Impact Magazine Issue 228

WWW.IMPACTNOTTINGHAM.COM | ISSUE 228 | FEBRUARY 2014

“IT’S REALLY LONELY”: WORKING IN POVERTY: HOUSEMATING: STUDENTS SPEAK OUT SHOULD THE UNIVERSITY WOULD YOU LIVE WITH ABOUT BEING TRANS* PAY THE LIVING WAGE? YOUR OTHER HALF?

EDITORIAL This year we’re celebrating 75 years of Impact.

4JODF XF WF XPO BXBSET QSPEVDFE IJHI nZJOH journos, and our articles have drawn attention to issues that would otherwise have remained unknown.

From student refugees to abusive bouncers, Impact has been keeping a watchful eye over issues affecting students at UoN. To commemorate this milestone, this year will see the launch of two online sections: data visualisation, and a regenerated Exposure section. Keep an eye out for Impact T PGmDJBM CJSUIEBZ QBSUZ JO $SJTJT UIJT UFSN XIJDI XJMM TJHOBM UIF PGmDJBM MBVODI PG UIFTF TFDUJPOT Data journalism is fast becoming one of the most important areas of the industry; getting facts right and presenting them well has been essential to Impact since 1939. And now with our new website we have the opportunity to make it all pretty.

Our Exposure team have brought you beautiful images in every magazine, and now they’re going to get bigger and better online. With new galleries to showcase the talent of photographers at Nottingham, as well as a new emphasis on photo-stories, look out for our revolutionised Exposure section this term.

They’ve got a bumper section in this issue to give you a sneak preview of what’s to come.

Right. We’re off. Time to blow out our candles.

Antonia Paget and Emily Tripp Editors-in-Chief

WE WROTE,YOU RESPONDED Brononymous on “Booker to Boot?â€?. “I think criticisms that these prizes have “lost touchâ€? with modern audiences is highly redundant. Awards ceremonies are self contained and about celebrating the particular group of artists selected by that awarding body‌ No matter how much you introduce people to diverse and challenging works, only a small percentage of people will take notice and even fewer will bother to read them.â€?

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Rob Temperton on “Should lecturers spend more time teaching and less researching?�. “You can’t ignore the fact that undergrads do get excited about the research that goes on [at UoN]. In most cases, they want to feel more connected to the research and not less.�

Loto on “Mar Webber: The Racing Driver’s Driver�. “Maybe this man wasn’t the best F1 driver, but his perseverance and discipline made the difference.�

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CONTENTS IN THIS ISSUE

REGULARS

“It’s not a choice and it should not 4 be treated as a disorder”.

Impact explores gender identification at UoN Impact interviews Paris Lees about her work changing the portrayal of transgenderism

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“Relationships destroyed my house”

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$PNNFOU Travel Science

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Mind the gap!

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Food

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Style

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Exposure

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What’s On

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Gaming

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Film & TV

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Arts

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Music

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Sport

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Should you live with your significant other at uni?

Impact discovers the difference between our generation and that of our grandparents

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“IT’S REALLY LONELY�

Trans* Students at Nottingham speak out about transgenderism and gender-binaries.

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“I often feel guilty not identifying myself openly�.

Edward** is one of many students at UoN who hides his transgenderism from people at university. “No other students know of my transgender orientation. I have been on hormones for two years, and eight months ago I had some surgery, which I had to hide GSPN QFPQMF BU VOJw )F SFWFBMT IPX EJGmDVMU JU DBO NBLF DFSUBJO BTQFDUT PG IJT MJGF i* mOE SFMBUJPOTIJQT BOE TFY WFSZ EJGmDVMU UP OBWJHBUF It involves a lot of strained relationships, and overall it’s really lonely�.

Transgenderism is a subject which many people may not know a lot about. As an issue, it’s almost totally absent from our mainstream media, yet transgender issues are more prominent and widespread than you might think. The NHS estimate that 1 in 11,500 people

FEATURES experience ‘gender dysphoria’, the feeling that UIF TFY BTTJHOFE UP ZPV BU CJSUI EPFT OPU SFnFDU who you really are.

Transgender issues can be confusing – there are various ways that people self-identify under the trans* banner, and a host of unfamiliar terms. The meaning of the asterisk after the word ‘trans’, for example, represents that the word applies to all those within the gender spectrum.

‘I FIND RELATIONSHIPS AND SEX VERY DIFFICULT TO NAVIGATE. IT’S REALLY LONELY’.

5SBOTHFOEFS TUVEFOUT GBDF EJGmDVMU circumstances and overcome endless obstacles. The main fear expressed is one of people misunderstanding them – for Edward,

this was his main reason for hiding his trans* identity. “I have come across some prejudice and insensitivity at school and in my family,� explains Edward. “This is usually through comments people make and jokes in which transgender people are the butt of the joke.

They are portrayed as disgusting and less than human�.

Trans* students speaking to Impact point out UIBU UIF EJGmDVMUJFT UIFZ GBDF EP OPU KVTU JOWPMWF overcoming potential societal prejudice, but also have daily practical consequences.

Impact spoke to Stacey, a student who chose to transition when she began studying at The University of Nottingham. She says that it was a good time to do so. “I think uni is the best place I could have chosen to be honest. I made new GSJFOET XIP LOFX PG NZ HFOEFS JEFOUJmDBUJPO and I got to use my real name, as opposed to

the one I was given at birth�. /FWFSUIFMFTT 4UBDFZ TUJMM mOET FWFSZEBZ MJGF BU VOJWFSTJUZ EJGmDVMU "UUFOEJOH MFDUVSFT JT B struggle, on both a practical and emotional level: “It takes me three hours in the morning to get ready, which means I’m waking up at 5 or 6am�.

‘EIGHT MONTHS AGO I HAD SURGERY, WHICH I HAD TO HIDE FROM PEOPLE AT UNI’.

Because she is wary of attracting unwanted attention, her academic studies have suffered. “I’ve only really attended 10% of my lectures because getting out of my house, walking over there, and having to sit surrounded by 200 PUIFS QFPQMF JT RVJUF EJGmDVMU * WF NJTTFE SFBMMZ

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important lectures because I’ve been a couple of minutes late, because I knew everyone else would already be in there and I couldn’t face going in�.

Both Edward and Stacey identify as being one HFOEFS PO UIF TQFDUSVN CVU 4BN JEFOUJmFT as being bi-gender. Many trans* people feel neither male, nor female and choose to identify as being somewhere in-between entirely.

‘THEY’RE NOT WEIRD PEOPLE THAT NEED TO BE LOOKED AT IN A WEIRD WAY.THEY’RE JUST PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO BE THEMSELVES’.

4BN T HFOEFS JEFOUJmDBUJPO DIBOHFT depending on life and circumstances at the time. “I made the decision to not deny my identity to anyone at Uni, but even then it wasn’t until late in the semester that I started ‘acting’ male in ways other than wearing male clothes - altering my voice was the big one�.

4BN TQPLF BCPVU UIF EJGmDVMUJFT JO SFWFBMJOH their gender identity. “The prejudice I come across is mostly encountered impersonally; TFFJOH UIF SFBDUJPO UP $IFMTFB .BOOJOH coming out was something I found incredibly painful. It made me scared to come out�.

Part of Sam’s problem is a feeling that a non-binary gender identity is misunderstood. “Most people have at least a concept of binary transgender people, even if it’s an unpleasant one. Non-binary identities are things many people simply haven’t heard of�.

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what she thinks is important to know about transgenderism. She says that, “It’s not a choice and it should not be treated as a disorder. There’s a lot of medical evidence to support that trans* students are the genders they believe themselves to be�.

The University recently released updated guidelines for supporting trans* staff, and offers training to any department that wishes to learn about assisting their trans* employees. A similar policy rewrite is also being undertaken for trans* students. $ISJT #BYUFS UIF )FBE PG 4UVEFOU %JTBCJMJUZ BOE Diversity in Student Services, says that, “It is aimed to be a source of support and guidance both for trans* students and those supporting them. The policy has been developed in consultation with the Students’ Union and will be publicly accessible. We hope to work on future initiatives to provide more guidance to make transition as easy as possible for students�.

‘I’VE ONLY ATTENDED 10% OF MY LECTURES BECAUSE GETTING OUT OF MY HOUSE, AND HAVING TO SIT SURROUNDED BY 200 OTHER PEOPLE IS DIFFICULT’.

5IF 6OJWFSTJUZ T $PVOTFMMJOH 4FSWJDF IBT BMTP committed itself to being available for both trans* students and staff. They tell us: “The trans* process is change at its most profound level, and leads to experiences of growth and has many positive elements. In common with all processes of change it also involves feelings of loss, changes in attachments, alterations in the dynamic of relationships with family and

with friends, and sometimes the loss of these relationships�.

They add: “We are not experts or specialists JO UIJT mFME OPS BSF XF USZJOH UP CF 8F DBO perhaps be of most help in supporting the process of transition both for staff and students going through the trans process, and those who are close to that person�.

Nevertheless trans* students tell Impact about continuing problems the University has failed to acknowledge.

‘THE TRANS PROCESS IS CHANGE AT ITS MOST PROFOUND LEVEL’.

Edward** says staff members fail to discipline students who make transphobic comments in lectures. “Such language would not be tolerated in the discussion of gay people, so I’m not sure why this is allowed�.

Both Stacey and Sam bring up the issue of gender-neutral toilets. Stacey says, “Even in some of the newly developed buildings, I still DBO U mOE POF 5IFZ SF USZJOH UP CF JODMVTJWF but it’s not been implemented to the degree needed yet. I can acknowledge the change but it’s slow�.

Despite these problems, things are changing.

We’re sitting on the cusp of a major shift in the way in which transgender people are viewed.

As Zoe Hendrickse tells us: “They’re not weird people that need to be looked at in a weird way. They’re just people who are trying to be themselves, and they should be treated with respect�.

**Names have been changed.

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“I FEEL LIKE I’VE GOT THIS MISSION,THAT I’VE GOT TO CHANGE THE WORLD�

Impact interviews Paris Lees Paris Lees is 26 years old and has come a long way since growing up as a boy in Nottinghamshire. Since her transition she has become a big name in the transgender world, earning the ‘Positive Role Model for LGBT Award’ in the 2012 National Diversity Awards.

She also appeared on Question Time and has written for multiple national newspapers.

Impact spoke to Paris about her life and her work in changing the portrayal of transgenderism in the media.

COULD YOU TELL US THE STORY OF YOUR TRANSITION? It’s a classic transsexual clichÊ. When I was four I told my Mum that I was a girl. I just couldn’t understand it – I knew that physically I had boys’ bits, and that meant I couldn’t be a girl. When I got older social pressures really kicked in and I started to be more aware. I tried to conform for a bit to be like all the other boys.

As a teenager I went to prison – a youth offenders institute for boys. When I was in there, I dressed up as a girl. I’d done it for fun before, but realised that I wanted to make the change. When I came out of prison, I enrolled in college, but I didn’t think I could transition there – it was fairly rough, and there were homophobic kids there. I decided to wait until after college. I went to the University of Brighton and chose to have a new life there.

‘AS A TEENAGER I WENT TO PRISON. WHEN I WAS IN THERE, I DRESSED UP AS A GIRL’.

WERE YOU AFRAID OF PEOPLE FINDING OUT ABOUT YOUR TRANSGENDER IDENTITY? I hadn’t had any medical intervention at this point. Essentially I was just someone who was physically a boy, just putting on girls’ clothes and wearing make-up. I needed to make sure that everything was perfect. I couldn’t afford to have anything about me that was masculine.

IT WAS AT UNIVERSITY WHEN YOU BEGAN TO GO TO A GENDER IDENTITY CLINIC. I didn’t want it to be all about surgery. What was most important about it was that I was getting support. Some of that was physical to help me blend in. Some of that was psychological.

I had psychotherapy, and I responded really well. I realised being transgender isn’t the problem, it’s how people to respond to you being transgender. I began to think ‘Well if you don’t like me then you can eff off!’

‘I DON’T THINK THE MEDIA HATE TRANS* PEOPLE’.

YOU’VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE CAMPAIGN GROUP ‘ALL ABOUT TRANS’ THAT AIMS TO BRING TOGETHER THE MEDIA AND TRANSGENDER PEOPLE. HOW’S THAT GOING? I don’t think the media hate trans* people.

Some people in the industry are nasty, some are lovely, and some are just ignorant. We just need to connect with them. I feel like I’ve got this mission, that I’ve got to change the world, and that gives me energy.

WHAT ARE YOUR GOALS FOR THE NEXT FEW YEARS - FOR YOURSELF AND THE TRANS* COMMUNITY? I would like to have a stronger voice in the media that I could use to tell people to listen.

In terms of the trans* community, there have CFFO B MPU PG IJHI QSPmMF DPNJOH PVUT BOE UIBU SFnFDUT B DPNNVOJUZ JO USBOTJUJPO .PSF QFPQMF are proud and open about who they are, and I don’t think this door can be closed once it’s been opened. People should stay positive and be cheerful, because change is happening.

I would only get abuse occasionally. I felt like I needed to be ashamed. I used to meet plenty of people who wanted to have sex with me, but didn’t want to take me for a drink. The whole thing wrecked my head.

