REVIEW: Willow: ‘Coping Mechanism’

24th October 20225th January 2023 Harry Featherston Album, arts and culture, Author: Harry Featherston, Editor: Grace Robinson, Music, review, willow

On Coping Mechanism, Willow’s brand of pop-punk comes into its own – the success of her previous effort buoying a new-found sense of confidence that pervades the record from start to finish.

Lifestyle University Life

Freshers 2022: Tips for moving into halls

18th September 202218th September 2022 Harry Featherston Author: Harry Featherston, Editor: Grace Robinson, food, freshers, halls, lifestyle, students, tips, udoram, University Life, University of Leicester

Moving into halls can be both exciting and stressful. On the one hand, you’ll be excited to make new friends, start your course, and enjoy independence for the first time. On the other, being left alone in an unfamiliar city will understandably seem like a daunting prospect. In this guide, I’ll be sharing a few tips I learned from my own experience in halls that can help make your first few days go as smoothly as possible.

Arts & Culture Music

REVIEW: Wet Leg: ‘Wet Leg’

12th April 202210th May 2022 Harry Featherston arts and culture, Author: Harry Featherston, editor: Kelis Edwards, Music, wet leg

Buoyed by the popularity of last year’s viral hit single ‘Chaise Longue’, Wet Leg have quickly become one of the

Opinion

Enough is Enough: Time for Leicester students to take a stand.

21st May 202122nd May 2021 Harry Featherston Author: Harry Featherston, Chester, Citizens of Change, Dr Anne Marie D’Arcy, Dr Ronald Hartz, Editor: Zainab Patel, English Language, Geoffrey Chaucer, Language, Leicester Students Union, Leo Tolstoy, medieval, Medieval and Renaissance Language and Literature, Peter Armstrong, Professor Nishan Canagarajah, protests, redundancies, Renaissance, Rent, shaping for excellence, sit-in, strike, students, Toni Morrison, university, University of Chester, University of Leicester, University of Warwick, UoL, UoL Rent Strike, Warwick

The University of Leicester has spent much of this academic year embroiled in controversy over its ‘Shaping for Excellence’ plans, which include 26 staff redundancies. Students must take inspiration from other University student groups and protest.