵ͛ůů Į ŶĚ ŝƚ ĂůŵŽƐƚ ŝŵƉŽƐƐŝďůĞ to resist the smell of Henry’s Hog Roast. &Žƌ ŐƌĞĂƚ ĨƌĞƐŚ ƉƌŽĚƵĐĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ĨƌŝĞŶĚůǇ ĂĚǀŝĐĞ on how best to cook it, check out C.J’s Fruit and sĞŐ͕ ĂŶĚ ŝƚǇ &ŝƐŚ Žƌ D͘W ^ŶĞůůŝŶŐ͛Ɛ ƐĞĂĨŽŽĚ ƐƚĂůů Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ĨƌŽŶƚͲ ƚŚĂƚ ͚tĞ 'Žƚ ƌĂďƐ͛ ƐŝŐŶ ŝƐ ĨƵŶŶǇ ĞǀĞƌǇ Ɵ ŵĞ͘

Ingredients: 250g Dark chocolate, ideally 75% cocoa ϮϱϬŐ hŶƐĂůƚĞĚ ďƵƩ Ğƌ 250g Caster sugar ϯ ŐŐƐ ϭϱϬŐ tŚŝƚĞ Žƌ ǁŚŽůĞŵĞĂů ƐĞůĨ ƌĂŝƐŝŶŐ Ň ŽƵƌ ϮϬϬŐ ;ĂƉƉƌŽǆ ŚĂůĨͿ KĨ Ă ǀĞƌǇ ƐŵĂůů ƉƵŵƉŬŝŶ Zest of one orange Total cost for one batch: £4.50 Method:

ďƵƩ Ğƌ ƚŽŐĞƚŚĞƌ ŝŶ Ă ŐůĂƐƐ ĚŝƐŚ ŽǀĞƌ Ă ƉĂŶ ŽĨ ƐŝŵŵĞƌŝŶŐ ǁĂƚĞƌ͕ ƵŶƟ ů ƚŽƚĂůůǇ ŵĞůƚĞĚ͘ ϰͿ tŚŝƐŬ ƚŽŐĞƚŚĞƌ ƚŚĞ ĞŐŐƐ ĂŶĚ ƐƵŐĂƌ ŝŶ Ă ůĂƌŐĞ ďŽǁů ƚŚĞŶ ĂĚĚ ƚŚĞ ĐŚŽĐŽůĂƚĞ ŵŝǆƚƵƌĞ ĂŶĚ ƐƟ ƌ ƵŶƟ ů ƐŵŽŽƚŚ͘ ϱͿ 'ĞŶƚůǇ ĨŽůĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ Ň ŽƵƌ͕ ƚŚĞŶ ƚŚĞ ƌŽĂƐƚĞĚ pumpkin. ϲͿ 'ƌĂƚĞ ƚŚĞ ǌĞƐƚ ŽĨ ĂŶ ŽƌĂŶŐĞ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŵŝǆƚƵƌĞ ĂŶĚ ƐƟ ƌ ĂŐĂŝŶ͘

ϭͿ WƌĞŚĞĂƚ ǇŽƵƌ ŽǀĞŶ ƚŽ ϭϴϬ ͘ ϳͿ WŽƵƌ ƚŚĞ ŵŝǆƚƵƌĞ ŝŶƚŽ Ă ďĂŬŝŶŐ ƚƌĂǇ ůŝŶĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ϮͿ WĞĞů ĂŶĚ ĚĞͲƐĞĞĚ ƚŚĞ ƉƵŵƉŬŝŶ͕ ĐƵƫ ŶŐ ŚĂůĨ greaseproof paper. ŝŶƚŽ Ɵ ŶǇ ĐƵďĞƐ͘ WůĂĐĞ ĐƵďĞƐ ŽŶ Ă ďĂŬŝŶŐ ƚƌĂǇ ĂŶĚ ƌŽĂƐƚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŽǀĞŶ ĨŽƌ ƚǁĞŶƚǇ ŵŝŶƵƚĞƐ͘ ϴͿ ĂŬĞ ĨŽƌ Ϯϱ ŵŝŶƵƚĞƐ͕ ƌĞŵŽǀĞ͕ ůĞĂǀĞ ƚŽ ĐŽŽů͕ ĐƵƚ ŝŶƚŽ ƐƋƵĂƌĞƐ ĂŶĚ ĚƵƐƚ ǁŝƚŚ ŝĐŝŶŐ ƐƵŐĂƌ͘ ^ĞƌǀĞ ϯͿ DĞĂŶǁŚŝůĞ͕ ŚĞĂƚ ƚŚĞ ďƌŽŬĞŶ ĐŚŽĐŽůĂƚĞ ĂŶĚ ǁŝƚŚ ǀĂŶŝůůĂ ŝĐĞ ĐƌĞĂŵ Žƌ ŽƌĂŶŐĞ ƐŽƌďĞƚ͘

LIFESTYLE 19

concrete.lifestyle@uea.ac.uk TUESDAY 3rd NOVEMBER 2009

Confessions of a UEA student Grace Allen tells all about what lies ahead for us poor indebted students. I am currently in my last year of university studying History of Art, which means that I’m one of many trying to come to terms with the prospect of entering into the ‘real’ world. I recently stumbled across an ĂƌƟĐůĞ ŝŶ Grazia (this is what I’m reading when I should be doing ĚŝƐƐĞƌƚĂƟŽŶ ƌĞƐĞĂƌĐŚͿ͕ ŝŶ ǁŚŝĐŚ a 23 year old and a 37 year old ĚĞďĂƚĞĚ ƚŚĞ ĚŝĸĐƵůƟĞƐ ĞŶĐŽƵŶƚĞƌĞĚ ŝŶ ŐƌĂĚƵĂƟŶŐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƌĞƐƉĞĐƟǀĞ ŐĞŶĞƌĂƟŽŶƐ͘ / ĐŽƵůĚŶ͛ƚ ŚĞůƉ ďƵƚ agree with the older lady; perhaps ǁĞ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ĞǆƉĞĐƚ ƚŽ ĮŶĚ ǁŽƌŬ ĂŌĞƌ ǁĞ ůĞĂǀĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ďĞůŝĞǀĞ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŽ ŚĂǀĞ ĂĐƚƵĂůůǇ ĂƩĞŶĚĞĚ Ă ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ ĂŶĚ ůĞŌ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ĚĞŐƌĞĞ ŝƐ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ outstanding. My brother graduated last ƐƵŵŵĞƌ ĂŶĚ ǀĞƌǇ ĐŽŶƐĐŝĞŶƟŽƵƐůǇ ĞŵďĂƌŬĞĚ ŽŶ Ă ƚǁŽͲŵŽŶƚŚ ƚĞĂĐŚŝŶŐ course. It sounded hard going; ƉƌĂĐƟƐŝŶŐ ŚŝƐ ƚĞĂĐŚŝŶŐ ƚĞĐŚŶŝƋƵĞƐ on a Spanish guy with halitosis and a ŇŝƌƚĂƟŽƵƐ ŵŝĚĚůĞͲĂŐĞĚ ǁŽŵĂŶ͘ dŚĞ ƌĞƐƵůƚ ǁĂƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŚĞ ŐŽƚ Ă ĐĞƌƟĮĐĂƚĞ at the end of it and once again was ŝŶƐƟůůĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ƐĞŶƐĞ ŽĨ ĐŽŶĮĚĞŶĐĞ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚŝƐ ƟŵĞ ŚĞ ǁŽƵůĚ ĐĞƌƚĂŝŶůǇ ŐĞƚ Ă ũŽď͘ tŚŝĐŚ ŚĞ ĚŝĚ͙ǁŽƌŬŝŶŐ ŝŶ Ă ĐƵƉĐĂŬĞ ƐŚŽƉ͘ ,ŝƐ ĐŽŶĮĚĞŶĐĞ ŵĂǇ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ƐŚŽƚ ďƵƚ ŚĞ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞƐ ƚŽ ŐƌŝŶ ĂŶĚ ďĞĂƌ ŝƚ Ăƚ ͚ ƵƩĞƌĐƵƉ͛ ;ǁĞĂƌŝŶŐ Ă ůŝŵĞͲŐƌĞĞŶ ĂƉƌŽŶ͙ƉŽŽƌ ŐƵǇͿ͘ dŚĞ ƉŽŝŶƚ ŝƐ ƚŚĂƚ ůĞĂǀŝŶŐ ƵŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ ǁŝůů ŝŶĞǀŝƚĂďůǇ ďĞ ƋƵŝƚĞ unpalatable; living at home again, ǁŽƌŬŝŶŐ ƐŽŵĞ ĚĞĂĚͲĞŶĚ ďĂƌƚĞŶĚŝŶŐ job and wondering what good all those years of studying did. So I say this: it isn’t going to be plain sailing, so get as much out of UEA as you can before everything gets that bit more serious.

Concrete Pub Guide 2009/10

Following last issues Confession, Bruce Sigrist went out this week consuming beverages strictly for research purposes to bring you the ultimate guide to pubbing in Norwich. A wise man once said: “I love pubs,” ĂŶĚ ǁŚŽ ĂƌĞ ǁĞ ƚŽ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶ ǁŝƐĞ men? With this air of nonsense in mind, Concrete set out on a mission ƚŽ ŐŽ ďĞǇŽŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƵƐƵĂů ƌŽƵƟŶĞ ŽĨ > Zͬ WƌŝŶĐĞ ŽĨ tĂůĞƐ ZŽĂĚ ĂŶĚ ĚĞůǀĞ ŝŶƚŽ Norwich’s famed pubs.

ƚŚĞ ŚĂŝƌǇ ĚŝƐƉŽƐŝƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ĞŶũŽǇ tŽŽĚĨŽƌĚĞ͛Ɛ EŽŐ ĂŶĚ ƉŝĐŬůĞĚ ĞŐŐƐ͘ /ƚ ŚĂƐ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ǁŽŽĚĞŶ ůŽŽŬ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ WƌŝŶĐĞ ŽĨ tĂůĞƐ ʹ ŝĨ Ă ůŝƩůĞ ŽůĚĞƌ ʹ ĂŶĚ ŵĂŬĞƐ ĨŽƌ Ă ĮŶĞ ǀŝƐŝƚ ŽŶ Ă ƐƵŶŶǇ ĚĂǇ ǁŚĞŶ ƚŚĞ ƐĞĐůƵĚĞĚ ƌŝǀĞƌƐŝĚĞ ĚĞĐŬŝŶŐ is open.

Prince of Wales Pub

Norwich Playhouse

dŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ǀŝƐŝƚ ƚƵƌŶĞĚ ŽƵƚ ƚŽ ŇŽƵƚ ƚŚĞƐĞ ƌƵůĞƐ͖ ƚŚĞ ĂƉƚůǇ ŶĂŵĞĚ WƌŝŶĐĞ ŽĨ tĂůĞƐ WƵď͙ŽŶ WƌŝŶĐĞ ŽĨ tĂůĞƐ ZŽĂĚ͘ ǀĞƌǇ ͚ƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶĂů͛ ƉƵď͕ dŚĞ WƌŝŶĐĞ ŽĨ tĂůĞƐ ŝƐ ƐůĞĞŬ͕ ĐůĞĂŶ ĂŶĚ ŚĂƐ ƚŚĞ ĚĂƌŬ ŵĂŚŽŐĂŶǇ ůŽŽŬ ǁĞ͛ƌĞ Ăůů ĨĂŵŝůŝĂƌ ǁŝƚŚ͘ WĞƌŚĂƉƐ ŵŽƌĞ ŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚůǇ͕ ŝƚ͛Ɛ where we’ve been buying our Carnage dͲƐŚŝƌƚƐ ŽǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ ůĂƐƚ ĨĞǁ ǁĞĞŬƐ͘ dŚĞ WƌŝŶĐĞ ŽĨ tĂůĞƐ ŝƐ ŐƌĞĂƚ ƐƚĂƌƟŶŐ ƉŽŝŶƚ ĨŽƌ Ă ŶŝŐŚƚ ŽƵƚ ĚƵĞ ƚŽ ŝƚƐ ůŽĐĂƟŽŶ͕ which is why you’ve probably already heard of it.

dŚĞ WůĂǇŚŽƵƐĞ ŐŽƚ ĚĞĂůƚ Ă ďĂĚ ŚĂŶĚ ŽŶ ŝƚƐ ǀŝƐŝƚ ;ŝƚ ǁĂƐ d, d ǁĞƚ &ƌŝĚĂǇ ŶŝŐŚƚ Ă ĐŽƵƉůĞ ŽĨ ǁĞĞŬƐ ďĂĐŬͿ ďƵƚ ŶŽŶĞƚŚĞůĞƐƐ ƐŚŽǁĞĚ ƌĞƐŽůƵƚĞůǇ ƌŝƟƐŚ ƐƉŝƌŝƚ ĂƐ ĮŌǇ ƐŽĂŬŝŶŐ ĮŐƵƌĞƐ ŚƵĚĚůĞĚ ƵƉ ŝŶĚŽŽƌƐ ĂŶĚ ƋƵŝĞƚůǇ ŐƌƵŵďůĞĚ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ ŶŽƚ ĂƐ ƐƉĂĐĞǇ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ĂďŽǀĞͲŵĞŶƟŽŶĞĚ ǀĞŶƵĞƐ͕ ďƵƚ ŵŽƌĞ ƚŚĂŶ ŵĂŬĞƐ ƵƉ for that with a great atmosphere and some daring décor. It’s worth ŶŽƟŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ĂƐ ĂŶ ĂĐĐŽŵƉĂŶǇŝŶŐ ďĂƌ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƚŚĞĂƚƌĞ͕ ƚŚĞ WůĂǇŚŽƵƐĞ ŝƐ understandably small but even by ƌĞƉƵƚĂƟŽŶ ŵĂŶĂŐĞƐ ƚŽ ŚŽůĚ ŝƚƐ ŽǁŶ against some of the bigger pubs in EŽƌǁŝĐŚ͘ ,ĂǀŝŶŐ ƐĂŝĚ ƚŚĂƚ͕ ƚŚĞ ĚƌŝŶŬƐ are rather pricey; perhaps that’s one ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƉŝƞĂůůƐ ŽĨ ƐŚĂƌŝŶŐ ǇŽƵƌ ůŝĐĞŶƐĞ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ƉŽƉƵůĂƌ ƚŚĞĂƚƌĞ͘ dŚĞ ƌƚ ^ĐŚŽŽů Student Union also warrants a shout out…converted church anyone?