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WHAT KIND OF HOUSEMATE ARE YOU? Theft, noise, and sex - Impact reveals your bad housemate habits. #!?*%&#

50% argue about the washing up.

1/3 admit they like their housemates less than when they moved in.

47% admit to stealing each other’s food.

DO NOT DISTURB

60% have a resident slob that ‘everyone resents’.

LET’ S KEEP DRINKING

AWESOME NIGH T!

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49% have heard other housemates doing the dirty.

40% think they’ve been heard having sex.

SHHH H! ROB’S IN BED

SHUT UP

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38% are woken up at night by their housemates.

¾ do not miss Uni accomodation.

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MIND THE Emily Shackleton, third year English student: My grandfather, Jack Surgey, began training as a blacksmith at about age 19 at the Babbington $PMMJFSZ JO #BTGPSE XIFO IF XBTO U BMMPXFE to join RAF. The Second World War had just begun, and whilst quick to volunteer, he didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t pass the medical due to ear problems.

My family for generations grew up and worked in Nottingham. Two of my great grandparents and my grandfather were involved in the mining industry. My grandfatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s job involved maintaining all the heavy duty equipment such as the railway, lifts and lift shafts in the mine.

During the minersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; strikes of the early 70s, he still had to go into the mines to ensure they EJEO U nPPE XPSL UIBU IF XBTO U QBJE GPS BOE for which other miners spat on him and called him a â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;scabâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;. My mum was 12 at the time and remembers how appalling it was.

He still stayed at the colliery until he retired in 1986 at age 65, shortly before it closed.

Akos Pal, third year Pharmacy student from Romania: â&#x20AC;&#x153;My parents grew up on the other side of the Iron Curtainâ&#x20AC;?.

My experience as a student differs from my parentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; in many ways. First of all, I grew up in capitalist, semi-democratic society, whilst my parents experienced the worst years of communism. Also, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m studying abroad, which was something unimaginable for them.

At my age, my mum was a second year student at the University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Targu Mures. There were only 20 people on her course and they were the last cohort, since the Faculty of Pharmacy was being disbanded for political reasons.

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When I ask how her life has progressed since then, she says, â&#x20AC;&#x153;My life changed radically. Not just because of the change of regime, but also because I became a wife and a mother. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a whole new experience, which canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be truly described - only feltâ&#x20AC;?.

Rosie, second year French and Politics student: â&#x20AC;&#x153;By my age, my nan already had three girls and was pregnant with my motherâ&#x20AC;?.

In the mid 60s when she 16 years old, my nan fell in love with an older boy. With no access to birth control, she quickly fell pregnant with twins whilst still unmarried.

After a very quick marriage my nan had two more girls. Unfortunately whilst she was able live a double life as a rock chick and full time mum, my grandfather wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t, so he moved to LA two years after the birth of my mum. My nan later met my granddad Mike, and together they raised the four girls. She later had a son too. .Z CSPUIFST BOE * BSF UIF mSTU UP FWFS UP HP UP VOJWFSTJUZ * DPVMEO U JNBHJOF IBWJOH B CBCZ SJHIU now but by my age, my nan already had three girls and was pregnant with my mother. Things have changed a lot over two generations.

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GENERATION GAP Antonia Paget, third year English student and Erica Macpherson: â&#x20AC;&#x153;The world I grew up in was very different to the world my grandchildren are growing up in today.

I grew up on the Zambezi in Mozambique, and also in South Africa. My father was the managing director of the biggest sugar plantation south of the Sudan, and he ran the factory and the estate.

We had a very different life to most living on the plantation. My mother had two pet leopards, given to us as gifts, one of which used to come into my room in the morning. I also had a pet chameleon. The Africans were scared of them because they thought they were evil. I was a horrible child, so I used to chase them around with the chameleon and place it on different surfaces to watch it change colour. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I then went to art school in South Africa, and studied under a student of Matisse. I used to go home only once a year from school in South Africa to the Zambezi because it took a week to get there and a week to get backâ&#x20AC;?.

Kat Rolle, fourth year French and Politics Student: â&#x20AC;&#x153;My grandfather escaped from a POW camp in the middle of the nightâ&#x20AC;?.

When my grandfather was my age, he was a Prisoner of War (POW) in Alsace-Lorraine, France. He was captured in a forest in France XIFO mHIUJOH BHBJOTU UIF (FSNBOT EVSJOH UIF Second World War. Missing for ten months, IF XBT MBUFS GPVOE CZ UIF 3FE $SPTT The were treated well in this particular camp.

They were allowed to go out and work in a milk factory and receive letters from relatives. .Z HSBOEGBUIFS XBT B CPYFS BOE VTFE UP mHIU in matches in order to get more food. He was relatively friendly with the German soldiers stationed there as he spoke German â&#x20AC;&#x201C; they had no idea that he was Jewish.

My grandfather escaped the camp in the middle of the night. Also able to speak French, he was protected from recapture by a local French couple. He lived with them until the Americans arrived in Alsace-PSSBJOF BOE IF XBT nPXO CBDL UP &OHMBOE by an American plane and reunited with my grandmother.

Dylan Williams, third year English student and Helen Williams, age 84.

Helen Williams: â&#x20AC;&#x153;If someone was clever the family would have to pay for them to go to university, there was no help otherwise. I stayed in school until I was 16, but my sisters both left when they were 14 and went straight into jobs.

Our father couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have kept us any longer.

He drove trucks for a living and we didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have very much.

After school I worked on the switchboard in a factory. It was a bit boring, although sometimes we used to have phone calls from abroad, which would be exciting. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d mainly take messages, put out calls and send telegrams.

I got married on my 21st birthday. My husband used to work on the buses, so I met him thereâ&#x20AC;?.

Dylan Williams: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always important to respect that people in your family havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t always enjoyed the same opportunities as we do now.

But the hard work that people like my nan have put in over the years is the main reason why I have these opportunities nowâ&#x20AC;?.

KAT ROLLE, ANTONIA PAGET AND DYLAN WILLIAMS | 11

COMMENT | COLUMNISTS

EXAM TO EXAM:

ARE UNIVERSITY ASSESSMENTS SOLELY A MEANS TO AN END? 5IF ##$ IBT GPVOE UIBU DIJMESFO UPEBZ XJMM sit an average of 70 exams before even leaving school. And after a couple of years at university, it becomes hard to remember a time XIFO ZPV EJEO U TQFOE UIF $ISJTUNBT PS &BTUFS holidays revising.

But are exams really the best method of assessment? Arguably not. The problem is that they facilitate a highly instrumental approach to education. Rather than learning consistently and broadly, exams encourage a targeted and short-term method. They cater for those who have very little passion for their degree.

Annoyingly it is often these students, many of whom who do not go to seminars and lectures, who do well at exams. They â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;play the gameâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;IN-DEPTH KNOWLEDGE ABOUT PLATO OR KANT IS NOT WHAT EMPLOYERS ARE LOOKING FORâ&#x20AC;?.

5IJSE ZFBS 1PMJUJDT TUVEFOU BOE $PVSTF Representative James Potts argues that exams should be combined with a range of different assessments: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Exams are important.

But coursework requires more research.

Presentations are another way of getting students to engage...an ideal module should be assessed by all three methodsâ&#x20AC;?.

Students are not being incentivised to learn

consistently and regularly because exams are neither consistent nor regular. But would students want a constant - albeit less important - stream of exams?

Vanessa Pupavac, a lecturer in International Relations at UoN, argues no. She sees a wider culture of instrumentalism of which exams are merely symptomatic: â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is about more than just exams. There has been a denigration of education. A culture of testing and continual assessment is cultivated by schoolsâ&#x20AC;?.

She believes that exams are just a manifestation of todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s goal-orientated approach: â&#x20AC;&#x153;I had a friend who was interviewed to be a history teacher, and they didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t actually ask her any questions about history. We have stopped caring about the subjectâ&#x20AC;?.

Moreover, many exams only cover a fraction of material taught during a module. Students can simply pick a few topics and revise them, usually guessing which questions will come up from past papers or suggestive lecture slides.

Revealing an interesting insight into the psyche of todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s students, one anonymous student said: â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see the point of going to lectures every week. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get assessed on it, so why turn up?â&#x20AC;? $PVSTFXPSL DBO BMTP FODPVSBHF B MB[Z approach. Particularly for those with essaydominated modules, the point of going to seminars and lectures not relevant to your chosen question evaporates.

12 | ROB MOHER | PHOTOGRAPHY BY MICHAEL NATHANAEL CHEE GUANG HUI

Lecturers and seminar tutors are confronted by people who are there not to study, but to tick the register before hurrying home to work on essays.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;WE HAVE STOPPED CARING ABOUT THE SUBJECTâ&#x20AC;?.

Exams and coursework might be the best of a bad bunch. Other suggestions would be to have weekly tests or oral exams, which would reward those who do learn regularly and those who take a more all-encompassing approach to learning, but would be a logistical nightmare and would still be open to the instrumental, goal-oriented criticism.

Pupavac is sceptical about the potential for change, seeing the issue as a much broader one: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Education is now about targets. Subjects are subordinated to broader economic and social goals. For example, all modules must teach students â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;transferable skillsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;. This is a broader cultural crisisâ&#x20AC;?.

The problem is that education has become geared towards employability. From a young age we are encouraged to do everything we can to enhance our chances of getting a job.

Sadly, in-depth knowledge about Plato or Kant is not what employers are looking for. Exams BSF B SFnFDUJPO SBUIFS UIBO B DBVTF PG UIJT AEP what you have toâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; culture.

DEBATE | COMMENT

SHOULD THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM

PAY THE LIVING WAGE? YES Hundreds of UoN staff this winter will have struggled to heat their homes and pay for $ISJTUNBT 5IFTF BSF TUBGG XF DPNF JOUP contact with every day; they serve us coffee in Hallward, lunch in Portland, and wilfully wade through our mess when cleaning rooms in halls. The University has decided that these vital staff are not worth a wage that enables them to live free of working poverty.

A living wage would make a tangible difference; all could support themselves and their families without being forced to rely on payday loans or food banks, as reports from Unison campus representatives have suggested some do. It would also help relieve the chronic worry and stress that comes from trying to make ends meet.

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;THE UNIVERSITY CAN AFFORD THIS. IN 2012, UoNâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S BUDGET SURPLUS FOR THE YEAR WAS ÂŁ24 MILLIONâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122;.

However, the building of a ÂŁ20 million De Vere hotel on campus appears a higher priority than fair pay for its employees. In 2012 Vicechancellor David Greenaway was awarded ÂŁ331,000, while for many of the lowest paid at

our University living costs are rising and their real wages falling.

5IF -JWJOH 8BHF DPVME CFOFmU UIF 6OJWFSTJUZ in general. An independent study examining UIF CFOFmUT PG UIF -JWJOH 8BHF GPVOE UIBU JU reduced absenteeism by 25%, and 75% of employers reported an increase in the quality of their employeesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; work. The University has a chance to show it is a responsible, ethical employer.

At the heart of the Living Wage is a new way of thinking about employment: employers have a duty to pay their staff not just the minimum they can get away with, but a wage UIBU BDUVBMMZ SFnFDUT MJWJOH DPTUT "O FMJUF institution like UoN should be taking the lead in this important debate. It should be proud to stand up and say that it supports its staff and the communities they live in. At the moment, JU CFMPOHT UP DMVC PG KVTU mWF 6, VOJWFSTJUJFT that employ more than 500 staff below a Living Wage. As students we should stand with the lowest paid on our campus and demand a better deal.

NO "SUJmDJBMMZ JOnBUJOH XBHFT DPVME CF EFFQMZ harmful to the very people we want to help, and even to students.

There are stark wage disparities at UoN, but despite the claims of many on the Left, this

wage disparity is not a personal attack or an ideological stance. David Greenawayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s salary JT KVTUJmFE CZ UIF GBDU UIBU IF DPVME DPNNBOE a similarly high wage at another organisation.

Without his high salary, his skill-set would lead him elsewhere. *O UIF GBDF PG B IJHIFS XBHF nPPS UIPTF employees who are already earning the Living Wage will demand a proportionate pay rise.

This sparks an upward-spiral. UoN would face a university-wide increase in salaries, and a TJHOJmDBOU EFOU JO GVOET XIJDI BSF WJUBM GPS investing in important research and the future of students.

If the Living Wage were applied on a national scale, the results could be disastrous. In seeking to meet the costs of higher wages, companies will increase the price of consumer goods, reduce shifts, and cut jobs. Research undertaken by the IPPR/Resolution Foundation predicts 160,000 job losses if the Living Wage were to be introduced in the UK, which is a 0.5% reduction in employment. Many of these jobs will be for people with low-skills: often students, and those struggling at the very bottom.

It is unlikely that we will be able to implement even a means-tested Living Wage without a wage and price spiral. Instead, workers improving their skills and demanding higher wages in better jobs is a credible alternative which does not involve calamitous meddling with the nature of the market.

