Kim Jong-Un’s recent more than month-long disappearing act has inspired many speculations. The most credible hypothesis is that the world’s youngest head of state’s love for cheese and alcohol has resulted in a pair of fractured ankles, supported by recent pictures of Kim with a cane. Such bizarreness may seem reminiscent of Team America: World Continue Reading
Peer Mentoring Update
Hello everyone and welcome back from reading week! We hope you have all had a great time doing plenty of reading (or plenty of nothing!) while you have been off of Uni. Now that you are all back, pressure may be starting to rise as assignments are building and deadlines are growing nearer and Continue Reading
Interview with Linda Briggs
An acquaintance of Prince William; a member of a choral choir that has regularly appeared on the BBC – what else don’t we know about Dr Linda Briggs? As those of you with an ear for accents will already know, and have had the pleasure of meeting her, Dr Briggs hails from Scotland (I feel Continue Reading
Half Time Team Talk
This year saw the return of the History Society’s football and netball team, with the new additions of a hockey and cricket team. For both the football and the netball team it certainly is a new era, as most of the players have graduated and left this illustrious society. For the football team it was Continue Reading
The Battle of Gettysburg
The events leading up to the battle of Gettysburg on the 1st July 1863 were certainly in favour of the Confederate cause. After Charles Lee, the commander of the Confederate forces, was victorious at Chancellorsville he launched a new offensive on the North through Pennsylvania. There were three crucial events in the preliminary stages of Continue Reading