The Compleat Angler &ƵƌƚŚĞƌ ĚŽǁŶ͕ ďǇ ƚŚĞ ZŝǀĞƌƐŝĚĞ ƌŝĚŐĞ͕ ƐŝƚƐ ƚŚĞ ŽŵƉůĞĂƚ ŶŐůĞƌ͘ KǀĞƌůŽŽŬŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ZŝǀĞƌ zĂƌĞ ĂŶĚ ŶŽƚ ƚǁŽ ŵŝŶƵƚĞƐ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ƚƌĂŝŶ ƐƚĂƟŽŶ͕ ƚŚĞ ŶŐůĞƌ ŝƐ a great place to go not just before a meet or a train, but if you’re of

The Garden House Pub KŶĞ ƉƵď ƚŚĂƚ ƌĞĂůůǇ ƐƉĞĂŬƐ ĨŽƌ ŝƚƐĞůĨ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ 'ĂƌĚĞŶ ,ŽƵƐĞ͘ dŚĞ ŶĂŵĞ ƐĂǇƐ ŝƚ all; the place prides itself on a sizeable, ƉĂƌƚůǇ ƐŚĞůƚĞƌĞĚ ŽƵƚĚŽŽƌ ƉĂƟŽ ĂƌĞĂ͘ Obviously this is weather dependent, ďƵƚ ŝƚƐ ůŽĐĂƟŽŶ ;WĞŵďƌŽŬĞ ZŽĂĚ͕ ƌŝŐŚƚ ŶĞĂƌ hŶƚŚĂŶŬͿ ŐƵĂƌĂŶƚĞĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ it’s within an arm’s reach from a lot of students. When Concrete visited ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ƐĞĞŵĞĚ ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ ƵƉ ŵŽƐƚ of the clientele, which explained the ĨƌŝĞŶĚůǇ ŚŝŐŚͲƉŝƚĐŚĞĚ ŚƵďďƵď ƚŚĂƚ ƐĞĞŵĞĚ ƚŽ ĨŽůůŽǁ ƵƐ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ͘ dŚŝƐ ŝƐ ĚĞĮŶŝƚĞůǇ Ă ƉƵď ƚŽ ĐŽŶŐƌĞŐĂƚĞ ŝŶ ĂŶĚ if memory serves, a great place to ďƌŝŶŐ Ă ƉŝŵƉĞĚͲƵƉ ǁŚĞĞůďĂƌƌŽǁ ŽŶĐĞ a year.

Beluga Bar On the more ‘suave’ side of things, ĞůƵŐĂ ǁĂƐ Ă ŐƌĞĂƚ ĮŶĚ ĂŶĚ Ă ǁŽƌƚŚǇ ĂĚĚŝƟŽŶ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ďƵƐŝĞƌ ĂƌĞĂ ŽĨ ƚŽǁŶ͘ Apparently a new establishment, this ƚŚƌĞĞͲƐƚŽƌĞǇ ďĂƌ ŚĂƐ ƚĂŬĞŶ ƵƉŽŶ ŝƚƐĞůĨ ƚŽ Įůů ƵƉ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚƌŽŶĞƐ͕ ĐŚĂŶĚĞůŝĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ ƉŽůŝƐŚ͕ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ ŝƚ ƌĞŵŝŶŝƐĐĞŶƚ ŽĨ Ă ƌŽǇĂů palace rather than a Norwich boozer. dŚĞ ǁŚŽůĞ ƌŽŽĨ ŝƐ Ă ŐŝĂŶƚ ƐŵŽŬŝŶŐ terrace and allows plenty of room for

ǁŚĂƚ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ďĞ Ă ůŽƚ ŽĨ ĞŶƚŚƵƐŝĂƐƟĐ pub crawlers once word gets around. It’s one of those places that hasn’t made up its mind whether or not it’s Ă ďĂƌ Žƌ ĐůƵď͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝƐ ũƵƐƚ ĂƐ ǁĞůů͘ >ŝŬĞ WƌŝŶĐĞ ŽĨ tĂůĞƐ͕ ĞůƵŐĂ ŝƐ Ă ƐƚŽŶĞ͛Ɛ ƚŚƌŽǁ ĂǁĂǇ ĨƌŽŵ WŽ EĂ EĂ ĂŶĚ ŵĂŬĞƐ Ă ŐƌĞĂƚ ĐŚĂŶŐĞ ĨƌŽŵ ƉƌĞͲĚƌŝŶŬŝŶŐ ŝŶ ǇŽƵƌ ůŝǀŝŶŐ ƌŽŽŵ͘ zŽƵ ĂƌĞ ůŽŽŬŝŶŐ Ăƚ over £4 for a Jagerbomb though.

The Birdcage dŚĞ ŝƌĚĐĂŐĞ ŝƐ ĚĞĮŶŝƚĞůǇ Ă ŚŝŐŚůŝŐŚƚ of the Norwich bar scene. Situated in WŽƩĞƌŐĂƚĞ ;ƚŚŽƐĞ ďĂĐŬ ĂůůĞǇƐ ŶĞĂƌ ƚŚĞ ŵĂƌŬĞƚ ƉůĂĐĞͿ͕ ŝƚ ƐŚŝŶĞƐ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ǁĂƌŵ͕ vintage ůŽŽŬ ĂŶĚ ʹ ůŝŬĞ ŵŽƐƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƉƵďƐ ĐŽǀĞƌĞĚ ʹ ŝƐ ŚŝŐŚůǇ ĂĚĂƉƚĂďůĞ ƚŽ ůŝǀĞ ŵƵƐŝĐ͕ ƋƵŝǌǌĞƐ Žƌ ĚĂǇƟŵĞ ƌĞůĂǆŝŶŐ͘ /Ĩ Ă ƉƵď ŚĂƐ ĐĂŬĞƐ ĂŶĚ ďŽĂƌĚ ŐĂŵĞƐ ŽŶ display, you don’t need to try hard to be pleasantly surprised. ŽŶĐƌĞƚĞ ŚŽƉĞƐ ǇŽƵ͛ůů ŬĞĞƉ ĂŶ ĞǇĞ out for some of these gems. Most are surrounded by neighbouring pubs and ŵĂŬĞ ŐƌĞĂƚ ƐƚĂƌƟŶŐ ƉŽŝŶƚƐ ƚŽ ƚŚŽƐĞ spontaneous, unplanned nights that ŝŶĞǀŝƚĂďůǇ ĞŶĚ ŝŶ ƚƌĂĸĐ ĐŽŶĞƐ͘

Can you face winter? Vicki Wheatland

ƌƌ͊͘͘͘ŚĂƐ ĂŶǇŽŶĞ ŶŽƟĐĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ǁŝŶƚĞƌ ŝƐ ĂůŵŽƐƚ ŚĞƌĞ͍ zŽƵƌ ƐŬŝŶ ĐĞƌƚĂŝŶůǇ has. As the largest organ on the ŚƵŵĂŶ ďŽĚǇ͕ ǇŽƵƌ ƐŬŝŶ ŝƐ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĂůůǇ ǁŽƌŬŝŶŐ ƚŽ ŬĞĞƉ ŚĂƌŵĨƵů ŶĂƐƟĞƐ ĂǁĂǇ ĨƌŽŵ ǇŽƵƌ ĚĞůŝĐĂƚĞ ƟƐƐƵĞ͕ ǀĞƐƐĞůƐ ĂŶĚ bones. With winter fast approaching and bringing its entourage of icy winds, freezing temperatures and ŝŶĚŽŽƌ ŚĞĂƟŶŐ͕ ǇŽƵƌ ƐŬŝŶ ŝƐ ǁŽƌŬŝŶŐ ŽǀĞƌƟŵĞ ƚŽ ŬĞĞƉ ǇŽƵ ůŽŽŬŝŶŐ ǇŽƵƌ usual radiant self. dŚĞ ƐŬŝŶ ĐŽŶƐƚĂŶƚůǇ ƉƌŽĚƵĐĞƐ lipids and these molecules prevent it from losing moisture. Although ƚŚĞ ŵŽŝƐƚƵƌĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƐŬŝŶ ĐŽŶƐƚĂŶƚůǇ evaporates, during the winter months it loses the opportunity to moisturise ŝƚƐĞůĨ͕ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ƵŶůŝŬĞ ŝŶ ƐƵŵŵĞƌǇ ŚƵŵŝĚ ĐŽŶĚŝƟŽŶƐ ƚŚĞ ƐŬŝŶ ĐĂŶƚ ƌĞƉůĞŶŝƐŚ ŝƚƐĞůĨ ďǇ ƐŽĂŬŝŶŐ ƵƉ ŵŽŝƐƚƵƌĞ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ Ăŝƌ͘ dŚŝƐ ŽŌĞŶ ůĞĂǀĞƐ ƵƐ ǁŝƚŚ ĚƌǇ ĂŶĚ ĐŚĂƉƉĞĚ ƐŬŝŶ͘ dŚĞ ŬĞǇ ŝƐ ŵŽŝƐƚƵƌŝƐĂƟŽŶ͊ zŽƵ may have that new snug winter coat ƚŽ ŬĞĞƉ ǇŽƵƌ ďŽĚǇ ƚŽĂƐƚǇ͕ ďƵƚ ƚŚĞ ƐŬŝŶ

on your face is exposed every day to the harsh winter elements. For you lovelies who may already be clued ƵƉ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ďĞŶĞĮƚƐ ŽĨ ŵŽŝƐƚƵƌŝƐŝŶŐ͕ using your normal tried and tested moisturiser may not be enough to ƉƌŽƚĞĐƚ ǇŽƵƌ ĚĞůŝĐĂƚĞ ƐŬŝŶ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŵŽŶƚŚƐ ƚŽ ĐŽŵĞ͘ ůƐŽ͕ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ĞƐƐĞŶƟĂů ƚŽ ŬĞĞƉ ƵƐŝŶŐ Ă ŵŽŝƐƚƵƌŝƐĞƌ ǁŝƚŚ ĂŶ ^W& factor in the winter. Whilst a reminder that the summer months have past, ƚŚĞ ĚĂŵĂŐŝŶŐ ĞīĞĐƚƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐƵŶ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ǁŝŶƚĞƌ ǁŝƚŚ hs ĂŶĚ hs ƌĂǇƐ ƐƟůů ŽƵƚ ƚŽ ĂŐĞ ĂŶĚ ŚĂƌŵ ŽƵƌ ƐŬŝŶ͘ But what moisturiser to choose? ŽŶĐƌĞƚĞ͛Ɛ ĚŽŶĞ Ă ůŝƩůĞ ƐŶŽŽƉŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ shortlisted the best of the best (You ĐĂŶ ƚŚĂŶŬ ƵƐ ůĂƚĞƌ͊Ϳ͘ Best Budget Buy – 4 stars Simple Skin Replenishing Rich Moisturiser. ƚ ŽŶůǇ άϯ͘Ϯϵ͕ ƚŚŝƐ ůŝƩůĞ ŵŽŝƐƚƵƌŝƐĞƌ is great for everyday use. Light enough ƚŽ ĚŽƵďůĞ ƵƉ ĂƐ Ă ŵĂŬĞͲƵƉ ďĂƐĞ͕ ĐŚĞĂƉ

ĞŶŽƵŐŚ ƚŽ ƵƐĞ ůŝďĞƌĂůůǇ ĂŶĚ ƉĂĐŬĞĚ ĨƵůů ǁŝƚŚ WƌŽͲsŝƚĂŵŝŶ ϱ ĂŶĚ hs ĮůƚĞƌƐ ƚŽ ŚĞůƉ ďĂƩůĞ ĂŐĂŝŶƐƚ ƚŚŽƐĞ ƉĞƐŬǇ hs and UVB rays. What more could you ĂƐŬ ĨŽƌ͍ Best Buy for Oily Skin – 3 stars ůŝŶƋƵĞ ƌĂŵĂƟĐĂůůǇ ŝīĞƌĞŶƚ DŽŝƐƚƵƌŝƐŝŶŐ >ŽƟŽŶ ;άϭϱ͘ϬϬͿ͘ ůƚŚŽƵŐŚ ƋƵŝƚĞ ƉƌŝĐĞǇ͕ ůŝŶƋƵĞ ĐůĂŝŵƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚŝƐ ůŽƟŽŶ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ ũƵƐƚ ĂŶǇ ŽůĚ ůŽƟŽŶ ďƵƚ Ă ͚ŵŽŝƐƚƵƌĞ ĚƌŝŶŬ͛͘ WĞƌĨĞĐƚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚŽƐĞ ǁŝƚŚ ŽŝůǇ ƐŬŝŶ͖ ŝƚ ŝƐ able to moisturise and protect without ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌƌǇ ŽĨ Ă ďƌĞĂŬ ŽƵƚ͘ Concrete’s star buy! - 5 stars KůĂǇ ŽŵƉůĞƚĞ ĂƌĞ DƵůƟͲƌĂĚŝĂŶĐĞ ĐƌĞĂŵ ϭϬϬŵů ;άϳ͘ϰϵͿ ƌĂŵŵĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ǀŝƚĂŵŝŶ W ĂŶĚ ^W& ϭϱ͕ ƚŚŝƐ ŽŶĞ ŐŝǀĞƐ Ăůů ĚĂǇ ƉƌŽƚĞĐƟŽŶ with minimal greasiness and ŝůůƵŵŝŶĂƟŶŐ ƉĂƌƟĐůĞƐ͘ dŚŝƐ ƉƌŽĚƵĐƚ is without doubt the holy grail of all winter moisturisers, and at a great price. Sold.