PHOTOGRAPHY BY MARTIN SYLVESTER | MICHAEL PUGH AND ROB MOHER | 13

TRAVEL

SURF THE

WORLDâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S SOFAS

Impact asked Nottingham students about their ZHLUG DQG ZRQGHUIXO FRXFKVXUĂ&#x20AC;QJ H[SHULHQFHV People from over 100,000 different cities over the world have already joined the Ň&#x160;&RXFKVXUĂ&#x20AC;QJŇ&#x2039; FRPPXQLW\ )URP 7RN\R WR Madrid, Buenos Aires to Paris, there are now nearly 7 million members. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Travel like a local, stay in someoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s home and experience the world in a way which money canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t buy.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; This is the slogan IRU WKH FRXFKVXUĂ&#x20AC;QJ FRQFHSW %DVHG on the simple principle of hospitality, someone can host a traveller at home and be hosted by a local whenever they travel themselves.

SOPHIE DOUCE * EFDJEFE UP USZ DPVDITVSmOH MBTU 4FQUFNCFS 8JUI UIF XPSME BU NZ mOHFSUJQT * MFGU GPS B TPMP trip around the Northwest of England. I admit I was starting small, but I wanted to give the experience a go on a smaller scale.

After having sent some random requests to Mancunian couch owners, I received a message from Jenny who agreed to host NF GPS UXP EBZT +FOOZ XBT B mGUZ ZFBS PME

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unemployed ex-soldier who spent most of her days watching TV and smoking. She was rather distant from the host I had pictured.

But the best encounters are often the unexpected ones. While chatting with Jenny, she told me: â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see why people would have to pay hotel fees in order to travel.

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had the best time ever hosting lots of different people with different nationalities and personalitiesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;.

And I agree with her. Why travel any other way? $PVDITVSmOH JT B QSFDJPVT PQQPSUVOJUZ GPS travellers to experience different places from a local perspective, and give you a genuine view of a city and its inhabitants. It helps us UP DSFBUF mSTU IBOE XPSMEXJEF DPOOFDUJPOT â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a welcome development in a world which sometimes seems way too vast.

BEN READ I couchsurfed in Brussels with a friend as part of a trip around Europe. I was apprehensive but didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really have another choice as I was pretty broke.

0VS IPTU T nBU XBT PO UIF UPQ nPPS XJUI BO amazing view overlooking Brussels. Inside the

nBU NPEFM QFOJTFT MJOFE UIF TIFMWFT BMPOHTJEF photos of previous guests.

Although the decor may have been surreal, our host was kind enough; he cooked us a huge dinner and gave us loads of nice local beer, but asked for nothing in return.

We were given air beds to sleep on, whilst the three other couchsurfers were in his bed and PO UIF TPGB 0VS IPTU TMFQU PO UIF nPPS PO B little mattress in the dining room.

Our host told us that one couchsurfer had stolen his laptop while he was out. Yet he still lets anyone come and stay, even those without reviews.

JAMES FILDES I went hitchhiking around Europe last year and EJE QMBO PO HPJOH DPVDITVSmOH CVU JU EJEO U really work out.

Having to plan ahead was challengingâ&#x20AC;Ś Given the nature of trip we didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t always have easy BDDFTT UP UIF *OUFSOFU XIJDI NBEF JU EJGmDVMU Response time were also unpredictable, which made it hard to plan ahead.

TRAVEL

KIDS AND CANOES: AN INDONESIAN ODYSSEY A three hour journey in a blue tin-can bus through rural Indonesia followed my long IBVM nJHIU 5IF USBJM XBT EJWFSTF GSPN UBMM mountains coated in dense green rainforest, to swampland dotted with wooden shacks and the occasional market town.

I settled into my homestay in La Bundo-Bundo with a local family who spoke not a word of English, and spent the next three weeks exploring the jungle. I watched the natives climb coconut trees, checking traps for brightly coloured lizards, and using giant leaves as umbrellas in the pouring rain.

small groups of women sat chatting as they QSFQBSFE mTI BOE WFHFUBCMFT UP GFFE UIFJS families. Their housework was accompanied by traditional songs, performed with dancing villagers and tambourine players.

We then visited Kaledupa, one of the larger islands in the Wakatobi region. This area was more developed and tarmac roads cut through bush land and the forest. Here the houses were more elaborate. Window frames were painted blue, and every other home had a small veranda.

0VS EFTUJOBUJPO GPS UIF mSTU UISFF EBZT XBT B stilt village, reached by canoe. Here we met a tribe of sea gypsies. Traditionally nomadic, UIJT HSPVQ IBE TFUUMFE MJWJOH PGG UIF mTI PG UIF Wakatobi national park and vegetables from the nearby island of Kaledupa.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;WE WERE PRESENTED WITH A FEAST, SHOWCASING THE BEST OF INDONESIAN HOSPITALITYâ&#x20AC;?.

5IF WJMMBHF XBT NBEF VQ PG mGUZ IPNFT QMBDFE precariously on stilts. Beautiful hand crafted chairs made from bamboo sat outside, and

4DPPUFST DBSSZJOH VQ UP mWF QFPQMF nFX QBTU as children dressed in white tops and plaid blue trousers walked to school. The impact of

globalisation on the residents of Kaledupa became clearer as we journeyed to the centre of the island. Many residents had mobile phones and children at the local schools could count to ten in English. They were also familiar with terms for various farm animals and household objects.

We were invited to the village chiefâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s house for MVODI )FSF XF GPVOE UIF mSTU DPNQVUFS XF E TFFO BMM USJQ BOE UIF IPVTF XBT mMMFE XJUI leather sofas, elegant cushions and throws. We XFSF QSFTFOUFE XJUI B GFBTU PG EJGGFSFOU mTI white rice, watermelon, papaya, cassava and potatoes, showcasing the best of Indonesian hospitality.

As the famous Indonesian proverb says: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Where the land is stepped, the sky is upheldâ&#x20AC;?.

In other words, every community has a unique set of traditions, each of which must be respected. This is nowhere more clear than in Indonesia.

CAITLIN KELLY | 15

SCIENCE

IMPACT TALKS TO HACKSOC This year over four times as many people have joined HackSoc at UoN than ever before, and the group have experienced an unprecedented success at national and international tournaments.

Impact Science speaks to Joe Nash, President and co-founder of HackSoc, about the groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s success, what it means to be a programmer and the negative reactions hacking can face.

HOW WOULD YOU DEFINE A â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;HACKERâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;? .Z GBWPVSJUF EFmOJUJPO JT A4PNFPOF XIP MPWFT to program or enjoys playful cleverness, or a combination of the two. The act of engaging in activities (such as programming or other media) in a spirit of playfulness and exploration is termed hackingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;.

DO YOU FIND PEOPLE SOMETIMES REACT NEGATIVELY TO THE WORD OR ASSUME IT MEANS SOMETHING ELSE? We get negative reactions quite a lot. At some QPJOU UIF NFEJB DPOGVTFE UIF EFmOJUJPO PG hacker with that of â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;crackerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, the computer security breaking term, and the hacker community has been haunted by it ever since.

HackSoc is really about the programmer subculture, not security.

HOW SUCCESSFUL HAS HACKSOC BEEN HERE AT NOTTINGHAM? 8F CFDBNF PGmDJBMMZ BGmMJBUFE MBUF JO UIF academic year of 2013, though weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been active since March.

Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve grown to 150 members, which is a pretty rapid growth rate. One of our original goals was to widen the appeal of programming BOE IBDLJOH UP TUVEFOUT PVUTJEF PG $PNQVUFS 4DJFODF BOE XF WF EFmOJUFMZ BDIJFWFE UIBU BT B MBSHF QSPQPSUJPO PG PVS NFNCFST BSF OPO $4 or have never programmed before joining.

Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re so busy running around the country on weekends that we often miss the events in Nottingham. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m going to try tackling this coming semester, so we hope to be a lot more successful in Nottingham by integrating with the tech community.

YOUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;VE TAKEN PART IN BOTH NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL HACKATHONS AND HAVE HOSTED YOUR OWN HERE AT UON. WHAT HAVE BEEN YOUR BIGGEST SUCCESSES? Our biggest success is the number of members we have coming along to Hackathons now. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got to the point where around 10 students will sign up for each event.

That might not sound like a lot, but that is 10 students who are willing to travel across the country, often for long journeys in the early hours of the morning, to stay up for 24 hours programming. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve attended nine hackathons TJODF "VHVTU BWFSBHJOH BCPVU mWF TUVEFOUT but the numbers are rapidly increasing recently.

Another big success for us this year was one of our teams winning the UK stage of PayPal

16 | FAIZA PEERAN | PHOTOGRAPHY BY HACKNY VIA FLICKR

BattleHack, resulting in the team being shipped out to San Francisco to represent the UK at the mOBMT HAVING BEEN INVOLVED IN LOCAL SCHOOLS, WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE RECENT ADDITION OF PROGRAMMING INTO THE SCHOOL CURRICULUM? *U JT B GBOUBTUJD DIBOHF BOE EFmOJUFMZ JO UIF right direction. The difference it will make to the pupils understanding of technology will be immense. I equate it to physics; not everyone who studies physics in school goes on to be a physicist, but the education gives a vital understanding of the fundamentals of how the world works. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re hopeful the new computing curriculum does the same.

WHAT QUALITIES DO YOU THINK YOU NEED IN ORDER TO BE A GOOD HACKER OR PROGRAMMER? Willingness to learn, creativity and curiosity.

Programming is actually an incredibly creative endeavour, which I think is quite at odds with the common image. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve only got to look at some of the madness that comes out of hackathons to see that hacking is often artful.

Determination helps as well. Everyone will eventually meet their nemesis in a bug that just wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be squashed. At a recent hackathon I TQFOU PG UIF IPVST mHIUJOH B TJOHMF CVH for example. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got to stick with it.

SCIENCE

ARE YOU A

PSYCHOPATH? Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a clichĂŠ that psychology students will self-diagnose or diagnose their friends with whatever theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re currently studying.

Usually theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re woefully incorrect about their IPVTFNBUF T OBSDJTTJTN PS UIFJS PXO 0$% but every now and then people will research something that sometimes becomes altogether too personal.

James Fallon is one of those people. Fallon studied the biological basis of behaviour and became interested in criminals and more precisely in sociopathic/psychopathic killers. )F XBT POF PG UIF mSTU UP MPPL GPS B CJPMPHJDBM difference between these killers and normal QFPQMF BOE IJT SFTFBSDI JEFOUJmFE B OVNCFS PG interesting areas.

For one, psychopathy seemed to be partly genetic; he found 12 genes that were linked to aggression and violence. One, MAO A or monoamine oxidase A, regulates serotonin, a â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;happyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; chemical in your brain. It was found that a lot of the killers had altered MAO A genes that made them more resistant to serotonin.

As well as the genetic differences there were also differences in the brains of the killers.

Using PET (Positron Emission Tomography) imaging, Fallon was able to see which parts of the killerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s brains were active and, more importantly, which werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t. It turned out a lot of the psychopathic killers had very little activity in the orbitofrontal cortex. This area is believed to be involved in empathy and decisions, and is believed to exert control over the amygdala,

which is often seen as a source of aggression, violence and impulsiveness. In these killers there was nothing stopping the amygdala from controlling this behaviour.

Upon hearing about his research, his family mentioned to Fallon that they themselves were related to serial killers, allegedly including Lizzie Borden (an American woman who was tried and acquitted for the axe murders of her father and stepmother in Massachusetts in 1892).

Having just learned psychopathy was hereditary, Fallon took scans and blood samples heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d collected from his family for Alzheimerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s research and tested them for his new found psychopathy-markers. It turns out there was a single member of his family that had both the altered MAO A gene, a couple of other genetic markers and an inactive orbitofrontal cortex â&#x20AC;&#x201C; himself.

Fallon claims heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not a murderer, which is probably true. Most sociopaths donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t murder people, and in fact many tend to become very successful. About 1% of the population are TPDJPQBUIJD XIJDI JODSFBTFT UP JO $&0T It seems this is often the case of nurture beating out nature. Social problems, such as a problematic childhood for example, seems to contribute far more to the likelihood of people becoming serial killers than their genetic disposition or brain abnormality.

So the next time your psychology friend starts noticing what theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re studying in you, perhaps theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re actually on to something. Who knows, NBZCF ZPV SF EFTUJOFE UP CF B GVUVSF $&0

PHOTOGRAPHY BY ANDREAS BILLMAN | SIAN LYONS | 17

FOOD

IMPACT FOOD INTERVIEWS SAT BAINS:

“MICHELIN STARS ARE NOT A BURDEN, THEY ALLOW ME TO DO MY JOB”

Best known for being chef proprietor of Restaurant Sat Bains in Nottingham - a two star establishment - the city’s Michelin star chef won the Roux Scholarship in 1999 and was also POF PG UIF XJOOFST PG UIF ##$ T Great British Menu show in 2007. He spoke to Impact Food about rock and roll in the kitchen, student cooking, and opening his new restaurant.

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FOOD What made you choose Nottingham Do you think Michelin stars can and are you surprised by your make chefs complacent or do success? you think it encourages them to improve?

I moved to Nottingham when I was 21, so 21 years ago. I worked in London for a bit, but I have always liked this area, and the East Midlands. It has great heritage and produce, and historical dishes. We came in 1999, and UIFO * PGmDJBMMZ UPPL PWFS UIF DPNQBOZ JO

Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve said you may launch a new restaurant in the New Year. Is this true, and if so how will it differ from Restaurant Sat Bains?

