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Month: May 2014

We Check Out Why It’s Happy Days At The Marlowe Theatre

Dan English, Newspaper Sports Editor, sees the return of Happy Days – not just from finishing exams – but from a musical adaptation of the iconic American sitcom now showing at The Marlowe Theatre. Are you as cool as Fonzie? That’s what I was trying to work out whilst watching the new musical Happy Days, which is currently visiting Canterbury’s Marlowe Theatre this week. Boasting a cast that included ex-soap star Ben Freeman, Sugababe Heidi Range and Cheryl Baker from Britain’s Eurovision winner, Bucks Fizz – the show is a musical take on the famous American TV sitcom, which…

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Faith in Humanity Restored

  Making the transition from the comfortable cocoon of UKC to the cynical working world of publishing, Matt Gilley shares the positive stories he heard during his work experience that restored his faith in humanity. For the last month or so I’ve been doing work experience at a few newspapers in Nottingham and Kent. In that time, I have written articles about awards for greetings cards retailers, two tonnes of unwanted leeks being rescued from a field (that’s two actual, planet Earth tonnes) and a Faversham asparagus festival that culminates in the mayor being tickled with one of the first asparaguses… or…

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What you need to know about The Full English Festival

Ahead of the Full English Festival next week, Chairwoman, Natalie Tipping caught up with the founders of this brand new event to find out what it’s all about and how students can get involved… InQuire: Just quickly introduce yourselves, your positions within the societies etc. Hello, my name is Pape Gueye and I’m the 2013/14 President of the Creative Writing Society. I’m Joel Tennant and I’m the President of the English Language and Linguistics Society. I like Piña Coladas and being caught in the rain. I’m Peter Adkins, a third year English Literature and Creative Writing student, and I’m…

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European Elections – A European’s Viewpoint

European Elections. They happened. People voted and we got a result. Anything else to say? Oh yes, the minor issue that UKIP won. UKIP won and since then, my Facebook page has been flooded with angry messages; people are up in arms about the outcome of the vote, openly announcing they did not and will never vote for them. These same people are outraged anyone would vote for UKIP and yet people did. Despite everything one might have to say about them, they have been successful. But where are their supporters? With 27.5 % of the vote, they clearly…

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“I’m very grateful to the university” – Interview with Charlotte Green

Welcome to the Student Media Centre! The University of Kent’s new Student Media Centre was officially opened on Wednesday 30 April by BBC radio broadcaster and Kent Alumni, Charlotte Green. Website Comment Editor, Dave Cocozza managed to catch up with her and discuss her days at the university, the exciting new development of student media and getting into the broadcasting business. Read the full interview or listen to the sound clip below.   Five Minutes with Charlotte Green, BBC 5live and Classic FM broadcaster by Monday Madness W/ Dave Cocozza on Mixcloud Dave Cocozza: Could you introduce yourself, what you’re…

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