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Diary of a student smallholder The concept of ‘food miles’ is now being widely talked about in the media. Tom Hunt reports on the successes and challenges of an attempt to produce food closer to home. It all began with a crazy idea: why not keep chickens in our own back garden to provide free-range eggs and give the local community something to work together on? Before we knew it, the idea had become an impending reality as the long summer weeks ĚƌŝŌ ĞĚ ďǇ͕ ĂŶĚ ŝŶ ŶŽ Ɵ ŵĞ ǁĞ ǁĞƌĞ ready to pick up our poultry. Over the course of the past decade, Britain has lost 200,000 allotments to developers. According to Country Smallholding, around 100,000 ƉĞŽƉůĞ ĂƌĞ ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚůǇ ŽŶ ǁĂŝƟ ŶŐ ůŝƐƚƐ for land. With this backlog, we set about making our own way towards smallholding. A patch of waste land opposite the house had been chosen for the ƐŝƚĞ ŽĨ ŽƵƌ ƉƌŽũĞĐƚ͕ ĚĞŶƐĞ ǁŝƚŚ ŶĞƩ ůĞƐ and bracken that we vigorously set ĂďŽƵƚ ĐƵƫ ŶŐ ďĂĐŬ ƚŽ ďĂƌĞ ĞĂƌƚŚ͘ ůŽŶŐƐŝĚĞ ĂŶ ŽƉƟ ŵŝƐƟ Đ ǀĞŐĞƚĂďůĞ

ƉůŽƚ͕ Ă ďůŽƐƐŽŵŝŶŐ ĞůĚĞƌŇ ŽǁĞƌ ƚƌĞĞ and a mountainous compost heap, we put together a ramshackle pen held together by chicken-wire and bamboo. With some help from the neighbourhood kids, we had transformed a wild spot into a secret garden. Finally, a chicken run arrived through the post, was quickly assembled – upside down – reassembled correctly and placed in the centre of the hideaway. Now all we needed were chickens. /ƚ ǁĂƐ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚŝƐ ŝŶƚĞŶƟ ŽŶ ƚŚĂƚ ǁĞ ĐůĂŵďĞƌĞĚ ŝŶƚŽ Ă Ɵ ŶǇ ĐĂƌ ĂŶĚ ƉŽŽƚůĞĚ ĚŽǁŶ ƐƵŶͲŵŽƩ ůĞĚ ĐŽƵŶƚƌǇ ůĂŶĞƐ ƚŽ the tunes of Michael Jackson. On our arrival at the farm, the farmer plucked up four lucky cluckers: for a pound apiece they were bargains. Hurrying home, we were keen to introduce the warbling fowl to their new abode and to get them

out of the car before their droppings ŽŽǌĞĚ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ Ň ŝŵƐǇ ďĂƐĞ ŽĨ the cardboard box. Mess averted, we set them down and opened the lid. A cacophony of cackling and ĨƌĂŶƟ Đ Ň ĂƉƉŝŶŐ ďƵƌƐƚ ĨŽƌƚŚ͕ ĂƐ ƚŚĞǇ ƐĐĂƩ ĞƌĞĚ ƚŽ ĞƐĐĂƉĞ͘ Ŷ ŚŽƵƌ Žƌ ƐŽ later, scratched and exhausted, we had them all gathered together again from various neighbourhood gardens and adjusted them to their new surroundings. ƚ Į ƌƐƚ͕ ƚŚĞ ǁŚŽůĞ ƚŚŝŶŐ ƌĂŶ smoothly enough and we quickly ĐŽůůĞĐƚĞĚ ŽƵƌ Į ƌƐƚ ĨĞǁ ĞŐŐƐ͘ dŚĞ ƌƵŶ held up well, keeping the chickens secure from foxes and other ĚĂŶŐĞƌƐ͘ dŚĞ ĐŚŝĐŬĞŶƐ ĞǀĞŶ ĂĐƋƵŝƌĞĚ Ăī ĞĐƟ ŽŶĂƚĞ ŶŝĐŬŶĂŵĞƐ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ǁĞ soon hit a serious snag. One evening, we gathered them into bed and locked them up for the night. On returning to replenish their water, we were

ƐŚŽĐŬĞĚ ƚŽ Į ŶĚ ƚŚĞŵ ŐŽŶĞ͘ dŚĞ ĚŽŽƌ unlocked, they had been swiped from ƵŶĚĞƌ ŽƵƌ ŶŽƐĞƐ ŝŶ ŶŽ Ɵ ŵĞ͘ /ŶĐƌĞĚŝďůǇ͕ it appeared that West Earlham was plagued by a mysterious chicken thief: ǁĞ ǁĞƌĞ ŵĞƌĞůǇ ƚŚĞ ůĂƚĞƐƚ ǀŝĐƟ ŵƐ ŝŶ Ă series of chick-nappings, which went on over the summer. &ŽƌůŽƌŶůǇ͕ ǁĞ ǁĞƌĞ ůĞŌ ƚŽ ƉŽŶĚĞƌ the fate of Meg, Muriel, Marjoram and Madeleine, brooding over a few

ŐůĂƐƐĞƐ ŽĨ ĞůĚĞƌŇ ŽǁĞƌ ĐŽƌĚŝĂů͕ ĂƐ we wondered why the perpetrator couldn’t have gone up the road to take chickens being given away for virtually nothing instead. Now all we have is a pen full of thriving corn stalks, a sad testament to our lack of chickens. Nevertheless, we remain convinced that it can be done and the idea of student smallholding has not been abandoned.

The organic myth? 5 minutes with: It is commonly taken for granted now that buying organic food is better in a number of ways. Miha Klement considers whether there is truth in the organic claims. dŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ƐĐŝĞŶƟ Į Đ ƐƚƵĚŝĞƐ ŝŶ ĂďƵŶĚĂŶĐĞ͕ ďƵƚ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ƐƟ ůů ŶŽ answer as to whether organic farming is the way to go. EƵƚƌŝƟ ŽŶ ǁŝƐĞ͕ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ŶŽ evidence that organically produced is ĂŶǇ ďĞƩ Ğƌ ƚŚĂŶ ĐŽŶǀĞŶƟ ŽŶĂůůǇ ŐƌŽǁŶ food. A team from the London School ŽĨ ,ǇŐŝĞŶĞ Θ dƌŽƉŝĐĂů DĞĚŝĐŝŶĞ examined 162 papers that compared ŽƌŐĂŶŝĐ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŶǀĞŶƟ ŽŶĂůůǇ ƉƌŽĚƵĐĞĚ food and concluded there is no evidence to support the claims that ŽƌŐĂŶŝĐ ŝƐ ŵŽƌĞ ŶƵƚƌŝƟ ŽƵƐ͘ ŶŽƚŚĞƌ claim made is that ‘organic food tastes ďĞƩ Ğƌ͛͘ ƉŽƉƵůĂƌ ƐƚƵĚǇ ďǇ WĞŶŶ Θ dĞůůĞƌ ĚĞŵŽŶƐƚƌĂƚĞƐ ŚŽǁ ƚŚĞ ŽƌŐĂŶŝĐ ŝĚĞĂů ĐĂŶ ĂůƚĞƌ ƉĞŽƉůĞ͛Ɛ ĞǆƉĞĐƚĂƟ ŽŶƐ ĂŶĚ ĐŚĂŶŐĞ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƉĞƌĐĞƉƟ ŽŶƐ ŽĨ ƌĞĂůŝƚǇ͘ dŚĞ ƐƚƵĚǇ ĐŽŶƐŝƐƚƐ ŽĨ Ă ĐŽŶǀĞŶƟ ŽŶĂůůǇ ŐƌŽǁŶ ďĂŶĂŶĂ ĐƵƚ ŝŶ half. One half is then labelled organic and the other non-organic. Random passers-by are then asked to taste ĞĂĐŚ ĂŶĚ ƉŝĐŬ ƚŚĞ ďĞƩ Ğƌ ŚĂůĨ͘ ϵϬ ƉĞƌ cent of the subjects picked the organic ďĂŶĂŶĂ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ďĞƩ Ğƌ ŽŶĞ ĂŶĚ ƐĂŝĚ things like; “It actually tastes more like a banana, if that makes sense.”

Ƶƚ ŶƵƚƌŝƟ ŽŶ ĂŶĚ ƚĂƐƚĞ ĂƌĞ possibly lesser worries in the minds of organic shoppers: claims that it is ďĞƩ Ğƌ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĞŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚ ĂŶĚ ƉƵďůŝĐ health are more commonly cited. While it remains unclear whether ƚŚĞ ĂŵŽƵŶƚƐ ŽĨ ƉĞƐƟ ĐŝĚĞƐ ƵƐĞĚ ŝŶ ĐŽŶǀĞŶƟ ŽŶĂů ĨĂƌŵŝŶŐ ĂƌĞ ŚŝŐŚ ĞŶŽƵŐŚ to be a health hazard, it is certainly ŽŌ ĞŶ ƐĂŝĚ ƚŚĂƚ ŽƌŐĂŶŝĐĂůůǇ ƉƌŽĚƵĐĞĚ ĨŽŽĚ ŝƐ ǭďĞƩ Ğƌ ĨŽƌ ǇŽƵ͛͘ When considering the ĞŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚ͕ ĐůĂŝŵƐ ĂƌĞ ŽŌ ĞŶ ŵĂĚĞ that organic food generates healthy soils and reduces soil erosion. In this case organic farmers do frequently rotate crops, but in some cases the ĨƌĞƋƵĞŶƚ Ɵ ůůŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƚĂĐŬůĞ ƚŚĞ ǁĞĞĚƐ ŝƐ actually causing erosion. So it could ďĞ ĂƌŐƵĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƚ ǁŽƵůĚ ďĞ ďĞƩ Ğƌ ƚŽ use herbicides to tackle the problem. It has come to a point now where ƐƚŽƌĞƐ Žī Ğƌ ŽƌŐĂŶŝĐ ƐĂůƚ͖ ĂŶǇŽŶĞ ƚŚĂƚ

has ever seen an African salt mine can tell you that the only organic thing is ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌŬĞƌƐ͘ dŚĞ ƉƌŽďůĞŵ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ organic label is that is symbolizes that the person who buys it cares about everything from famine in the third ǁŽƌůĚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ Į ƐŚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ůŽĐĂů ƐƚƌĞĂŵ͘ It’s like Nike promising you that if ǇŽƵ ǁĞĂƌ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƐƚƵī ͕ ǇŽƵƌ ĨƌŝĞŶĚƐ ǁŝůů ƚŚŝŶŬ ǇŽƵ͛ƌĞ ĐŽŽů ĂŶĚ ǇŽƵƌ ĂƚŚůĞƟ Đ performance will increase. But of course it’s not all that Őƌŝŵ͘ dŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ŵĂŶǇ ŐŽŽĚ ĂƐƉĞĐƚƐ ŽĨ ŽƌŐĂŶŝĐ ĨĂƌŵŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŶǀĞŶƟ ŽŶĂů techniques have many faults of their ŽǁŶ͘ dŚŝƐ ŝƐ ǁŚǇ ƚŚĞ ĚĞďĂƚĞ ƐŚŽƵůĚ not narrowly focus on which is ďĞƩ Ğƌ͕ ďƵƚ ŽŶ ŚŽǁ ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ ĨĂƌŵŝŶŐ sustainable. In the world of peak Žŝů ĂŶĚ ŐƌŽǁŝŶŐ ƉŽƉƵůĂƟ ŽŶƐ ĂĐƌŽƐƐ the world, this will become an increasingly pressing issue. What is ŶĞĞĚĞĚ ŶŽǁ ŝƐ Ă ƌĂƟ ŽŶĂů ĂƉƉƌŽĂĐŚ to these issues. All organic shoppers ƐŚŽƵůĚ ƌĞĐŽŶƐŝĚĞƌ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĐĞƌƚĂŝŶƟ ĞƐ with regard to organic foods and make sure they are not just a part of a huge farming religion, that in the US alone brings in some $23 billion.