Without a doubt, that is down to the chef. But I feel hard work always pays off. If you offer your guests something unique, which is good value and with a level of consistency, then the accolades will come naturally. Michelin stars are nice, but ultimately itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s about the person sitting at the table.

By trying to be innovative and creative, as well as using the area as a positive, we have been able to create a unique type of cuisine, drawing Obviously there will be people who donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t like loads of guests from outside the region. It also it; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a percentage game, if we can hit 90% helps that we have hotel rooms upstairs! enjoying it, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m happy. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to change what I do to satisfy everybody, I would rather â&#x20AC;&#x153;I THINK â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;CHEFFINGâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; IS 10% donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t come back, it keeps us what we are.

I do not want to replicate what we do here; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s too hard. We want to create a tapas menu, where the kitchen is in the middle with six chefs, whilst you are sitting at the counter watching all the action. Within half an hour ZPV WF FBUFO mWF PS TJY TNBMM EJTIFT BU B good price. It will be three times as fast, while LFFQJOH UIF TBNF RVBMJUZ PG nBWPVS *U XJMM BMTP be accessible to students. The new restaurant XJMM CF IJHI FOE nBWPVS CVU OPU IJHI FOE DPTU

THE NEW ROCK AND ROLLâ&#x20AC;?

Cooking programmes such as Great British Menu, Masterchef Most students start cooking for the and The Great British Bake Off Ă&#x20AC;UVW WLPH DW XQLYHUVLW\ :KDW VRUW RI have become increasingly popular.

GLVKHV GLG \RX Ă&#x20AC;UVW VWDUW WR PDNH" Do you think it adds too much celebrity to cooking?

When you havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t got a lot of money, the key aspect is not always going for fast food. *OTUFBE JUT BCPVU mOEJOH UIJOHT UIBU BSF HPPE for you. You can buy a nice chicken and it can last you two or three meals.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also about being intelligent in purchasing.

If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re cooking a dish like a stew, you know that will last two or three days so you only need to cook twice or three times a week. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s about getting savvy early on.

* UIJOL ADIFGmOH JT VMUJNBUFMZ UIF OFX SPDL BOE roll because people want to know how to cook.

There is an obsession with it. The programmes have done great for the industry. However, there is also the downside that it portrays the industry in a glamorous way when its not. I look BU 57 BT TIPXJOH BCPVU PG XIBU ADIFGmOH is actually like. The reality is that it is quite mundane, and laborious.

How important do Michelin stars remain? And to you personally?

Michelin is not something that I chased, although I always wanted to get one star. I thought it would be great for Nottingham to have a Michelin star restaurant. So I kept trying to learn and read more, in order to ultimately become a craftsman. I believe cooking is like any other craft, you need to know your tools, your materials, and you need to have a level of skill which is hands on. It has to have a skill level, which normally is associated with Michelin.

Having the one star was important therefore to get us known and put ourselves on the map.

After that I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think we would get two. The stars are important from a business point of view, but its not something I wake up in the morning to chase. They a not a burden, they just allow me to do my job.

If you were a student at UoN, what sort of food would you be cooking whilst on a restricted budget?

Slow cookers allow you to put something on in the morning and then have something to eat when you get home from lectures. If there are a few of you in the house, you can share the roles, and invite mates rounds to join in and share. This is the key: going back to the family roots. We are so used to people sitting and eating in their own rooms and not interacting.

Students therefore have a great opportunity, and can create a house full of joy and great smells, like a Sunday roast. When you sit down and share a meal that someone has put the effort and love into, it creates a bond between people. Ultimately food should be about drawing you all together.

Other than your own restaurant, where is your favourite place to eat in Nottingham. And where would you recommend for students?

I do love Wagamama to get an edamame beans hit. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just a simple and honest bowl of noodles. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not fussy; Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m a working class guy from Derby, so I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t always want a gourmet meal in town. I would recommend you try the $PE T 4DBMMPQT JO 8PMMBUPO 5IF HVZ UIBU PXOT The Wollaton Arms also has a chip shop where the chips are cooked in beef dripping, which is incredible. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll often go there when Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m off on a Monday.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;MICHELIN STARS ARE NICE, BUT ULTIMATELY ITâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S ABOUT THE PERSON SITTING AT THE TABLEâ&#x20AC;?

What would be your top tips for any students wanting to pursue cooking in the future?

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard work, and you really have to get your head down and leach as much as you can.

I would advise people to work in really good restaurants. Think about who you admire and who you want be like. If you could pick one SFTUBVSBOU PVU PG ZPVS GBWPVSJUF mWF XIJDI one would you see yourself working at in ten years time? That should normally dictate the path you are going to take. You need to focus on the area you like and drive. You need to learn exactly what everything is and be asking yourself the whole time: â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;What is the best way to cook a dish?â&#x20AC;&#x2122;.

GEORGE HUGHES DAVIS AND LOUIS FITZHERBERT | 19

STYLE

URBAN WONDERLAND 20 | PHOTOGRAPHY BY ANDREAS BILMAN | STYLED BY JESSIE ROSEBLADE AND HARRIET BROWN

STYLE

MODELLED BY LYDIA BRIGGS | ASSISTED BY AMRIT SANTOS AND RACHAEL COONEY | MAKE UP BY BECKY FEARN | 21

STYLE

Skirt Topshop £30

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;Smile for Uncle Terryâ&#x20AC;?

Richardson about his methods, saying that he â&#x20AC;&#x153;takes girls who are young, manipulates them to take their clothes off and takes pictures of them they will be ashamed of. They are too afraid to say no because their agency booked them on the job and are too young to stand up for themselves.â&#x20AC;? She remarked that she didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know how anyone still worked with him â&#x20AC;&#x201C; but yet, they do.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;THOSE WITH THE POWER WONâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;T BLACKLIST HIM, AND THOSE WITHOUT THE POWER SUFFER BECAUSE OF ITâ&#x20AC;?.

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erry Richardson is one of the most QSPNJOFOU mHVSFT JO GBTIJPO QIPUPHSBQIZ His candid and provocative images have become iconic. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s worked with everyone from Rihanna to Obama, H&M to Prada, and for publications such as Vogue and Vice. His distinctive style has earned him a reputation, but it is his behaviour off-camera which causes the most controversy.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;BEHIND THE CAMERA, THINGS REALLY ARE GETTING SEXYâ&#x20AC;?.

His typical style involves a nearly naked model posing seductively in front of a plain white background, often taken in his home studio.

The sexualised atmosphere that he achieves in his photos happens for a reason; behind the camera, things really are getting sexy.

Many models have come forward with their allegations of how Terry (or â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Uncle Terryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; as he likes to be called) photographs young models who are desperate to break into the industry, gets them naked, and convinces them to engage in sex acts with him â&#x20AC;&#x201C; all while his assistants watch. They sometimes take photographs, too.

With the allegations so widespread within public knowledge, we have to wonder why brands and celebrities arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t paying attention, and still continue to use Terry Richardson on a regular basis. Those with the power wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t blacklist him, and those without the power suffer because PG JU $FMFCSJUJFT MJLF #FZPODĂ? BOE -BEZ (BHB TUJMM QPTF GPS IJN BOE FEJUPST BOE $&0T PG magazines and brands still book him to shoot their youngest models. This poses a question â&#x20AC;&#x201C; why would you hire someone that you wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t dream of leaving alone in the same room as your teenage daughter or sister?

The question here isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t whether the sex acts actually happen â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Richardson himself has said â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s about creating a vibe, getting people relaxed and excited. When that happens, you can do anythingâ&#x20AC;?. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s whether a young model, desperate to break out into the industry and booked on the job by her agent, really is consenting to sex with a man in his late 40â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x201C; especially one like Uncle Terry. The power divide between a young model and a connected photographer is enormous. Whilst B DFMFCSJUZ NBZ IBWF UIF DPOmEFODF BOE the power to disregard Richardsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sexual advances, for a young and fairly unknown model, the choice isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t quite so clear-cut.

Frankly, Richardsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s photos arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even boundary-pushing â&#x20AC;&#x201C; many other photographers achieve the same sexual energy on camera, just without the perversion behind it. It shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be normal for a photographer taking a provocative photo to strip naked during the shoot, neither should it be acceptable for models to be Jamie Peck, who shot with Richardson for pressured into engaging in sex acts that leave Purple magazine, remarked that out of all the them feeling dirty as soon as they leave the photographers sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d posed naked for, â&#x20AC;&#x153;heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s studio. Terry Richardsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s actions are not the only one whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s left [her] feeling like [she] normal; and the fashion industry shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t treat needed to take two showersâ&#x20AC;?. Supermodel them as such. Until editors and celebrities stop $PDP 3PDIB BMTP XPSLFE XJUI 5FSSZ 3JDIBSETPO working with Richardson, he will continue his and remarked that she was so uncomfortable sexual exploitation of young, powerless models. that she refused to work with him again. The Danish model Rie Rasmussen confronted

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30 | GAMING

32 | FILM

THE RISE AND RISE OF STEAM AND INDIE GAMING

THE BEST OF 2013 AND WHAT TO LOOK FORWARD TO IN 2014

37 | ARTS

42 | MUSIC

ADAPTATIONS: BOOKS vs FILM, GETTING PUBLISHED AND AN INTERVIEW WITH THE NT DIRECTOR

2013 REVIEWED, WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN 2014 AND INTRODUCING OWYL

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FULL STEAM AHEAD: HOW STEAM ROSE TO POWER Steam is an online marketplace where you can download and buy games. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the online equivalent of shops like HMV, Game and Zavvy.

This year alone, Steamworks titles include #JPTIPDL *OmOJUF 5PNC 3BJEFS BOE 4BJOUT 3PX IV. But why is Steam so popular? Is it the easy to use interface, or the plus of having all your games in one place? Or is it the fact that many """ HBNFT SFMFBTFE PO 1$ BSF BWBJMBCMF exclusively on Valveâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s distribution platform?

Impact Gaming brings you the lowdown on Steam.

A BRI E F HI S T O R Y Steam was released in 2003 allowing Valve to patch their online games automatically. It soon became a requirement to launch Valve titles, TVDI BT )BMG MJGF 5XP ZFBST MBUFS UIF mSTU third-party games appeared as Valve made agreements with other publishers and small developers. By mid-2007, Valveâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s software had over 13 million users. Steamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s staggering popularity attracted bigger publishers such as &JEPT BOE $BQDPN UP TUBSU EJTUSJCVUJOH UIFJS games using Valveâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s software, which in turn attracted even more users. Now the program has over 65 million users (thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a 500% increase over the space of six years), playing games from a catalogue that totals over 3000 games.

In 2010, a Steam client was released on Mac, an OS notorious for not being gamer friendly.

Now there are over 600 games available to buy on a Mac. The client has been successfully ported to Linux, with over 300 games available to buy and play on the OS today. It helps that the program has been largely uncontested during its lifespan, with competitors only recently emerging.

THE COMP ETITION Other publishers have recently launched their own software to combat Valveâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s distribution HJBOU &" XFSF UIF mSTU UP TUSJLF CZ SFMFBTJOH Origin in mid-2011, subsequently restricting all of their future releases to their platform.

A report from February 2012 claims an impressive 9.3 million downloads, no doubt helped along by blockbuster releases such as #BUUMFmFME BOE '*'" A year after Originâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s release, Ubisoft launched Uplay. Instead of removing their future products from other distribution platforms, Ubisoft simply made their software a requirement for any of their games to launch. Uplay also has its own set of heavy hitters to bring in the crowds, JODMVEJOH UIF "TTBTTJO T $SFFE 3BZNBO BOE 'BS $SZ GSBODIJTFT

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Notable examples of retailers without DRM include Gog.com, which provides a selection of older games and newer titles, like Simon the Sorcerer and Theme Park. The recently opened Humble Store provides both Steam keys and DRM free versions of indie games.

THE F UTURE OF STEA M ? $POUFOU XJUI UIFJS EPNJOBUJPO PG UIF 1$ NBSLFU 7BMWF BSF UBLJOH UIF mHIU UP UIF MJWJOH SPPN with their own game console called the Steam Machine, complete with its own controller.

SteamOS is also reportedly able to stream games from your existing Windows/Mac computer straight to your living room.

Steam Machines are currently in beta, and BSF FYQFDUFE UP SFMFBTF OFYU ZFBS $BO UIF DPNQBOZ UIBU CSPVHIU 1$ HBNJOH CBDL JOUP the mainstream seriously take on the likes Microsoft and Sony and win? Both the PS4 and the Xbox Oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s poor launch line-ups have left them looking a little weak, so if ever there was a time to enter the console market, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s now.

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AND WHY YOU SHOULD GET IN TO IT Independent games development is on the rise. If you have been paying attention to the release of PS4 and XboxOne, you might have heard that both of these platforms support indie developers. People who love playing games now make their own games. It has become easier and much cheaper to do so, and digital distribution platforms such as Steam allow great games to reach a huge audience.

The global interest in indie gaming can be seen by looking at crowd funding websites such as Kickstarter, where people are throwing money to new developers.

Here at Impact Gaming weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve come up with a guide to the ins and outs of this new industry.

