Archive for March 2009

Student Fashion Show (London Fashion Week)

Mar 25th, 2009 | By | Category: Akua, Dilan, Fashion

They attract hundreds, sometimes thousands of people, in hopes of raising money and awareness for their assigned charity. It takes months of organization and often costs its participants their social lives and sanity. So why is it that so many students choose to put on charity fashion shows? March is an eventful month, it’s the [...]



Mister Cee gets Ugly

Mar 24th, 2009 | By | Category: Fashion, Jemelyn

Environmentalists are convinced that graffiti is vandalism posing as art. Carl-Jason Pidloan or “Mister Cee,” talks to Jemelyn Yadao about graffiti being far from hideous… As a young boy living in East Ham, East London, Carl didn’t have to look very far for what sparked his interest in graffiti. “ The urban scenery, seeing graffiti along trains [...]



Falling like a comet from a broken sky

Mar 24th, 2009 | By | Category: Music

V V Brown, or Vanessa Brown to her family and friends is definitely one to watch for 2009. With a genre-bending sound of what she describes as “musical mashed potatoes” VV is unique and self-admittedly a little bit bonkers. Her eclectic mix makes refernces to old school blues,doo-wop and good old fashioned rock and roll. [...]



Rodizo Rico

Mar 24th, 2009 | By | Category: Eating Out

Where?  the O2, Greenwich Rodizio Rico is a Brazilian bar and restaurant that offers a truly unique dining experience. I remember thinking that I had never been to a restaurant quite like this. And I meant it in a good way. Rodizio in Portugeese means rotating. It refers to their unique style of service where [...]



Lovely Bones

Mar 24th, 2009 | By | Category: Blog, Features, Rochaelle

There’s no doubt about it,anorexia kills. So why is it that every day  n girls and boys as young as 8 head down this dangerous and ultimately damaging road? Reports of eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia have been around as early as 1689 and it is well reported that 1920′s society women skipped a meal [...]



Quids in

Mar 24th, 2009 | By | Category: Features

Friday nights are free. Instead of blowing your student loans on over-priced , over-the-top bars you could be keeping all your hard earned cash right in your pocket. Lots of popular London venues have launched free nights ………..



Overseas students get British degrees in the comfort of their own home

Mar 24th, 2009 | By | Category: Features, Meliha

Overseas students who are cannot afford to study in the UK are still able to benefit from British universities who are exporting their sought-after degrees to hundreds of thousands of overseas students. According to new figures released from the Higher Education Statistics Agency (Hesa) nearly 200,000 offshore students studied for qualifications from 112 British universities [...]



Recession? Thanks alot grandad.

Mar 24th, 2009 | By | Category: Features, News, Rochaelle

Since the beginning of last year we have been hearing about the recession and now like the doomed Titanic sailing towards that big iceberg it has finally hit. Economists say that this is the biggest and worst economic crisis to hit us globally since the beginning of the last century and no one is sure [...]