ǁǁǁ͘ƚƌĂŶƐŝƟ ŽŶŶŽƌǁŝĐŚ͘ŽƌŐ ŽŶĐƌĞƚĞ ƐƉĞŶƚ Į ǀĞ ŵŝŶƵƚĞƐ ǁŝƚŚ dƌĂŶƐŝƟ ŽŶ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ͛Ɛ ŶŶĞ ŝƐŵŽŽƌ ĂŶĚ ůŝǀĞ >ĞŐŐĞƩ ͕ ǁŚŽ are passionate about the need for ƐŝŐŶŝĮ ĐĂŶƚ ůŝĨĞƐƚǇůĞ ĐŚĂŶŐĞƐ ŝŶ ŽƌĚĞƌ to reduce our carbon footprints. tŚĂƚ ŝƐ dƌĂŶƐŝƟ ŽŶ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ͍ Anne͗ /Ŷ ĞƐƐĞŶĐĞ dƌĂŶƐŝƟ ŽŶ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ ŝƐ ĂŶ ŽƌŐĂŶŝƐĂƟ ŽŶ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƌĞĐŽŐŶŝƐĞƐ that we must become less dependent on oil and more focussed on local ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƟ ĞƐ͘ ƵƌƌĞŶƚůǇ ŽƵƌ ůŝĨĞƐƚǇůĞƐ ĂƌĞ ďĂƐĞĚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĂƐƐƵŵƉƟ ŽŶ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞƌĞ ǁŝůů ĐŽŶƟ ŶƵĞ ƚŽ ďĞ ƉůĞŶƟ ĨƵů and cheap supplies of fossil fuels, ŝŶ ƉĂƌƟ ĐƵůĂƌ ƉĞĂŬ Žŝů͘ tĞ ŶĞĞĚ ƚŽ develop a lifestyle not dependent on oil, which will require radical change. tŚĂƚ ĞƐƉĞĐŝĂůůǇ ŶĞĞĚƐ ƚŽ ĐŚĂŶŐĞ͍ Anne: We need to localise our economies as much as possible, especially when it comes to food ƐƵƉƉůŝĞƐ ĂŶĚ ĞŶĞƌŐǇ͘ dŚĞƌĞ ŶĞĞĚƐ ƚŽ

be a change in thinking as we move ĂǁĂǇ ĨƌŽŵ ďĞŝŶŐ Ă ĐŽŶƐƵŵƉƟ ŽŶ ƐŽĐŝĞƚǇ͘ dŚŝƐ ĐŽƵůĚ ŝŵƉĂĐƚ ƌĞĂůůǇ ƉŽƐŝƟ ǀĞůǇ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚǇ ŝĨ people work together. ,Žǁ ĐĂŶ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ŵĂŬĞ ĂŶ ŝŵƉĂĐƚ͍ ůŝī : Join the ‘Norlets’ scheme ;ǁĞďƐŝƚĞ͗ ǁǁǁ͘ ŶŽƌůĞƚƐ͘ŽƌŐ͘ƵŬͿ͘ dŚŝƐ is a scheme based in Norwich where people can trade skills, services and ŐŽŽĚƐ ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ ŵŽŶĞǇ͘ dŚŝƐ ůŽĐĂůŝƐĞƐ ƚŚĞ ĞĐŽŶŽŵǇ ĂŶĚ ƉŽƚĞŶƟ ĂůůǇ ĐŽƵůĚ ƐĂǀĞ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ƐŝŐŶŝĮ ĐĂŶƚ ŵŽŶĞǇ͘ Similarly, using freecycle.org is a way to engage the community in ƉƌŽƚĞĐƟ ŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƉůĂŶĞƚ͘ Anne: It’s important to reduce our food miles and buy local produce. dŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ Ă ǁŚŽůĞ ĂůƚĞƌŶĂƟ ǀĞ ůŽĐĂů ĐŽŶƐƵŵƉƟ ŽŶ ǁŽƌůĚ ŽƵƚ ƚŚĞƌĞ ĂŶĚ the best thing is for students to become a part of it. Ğǆ tŝůĞƐ

22 SPORT

concrete.sport@uea.ac.uk TUESDAY 3rd NOVEMBER 2009

Canary Corner

Five minutes with: Harry Low Ben Frith speaks to the UEA Korfball president.

/ĂŶ ,ŽďďƐ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ ŝƚǇ ŚĂǀĞ ŚĂĚ Ă ďƵƐǇ ĨŽƌƚŶŝŐŚƚ ǁŚŝĐŚ ďĞŐĂŶ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ƚĞůĞǀŝƐŝŽŶ ƐŚŽǁƉŝĞĐĞ ĂŐĂŝŶƐƚ ŚŝŐŚͲŇǇŝŶŐ >ĞĞĚƐ hŶŝƚĞĚ͕ ǁŚŽ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ƟŵĞ ǁĞƌĞ ƚŚĞ ŽŶůǇ ƐŝĚĞ ƵŶďĞĂƚĞŶ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƚŽƉ ĨŽƵƌ ƟĞƌƐ ŽĨ ŶŐůŝƐŚ ĨŽŽƚďĂůů͘ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ ƐƚĂƌƚĞĚ ďĂĚůǇ͕ ĐŽŶĐĞĚŝŶŐ ĂŶ ĞĂƌůǇ ŐŽĂů ǁŚĞŶ ƌĂĚůĞǇ :ŽŚŶƐŽŶ ŚĞĂĚĞĚ ŚŽŵĞ ĨƌŽŵ Ă ZŽďĞƌƚ ^ŶŽĚŐƌĂƐƐ ĐŽƌŶĞƌ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ ŚĂĚ Ă ŶƵŵďĞƌ ŽĨ ĐŚĂŶĐĞƐ ĨŽůůŽǁŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŐŽĂů ĂŶĚ ǁĞƌĞ ĞǀĞŶƚƵĂůůǇ ƌĞǁĂƌĚĞĚ ǁŚĞŶ ĐĂƉƚĂŝŶ 'ƌĂŶƚ ,Žůƚ ĞƋƵĂůŝƐĞĚ ĨƌŽŵ ĐůŽƐĞ ƌĂŶŐĞ͘ ŽƚŚ ƚĞĂŵƐ ŚĂĚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĐŚĂŶĐĞƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ŚĂůĨ͕ ďƵƚ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ >ĞĞĚƐ ǁŚŽ ƐŶĂƚĐŚĞĚ ǀŝĐƚŽƌǇ ǁŚĞŶ ŝƚǇ ŬĞĞƉĞƌ &ƌĂƐĞƌ &ŽƌƐƚĞƌ ŵŝƐŚŝƚ Ă ŐŽĂů ŬŝĐŬ ƐƚƌĂŝŐŚƚ ƚŽ ƐƚƌŝŬĞƌ :ĞƌŵĂŝŶĞ ĞĐŬĨŽƌĚ ǁŚŽ ƐůŽƩĞĚ ƚŚĞ ďĂůů ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ďĂĐŬ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŶĞƚ͕ ůĞĂǀŝŶŐ &ŽƌƐƚĞƌ ĂŶĚ ŚŝƐ ƚĞĂŵͲ ŵĂƚĞƐ ŇĂďďĞƌŐĂƐƚĞĚ͘ dŚĞ ĂŶĂƌŝĞƐ ŚĂĚ Ă ĐŚĂŶĐĞ ƚŽ ďŽƵŶĐĞ ďĂĐŬ ĮǀĞ ĚĂǇƐ ůĂƚĞƌ ǁŚĞŶ ƚŚĞǇ ŚŽƐƚĞĚ ^ǁŝŶĚŽŶ dŽǁŶ͘ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ ĐĂŵĞ ĐůŽƐĞ ǁŚĞŶ ,Žůƚ Śŝƚ ƚŚĞ ďĂƌ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ƉŽǁĞƌĨƵů ƐŚŽƚ ďƵƚ ƐŽŽŶ ĂŌĞƌ͕ ŚƌŝƐ DĂƌƟŶ ƐůŽƩĞĚ ŝŶ Ă ůŽǁ ƐŚŽƚ ƚŽ ŐŝǀĞ ŝƚǇ Ă ĚĞƐĞƌǀĞĚ ϭͲϬ ůĞĂĚ͘ dŚĞ ƌĞŵĂŝŶĚĞƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŐĂŵĞ ǁĂƐ ďǇ ŶŽ ŵĞĂŶƐ ĐŚĂŵƉĂŐŶĞ ĨŽŽƚďĂůů͕ ǁŝƚŚ ďŽƚŚ ƚĞĂŵƐ ŐƵŝůƚǇ ŽĨ ƐŚĂŬǇ ĚĞĨĞŶĚŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ǁĂƐƟŶŐ ĐŚĂŶĐĞƐ͘ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ ŚĞůĚ ŽŶ ƚŽ ĐůĂŝŵ Ăůů ƚŚƌĞĞ ƉŽŝŶƚƐ ĂŶĚ͕ ĂůƚŚŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ ŵĂƚĐŚ ůĂĐŬĞĚ ĞŶƚĞƌƚĂŝŶŵĞŶƚ͕ ƚŚĞ ĨĂŶƐ ǁĞƌĞ ŚĂƉƉǇ

ƚŽ ƐĞĞ ƚŚĞ ƚĞĂŵ ŵŽǀĞ ƵƉ ƚŽ ĮŌŚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ůĞĂŐƵĞ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ŵĂŶĂŐĞƌ >ĂŵďĞƌƚ ƐƚĂƟŶŐ ĂŌĞƌ ƚŚĞ ŐĂŵĞ ƚŚĂƚ ĂƵƚŽŵĂƟĐ ƉƌŽŵŽƟŽŶ ŝƐ Ă ĨĂŝƌ Ăŝŵ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĂŶĂƌŝĞƐ ƚŚŝƐ ƐĞĂƐŽŶ͘ EŽƌǁŝĐŚ͛Ɛ ŶĞǆƚ ĐŚĂůůĞŶŐĞ ĐĂŵĞ ĂǁĂǇ ƚŽ ŽƵƚͲŽĨͲƐŽƌƚƐ ^ƚŽĐŬƉŽƌƚ͘ ,Žůƚ ƐĐŽƌĞĚ Ă ďƌĂĐĞ ĂŶĚ tĞƐ ,ŽŽůĂŚĂŶ ƐĐŽƌĞĚ Ă ƉĞŶĂůƚǇ ĂŌĞƌ ŚƌŝƐ DĂƌƟŶ ŚĂĚ ďĞĞŶ ĨŽƵůĞĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ďŽǆ͘ ^ƚŽĐŬƉŽƌƚ ĚŝĚ ŐĞƚ ƚŚĞŵƐĞůǀĞƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƐĐŽƌĞ ƐŚĞĞƚ ďƵƚ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ ŶŽƚŚŝŶŐ ŵŽƌĞ ƚŚĂŶ Ă ĐŽŶƐŽůĂƟŽŶ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ĂŶĂƌŝĞƐ ƚƌŝƵŵƉŚĞĚ ϯͲϭ͘

,Žǁ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐĨƵů ǁĞƌĞ ƚŚĞ <ŽƌĩĂůů ƚĞĂŵ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ h ^ ĐŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐŚŝƉ ůĂƐƚ ǇĞĂƌ͍ tĞůů͕ ŽƵƌ ĮƌƐƚ ƚĞĂŵ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ŽŶůǇ ƚĞĂŵ ŝŶ h ^ ĂŶĚ ŝƚ ǁĂƐŶ͛ƚ ƚŚĂƚ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐĨƵů ŝŶ ƚŚĂƚ ǁĞ ĐĂŵĞ ƚĞŶƚŚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵŶƚƌǇ͘ KďǀŝŽƵƐůǇ ŝŶ ϮϬϬϱ͕ ϮϬϬϲ ĂŶĚ ϮϬϬϳ ǁĞ ǁŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƚĞĂŵ ŶĂƟŽŶĂůƐ ĂŶĚ ůĂƐƚ ǇĞĂƌ ǁĞ ĐĂŵĞ ƌƵŶŶĞƌƐͲƵƉ ŝŶ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ƚĞĂŵ ŶĂƟŽŶĂůƐ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝƐŶ͛ƚ h ^ ďƵƚ ŝƚ͛Ɛ Ă ƉƌĞƩǇ ďŝŐ ĂĐŚŝĞǀĞŵĞŶƚ͘ tŚĂƚ ĂƌĞ ǇŽƵƌ ĐŚĂŶĐĞƐ ƚŚŝƐ ǇĞĂƌ͍ / ƚŚŝŶŬ ǁĞ͛ǀĞ ŐŽƚ Ă ƌĞĂůůǇ ŐŽŽĚ ƐŚŽƚ͘ tĞ͛ǀĞ ŐŽƚ Ă ŶĞǁ ĐŽĂĐŚ͕ ĂŶĚ ǁŝƚŚ ƐŽŵĞ ĨƌĞƐŚ ĨĂĐĞƐ ǁĞ ƐƚĂŶĚ Ă ƌĞĂůůǇ ŐŽŽĚ ĐŚĂŶĐĞ ŽĨ ǁŝŶŶŝŶŐ͕ Žƌ Ăƚ ůĞĂƐƚ ŐĞƫŶŐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĮŶĂů͘ ,Žǁ ĚŽ ǇŽƵ ĨĞĞů ƚŚĂƚ ŬŽƌĩĂůů ďĞŶĞĮƚƐ ĨƌŽŵ ďĞŝŶŐ Ă ŵŝǆĞĚͲŐĞŶĚĞƌ ƐƉŽƌƚ͍ DĂƐƐŝǀĞůǇ͕ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ǁŝƚŚ ŵĂůĞͲ ĚŽŵŝŶĂƚĞĚ ƐƉŽƌƚƐ ǇŽƵ ƚĞŶĚ ƚŽ ĮŶĚ ŝƚ͛Ɛ Ă ďŝƚ ƚŽŽ ĐŽŵƉĞƟƟǀĞ͘ ^ŽŵĞƟŵĞƐ ŝƚ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ƚĂŬĞŶ Ă ďŝƚ ƚŽŽ ĨĂƌ͘ ŶĚ ǁŝƚŚ Ăůů ĨĞŵĂůĞ ƐƉŽƌƚƐ ŝƚ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ƋƵŝƚĞ Ă ďŝƚĐŚǇ͕ ͚ďĂĐŬƐƚĂďďǇ͛ ŬŝŶĚ ŽĨ ĞŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚ͘ Ƶƚ ǁŚĞŶ ǇŽƵ ďƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŵ ƚŽŐĞƚŚĞƌ͕ ǇŽƵ ŬŝŶĚ ŽĨ ƚĂŬĞ ƚŚĞ ĞĚŐĞƐ Žī ďŽƚŚ ŽĨ ƚŚŽƐĞ ĂƐƉĞĐƚƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ŐĞƚ Ă ƌĞĂůůǇ ŐŽŽĚ ďůĞŶĚ͘