FROM THE DEVELOPERS THEMSELVES %BO 1FBSDF EFWFMPQFS PG $BTUMFT JO UIF 4LZ and 10 Second Ninja: â&#x20AC;&#x153;To me, indie gaming is this hive of creativity, and a sign of where the larger side of the industry might start to go. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rough, and the games are often unpolished, but as a developer or a player, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a great place to see the most creative games.â&#x20AC;?

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;INDIE GAMING IS THIS HIVE OF CREATIVITY, AND A SIGN OF WHERE THE LARGER SIDE OF THE INDUSTRY MIGHT START TO GOâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;.

Alan Zucconi , developer of Still Time, Raptus and other indie titles: â&#x20AC;&#x153;My work with Sony has been extremely positive so far. It is really great to see these big companies jumping in the â&#x20AC;&#x153;gaming revolutionâ&#x20AC;? and spending time and effort supporting indie developers. Big gaming companies are rarely willing to take risks with their creations, which is their biggest disadvantage. Indie developers are passionate about making these unique titles and are aiming at players who are bored playing the same games over and over. The ease of making and distributing games has caused a golden age of indie gamesâ&#x20AC;?.

3. You can contribute to the games Indie games are by gamers for gamers.

Independent developers are well known to communicate with gamers and take on their GFFECBDL 4PNF HBNFT SFRVJSF mOBODJBM backing and you can contribute through crowd funding websites to make the game happen.

Idea exchanging happens on all levels.

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;BIG GAMING COMPANIES ARE RARELY WILLING TO TAKE RISKS WITH THEIR CREATIONS, WHICH IS THEIR BIGGEST DISADVANTAGEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;.

5. They are cheap Lets face it â&#x20AC;&#x201C; not everyone wants to spend ÂŁ40 on a new game, especially on a student budget. You can pick up an indie game for as little as one pound. Frequent online discounts and sales make this an even better deal.

FIVE REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD EXPLORE INDIE GAMING:

4. They can run on almost any computer You donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need an expensive and super powerful computer. All indie games are easily downloadable and support all operating systems; you can even put them on your laptop or smartphone and play on the go.

Indie culture is becoming mainstream and provides tons of fun for experienced gamers and is perfect for people to get in to gaming if they havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t done so already.

1. Unique ideas Independent developers canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t rival the funding of major companies, so they have to compete with them through story, art-style and really creative, never before seen concepts.

2. They are not tied down by corporations Indie developers are not dictated by publishers (they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have one), so they can make whatever they want and how they want it. The only people they have to pitch their idea to is you.

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TOP 10

FILMS OF 2013

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After the destruction of their spacecraft Explorer, Gravity follows the scramble for survival of novice astronaut Dr. Ryan Stone (Sandra Bullock) and veteran Dr. Matt ,PXBMTLJ (FPSHF $MPPOFZ 5FOTF BU UJNFT and emotionally draining at others, it may feel like some of the potential of this incredibly interesting premise has been squandered. #VU UIF mMN JT TBWFE CZ JNQSFTTJWF cinematography and special effects (including TPNF 4VQFS .BSJP FTRVF mSFCBMMT FYDFMMFOU EJSFDUJPO CZ "MGPOTP $VBSĂ&#x2DC;O BOE CZ UIF DIBSN BOE XJU PG (FPSHF $MPPOFZ BT ,PXBMTLJ " NVTU TFF GPS BOZ GBO PG TDJFODF mDUJPO BOE B should-see for everybody else.

2. THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG FELIX TAYLOR

The Desolation Of Smaug is bigger, better and darker than its predecessor as we watch the company of dwarves trudge closer to the treasure-hoarding dragon. The scenery is JODSFEJCMF UIF FWFS QSFTFOU mHIU TDFOFT surprisingly engaging and The Lord Of The Rings references are non-stop.

Martin Freeman continues to prove a worthy hobbit as he comes face-to-face with talking TQJEFST XPPE FMWFT BOE UIF $VNCFSCBUDIJBO Smaug, while the ring begins to work its magic and the Necromancerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s shadow starts to lengthen. Tolkien purists will shudder, but for others, just being back in Middle Earth is a pleasure.

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The slow, meditative piece from Noah #BVNCBDI JT UIF JOEJF mMN PG UIF ZFBS 8IFO her best-friend announces plans to move out of their shared apartment, 27-year old Frances must confront her lifeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lack of direction and limited prospects. Greta Gerwig is radiant and immensely charming in the lead, bringing a vivacity that steals your attention away from her cast members.

Tarantinoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s take on the antebellum South left a blood-spattered stain on the senses of all those who experienced Django Unchained.

This is a stain still yet to be removed, due to the unforgettable cast, characters, story, TPVOEUSBDL TFOTBUJPOBMJTN NBHOJmDFOUMZ trimmed beards and the directorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ability to dance with the English dictionary with delightful dialogue.

Baumbachâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s choice to use a black and white mMUFS NBZ MFBE ZPV UP BQQSPBDI UIF mMN XJUI B nostalgic viewpoint, but an early montage of 'SBODFT DPNJD BOE WFSZ TU $FOUVSZ JTTVFT remind us that the piece is anything but. It encapsulates feelings of inertia and tackles questions we all ask ourselves: Am I good enough? Am I on the right path?

You take a tragic yet liberating journey with the emancipated titular character, in order to free his lady love from the Mississippi plantation PXOFS $BMWJO $BOEJF 5BSBOUJOP T FOUFSUBJOJOH emotional and epic spaghetti western had my curiosity, attention and intrigue from the opening credits.

LUCY Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;BOYLE

Frances Ha is about not being so hard on yourself; it will all work out in the end. But perhaps just not the way you may have planned it to.

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6. THE HUNGER GAMES: $"5$)*/( '*3&

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Following their victory in the 74th games, Katniss and Peeta have become a symbol of hope and rebellion against the authoritarian $BQJUPM NVDI UP UIF DIBHSJO PG UIF FWJM President Snow. At almost two and a half hours, Catching Fire appreciably takes its time, with the slow build to the 75th games being as vital and engaging as the games themselves. Brutal and unrelenting with superb performances, Catching Fire may be the most satisfying blockbuster of the year and certainly surpasses UIF mSTU mMN JO FWFSZ XBZ

This intimate epic follows teenager Adèle as TIF CFHJOT IFS mSTU TFSJPVT SFMBUJPOTIJQ XJUI the older, striking, blue-haired artist Emma. $PVSUJOH DPOUSPWFSTZ GPS JUT VTF PG FYUFOTJWF FYQMJDJU TFY UIF mMN SFBMMZ TPBST XIFO GPDVTJOH on everything but sex. The minutiae of their romance is shot exquisitely in close-ups, which match the leadsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; performances for tenderness without ever feeling voyeuristic.

8. BLUE JASMINE

9. LES MISĂ&#x2030;RABLES

10. STOKER

The titular Jasmine is a happy, well-to-do socialite until her husbandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nefarious business practices brings her â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;culturedâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; world crashing down. We follow her plight immediately after UIJT FWFOU " OJOFUZ NJOVUF CSFBLEPXO mMN TPVOET EFQSFTTJOH B OFX 8PPEZ "MMFO mMN sounds slight.

Probably the biggest crowd pleaser to make the top ten follows escaped convict Jean Valjean (Hugh Jackman) on his journey of repentance after a conversion experience. God may forgive, but his tormentor Javert (Russell $SPXF JT EFUFSNJOFE UP FOGPSDF UIF GVMM QPXFS of the law without compassion. The suffering found along the way is amended with a tale of true love and redemption.

Oldboy EJSFDUPS 1BSL $IBO 8PPL NBLFT IJT English language debut with this masterfully crafted psychological thriller, written by Prison Break star Wentworth Miller. Following her fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s death, India Stoker is left alone with her unstable mother until her charismatic Uncle $IBSMJF XJUI B HSJTMZ TFDSFU NPWFT JO

TOM WATCHORN

Mixing brutality and dark humour to the extent BOE TVDDFTT OPU TFFO TJODF 1BSL $IBO 8PPL T Vengeance Trilogy, Big Bad Wolves also shares B MPU UIFNBUJDBMMZ XJUI UIPTF mMNT QBSUJDVMBSMZ JO regards to vengeance.

4BUJSJTJOH FBTZ NPSBMJTJOH UIF mMN EFBMT XJUI a series of murdered girls and due process getting in the way of a quick result. The vigilante father of one such girl teams up with a SFOFHBEF QPMJDF PGmDFS UP EJTQFOTF KVEHFNFOU on the man they believe responsible. Their KVEHFNFOU JOWPMWFT mOHFSOBJM USBVNB blowtorches, drugged cakes and a very rusty saw.

TOM WATCHORN

As is, this combination is in fact neither, yielding a touching and gently humourous study of a broken woman trying to get up and dust herself down while everyone around her suffers their own crises. With a career-peak turn from Blanchett and admirable support from Sally Hawkins, Allenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s latest is easily his best in two decades.

SAM TODD

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Hooper daringly altered the style of singing from the conventional musical theatre style to more conversational, with the effect of heightening the storyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s truthfulness for cinema audiences. There was much criticism around some of the actors singing style (ahem, 3VTTFMM 0OF .PSF %BZ 5JM 3FW PM VUJPO $SPXF

However, the raw performances from some of the cast, like Anne Hathawayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Fantine, fully deserved the critical recognition they gained.

TOM WATCHORN

5IF mMN JT WJSUVBMMZ QFSGFDU VOUJM UIF GBUJHVF GFMU CZ DIBSBDUFST JT SFnFDUFE JO UIF BVEJFODF towards the appropriately open conclusion. *U NBZ CF UISFF IPVST CVU JU T B nBXFE masterpiece thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s certainly worth investing in.

SAM TODD

The script takes more than few welcome queues from Hitchcock, and without Wookâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s purposeful and controlled direction it may have been dismissed as a lifeless imitation. Nicole Kidman puts in a harrowing performance as the disturbed mother, adding to the simultaneously EBSL EJTUVSCJOH BOE CFBVUJGVM mMN

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MUST SEE DOCUMENTARIES SUPERSIZE ME

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Supersize Me follows a dual plot: an investigation into the disgracefully avaricious fast food industry and director Morgan Spurlockâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s personal journey to only eat McDonaldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s for one whole month. Both elements are utterly engrossing and shocking, truly plunging down the disgusting rabbit hole and topped off with Spurlockâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s quirky touch.

The killer whale has always been at risk from the commercial interest of humans; for their meat, cosmetic uses, character (who could forget Free Willy, 1,2,3, and erâ&#x20AC;Ś4?) and, since UIF UI $FOUVSZ BT FOUFSUBJONFOU JO NBSJOF parks.

The Imposter tells the story of young Texan boy Nicholas Barclay, who went missing in 1995 and was supposedly found three years later. His story is told through archive footage and interviews with family members BOE B NZTUFSJPVT mHVSF "T JU QSPHSFTTFT UIF mMN USBOTGPSNT JOUP B IJHI TUBLFT ESBNB which documents how a traumatic event has shaped peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lives, while also raising pertinent questions not only about the nature of family but also about the limits of our own CFIBWJPVS $IJMMJOH BGGFDUJOH BOE HSJQQJOH this is a documentary that makes us examine and question real life, with thought-provoking results.

ALEX NICHOLSON

The various exercises, interviews and experiments regarding fast food and health are hard to stomach. They reveal problems that lie deep in the American psyche and involve psychological, legal, biological and social aspects in equal measure.

Spurlockâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own experiment is the most engrossing part. His challenge of man vs. food turns into an experiment that reveals the life threatening effects of McDonaldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in real time. It also functions as an action road trip, travelling from coast to coast and meeting employees and customers from all walks of life. Supersize Me JT CBGnJOH SFQVMTJWF ridiculous but also brilliant.

TOM WELSHMAN

In the late 1960s, Shamu, the killer whale was brought to San Diego SeaWorld and captivated the hearts of audiences. SeaWorld FYFDT RVJDLMZ SFBMJTFE UIFJS QSPmU NBLJOH potential and sent teams on disarrayed missions to capture these mammals, keeping the public unaware of how the stars of the shows were being brought before them.

This documentary focuses on one whale in particular, Tilly, linked to the deaths of three whale trainers and kept in captivity almost his entire life. #MBDLmTI explores this treatment

by SeaWorld through the eyes of his trainers BOE TDJFOUJmD FYQFSUT #SBDF ZPVSTFMG GPS UIF regretful tears of grown men and know that you will never visit a marine park again after watching.

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FILMS OF 2014 THE WOLF OF WALL STREET In this black comedy, Martin Scorsese reteams XJUI -FP %J$BQSJP UP UFMM UIF USVF TUPSZ PG UIF downfall of stockbroker Jordan Belfort.

$"15"*/ ".&3*$" THE WINTER SOLDIER Two years after the events of Avengers Assemble, super soldier Steve Rogers is called back into service to foil the plot of a new adversary, The Winter Soldier.

22 JUMP STREET $IBOOJOH 5BUVN BOE +POBI )JMM SFUVSO BT VOEFSDPWFS DPQT TFOU UP JOmMUSBUF B MPDBM college in the sequel to last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hilarious 21 Jump Street.

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X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST The past and present collide when the original X-Men join their younger counterparts from X-Men First Class in a battle to save the future.

INTERSTELLAR The Dark Knight and Inception director $ISJTUPQIFS /PMBO SFUVSOT XJUI UIJT TQBDF USBWFMMJOH TDJ m FQJD TUBSSJOH .BUUIFX .D$POBVHIFZ BOE "OOF )BUIBXBZ

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INVASION OF THE SCI-FI ALLEGORY Since Georges MÊliès sent audiences on A Trip To The Moon JO UIF TDJ m HFOSF IBT always been one of escapism and speculation.

But beneath the surface of intergalactic wars BOE NFO JO NPOTUFS TVJUT mMNNBLFST PGUFO VTF UIF TDJ m GBDBEF UP FYQMPSF DVSSFOU TPDJBM economic and political issues as well as contemporary anxieties.

5IF T IFZEBZ PG UIF TDJ m BMMFHPSZ XBT B time when monster movies reigned supreme. $PME XBS QBSBOPJB BOE UIF GFBS PG UIF CPNC XFSF SFnFDUFE PO TDSFFO JO FWFSZ PWFS TJ[FE insect and prehistoric beast. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no accident that the enlarged ants from Them!, the gigantic octopus from It Came From Beneath The Sea BOE UIF mDUJPOBM 3IFEPTBVSVT GSPN The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms were all the product of atomic bomb testing.

Overseas, Godzilla, a reptilian monster mutated by nuclear radiation, terrorised Tokyo.

With the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki still fresh in the Japanese consciousness, it was obvious what this destructive rampage truly represented.

While these movies were often dismissed due to their B-Movie status, there were more BDDMBJNFE mMNT UIBU FYQMPSFE TJNJMBS BOYJFUJFT in subtler ways. The perils of our unchecked technological advancements are tackled in 1951â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s The Day The Earth Stood Still " $ISJTU like alien descends from the skies preaching a message of peace. The alien has concerns that humanityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s progress in atomic power and

penchant for violence will spell disaster for life on other planets, ultimately threatening our annihilation if we canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t all just get along. .D$BSUIZJTN BOE 5IF 3FE 4DBSF XFSF PO the mind of 1956â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Invasion Of The Body Snatchers UIF TUPSZ PG B TNBMM $BMJGPSOJBO town whose residents are abducted and replaced by emotionless facsimiles.

Although the makers have said any links to the contemporary political climate were unintentional, the striking similarities are undeniable.

The oppression and persecution of minorities has also been commonly tread ground, perhaps best depicted in 1968â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Planet Of The Apes and 2009â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s District 9. The former puts humanity at the mercy of superintelligent primates, which hints at the racism inherent in American history. The latter, set in Johannesburg, features an oppressed BMJFO SBDF DPOmOFE UP DBNQT XIJDI CFHT comparisons with South Africaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s period of Apartheid.

5IPVHI QFSIBQT NPSF PG B IPSSPS mMN (FPSHF A. Romeroâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Dawn Of The Dead acts as scathing attack of consumerist culture. Where do the horde of mindless zombies instinctively congregate? The shopping mall of course.

Pixarâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Wall-E has a similar subtext, depicting the humans of the future as amorphous blobs so infatuated with technology that they only communicate through computers and move around on the levitating equivalent of a mobility scooter.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;FILMMAKERS OFTEN USE THE SCI-FI FACADE TO EXPLORE CURRENT SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL ISSUESâ&#x20AC;?

Allegories provide a unique lens through which to explore pertinent issues in a more engaging manner. While those wishing to deal with the subject matter directly must do so with delicacy and respect, dealing with them indirectly through allegory gives the freedom to explore the grittier details.

9/11 and the subsequent war on terror has BMTP CFFO UIF TVCKFDU PG OVNFSPVT mMNT BOE TV shows, but none has dealt with it with more virtuosity than 2004â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Battlestar Galactica. The TUPSZ PG B SBHUBH HSPVQ PG TIJQT nFFJOH UIF tyranny of a race of genocidal robots is used as a backdrop to tackle such prominent issues such as religious fundamentalism, the torture of prisoners, suicide bombings, sleeper cells and the loss of civil liberties.

5IF CFBVUZ PG UIF TDJ m BMMFHPSZ JT UIBU JU encourages viewers to engage with topics they may otherwise not give a second thought to. However, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re by no means the be all and end all. They may make for a richer viewing experience but are no replacement for a gripping story, complex characters or even just a giant freakinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; ant.

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BOOK vs. FILMS:

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THE BOOK

LOGAN WAMSLEY Atonement is about books. This is the novelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s UIFNBUJD DPSF *BO .D&XBO JO IJT OPWFM T mOBM section, shatters the fourth wall and invalidates everything that came before it. The historical mDUJPO XF UIJOL XF WF CFFO SFBEJOH CFDPNFT something else entirely: a memoir. A memoir that deliberately alters the past to give the author a second chance to right some wrongs.

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THE BOOK

MOLLY HYTNER The Great Gatsby novel touches upon the complexities of human psychology, bringing to MJGF JTTVFT UIBU UIF mMN GBJMT UP SFDPHOJTF $BSFZ Mulliganâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Daisy has little resemblance with the BSUJmDJBM BOE DIJMEMJLF DIBSBDUFS PG 'JU[HFSBME T imagining, and the other characters are merely caricatured versions of Fitzgeraldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more subtle constructions.

5IF mMN BMTP MFBWFT PVU POF PG UIF NPTU DSVDJBM moments in the novel. After Gatsbyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s death, his father returns with a picture of Gatsbyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s house in his wallet. This critical scene reveals the EFFQ TVQFSmDJBMJUZ PG BO JNQFSTPOBM GBUIFS TPO SFMBUJPOTIJQ &MJNJOBUJOH UIJT GSPN UIF mMN creates a gap in Gatsbyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s characterisation, PODF BHBJO MFBWJOH UIF mMN XJUIPVU UIF DPNQMFY narrative Fitzgeraldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s novel provides.

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THE FILM

LOLA MARTIN Despite the great story provided by the book, nothing meets watching the real people acting out the great love story on screen. McAvoy and Knightley making out in the library is much hotter than the awkward sex scene in the book.

The visual beauty in the cinematography canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t come across through writing, and ultimately enhance and bring to life the emotions touched upon by McEwan. The ending of the book leaves the reader with an unsatisfying confusion, which is avoided in the much better FYQMBJOFE mMN BEBQUBUJPO 5IJT NBLFT GPS B far better experience of the story and all its complexities.

THE FILM

ANNA CHARTERS The Great Gatsby is without a doubt a classic piece of American literature. It delves into the heart of issues such as wealth, love, death and the American dream. But then came Baz Luhrmann, who brought The Great Gatsby to life in a way that no one expected. Gatsbyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s elaborate parties are transformed into the surreal and sensational, on a scale unreachable by the book.

Luhrmann knows exactly how to portray every event of the book, be it saturating the frame with unadulterated wealth at the parties, to leaving it desolately empty in the infamous swimming pool scene. Every aspect of the book that is appreciated when reading, is celebrated on screen.

PAUSE | FILM vs ARTS HARRY POTTER AND THE PHILOSOPHERâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S STONE You said:

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THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING You said:

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THE BOOK

THE FILM

BETHANY SEARBY 5IF XPSME PG )BSSZ 1PUUFS JODBSOBUFE JO mMN will undoubtedly see the lifespan of the series QSPMPOHFE CVU UIF mMNT TUJMM GBMM TIPSU PG GBJUIGVM recreation in favour of cinematic melodrama.

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SAM TODD Even with Rowlingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lengthy and often laborious EFTDSJQUJWF QSPTF UIF mMN XPSME IBT CFFO rendered with more vitality than ever could have been envisioned when reading the novels.

From the snow covered grounds around $ISJTUNBT UP UIF DPTZ JOUFSJPS BOE XBSNJOH mSFQMBDF PG UIF (SZGmOEPS DPNNPO SPPN UIJT was the Hogwarts only suggested by the novel.

Rowlingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ability to craft a complex, living and breathing universe improved with each TVCTFRVFOU OPWFM CVU GPS NF JU XBT UIF mMN UIBU CSPVHIU JU UP MJGF mSTU

THE BOOK

THE FILM

JAMES HAMILTON J.R.R. Tolkien created a world which offered readers escapism on an unprecedented scale. The books contained new languages, civilisations and history all sourced from the imagination of a man who explored creativity to impossible ends. Middle Earth was a new existence, and the narrative brings to life the ultimate battle of good versus evil.

TOM WELSHMAN In Peter Jacksonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s adaptation, Tolkienâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lengthy book is stripped bare and jabbed with adrenaline. Tolkienâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s love of language and myth builds a new world, but Jackson is the better storyteller. The plot is constantly being driven GPSXBSE JO UIF mMN QPTTFTTJOH B NPNFOUVN OPU to be found in the book. The emphasis on the CBSF FTTFOUJBMT BOE nFTIJOH UIFN PVU NBLFT UIF mMN WFSTJPO B CFUUFS TUPSZ UIBO UIF CPPL

8IFUIFS B GBO PG UIF mMNT PS OPU UIFTF CPPLT have stood the test of time as one of the greatest literary works ever written. You have to look no further than it being the second-best selling book of all time (followed in 6th place

by The Hobbit UP VOEFSTUBOE UIBU UIF mMNT DBO never be as good as the sum of its parts.

WHAT YOU SAID: BOOK OR FILM? â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Adaptations of well-known books (books which are extremely complex) never fully live up to the original. They end up being merely illustrations of the book to please the fans.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; A#PPLT BSF TVQFSJPS EVF UP mMNT CFJOH B MJNJU UP the imagination, yet you must always remember to treat both as separate forms of art.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Everything about a book is so much more personal.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; A* HVFTT JU T OPU B RVFTUJPO PG CPPL WT mMN NPSF good adaptation vs. bad adaptation.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Sorry Impact Film, but books are able to present more back story, creating a more immersive world...â&#x20AC;&#x2122;

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Film is more inspiring and has a larger impact because it physically appeals to the senses in sight and sound.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;

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â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s better to actively read something than passively have it shown to you.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;

A#PPLT NBZ CF UIF nBNJOH UPSDI PG DVMUVSF CVU mMNT XJMM DBSSZ UIF UPSDI JOUP UIF GVUVSF â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Films only create a world before the viewerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s eyes, a world which lasts for only as long as the mMN

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PAUSE | ARTS ‘ART IS EVERYWHERE’ CHRISTMAS PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION 5IJT $ISJTUNBT Impact Arts put Nottingham students’ creativity to the test with our very own photography competition. Armed with nothing but a smartphone, students took up the challenge of capturing art in the everyday. Each entry is captioned “Art is…”, with photographers explaining why the image has artistic merit, and what art means for them.

The results were varied and beautiful, weird and wonderful, and we have selected the best for your enjoyment here. Art is indeed everywhere.

‘Art is another form of photography, with extra strokes and effort’ Jessica Wyho

‘Art is in a cup’ Anandi Vasa

‘Art is on all sides’ Nick Barker

‘Art is the act of disregarding knowledge to indulge in wonder’ Ellen Richardson

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/0./ =: 36> (9; TIME TO GET OFF YOUR HIGH HORSE? High art was once an exclusive notion, reserved TQFDJmDBMMZ GPS PQFSB IPVTFT HBMMFSJFT BOE those who could afford the theatre. Low art was the trashy novel devoured in time off; a cheap alternative for â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;realâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; art. But have these lines been blurred?

Banksyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s enigmatic persona has produced a DVMU MJLF TUBUVT HMPSJGZJOH HSBGmUJ BSU BOE NBLJOH his mark on walls all over the world, as well as in art galleries. His work is worth thousands of dollars; his painting â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Banality of the Banality of Evilâ&#x20AC;? recently sold for $615,000.

5IF BSU XPSME IBT EJGmDVMUZ QMBDJOH TPNFPOF like Banksy into a high or low category when he seems so obviously to transgress the two.

Recently, a stall in New York attempted to sell Banksy originals for $40 and no one was interested, walking past thinking it was just another knock-off stall seen in every city. This brings about questions of originality, celebrity, and societal perceptions of art; art is only worth our time and money if it is the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;real thingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, painted by the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;real manâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;I ONLY SELL PAINTINGS, I DONâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;T CONSIDER MYSELF AN â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;ARTISTâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;?.

Alice Thickett, a Youth Programmer at /PUUJOHIBN $POUFNQPSBSZ UPME *.1"$5 i"SU JT personal to everyone. In todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s society we are lucky to have access to a plethora of images and examples of art from all over the world.

More people are using their creativity, whether itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s posting reviews on blogs or making videos for YouTube, but I imagine that most people donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t realise they are being creative and are potentially making artâ&#x20AC;?.

The complex relationship between art, the artist BOE UIF BVEJFODF JT SFnFDUFE OPXIFSF NPSF clearly than in the galleries which display them.

"MJDF XIP IBT XPSLFE XJUI UIF $POUFNQPSBSZ GPS UIF MBTU UXP ZFBST UPME *.1"$5 i* UIJOL BT a gallery we are aware the way people view art is changing, but the potential to reach a much bigger audience is exciting, and people will always want to see international works in personâ&#x20AC;?.

Rather than making a distinction between high and low art, Alice emphasised the difference between art as a business venture and art as a product of the creative process: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Art is technically something that is commissioned, bought and exchanged as part of the business of the art world, whereas creativity is something all people do at some point in their lives. Art can be creative and creativity can lead to artâ&#x20AC;?.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;THE WAY PEOPLE VIEW ART IS CHANGING, BUT THE POTENTIAL TO REACH A MUCH BIGGER AUDIENCE IS EXCITINGâ&#x20AC;?