ŝƚǇ ŚĂǀĞ ĚƌĂǁŶ ŶŽŶͲůĞĂŐƵĞ ŵŝŶŶŽǁƐ WĂƵůƚŽŶ ZŽǀĞƌƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ & ƵƉ ϭƐƚ ƌŽƵŶĚ͕ Ă ŐĂŵĞ ǁŚŝĐŚ ǁŝůů ďĞ ƚĞůĞǀŝƐĞĚ ŽŶ /ds ŽŶ ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂǇ ϳƚŚ EŽǀĞŵďĞƌ͘ WĂƵůƚŽŶ͕ Ă ^ŽŵĞƌƐĞƚ ǀŝůůĂŐĞ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ƉŽƉƵůĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƵŶĚĞƌ ϱ͕ϬϬϬ ǁŝůů ďĞ ƚŚĞ ǀĞŶƵĞ ĨŽƌ ƚŚŝƐ ĨĂŝƌǇƚĂůĞ ƟĞ ĂŶĚ ǇŽƵ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ƐƵƌĞ ƚŚĂƚ ZŽǀĞƌƐ͕ ǁŚŽ ƉůĂǇ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĨŽŽƚďĂůů ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĂŵĂƌĞƩŽ >ĞĂŐƵĞ͕ ǁŝůů ďĞ ĂŌĞƌ Ă ŚƵŐĞ ƐĐĂůƉ͘

BUCS Results - Wednesday 28th October ĂƐŬĞƚďĂůů

,ŽĐŬĞǇ

h WĂŶƚŚĞƌƐ Ͳ ϱϮ tĂƌǁŝĐŬ ϭƐƚ Ͳ ϳϳ

h DĞŶ͛Ɛ ϭƐƚ Ͳ ϭ KǆĨŽƌĚ DĞŶ͛Ɛ ϮŶĚ Ͳ ϭϭ

h tŽŵĞŶ͛Ɛ ϭƐƚ Ͳ ϰϯ tŽůǀĞƌŚĂŵƉƚŽŶ tŽŵĞŶ͛Ɛ ϭƐƚ Ͳ ϲϳ

>ĂĐƌŽƐƐĞ

&ŽŽƚďĂůů

h DĞŶ͛Ɛ ϭƐƚ Ͳ ϭ EŽƌƚŚĂŵƉƚŽŶ DĞŶ͛Ɛ ϭƐƚ Ͳ ϮϮ

h DĞŶ͛Ɛ ϭƐƚ Ͳ Ϯ >ŽƵŐŚďŽƌŽƵŐŚ DĞŶ͛Ɛ ϰƚŚ Ͳ Ϭ

EĞƚďĂůů

h tŽŵĞŶ͛Ɛ ϭƐƚ Ͳ ϴ tĂƌǁŝĐŬ tŽŵĞŶ͛Ɛ ϭƐƚ Ͳ ϭ

h tŽŵĞŶ͛Ɛ ϭƐƚ Ͳ Ϯϲ tŽůǀĞƌŚĂŵƉƚŽŶ tŽŵĞŶ͛Ɛ ϭƐƚ Ͳ ϰϳ h tŽŵĞŶ͛Ɛ ϮŶĚ Ͳ Ϯϱ EŽƫŶŐŚĂŵ tŽŵĞŶ͛Ɛ ϰƚŚ Ͳ Ϯϵ

Ž ǇŽƵ ĨĞĞů ƚŚĂƚ ŬŽƌĩĂůů ƐŚŽƵůĚ ďĞ ĂŶ KůǇŵƉŝĐ ƐƉŽƌƚ͍

ŽŶƐŝĚĞƌŝŶŐ ƚĂďůĞ ƚĞŶŶŝƐ ĂŶĚ ŚŽƌƐĞ ƌŝĚŝŶŐ ĂƌĞ KůǇŵƉŝĐ ƐƉŽƌƚƐ͕ ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ Ă ĚŽƵďƚ ŝƚ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ďĞ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ ŶŽǁ ƌĞĐŽŐŶŝƐĞĚ ďǇ ƚŚĞ /K ĂƐ ĂŶ KůǇŵƉŝĐ ƐƉŽƌƚ͕ ďƵƚ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ƐƟůů ŶŽƚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ KůǇŵƉŝĐƐ͘ / ƚŚŝŶŬ ŝƚ͛Ɛ Ă ŵĂƩĞƌ ŽĨ ƟŵĞ ƚŚŽƵŐŚ͖ Ă ŵĂƩĞƌ ŽĨ ǁŚĞŶ͕ ŶŽƚ ŝĨ͘ tŚŝĐŚ ƉŚǇƐŝĐĂů ĂƩƌŝďƵƚĞƐ ŵĂŬĞ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ďĞƐƚ ŬŽƌĩĂůů ƉůĂǇĞƌƐ͍ ŐŝůŝƚǇ͕ ďĂůĂŶĐĞ͕ ŐŽŽĚ ƌĞĂĐƟŽŶƐ͘ ^ƉĞĞĚ ŝƐ ǀĞƌǇ ƵƐĞĨƵů͕ /͛Ě ƐĂǇ ƚŚĞ ĂďŝůŝƚǇ ƚŽ ĐŚĂŶŐĞ ǇŽƵƌ ƉĂĐĞ ƋƵŝĐŬůǇ ĂƐ ǁĞůů͘ ,ĞŝŐŚƚ ĚŽĞƐ ŚĞůƉ͕ ŶŽ ĚŽƵďƚ͕ ďƵƚ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ĐĞƌƚĂŝŶůǇ ŶŽƚ ƚŚĞ ŽŶůǇ ƚŚŝŶŐ ǇŽƵ ŶĞĞĚ͘ tĞ ŚĂĚ Ă Őŝƌů ůĂƐƚ ǇĞĂƌ ǁŚŽ ǁĂƐ ƵŶĚĞƌ ĮǀĞ ĨŽŽƚ ĂŶĚ ƐŚĞ ǁĂƐ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ŽƵƌ ďĞƐƚ ƉůĂǇĞƌƐ ʹ ƚŽƉ ĨĞŵĂůĞ ŐŽĂů ƐĐŽƌĞƌ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŬŽƌĩĂůů ůĞĂŐƵĞ͕ ƐŽ ŝƚ͛Ɛ ďǇ ŶŽ ŵĞĂŶƐ ƚŚĞ ďĞ Ăůů ĂŶĚ ĞŶĚ Ăůů ŝĨ ǇŽƵ͛ƌĞ ŶŽƚ ƚŽŽ ƚĂůů͘

ĂŶ ĂŶǇ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ h <ŽƌĩĂůů ƚĞĂŵƐ ŵĂŬĞ ŝƚ ƚŽ Ă ŶĂƟŽŶĂů ůĞǀĞů͍ / ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ŬŶŽǁ͘ / ƚŚŝŶŬ ƚŚĞǇ ĐŽƵůĚ ŵĂŬĞ ƚŚĞ ŶŐůĂŶĚ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͛ ŬŽƌĩĂůů ƐƋƵĂĚ͕ ďƵƚ / ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ƚŚŝŶŬ ƚŚĞƌĞ͛Ɛ Ă ĐŚĂŶĐĞ ƚŚĞǇ ǁŽƵůĚ ŵĂŬĞ ƚŚĞ ĨƵůů ŶŐůĂŶĚ ƐƋƵĂĚ͘ DĂǇďĞ ƚŚĞ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ ŬŽƌĩĂůů ƐƋƵĂĚ͕ ƚŚĂƚ͛Ɛ Ă ƌĞĂůŝƐƟĐ ƚĂƌŐĞƚ͘ ,Žǁ ǁŽƵůĚ ǇŽƵ ĞŶƟĐĞ ŶĞǁ ŵĞŵďĞƌƐ ƚŽ ƐƚĂƌƚ ƉůĂǇŝŶŐ ŬŽƌĩĂůů͍ tĞůů͕ ŝĨ ƚŚĞƌĞ͛Ɛ Ă ďŽǇ ǁŚŽ ǁĂŶƚƐ ƚŽ ƐŝŐŶ ƵƉ /͛Ě ƚĞůů Śŝŵ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ƌĂƟŽ ŝƐ ƚŚƌĞĞ ŐŝƌůƐ ƚŽ Ă ŐƵǇ͊ ŶĚ ŝĨ / ǁĂŶƚ Ă Őŝƌů ƚŽ ƐŝŐŶ ƵƉ /͛Ě ƉƌŽďĂďůǇ ƚĞůů ŚĞƌ ƚŚĂƚ ŬŽƌĩĂůů ŝƐ ůĞƐƐ ďŝƚĐŚǇ ƚŚĂŶ ŶĞƚďĂůů͘ zŽƵ ĐĂŶ ƚĂŬĞ ŝƚ ĂƐ ƐĞƌŝŽƵƐůǇ ĂƐ ǇŽƵ ǁĂŶƚ͖ ǁĞ ĂƌĞ ĨĂŝƌůǇ ĐŚŝůůĞĚ ŽƵƚ͕ ĂŶĚ ŝĨ ǇŽƵ ũƵƐƚ ǁĂŶƚ ƚŽ ĐŽŵĞ ƵƉ ĂŶĚ ƉůĂǇ ĐĂƐƵĂůůǇ ǁĞ ĂƌĞ

Women’s Basketball lose out to Wolverhampton ZŽďĞƌƚ ^ĐŚĂƩĞŶ ŶŽƚŚĞƌ ĚŝĸĐƵůƚ ŶŝŐŚƚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ h WĂŶƚŚĞƌƐ tŽŵĞŶ͛Ɛ ĂƐŬĞƚďĂůů ƚĞĂŵ ƐĂǁ ƚŚĞŵ ĐŽŵĞ ĂǁĂǇ ǁŝƚŚ ŶŽ ƌĞǁĂƌĚ ĨŽƌ Ă ǀĂůŝĂŶƚ ĞīŽƌƚ ĂŐĂŝŶƐƚ ůĞĂŐƵĞ ůĞĂĚĞƌƐ tŽůǀĞƌŚĂŵƉƚŽŶ ŽŶ DŽŶĚĂǇ͕ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ƚĞĂŵ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞ ƚŽ ƐƚƌƵŐŐůĞ ŝŶ DŝĚůĂŶĚƐ ŝǀŝƐŝŽŶ ϭ ͘ dŚĞ WĂŶƚŚĞƌƐ ǁŝůů ƚĂŬĞ ŽŶĞ ďŝŐ ĐŽŶƐŽůĂƟŽŶ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚŝƐ ŐĂŵĞ ʹ ƚŚĞǇ ŐĂǀĞ ƚŚĞ ǀŝƐŝƟŶŐ ƐƋƵĂĚ ŵƵĐŚ ŵŽƌĞ ŽĨ Ă ŐĂŵĞ ƚŚĂŶ ĂŶǇŽŶĞ ĞůƐĞ ŚĂƐ ƚŚŝƐ ƐĞĂƐŽŶ͘ dŚĞ ϰϯͲϲϳ ĮŶĂů ƐĐŽƌĞ ĚŝĚŶ͛ƚ ĚŽ ũƵƐƟĐĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŵƉĞƟƟǀĞ ŶĂƚƵƌĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŐĂŵĞ͕ ĂŶĚ tŽůǀĞƌŚĂŵƉƚŽŶ ƐĐŽƌĞĚ ϭϮ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĮŶĂů ϭϰ ƉŽŝŶƚƐ ƚŽ ƐŽŵĞǁŚĂƚ ĞŵďĞůůŝƐŚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŵĂƌŐŝŶ ŽĨ ǀŝĐƚŽƌǇ͘ dŚĞ WĂŶƚŚĞƌƐ ŵĂŶĂŐĞĚ ƚŽ ƐĐŽƌĞ ŵŽƌĞ ƉŽŝŶƚƐ ƚŚĂŶ ƚŚĞ ǀŝƐŝƚŽƌƐ ŚĂĚ ĐŽŶĐĞĚĞĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƉƌĞǀŝŽƵƐ ƚǁŽ ŐĂŵĞƐ ĐŽŵďŝŶĞĚ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚŝƐ ǁĂƐ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ŐĂŵĞ tŽůǀĞƌŚĂŵƉƚŽŶ ŚĂǀĞ ǁŽŶ ƚŚŝƐ ƐĞĂƐŽŶ ďǇ ĨĞǁĞƌ ƚŚĂŶ ϰϬ ƉŽŝŶƚƐ͘ ŽǌĞŶĂ ZŽĐŚĨĂůƵƐŝŽǀĂ ƐĐŽƌĞĚ ϭϰ