Artist John Pooler is currently hosting an exhibition at the Nottingham Society of Artists, BOE XBT BTLFE CZ *.1"$5 UP EFmOF BSU )F commented: â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know, I only sell paintings, I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t consider myself an â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;artistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;. I look at people who have done marvellous pictures and then look at my own and think hmmâ&#x20AC;?.

When asked whether it is painful to sell his work, parting with the memories of his travels, the people he met along the way, and the stories they tell, artist John Pooler said: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Artists have to eatâ&#x20AC;?. Does this deconstruct the idealised romantic image of â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;high artâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;? For many artists today, John reminds us, their work is a job.

Perhaps the distinction between â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;high artâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; and â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;low artâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; is changing, but this does not mean the art is industry is any less powerful than it has been before.

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THE â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;SELF-PUBLISHING

REVOLUTIONâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Independent books are the latest cultural phenomenon and with the introduction of ebooks, self-publishing your debut novel is now cheaper than ever before.

There are several different self-publishing services, with Amazon rapidly emerging as a leading producer and distributor of indie books.

The process is straightforward enough: log on, give your book a title and description, select a HFOSF VQMPBE UIF mMF BOE XJUIJO IPVST ZPVS ebook will appear on the website. Just like that, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re a published author.

The best part is itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s free. In terms of physical copies, Print On Demand technology means that you do not have to take a gamble on your book being the next best-seller. You can simply print and distribute them as orders come through.

5IF CFOFmUT PG TFMG QVCMJTIJOH BSF PCWJPVT You can get your work published quickly and cheaply without fear of rejection and having to answer to an editor. The indie author is able to choose the price of their book, and when it comes to royalties they keep up to 70% with Amazon, providing the book is priced PWFS b "OPUIFS JNQPSUBOU CFOFmU PGUFO overlooked, is the ability to design a cover that USVMZ SFnFDUT UIF BVUIPS T WJTJPO -FU T GBDF JU UIF vast majority of us are guilty of judging a book by its cover.

However there are drawbacks. Steph Warren, an English undergraduate, who is considering self-publishing, told Impact Arts: â&#x20AC;&#x153;You will never

HFU UIF TBNF MFWFM PG mOBODJBM CBDLJOH BT ZPV do with a publishing companyâ&#x20AC;?.

Giving up the day job is not a viable option for the vast majority of self-published authors, with a survey from Digital Book World revealing that the average indie author earns less than ÂŁ3060 a year. Without the experience and expertise of a publishing house, editing can be a huge pitfall of self-published work, and many ebooks are riddled with grammatical errors.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;AMAZON.COM RECENTLY REVEALED THAT IN 2012 A QUARTER OF KINDLE EBOOK SALES IN THE US WERE SELF-PUBLISHED WORKSâ&#x20AC;?

Indie authors are also solely responsible for the promotion of their book. Simple self-publishing has meant that it is an incredibly competitive mFME UP CF JO &WFO XJUI UIF MJLFT PG 'BDFCPPL 5XJUUFS BOE (PPESFBET JU DBO CF EJGmDVMU UP break free of the niche audience of friends, family, and those who just so happen to stumble across your book.

Are mainstream publishing companies at risk of being wiped out by this â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;self-publishing SFWPMVUJPO $MBJSF 8BUUT 1SPEVDUJPO .BOBHFS BU Oldcastle Books, argues that indie books do not pose a threat to traditional publishing. She told Impact Arts: â&#x20AC;&#x153;The publishing process shapes and processes an authorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work in a way that an author cannot do for him or herselfâ&#x20AC;?.

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Whilst it is true that self-publishing lacks the formal process that often champions traditionally published work. Watts admitted: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Self-published books actually enhance the publishing world.

They bring more books to our attention and get more people interested in readingâ&#x20AC;?.

However, Amazon.com recently revealed that in 2012 a quarter of Kindle ebook sales in the US were self-published works. Similarly, according to Bowker Market Research, indie books BDDPVOUFE GPS PG BMM DSJNF TDJFODF mDUJPO and romance ebooks sold in the UK in 2012.

This suggests that these books are no longer on the fringe of literary consumption.

Many highly respected authors, such as Edgar Allan Poe and Beatrix Potter were once selfpublished, and there are numerous examples of similar success stories of indie authors breaking UIF DPOmOFT PG TFMG QVCMJTIJOH MJLF 'JGUZ 4IBEFT author E.L. James.

However indie books still arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t eligible for literary awards. Perhaps considered too unsophisticated or lacking the literary authentication that a professional publisher can offer, it would appear that there is still a degree of stigma surrounding self-publishing, despite the recent increase in popularity.

Interested in indie? Look online at www.impactnottingham.com for our UPQ mWF JOEJF CPPLT

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¸0;Âť: ;04, ;6 .6š Sir Nicholas Hytner is the artistic director at the National Theatre and will be leaving his post in March 2015. He won the London Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Director for Miss Saigon and Ghetto, and received a Tony Award for Best Director for The History Boys on #SPBEXBZ *O IF XFOU PO UP EJSFDU UIF mMN )F T EJSFDUFE GPS UIF 34$ BOE 5IF 3PZBM 0QFSB House and, in 2008 was voted number one of UIF NPTU JOnVFOUJBM QFPQMF JO #SJUJTI DVMUVSF by the Sunday Telegraph Arts Power List. In 2010 he was awarded the Knight Bachelor of the Order of the British Empire for his services to Drama. Recently, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s directed One Man, Two Guvnors (2011) and Othello (2013). And now heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s taken time out to talk to Impact Arts.

The National Theatre

PHOTOGRAPH BY EARTH HOUR GLOBAL VIA FLICKR

HOW IMPORTANT IS IT FOR ASPIRING DIRECTORS TO BE INVOLVED IN UNIVERSITY THEATRE? 6OJWFSTJUZ JT B HSFBU QMBDF UP mOE PVU XIFUIFS you are any good at it or not. If you want to direct at some point you are going to want to nFY ZPVS NVTDMFT TP CZ UIF UJNF ZPV MFBWF university, you know what you aspire to be.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very easy at university to think that youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;cracked itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;. What you should aim to do is mOE PVU XIFUIFS JU JT TPNFUIJOH UIBU JOUFSFTUT you enough to start the long slog of an apprenticeship.

WHAT IS THE MAIN PURPOSE OF THE NATIONAL THEATRE? It is about constantly revitalising the tradition of the British stage. By that, I mean we should BMXBZT CF MPPLJOH BU UIF EFmOJUJPOT PG A/BUJPOBM and â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Theatreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;. This changes all the time. Now, it means something a lot more diverse because the nation has become a lot more diverse, fragmented and contentious in a way. Half of the work is new, and half is classical; this has always been the case. We aim to reach the widest audience we can through touring and transferring our shows.

WHY DID YOU INTRODUCE NT LIVE [FILM SCREENINGS OF PLAYS AT THE NATIONAL THEATRE? There are places we cannot tour to because the theatres arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t big enough. The purpose is to spread our work as wide as we possibly can.

For Othello, 90,000 people saw it live in one night.

CAN NT LIVE STILL BE DESCRIBED AS THEATRE? I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think it can be called the same thing as being there. The point is that there are many people that canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be [in the theatre] for many reasons; because they canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get tickets, or donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t live in the country. It is live theatre transmitted to cinema; it is a hybrid form of its own.

The perfect experience of the theatre is sitting in the best seat in the house, live. However, only a thousand people can get this experience.

Therefore, it is better that the rest can get something close to perfect.

HOW IMPORTANT IS IT FOR YOU TO MAKE THEATRE MORE AFFORDABLE? It is very important. The biggest, single obstacle is ticket price. If tickets are more affordable, more people will come. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s that simple.

YOUR TIME AT THE NATIONAL WILL SOON BE OVER. WHAT CHANGES OR IDEAS HAVE YOU NOT HAD THE TIME TO IMPLEMENT? You get to a place where you have done the things you wanted to do. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know what the next big change is, so itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s time to go.

Read the full interview online at www.impactnottingham.com

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BEST ALBUMS OF 2013 Impact asked YOU to tell us your favourite albums of 2013. The survey answered by UoN students gathered over 130 responses including albums of every genre imaginable and the list has been compiled in descending order with our Number 1 slot featuring the most in your Top 10s.

10. Queens Of The Stone Age â&#x20AC;ŚLike Clockwork After a tricky operation in 2010, the QSPTQFDU PG EFBUI QFSTPOJmFE BT The Vampyre Of Time And Memory, concentrated Josh Hommeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mind. In â&#x20AC;Ś -JLF $MPDLXPSL IF IBT SFOFXFE QVSQPTF his voice is more authoritative, the lyrics are more poignant and the riffs are as devastatingly effective as ever. Recruiting some of his friends in high places â&#x20AC;&#x201C; notable cameos coming from Alex Turner and Elton John â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Homme, realises his macabre vision without a hitch.

9. David Bowie â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The Next Day 5IF /FYU %BZ JT #PXJF T mSTU BMCVN JO B decade. While old fans got sentimental, Bowieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s words are for todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s youth.

The sharp, urgent lyrics warn us of our celebrity-obsessed, consuming culture, matched by angry drumming, screeching guitars and Bowieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pressing vocals.

8. Danny Brown â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Old %BOOZ #SPXO T 0ME EJE OPU GBJM JUT EJGmDVMU task in following 2011â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s XXX. The lyrics range from descriptions of the Detroit ghetto he grew up in to references of alternative music acts. Dannyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s distinctive rapping forms the backbone of each song, and production features a number of DJs, including Rustie and Oh No. 7. Daft Punk â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Random Access Memories In May 2013, the lords of dance music came down from above and dispelled Pitbull and David Guetta from their seats with Random Access Memories.

Here was dance music that didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have misogynistic subtext. It was pleasant to the ear. It was an artistic masterpiece. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Get Luckyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; was the favourite song of the year for 6% of those surveyed.

6. Savages â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Silence Yourself Shrugging off early criticism as merely Joy Division revivalists, Silence Yourself is highly indebted to the British post-punk movement, yet also treads plenty of new ground. From the screeching chorus of â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Husbandsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, the raucous punk of â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Hit Meâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, through to the eerie â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Waiting For A Signâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, Silence Yourself hints at much more to come.

5. Haim â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Days Are Gone Days Are Gone, the debut album from Haim, the outrageously cool LA sister act, peaked at number 1 in the UK albums chart. They cross Fleetwood Macâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x2122;70s pop with a sleek sensitivity for contemporary RnB to great effect.

4. Arcade Fire â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 5HĂ HNWRU 3FnFLUPS TBX "SDBEF 'JSF EFWFMPQ PODF more, leaving behind the 80s synths and making a full-on dance record, complete XJUI -$% 4PVOETZTUFN T +BNFT .VSQIZ on production duties and a David Bowie cameo. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Talking Headsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; is a piece of art.

3. Vampire Weekend â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Modern Vampires Of The City If you have been down on Vampire Weekend before now, this may well just be the album to change your mind. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a more adult and dynamic evolution that wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t necessarily expected but was most certainly welcomed. It has taken the number one spot on Pitchforkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Top 50 Albums of 2013â&#x20AC;&#x2122;, and deserves a listen. Must hear tracks are â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Stepâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; and â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Hannah Huntâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;.

2. Arctic Monkeys â&#x20AC;&#x201C; AM Turner and coâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. latest offering blends Black Sabbath-esque testosterone-fuelled riffs, with slick, RnB falsettos. On paper, it really shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t work. On record, AM is one of the albums of the decade thus far.

1. Kanye West â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Yeezus Top of your 2014 charts is King Kanye West having appeared in more top 10â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s than any other artist. Like an unadvised chemical experiment conducted by a mad genius, Kanye fused the increasingly relevant EDM sound with his egomaniacal persona. It resulted in that heartfelt â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Bound 2â&#x20AC;&#x2122; chorus, the galloping â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Black Skinheadâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; beat, a contorted Nina Simone sample and Kanye announcing â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;I am a God.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;

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Ruen Brothers

WHAT TO EXPECT IN 2014 With 2013 pushing through some massive new artists smashing their way into the popular music scene, including The 1975, Lorde, Bastille and Passenger, 2014 is sure to bring some more great artists into the limelight. We can expect the new year to bring bigger festivals, more hope for NVTJD BXBSET BOE QFSIBQT MFTT PG .JMFZ $ZSVT tongue, less of Robin Thickeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Blurred Lines and less of Liam Gallagher in general. Here are our predictions at Impact Music for 2014.

Rae Morris With an appearance on the Bombay Bicycle $MVC BMCVN BT XFMM BT CFJOH UIFJS NBJO TVQQPSU on the 2014 tour, exposure is going to be seriously high. With 2013 being dominated by .JMFZ $ZSVT XPO U JU CF OJDF UP IBWF B EPXO to earth, laid back solo artist instead? Expect great vocals, talented compositions and a great laidback soundtrack from Rae Morris in 2014.