^ŝŵŽŶ WĂƌƟĚŐĞ

ƉŽŝŶƚƐ ƚŽ ůĞĂĚ ƚŚĞ WĂŶƚŚĞƌƐ͘ EŝĐŽůĞ >ƵĐŝŽŶŝ ĂŶĚ EŝĐŽůĞ KǌŐƵŶ :ŝŵĞŶĞǌ ĞĂĐŚ ŚĂĚ ϲ͕ ŝŶ Ă ďĂůĂŶĐĞĚ ƐĐŽƌŝŶŐ ĞīŽƌƚ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ǁŚŽůĞ ƚĞĂŵ͘ dŚĞ ƐƋƵĂĚ ǁĞƌĞ ĂůƐŽ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐĨƵů ŝŶ ŐĞƫŶŐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĨŽƵů ůŝŶĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ƉƵƚ ƐƵĐŚ ƉƌĞƐƐƵƌĞ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ǀŝƐŝƟŶŐ ĚĞĨĞŶĐĞ ƚŚĂƚ tŽůǀĞƌŚĂƉƚŽŶ ŐƵĂƌĚ <ĞǇĮĂůĂ ĨŽƵůĞĚ ŽƵƚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƚŚŝƌĚ ƋƵĂƌƚĞƌ͘ tŽůǀĞƌŚĂŵƉƚŽŶ ǁĞƌĞ ůĞĚ ďǇ ĞũĞǁƐŬĂ͕ ǁŝƚŚ Ϯϵ͘ dŚĞ WĂŶƚŚĞƌƐ ǁŝůů ƉĞƌŚĂƉƐ ďĞ ŵŽƌĞ ĞŶƚŚƵƐĞĚ ďǇ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĚĞĨĞŶƐŝǀĞ ĞīŽƌƚ͕ ŚŽǁĞǀĞƌ͖ ĨŽƌ ƚŚƌĞĞ ƋƵĂƌƚĞƌƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ

ŵĂƚĐŚ ƚŚĞ ŚŽŵĞ ƚĞĂŵ ŵĂƚĐŚĞĚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŝůůƵƐƚƌŝŽƵƐ ŽƉƉŽŶĞŶƚƐ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŶƚƌŽůůĞĚ ƚŚĞ ĚĞĨĞŶƐŝǀĞ ƌĞďŽƵŶĚƐ͘ KŶůǇ Ă ďƌŝĞĨ ƐƉĞůů Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ĞŶĚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ƋƵĂƌƚĞƌ͕ ǁŚĞŶ tŽůǀĞƌŚĂŵƉƚŽŶ ƵƐĞĚ Ă ƐĞƌŝĞƐ ŽĨ ĨĂƐƚ ďƌĞĂŬƐ ƚŽ ƚƵƌŶ Ă ƚŚƌĞĞͲƉŽŝŶƚ ŐĂƉ ŝŶƚŽ Ă ƚĞŶͲƉŽŝŶƚ ŚĂůĨͲƟŵĞ ůĞĂĚ͕ ǁĂƐ ƚŚĞ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶĐĞ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ƚŚĞ ƚĞĂŵƐ ŐŽŝŶŐ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĮŶĂů ƉĞƌŝŽĚ͘ h ŵĂǇ ŚĂǀĞ ƐƵīĞƌĞĚ ĚĞĨĞĂƚ ƚŚŝƐ ƟŵĞ͕ ďƵƚ ƚŚĞ ƐƋƵĂĚ ŝƐ ĨĂƐƚ ŝŵƉƌŽǀŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŽƵƚůŽŽŬ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƐĞĂƐŽŶ ƐƟůů ůŽŽŬƐ ďƌŝŐŚƚ͘

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concrete.sport@uea.ac.uk TUESDAY 3rd NOVEMBER 2009

‘The Viking’ prepares to raid the PDC ranks Danny Collins It has become something of a phenomenon amongst sportsmen in ƌĞĐĞŶƚ ǇĞĂƌƐ ƚŽ ǁƌŝƚĞ ƵŶǁĂƌƌĂŶƚĞĚ ďŝŽŐƌĂƉŚŝĞƐ͕ ĚĞǀŽŝĚ ŽĨ ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ͕ ĚƌĂŵĂ Žƌ ŝŶƐŝŐŚƚ͘ tĂǇŶĞ ZŽŽŶĞǇ ƌĞĐŽƵŶƟŶŐ ŚŝƐ ůŝĨĞ ƐƚŽƌǇ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ŐƌĂŶĚ ŽůĚ ĂŐĞ ŽĨ ϮϬ͖ ƐŚůĞǇ ŽůĞ ƌĞƚĞůůŝŶŐ ŚŽǁ ŚĞ ͞ŶĞĂƌůǇ ƐǁĞƌǀĞĚ Žī ƚŚĞ ƌŽĂĚ ǁŚĞŶ ŚĞ ǁĂƐ ŽīĞƌĞĚ ŽŶůǇ ϱϱŬͲĂͲǁĞĞŬ ďǇ ƌƐĞŶĂů͖͟ Ă ƐĞŶƐĞ ŽĨ ŵŽƌĂů ĂůŝĞŶĂƟŽŶ ŚĂƐ become common among the ranks of ƌŝƚĂŝŶ͛Ɛ ƐƉŽƌƚƐŵĞŶ͘ So it is refreshing to read ƚŚĞ ĂĐĐŽƵŶƚ ŽĨ ϮϬϬϰ ǁŽƌůĚ ĚĂƌƚƐ ĐŚĂŵƉŝŽŶ͕ ŶĚǇ ͚ƚŚĞ sŝŬŝŶŐ͛ &ŽƌĚŚĂŵ͛Ɛ ƌĞŵĂƌŬĂďůĞ ůŝĨĞ ŝŶ ŚŝƐ ŶĞǁůǇͲƉƵďůŝƐŚĞĚ ĂƵƚŽďŝŽŐƌĂƉŚǇ͕ The Viking͘ dŚĞ ĮǀĞ ǇĞĂƌƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĨŽůůŽǁĞĚ &ŽƌĚŚĂŵ͛Ɛ ƌŝƐĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƚŽƉ ŽĨ ŚŝƐ ƐƉŽƌƚ ŚĂǀĞ ƐĞĞŶ Śŝŵ ƐƵīĞƌ ůŝĨĞͲƚŚƌĞĂƚĞŶŝŶŐ ŚĞĂůƚŚ ĐŽŶĚŝƟŽŶƐ ůŝŶŬĞĚ ƚŽ ŚŝƐ ϯϭ ƐƚŽŶĞ ĨƌĂŵĞ͕ ďĞĐŽŵĞ Ă ƌĞĂůŝƚǇ ds star and undertake a training regime that helped him shed half of his body

ǁĞŝŐŚƚ͘ /Ĩ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ Ă ƐƉŽƌƚƐŵĂŶ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ƐƚŽƌǇ ƚŽ ƚĞůů͕ ŝƚ ŝƐ &ŽƌĚŚĂŵ͘ ,Ğ ƌĞĐĞŶƚůǇ ƐǁŝƚĐŚĞĚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ^ŬǇƐƉŽƌƚƐͲƐƵƉƉŽƌƚĞĚ W ĚĂƌƚƐ ĂƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ͲďĂĐŬĞĚ K͕ ĂƐ ŚĞ ĞǆƉůĂŝŶƐ͗ ͞dŚĞ ŽŶůǇ ƌĞĂƐŽŶ / ŵŽǀĞĚ ǁĂƐ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ƚŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ŵŽƌĞ ƚŽƵƌŶĂŵĞŶƚƐ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ / ŶĞĞĚ ƚŽ ŐĞƚ

“...it was not unknown for him to drink up to twenty-five bottles of lager before a match” ďĂĐŬ ƚŽ ǁŚĞƌĞ / ŽŶĐĞ ǁĂƐ͘ ͞ ůƚŚŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ŵŽƌĞ ŵŽŶĞǇ ŝŶǀŽůǀĞĚ ĚƵĞ ƚŽ ^ŬǇ͕ ŝƚ ǁĂƐŶ͛ƚ ƚŚĞ ŵĂŝŶ ŵŽƟǀĂƟŽŶ͘͟ Asked if he could see himself ƌĞĂĐŚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ŚĞŝŐŚƚƐ ŚĞ ĂƩĂŝŶĞĚ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ K͕ &ŽƌĚŚĂŵ ŝƐ ĐĂƵƟŽƵƐ ŝŶ ŚŝƐ ĂƐƐĞƐƐŵĞŶƚ͕ ƐĂǇŝŶŐ͕ ͞ ƚ ƚŚĞ ŵŽŵĞŶƚ /͛Ě ƉƌŽďĂďůǇ ƐĂǇ ŶŽ͕ ďƵƚ / ĚŝĚŶ͛ƚ ƐĞĞ myself being back behind the oche at Ăůů Ă ǇĞĂƌ ĂŐŽ͘͟ ,Ğ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞƐ͕ ͞/͛ŵ ƉƵƫŶŐ ŝŶ ŵŽƌĞ

ƉƌĂĐƟĐĞ ƚŚĂŶ / ŚĂǀĞ ĚŽŶĞ ĨŽƌ Ă ůŽŶŐ ƟŵĞ͘ / ǁĂŶƚ ƚŽ ŐĞƚ ďĂĐŬ ƚŚĞ ĂƫƚƵĚĞ / ŚĂĚ ǁŚĞŶ / ĮƌƐƚ ƐƚĂƌƚĞĚ ƚŚĞ ĚĂƌƚƐ ǁŚĞŶ / ǁĂƐ ǇŽƵŶŐ͘͟ Fordham is an amiable man, and this trait is evident both in his ďŽŽŬ ĂŶĚ ŝŶ ƉĞƌƐŽŶ͘ ,ŝƐ ůŝĨĞƐƚǇůĞ ŚĂƐ ĐŚĂŶŐĞĚ ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞůǇ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĂƚ ǁŚŝĐŚ accompanied his years at the top ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐƉŽƌƚ͖ Ăƚ ŽŶĞ ƉŽŝŶƚ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ ŶŽƚ ƵŶŬŶŽǁŶ ĨŽƌ Śŝŵ ƚŽ ĚƌŝŶŬ ƵƉ ƚŽ Ϯϱ ďŽƩůĞƐ ŽĨ ůĂŐĞƌ ďĞĨŽƌĞ Ă ŵĂƚĐŚ͘ /ƚ ŝƐ ƚŚĞƌĞĨŽƌĞ ƚĞƐƚĂŵĞŶƚ ƚŽ &ŽƌĚŚĂŵ͛Ɛ resolve that he has been able to conquer his alcohol demons despite ƌƵŶŶŝŶŐ Ă ƉƵď ŝŶ ŚŝƐ ŚŽŵĞƚŽǁŶ ŽĨ ĂƌƞŽƌĚ͘ tŝƚŚ &ŽƌĚŚĂŵ͛Ɛ ǁĞŝŐŚƚ ůŽƐƐ ŚĂƐ come many changes, especially to ŚŝƐ ĚĂƌƚͲƉůĂǇŝŶŐ ƐƚǇůĞ͘ ,Ğ ĞǆƉůĂŝŶƐ͗ ͞/ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŽ ƵƐĞ Ă ůŽƚ ŚĞĂǀŝĞƌ ĚĂƌƚƐ͕ ďƵƚ /͛ŵ ŐĞƫŶŐ ƚŚĞƌĞ͘ /ƚ ƚĂŬĞƐ Ă ůŽƚ of adjustment, like learning to play ĨŽŽƚďĂůů ǁŝƚŚ Ă ƐŵĂůůĞƌ ďĂůů͕ ďƵƚ /͛ŵ ŐĞƫŶŐ ƚŚĞƌĞ͘͟ &ŽƌĚŚĂŵ͛Ɛ ƐƚŽƌǇ ƌĞĐŽƵŶƚƐ ŵĂŶǇ ŽĨ his legendary drink-fuelled escapades, ĂŶ ŝŵĂŐĞ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĚĂƌƚƐ ʹ ĂŶĚ ŝƚƐ ĨĞůůŽǁ ĂůĐŽŚŽůͲƌĞůĂƚĞĚ ƐƉŽƌƚ͕ ƐŶŽŽŬĞƌ ʹ ĂƌĞ

&ŽƌĚŚĂŵ ŚĂƐ ůŽƐƚ Ă ƌĞŵĂƌŬĂďůĞ ϭϰ ƐƚŽŶĞ ŽǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƐƚ ǇĞĂƌ ĂƩĞŵƉƟŶŐ ƚŽ ƌĞŵŽǀĞ ŝŶ ŽƌĚĞƌ ƚŽ ďƵŝůĚ Ă ƌĞƐƉĞĐƚĂďůĞ ŝŵĂŐĞ͘ ,Ğ ƐƵŐŐĞƐƚƐ ƚŚĂƚ ͞ǇĞĂƌƐ ĂŐŽ͕ ǇŽƵ ǁŽƵůĚ ŐŽ ĂǁĂǇ ĨŽƌ Ă ǁĞĞŬĞŶĚ ĂŶĚ ŐĞƚ ĚƌƵŶŬ͕ ďƵƚ ǇŽƵ ĐĂŶ͛ƚ ĚŽ ƚŚĂƚ ŶŽǁ͘ WƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂůŝƐŵ ĂŶĚ ŵŽŶĞǇ ŚĂƐ ƌĞŵŽǀĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ĂƐƉĞĐƚ͘ zŽƵ ĐĂŶ͛ƚ ĂīŽƌĚ ƚŽ ŐŽ ĂǁĂǇ ĂŶĚ ĞŵďĂƌƌĂƐƐ ǇŽƵƌƐĞůĨ͘͟ ,Ğ ĞǀĞŶ ƐƵŐŐĞƐƚƐ ƚŚĂƚ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǁ͕ ĐůĞĂŶĞƌ ŝŵĂŐĞ ĚĂƌƚƐ ŚĂƐ ĐƵůƟǀĂƚĞĚ͕ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ƐĐŽƉĞ ƚŽ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŚĞ ƐƉŽƌƚ ŽĸĐŝĂůůǇ ƌĞĐŽŐŶŝƐĞĚ ďǇ ƚŚĞ /ŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů KůǇŵƉŝĐ ƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶ͘

&ŽƌĚŚĂŵ ƐĂǇƐ͕ ͞ƉĞŽƉůĞ ƐƵŐŐĞƐƚ ĚĂƌƚƐ ŝƐŶ͛ƚ Ă ƐƉŽƌƚ͕ ďƵƚ ŝĨ ƐŚŽŽƟŶŐ ŝƐ ƌĞǁĂƌĚĞĚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƐŬŝůů ŽĨ ƐƚĂǇŝŶŐ ƌŝŐŝĚ ĂŶĚ ŚŝƫŶŐ Ă ƚĂƌŐĞƚ͕ ƚŚĞŶ ǁŚĂƚ ŝƐ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ĨƌŽŵ ĚĂƌƚƐ͍͟ &ŽƌĚŚĂŵ ǁŝůů ŶŽ ůŽŶŐĞƌ ďĞ ƉůĂǇŝŶŐ ŝĨ ĚĂƌƚƐ ŝƐ ĞǀĞƌ ďĞƐƚŽǁĞĚ ƚŚĞ ŚŽŶŽƵƌ ŽĨ ĂŶ KůǇŵƉŝĐ ďĞƌƚŚ͕ ďƵƚ ďĞŝŶŐ ŐŝŌĞĚ ƚŚĞ chance to play his beloved game again ĨŽůůŽǁŝŶŐ ŚŝƐ ůŝĨĞͲƚŚƌĞĂƚĞŶŝŶŐ ĂŝůŵĞŶƚƐ ŝƐ ƌĞǁĂƌĚ ĞŶŽƵŐŚ ĨŽƌ &ŽƌĚŚĂŵ ĂƐ ŚĞ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ůŽŶŐ ƌŽĂĚ ďĂĐŬ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƚŽƉ͘

Button finally realises potential Chris King Back in December last year you could have been forgiven for thinking that the career of :ĞŶƐŽŶ ƵƩŽŶ ǁĂƐ ŽǀĞƌ͘ tŝƚŚŽƵƚ Ă ĚƌŝǀĞ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĨŽƌƚŚĐŽŵŝŶŐ ƐĞĂƐŽŶ ĂŌĞƌ ,ŽŶĚĂ͛Ɛ ǁŝƚŚĚƌĂǁĂů ĨƌŽŵ &ŽƌŵƵůĂ KŶĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ůŽǁ ŽŶ ĐŽŶĮĚĞŶĐĞ ĂƐ ǁĞůů ĂƐ ƌĞƐƵůƚƐ͕ ŽŶůǇ Ă ŚŽƉĞůĞƐƐ ŽƉƟŵŝƐƚ ǁŽƵůĚ ŚĂǀĞ ďĂĐŬĞĚ ƵƩŽŶ ĨŽƌ tŽƌůĚ ŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐŚŝƉ ŐůŽƌǇ͘ zĞƚ ĨŽůůŽǁŝŶŐ Ă ƐĐŝŶƟůůĂƟŶŐ ĮŐŚƚ ďĂĐŬ Ăƚ /ŶƚĞƌůĂŐŽƐ ƚǁŽ ǁĞĞŬƐ ĂŐŽ͕ ƚŚŝƐ ŝƐ ĞǆĂĐƚůǇ ǁŚĂƚ ŚĞ ŚĂƐ ĂĐŚŝĞǀĞĚ͘ ZĂĐŝŶŐ ĂůŽŶŐƐŝĚĞ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ĞǆƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞĚ ŵĂŶ ŝŶ &ŽƌŵƵůĂ KŶĞ͕ ZƵďĞŶƐ Barrichello, and under the tutelage of former &ĞƌƌĂƌŝ ƚĞĐŚŶŝĐĂů ĚŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ ZŽƐƐ ƌĂǁŶ͕ ƚŚŝƐ ƐĞĂƐŽŶ ŚĂƐ ƐĞĞŶ ƵƩŽŶ ĮŶĂůůǇ ĂĐŚŝĞǀĞ ŚŝƐ ƉŽƚĞŶƟĂů͘ &Žƌ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƟŵĞ ƐŝŶĐĞ ϮϬϬϰ ŚĞ ŚĂƐ ŚĂĚ Ă ĐĂƌ ƚŽ ŵĂƚĐŚ ŚŝƐ ĂďŝůŝƚǇ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ƌĂǁŶ 'W ƉƌŽǀŝĚŝŶŐ near-faultless reliability and race pace far superior over the course of the season to that of any other ƚĞĂŵ͘ dŚĞ ƐƚŽƌǇ ŽĨ ƌĂǁŶ 'W ĂŶĚ :ĞŶƐŽŶ ƵƩŽŶ ŚĂƐ ŵĂŶǇ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞƐ ǇŽƵ͛Ě ĞǆƉĞĐƚ ĨƌŽŵ Ă ĐůĂƐƐŝĐ ĨĂŝƌǇƚĂůĞ͖ Ă ƚĞĂŵ ĨŽƌŵĞĚ ŽŶ Ă ǁŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ a prayer, running a car built on a shoestring ďƵĚŐĞƚ ǁŝƚŚ ůĞƐƐ ƚŚĂŶ Ă ŵŽŶƚŚ͛Ɛ ĚĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚ behind it and a driver under no illusions as to his lack of achievement in Formula One, despite an ĂďƵŶĚĂŶĐĞ ŽĨ ƚĂůĞŶƚ͘ dŚĂŶŬƐ ƚŽ ǀŝĐƚŽƌǇ ŝŶ ƌĂǌŝů͕ ƵƩŽŶ ďĞĐĂŵĞ ŽŶůǇ ƚŚĞ ƚĞŶƚŚ ƌŝƟƐŚ ĚƌŝǀĞƌ ƚŽ ŚŽůĚ ƚŚĞ tŽƌůĚ ŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐŚŝƉ dƌŽƉŚǇ ĂůŽŌ͕ ďƵƚ ĚĞƐƉŝƚĞ ƚŚĞ ͚ĨĞĞůͲ ŐŽŽĚ͛ ŶĂƚƵƌĞ ŽĨ ŚŝƐ ƚƌŝƵŵƉŚ͕ ŝƚ ĂůŵŽƐƚ ĚŝĚŶ͛ƚ ŚĂƉƉĞŶ͘ &ƌŽŵ ƐƚĂƌƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƐĞĂƐŽŶ ŝŶ ƵŶƐƚŽƉƉĂďůĞ

ĨŽƌŵ͕ ĂĐĐƌƵŝŶŐ Ɛŝǆ ǁŝŶƐ ĨƌŽŵ ƐĞǀĞŶ ƌĂĐĞƐ͕ Ă ƌƵŶ ŽĨ ĚŝƐĂƉƉŽŝŶƟŶŐ ĮŶŝƐŚĞƐ ůĞŌ ŚŝƐ ƟƚůĞ ŚŽƉĞƐ ŚĂŶŐŝŶŐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ďĂůĂŶĐĞ͘ tŝƚŚ ƵƩŽŶ͛Ɛ ƚĞĂŵͲŵĂƚĞ ZƵďĞŶƐ ĂƌƌŝĐŚĞůůŽ ůŽŽŬŝŶŐ ƚŽ ůĞĂǀĞ &ŽƌŵƵůĂ KŶĞ ŽŶ Ă ŚŝŐŚ ĂŶĚ ZĞĚ Ƶůů ƌŝǀĂůƐ ^ĞďĂƐƟĂŶ sĞƩĞů ĂŶĚ DĂƌŬ tĞďďĞƌ ƉƵƐŚŝŶŐ Śŝŵ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ǁĂǇ͕ ŝƚ ůŽŽŬĞĚ ĂƐ ŝĨ ŚĞ ǁĂƐ ƵŶĂďůĞ ƚŽ ŚĂŶĚůĞ ƚŚĞ ƉƌĞƐƐƵƌĞ͘ zĞƚ Ăƚ /ŶƚĞƌůĂŐŽƐ ƵƩŽŶ ƐŚŽǁĞĚ ǁŚǇ ŚĞ ŝƐ Ă ǁŽƌƚŚǇ ĐŚĂŵƉŝŽŶ͖ ŚĂǀŝŶŐ ƋƵĂůŝĮĞĚ ŝŶ Ă ĚŝƐĂƉƉŽŝŶƟŶŐ ĨŽƵƌƚĞĞŶƚŚ ƉůĂĐĞ͕ ŝƚ ǁŽƵůĚ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ Ăůů ƚŽŽ ĞĂƐǇ ƚŽ ĐŽůůĂƉƐĞ ĂŶĚ ĂĚŵŝƚ ĚĞĨĞĂƚ͘ /ŶƐƚĞĂĚ ŚĞ ƉƵůůĞĚ Žī Ă ƐƵďůŝŵĞůǇ ƐŵŽŽƚŚ ǇĞƚ recklessly brilliant performance, scything past ŽƉƉŽŶĞŶƚƐ ǁŝƚŚ ĐŽŶƐƵŵŵĂƚĞ ĞĂƐĞ͕ Ăƚ ƟŵĞƐ ũĞŽƉĂƌĚŝƐŝŶŐ ŚŝƐ ĐŚĂŶĐĞƐ ŽĨ ĞǀĞŶ ĮŶŝƐŚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƌĂĐĞ ďǇ ƚŚƌŽǁŝŶŐ ĐĂƵƟŽŶ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ǁŝŶĚ͕ ŝŶ ŽƌĚĞƌ ƚŽ ƐĞƩůĞ ƚŚĞ ŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐŚŝƉ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ƚŚĞ ĮŶĂů ƌĂĐĞ ŝŶ ďƵ ŚĂďŝ͘

“For the first time since 2004, he has had a car to match his ability...” /ƚ ƌĞŵĂŝŶƐ ƚŽ ďĞ ƐĞĞŶ ǁŚĞƚŚĞƌ ƵƩŽŶ ǁŝůů ĞŶĚ ŚŝƐ ƌĞůĂƟŽŶƐŚŝƉ ǁŝƚŚ ƌĂǁŶ 'W ďǇ ũŽŝŶŝŶŐ DĐ>ĂƌĞŶ͕ ĂŶĚ ĨŽƌŵŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ͚ ƌŝƟƐŚ ĚƌĞĂŵ ƚĞĂŵ͛ ĂůŽŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ >ĞǁŝƐ ,ĂŵŝůƚŽŶ͕ ďƵƚ ǁŚĂƚĞǀĞƌ ŚĂƉƉĞŶƐ͕ ŚŝƐ ƐƚŽĐŬ ŚĂƐ ƌŝƐĞŶ ĂŶĚ ŝƐ ƵŶůŝŬĞůǇ ƚŽ ĨĂůů ĂŶǇ ƟŵĞ ƐŽŽŶ͘ /ŶĚĞĞĚ ǁĞ ĐĂŶ ŽŶůǇ ƐƉĞĐƵůĂƚĞ ĂƐ ƚŽ ǁŚĞƚŚĞƌ ƚŚŝƐ ǇĞĂƌ͛Ɛ ƚƌŝƵŵƉŚ ǁŝůů ďĞ ƚŚĞ ŚŝŐŚ ƉŽŝŶƚ ŽĨ ƵƩŽŶ͛Ɛ ĐĂƌĞĞƌ͕ Žƌ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ŽĨ ŵĂŶǇ ĨƵƚƵƌĞ ŐůŽƌŝĞƐ ĨŽƌ &ŽƌŵƵůĂ KŶĞ͛Ɛ ůĂƚĞƐƚ ĐŚĂŵƉŝŽŶ͘

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FORMULA 1

Chris King charts Jenson Button’s long-awaited ascent to the pinnacle of motorsport.

TUESDAY 3rd NOVEMBER 2009

CANARIES

Concrete investigates Norwich’s F.A. Cup first-round opponents, Paulton Rovers.

DARTS

Concrete catches up with former darts world champion Andy ‘The Viking’ Fordham.

KORFBALL

Ben Frith speaks to the UEA Korfball club president Harry Low.