SONG TO HEAR: GROW

THE BANDS

Mausi So when Ruen Brothers provide rock â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;nâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; roll nostalgia and Rae Morris allows you to kick back on your sofa, Mausi are the ones in 2014 who are set to get you out of the house and into the night. The Anglo-Italian four piece, now living in Newcastle, provide a bit of sunshine with every song they create. The recent hit of â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Moveâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; is infectious, and make you want to dance. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t miss Mausi in 2014.

SONG TO HEAR: SOL

Ruen Brothers The duo of Henry and Rupert Stansall have come on leaps and bounds since the release PG A"DFT PO ##$ *OUSPEVDJOH BU UIF TUBSU PG UIF year. 2013 saw the boys support Tom Odell on his UK Tour, play Leeds and Reading Festivals, (MBTUPOCVSZ BOE B NBHOJmDFOU TMPU BU %PU 5P Dot. Ruen Brothers bring together an almost nostalgic rock â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;nâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; roll sound, with fantastic guitar SJGGT BOE DBUDIZ DIPSVTFT $PMMBCPSBUJOH XJUI Jack Daniels, they provided a homecoming show in Scunthorpe, and after being placed at number 63 in Zane Loweâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hottest Record of 2013, it is certain that Ruen Brothers are going to conquer 2014. Expect to see this Lincolnshire duo everywhere.

SONG TO HEAR: "$&4

THE TRENDS The Return Of The Album Sleeve The album sleeve in 2013 has created massive hype amongst fans and artists alike, with NME, alongside their album of the year, producing a

shortlist of album covers of the year. From David Bowieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rework of â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Heroesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; for The Next Day, Disclosureâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s children photos on Settle to Kanye Westâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s brush of red paint on Yeezus, we can expect this hype to grow in 2014.

Credible Music Awards *U DBO CF BSHVFE UIBU GPS UIF mSTU UJNF JO ZFBST the Mercury Music Prize gave the award to the right person. James Blake with his album Retrograde produced an upset amongst the bookies after it was seen that Laura Mvula had been tipped as favourite with Disclosure and Foals not too far behind. Maybe this year we may see similar upsets. Potentially, the Brits will mOBMMZ BYF +BNFT $PSEFO PS FWFO ZPV OFWFS know, choose artists with a bit more talent.

However it can be said that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nice to see a change in victors... even if it is just for one award.

The Return Of The Band Although in 2013, House music made a massive impact on the British dance scene, as well as electronic music as a whole dominating the charts, amongst this sea of synthesizers and wave upon wave of prosthetic bass, we could see guitars on the horizon. Bands such as Palma Violets, Peace and The 1975 are all showing what it was like before one man spun a record.

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LINKIN PARK â&#x20AC;&#x201C; HYBRID THEORY It was announced on November 5th that Linkin Park would headline Download Festival 2014, performing their debut album, Hybrid Theory, as part of their set.

Hybrid Theory has everything you want as part of a Download Festival crowd; â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Papercutâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; is a great opening track to play when people are still at their energetic peak, before going straight JOUP A0OF 4UFQ $MPTFS UIF CBOE T EFCVU TJOHMF and the one likely to cause the most chaos. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;With Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, is underrated, yet itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one of the few songs from Hybrid Theory the band has continVFE UP QFSGPSN MJWF A1PJOUT PG "VUIPSJUZ A$SBXMingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; and â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Runawayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; are slightly softer tracks XIJDI mU TFBNMFTTMZ UPHFUIFS CFGPSF LJDLJOH back into the heavier â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;By Myselfâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, and the bandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s biggest hit â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;In The Endâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;.

With all the singles out of the way, the original edition of the album has â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;A Place For My Headâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, A'PSHPUUFO A$VSF 'PS 5IF *UDI BOE A1VTIJOH .F "XBZ A$VSF 'PS 5IF *UDI JT UIF DIJMMFE PVU instrumental song showing a different side to the band but it will be interesting to witness the crowd exodus after â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Pushing Me Awayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; to go catch other bands; Linkin Park will undoubtedly move straight into their less popular new material after playing Hybrid Theory. &WFO OPX )ZCSJE 5IFPSZ TUBOET VQ BT B mOF debut album, only let down by Linkin Parkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s subsequent recorded efforts.

INTRODUCING: OW YL

Owyl are an electronic duo from Nottingham, consisting of Issac and Archie. They are 13 and 14 respectively. Yes, you read that right.

They make music that sounds relevant yet timeless â&#x20AC;&#x201C; think James Blake, think Mount ,JNCJF UIJOL +BNJF 99 *.1"$5 DBVHIU VQ XJUI *TBBD UP UBML JOnVFODFT UIF GVUVSF BOE UIF school choir.

HOW DID YOU GUYS MEET AND DECIDE TO START OWYL? Well, I started music production a few years back, using samples and loops to create beats and melodies. Archie and I met through the TDIPPM DIPJS BOE UIFO XF mSTU HPU UPHFUIFS UP create a few songs as he had a unique voice.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s taken a while to develop to what we are today.

I CAN HEAR INFLUENCES FROM THE RECENT HOUSE/GARAGE SCENE IN YOUR MUSIC - WOULD THAT BE A FAIR ASSESSMENT? 8FMM BT UIF QSPEVDFS * UBLF NZ JOnVFODFT GSPN many many people - Snakehips, Bondax and Giraffage to name a few. More recently James Blake, too.

YOUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;VE REMIXED TRACKS FOR THE LIKES OF BANKS AND GABRIELLE APLIN. HOW DO YOU APPROACH YOUR REMIXES? When I remix I try to forget what the original song sounds like. It helps bring out the originality in a remix and in my opinion makes the remix better as a whole. Usually I listen to the vocals and hear what sort of rhythm or synth will match it well and go from there.

WHO ARE YOUR FAVOURITE ARTISTS FROM THE LOCAL AREA AT THE MOMENT? Our favourite artists, hmmâ&#x20AC;ŚI think April Towers EFmOJUFMZ * MPWF UIF TUZMF UIFZ IBWF HPJOH PO There are so many really good artists at the moment in Nottingham itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard to pick out any more.

WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS FOR THE FUTURE? ARE YOU GOING TO PERFORM LIVE? .PSF NVTJD %FmOJUFMZ ,FFQ HPJOH XJUI UIF Owyl project and developing it.

We would love to perform live, but not for a while yet, and our main ambition really is to have the live performance very centralised away from the computer. We want to be able to be playing our instruments and standing there so people can see what weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re actually doing.

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WHATâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S AT YOUR UNIVERSITY?

TAEKWONDO Impact catches up with Samira Parhizkar, PHGLD DQG SXEOLFLW\ RIĂ&#x20AC;FHU RI 7DHNZRQGR Society, to talk bruises, black belts and WTF HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE TAEKWONDO? Taekwondo is a Korean martial art which combines self-defence techniques with sport and exercise. It is usually characterised by its fast, high and spinning kicks. Taekwondo literally means â&#x20AC;&#x153;the Art of Hand and Footâ&#x20AC;? and has multiple interpretations and styles.

We practice the Olympic World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) style, including both sparring (Kyorugi) and patterns (Poomsae).

Practicing Taekwondo has a broad range PG CFOFmUT 5IF PCWJPVT POFT JODMVEF JODSFBTFE DBSEJP DPOEJUJPOJOH BOE nFYJCJMJUZ BT XFMM BT JNQSPWFE HFOFSBM mUOFTT CVU JU JT BMTP CFOFmDJBM GPS TFMG DPOmEFODF NFOUBM discipline, stress relief and positive thinking.

WHAT MAKES A GOOD TAEKWONDO COMPETITOR? Taekwondo is based around combinations of kicking techniques and out-foxing your opponent by reacting to and countering their next move. Speed, coordination and nFYJCJMJUZ XJMM IFMQ ZPV QVU UIFTF UFDIOJDBM combinations together to achieve a good performance.

Mentality is also crucial - a good Taekwondo competitor can handle the pressure, be instinctive and make the right moves. You donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to be a black belt to beat one. You just have to make the best of your abilities.

SOME PEOPLE MIGHT BE PUT OFF

BY THE IMAGE OF TAEKWONDO AS A â&#x20AC;&#x153;FIGHTING SPORTâ&#x20AC;?. HOW DANGEROUS IS IT? Although WTF Taekwondo is a full contact sport, during training we also learn to control our techniques and movement to avoid accidental injuries. When we practice sparring, especially before competitions, full protective gear is used to protect our members. Since we practice martial arts, injuries such as minor scratches and bruises are not unusual, but the more you improve, the less injuries you are likely to get.

HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THE VIBE OF THE CLUB? 7FSZ GSJFOEMZ * SFNFNCFS XIFO * mSTU KPJOFE I was new to the country and thought I would try something different and exciting. What initially attracted me to Taekwondo was the idea of practicing such a dynamic sport, but it was the encouraging and welcoming atmosphere that kept me training.

WHATâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S THE HIGHLIGHT OF YOUR SPORTING YEAR AS A CLUB? $PNQFUJUJPO XFFLFOET BSF BMXBZT GVO JG B little nerve wracking, and our Summer Ball is always something to look forward to.

I think the best event though would have to CF UIF A"MVNOJ $IBMMFOHF XIFSF UIF DVSSFOU student team competes against Taekwondo alumni. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got a great relationship with our past members and welcoming back our old friends makes it something special. It always gets a bit competitive (weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re 1-1 at the moment!) which just adds to the fun.

DO YOU THINK THAT TAEKWONDO, AND MARTIAL ARTS IN GENERAL, SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE VARSITY SERIES EACH YEAR? Nottingham has more martial arts clubs than any other university in the country so itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a shame itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an area that gets overlooked.

Taekwondo is an Olympic sport so I think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s HPU B HSFBU DMBJN UP mU JOUP UIF 7BSTJUZ calendar. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also an awesome spectator sport.

FOR SOMEONE WANTING TO GET INVOLVED, HOW WOULD THEY GO ABOUT IT? The quickest and easiest way would be to go to the SU website and sign up for the club membership. If you are unsure but would like to try out the club then you can try a free taster session. We usually train Monday and Wednesday evenings during term time and you can check out our website www.tta-nottinghamuniversity.co.uk for up to date training times. If you have any questions about joining you can contact our president, Adam Turner at nottsuni.tta@gmail.com.

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;TAEKWONDO IS AN OLYMPIC SPORT SO I THINK ITâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S GOT A GREAT CLAIM TO FIT INTO THE VARSITY CALENDARâ&#x20AC;?.

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WHATâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S ON YOUR DOORSTEP?

NOTTINGHAM RACECOURSE

Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a simple pleasure in going for a day at the races. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a day of sport that everyone can enjoy with literally no prior equine knowledge o IBWF B ESJOL IBWF B nVUUFS BOE IPSTF BSPVOE with your mates.

And thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a racecourse only three miles from your house: Nottingham Racecourse, situated BU $PMXJDL 1BSL IPTUT nBU SBDFT GSPN "QSJM through to November and attracts star names of the racing world on a regular basis.

GETTING THERE

TICKETS Tickets for normal race days are ÂŁ12 with a ÂŁ2 discount on production of your NUS card, and for that you get roughly six races. Racing starts at lunchtime for the winter meetings and the last race normally goes off at around 2:30pm, whereas summer meetings have a variety of start times â&#x20AC;&#x201C; certain April and May meetings that start at 5pm may be a nice way to forget about the impending doom of exam season, BOE XJUI B mOJTI UJNF PG BSPVOE QN BSF perfect for a saunter into town afterwards.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;IF YOU ATTEND A WINTER

The racecourse is situated about two miles MEETING,YOUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;LL BE GSPN UIF DJUZ DFOUSF DMPTF UP CPUI UIF $JUZ Ground and Meadow Lane. From town, the SURROUNDED BY OLD nearest bus route from the city centre is COUPLES SQUINTING AT Number 44 which departs from King Street in the city centre, or the Link 2 (yellow Park & THEIR COPY OF THE RACING Ride) which stops on Parliament Street and POSTâ&#x20AC;? $PMMJOT 4USFFU "MUFSOBUJWFMZ B DBC TIPVMEO U DPTU more than about ÂŁ8, so if thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a few of you it ATMOSPHERE wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be too expensive.

If you attend a winter meeting at 1pm on a Wednesday afternoon, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s likely youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be surrounded by a lot of old couples squinting at

their copy of the Racing Post. If you go in halfterm, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll see more families than usual, but that often only adds to a friendly atmosphere.

FOOD AND DRINK With punters being at the racecourse for up to mWF IPVST SFGSFTINFOUT BSF B MVDSBUJWF NPOFZ spinner. With this is mind, the range of drinks is disappointing â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a single lager, bitter and Guinness offers little in the way of choice. ÂŁ3.90 for a pint seems on the expensive side for an average race day, too. Soft drinks are available but also with a limited selection. " mTI BOE DIJQ CBS TFMMT MBSHF QPSUJPOT PG HPPE RVBMJUZ mTI BOE DIJQT GPS b "O PME TUZMF TXFFU shop, manned by a pinafore-wearing old lady, provides for those with a sweet tooth.

A day at Nottingham Racecourse with your mates can make for a great evening. With a track so close to Lenton, and good quality SBDJOH PO PGGFS UISPVHIPVU UIF mOBM UFSN JU T certainly an experience to be had before the year is up.

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SPORT

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