Gunn on target as UEA ease past Loughborough

Women’s Rugby see off Medics

Danny Collins

Lucy Bowers Beth Robertson

UEA 1st XI - 2 Loughborough 4th XI - 0 The UEA Men’s Football 1st XI eased into the second round of the BUCS Cup with a comfortable 2-0 win against Loughborough 4th XI at Colney Field on Wednesday. dǁŽ ĮƌƐƚͲŚĂůĨ ŐŽĂůƐ ĨƌŽŵ ĨƌŽŶƚ ŵĂŶ ŚƌŝƐ 'ƵŶŶ ĐŽŶĮƌŵĞĚ h ͛Ɛ superiority in a game in which they were never truly troubled. And against a Loughborough side that they will face twice more this season, this ĚŝƐƉůĂǇ ŐĂǀĞ ƌĞĂƐŽŶ ĨŽƌ ŽƉƟŵŝƐŵ ĨŽƌ the coming months. /ŶĚĞĞĚ͕ ƚŚĞ ŇƵĞŶĐǇ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ h ĂƩĂĐŬ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ŚĂůĨ ƚŽƌĞ the Loughborough defence apart. ŌĞƌ ŽŶůǇ ƚĞŶ ŵŝŶƵƚĞƐ͕ 'ƵŶŶ ŚĂĚ capitalised on disorder amongst the Loughborough defence to slot past ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂƟĐ ŬĞĞƉĞƌ͘ The inability of the opposing defence to clear danger from the ŇĂŶŬƐ ǁĂƐ Ă ƌĞĐĐƵƌƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŵĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ŚĂůĨ͕ ĂŶĚ ǁĂƐ ĂŐĂŝŶ ƉƵŶŝƐŚĞĚ when Loughborough failed to clear Ă ůŽŽƉŝŶŐ ĐƌŽƐƐ͘ ŵĞƩ ZŽǁĞ ŵŝƐŚŝƚ ĂŶ ĂƩĞŵƉƚĞĚ ƐŚŽƚ͕ ďƵƚ 'ƵŶŶ ĂŐĂŝŶ stepped up to slot the ball away for his, and UEA’s, second. /Ŷ Ă ŵĂƌŬĞĚ ĐŽŶƚƌĂƐƚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞŝƌ Midlands counterparts, the UEA defence, marshalled commandingly ďǇ ĐĂƉƚĂŝŶ DĂƌŬ ZŽĂĐŚ͕ ǁŝƚŚƐƚŽŽĚ ƚŚĞ

^ŚŽƚŐƵŶŶ͗ ŚƌŝƐ 'ƵŶŶ ƐĐŽƌĞĚ ƚǁŽ ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƐƟĐ ŐŽĂůƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚͲŚĂůĨ ŽĨ Ă ĐŽŵĨŽƌƚĂďůĞ ǀŝĐƚŽƌǇ ĨŽƌ h ͘ ƌĂƌĞ ĂƩĂĐŬƐ ŽĨ >ŽƵŐŚďŽƌŽƵŐŚ͘ &ƌŽŵ ƚŚŝƐ ƐŽůŝĚ ĨŽƵŶĚĂƟŽŶ ƚŚĞ h ĂƩĂĐŬ ǁĂƐ ĂďůĞ ƚŽ ƉĞŶĞƚƌĂƚĞ ƚŚĞ ǁĞĂŬ >ŽƵŐŚďŽƌŽƵŐŚ ůĞŌ ŇĂŶŬ Ăƚ ǁŝůů͘ ZŽǁĞ ƐŚŽǁĞĚ ŐŽŽĚ ĂǁĂƌĞŶĞƐƐ ǁŝƚŚ some pin-point passing that stretched the Loughborough defence, but a mixture of last-ditch defending and ƉŽŽƌ ĮŶŝƐŚŝŶŐ ŬĞƉƚ ƚŚĞ ĚĞĮĐŝƚ Ăƚ ƚǁŽ͘ If Loughborough were feeling the pressure of the occasion they certainly made it apparent with a double ƐƵďƐƟƚƵƟŽŶ ŝŶ ŽŶůǇ ƚŚĞ ϯϬƚŚ ŵŝŶƵƚĞ͘ However, they somewhat fortuitously ŵĂŶĂŐĞĚ ƚŽ ĞŶƚĞƌ ƚŚĞ ďƌĞĂŬ ŽŶůǇ ƚǁŽ goals down. dŚĞ ŇƵĞŶƚ ĮƌƐƚ ŚĂůĨ ǁĂƐ ƌĞƉůĂĐĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ƐĐƌĂƉƉǇ ĞŶĐŽƵŶƚĞƌ ĂŌĞƌ ƚŚĞ ďƌĞĂŬ ĂƐ >ŽƵŐŚďŽƌŽƵŐŚ ƵŶĚĞƌƚŽŽŬ Ă

ĚĂŵĂŐĞ ůŝŵŝƚĂƟŽŶ ĞǆĞƌĐŝƐĞ͘ h ǁĞƌĞ ůƵĐŬǇ ƚŽ ĂǀŽŝĚ ĐŽŶĐĞĚŝŶŐ a penalty in the 70th minute when the referee deemed the ball not to have ƐƚƌƵĐŬ ƚŚĞ ŚĂŶĚ ŽĨ Ă h ĚĞĨĞŶĚĞƌ͘ However, aside from this minor scare, chances proved few and far between. dŚĞ >ŽƵŐŚďŽƌŽƵŐŚ ĂƩĂĐŬ͕ ƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌůǇ ĚŽǁŶ ƚŚĞ ƌŝŐŚƚ ŇĂŶŬ͕ possessed pace in abundance; however, the touch and end product of their right-winger was certainly ŶŽƚ ďĞĮƫŶŐ ŽĨ ƐŽŵĞŽŶĞ ƐƉŽƌƟŶŐ ŇƵŽƌĞƐĐĞŶƚ ǇĞůůŽǁ ďŽŽƚƐ͘ Loughborough, in their increasing ĚĞƐƉĞƌĂƟŽŶ ĨŽƌ Ă ŐŽĂů͕ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞĚ h with ample opportunity to counterĂƩĂĐŬ͘ 'ƵŶŶ ŚĂĚ ƐĞǀĞƌĂů ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝĞƐ ƚŽ ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞ ŚŝƐ ŚĂƚͲƚƌŝĐŬ͕ ďƵƚ ƚŚĞ

>ŽƵŐŚďŽƌŽƵŐŚ ŬĞĞƉĞƌ ǁĂƐ ƉƌŽǀŝŶŐ ƚŽ be a stubborn opponent. ŶĚ ƐŽ ƚŚĞ ƐĞĐŽŶĚͲŚĂůĨ ĚĞĂĚůŽĐŬ ǁŽƵůĚ ƌĞŵĂŝŶ ƵŶƟů ƚŚĞ ƌĞĨĞƌĞĞ ĮŶĂůůǇ ĐĂůůĞĚ ƟŵĞ ŽŶ Ă ŐĂŵĞ ƚŚĂƚ ǁŝůů ůĞĂǀĞ ƚŚĞ h ϭƐƚ y/ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ũƵƐƟĮĂďůĞ ƐĞŶƐĞ ŽĨ ŽƉƟŵŝƐŵ͘ ŚŝŐŚůǇ ŝŵƉƌĞƐƐŝǀĞ ĮƌƐƚͲŚĂůĨ showing followed by a comfortable ĐŽŶƐŽůŝĚĂƟŽŶ ƉĞƌŝŽĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ half showed a balance that will stand the team in good stead for the forthcoming season. ,ĂǀŝŶŐ ĚƌĂǁŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĮƌƐƚ ůĞĂŐƵĞ ŐĂŵĞ ĂŐĂŝŶƐƚ KǆĨŽƌĚ ƌŽŽŬĞƐ͕ h ǁŝůů ŚŽƉĞ ƚŽ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĐƵƉ ĨŽƌŵ into league campaign and push for ƉƌŽŵŽƟŽŶ͘

Ziggurat football: LAW smash three past DEV in final Georgina Wade Men’s Football was the fourth event on the 2009/2010 Ziggurat calendar, ƚĂŬŝŶŐ ƉůĂĐĞ ŽǀĞƌ ƚǁŽ ĚĂǇƐ͘ >ĂƐƚ ǁĞĞŬ ƐĂǁ ƚŚĞ ƉƌĞůŝŵŝŶĂƌǇ round in which each school could submit two teams; the top 16 ƉƌŽŐƌĞƐƐĞĚ ƚŽ ďĂƩůĞ ŝƚ ŽƵƚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĮŶĂůƐ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƚŽŽŬ ƉůĂĐĞ ĞĂƌůŝĞƌ ůĂƐƚ ǁĞĞŬ͘

The preliminary round saw the Pharmacy school on top form, ŐĞƫŶŐ ďŽƚŚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƚĞĂŵƐ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĮŶĂůƐ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ ŶŽƚ ƚŽ ďĞ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĚĂǇ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ĮŶĂůƐ͕ ĂƐ ďŽƚŚ ƚĞĂŵƐ ůŽƐƚ ƚŽ ĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ Ϯ ĂŶĚ E ^ ƌĞƐƉĞĐƟǀĞůǇ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƌŽƵŶĚ͘ dŚĞ ĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ ƐĐŚŽŽů ǁĂƐ ŽŶ strong form, with both teams advancing through to the second round of matches. &ŽƵƌ ƚĞĂŵƐ ƌĞŵĂŝŶĞĚ ĂŌĞƌ

ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ƚǁŽ ƌŽƵŶĚƐ ŽĨ ŬŶŽĐŬͲ out matches: Law, Languages, ĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚ ĂŶĚ ĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ͘ The Law team gave a sterling ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞ͕ ďĞĂƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ ĮƌƐƚ ƚĞĂŵ ϰͲϭ͘ /Ŷ ĂŶ ĞǆĐĞƉƟŽŶĂůůǇ close match, Development edged out Language in a penalty shoot-out that lasted longer than the game! dŚĞ ĮŶĂů ǁĂƐ ŶŽƚ ƚŽ ďĞ ƐƵĐŚ Ă ĐůŽƐĞͲƌƵŶ ĂīĂŝƌ͕ ǁŝƚŚ >Ăǁ ƉƵƫŶŐ three goals past the Development

ƚĞĂŵ ƚŽ ƚĂŬĞ ƚŚĞ ƟƚůĞ͘ Following the football, Biology ůĞĂĚ ƚŚĞ ŽǀĞƌĂůů ƌĂŶŬŝŶŐƐ͕ ĐůŽƐĞůǇ ĨŽůůŽǁĞĚ ďǇ E ^ͬ ĐŽŶŽŵŝĐƐ ĂŶĚ the combined SWP, Art and Music schools. The next round of the Ziggurat ĐŽŵƉĞƟƟŽŶ ƚĂŬĞƐ ƉůĂĐĞ ƚŚŝƐ ǁĞĞŬ ǁŝƚŚ >ĂĚŝĞƐ͛ EĞƚďĂůů͕ ĨŽůůŽǁĞĚ ďǇ the preliminary rounds of the mixed ĂĚŵŝŶƚŽŶ ŶĞǆƚ ǁĞĞŬ͘

h tŽŵĞŶ͛Ɛ ZƵŐďǇ ĐůĂŝŵĞĚ ƚŚĞ ƉƌĞƐƟŐŝŽƵƐ ƟƚůĞ ŽĨ ͚ ůƵď ŽĨ ƚŚĞ Year’ at last year’s Union CASAs and already it seems to be an award they ĂƌĞ ǁŽƌƚŚǇ ŽĨ͘ tŝƚŚ ĞŶƚŚƵƐŝĂƐƟĐ ŶĞǁ talent and a convincing pre-season win against the UEA Medics under ƚŚĞŝƌ ďĞůƚ͕ ƚŚĞ ƚĞĂŵ ůŽŽŬ ƚŽ ďĞ ŽŶ form for the season ahead. ĂƉƚĂŝŶ EŝĐŽůĂ <ĂĐŝƵďƐŬǇũ explains: “A lot of new players have joined the club this year and we always have a great turnout at each training session.” The home game turned out to be a crucial test for a lot of new players, many of whom had never before set foot on a rugby pitch. Despite ƐŽŵĞ ĚŝĸĐƵůƟĞƐ͕ h ŬĞƉƚ ƵƉ ƚŚĞŝƌ defence, gaining the upper hand in the scrums before the decision was ŵĂĚĞ ƚŽ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞ ƵŶĐŽŶƚĞƐƚĞĚ͘ The opening try was scored ďǇ ŇĂŶŬĞƌ dŽŶŝ ůĂĚŽŶ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ǁĂƐ soon followed by tries from winger sŝŵďĂŝ DƵŬǁĞŶŚĂ͕ ŇĂŶŬĞƌ ŚĂƌůŽƩĞ dŚƵƌƐƚŽŶ ĂŶĚ ŇǇͲŚĂůĨ ĂǀŝŶĂ tŝůůƐŽŶ͘ ĐŽŶǀĞƌƐŝŽŶ ŬŝĐŬĞĚ ŽǀĞƌ ďǇ tŝůůƐŽŶ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĮŶĂů ŵŝŶƵƚĞƐ ƐĞĐƵƌĞĚ h ƚŚĞ match as it closed on a respectable 27-12. The side’s 09/10 BUCS campaign opens with an early start on tĞĚŶĞƐĚĂǇ͕ ǁŚĞŶ ƚŚĞ ƚĞĂŵ ǁŝůů ŵĂŬĞ the much awaited trip to Coventry ŝŶ ĂŶ ĂƩĞŵƉƚ ƚŽ ŬŝĐŬͲƐƚĂƌƚ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǁ season with a win.