Pizza Express: flavour for students
Logan Collins
When we arrived at the new-look Pizza Express in Kingston’s Rotunda we encountered inviting aromas and a relaxed atmosphere. The restaurant has a modern look, with a wall of glass…
October 2014
KU students race against Olympic and world champions
Hanne Olsen
On Saturday KU student James Marsden and his team raced against Olympic and world champions in rowing in Nottingham. With only one and a half months of training and a…
Clowns gone bad
Elin Martinsen
“I was with a girl and I was romancing her and I meant to say ‘bad girl’ but it came out as ‘bad clown’,” John Bond, 20, told The River…
Hong Kong can teach Britain’s students a thing or two about student activism
Christopher Jutting
Photo: Pasu Au Yeung/Flickr In case you’ve been living in an airlock for the past month, here’s a brief reminder of the current international news: Hong Kong’s people are engaged…
Ellie Goulding shines in copper top designed by KU graduate
Sofia Delgado
Kingston fashion graduate Sadie Clayton has shot to fame after designing the copper top worn by BRIT Award winner Ellie Goulding at Glastonbury. Clayton, who graduated in 2013, designed the…
Nightcrawler kicks off the movie awards season in fine style
Jake Gyllenhaal delivers a performance to die for in Nightcrawler – a topical and deeply disturbing look at the darker side of TV news The camera pans over a dusk-veiled…
Judgment Day at Barcadia, when Judge Jules came to town
Lively but intimate are the two words which could be used to summarise Kingston club Barcadia on Friday October 10, when clubbers were treated to a rare gig from a…
Kingston beat King’s College in rugby clash
Taryn Tarrant-Cornish
Kingston’s Rugby team will look to push on from an early win over London rivals King’s college to challenge for league success. Kingston rallied in the second half to come…
Indian Students Turned Off By UK Universities – And It’s About More Than Just Rising Fees
I’M FORTUNATE enough not to be in the UK on a student visa. My dad’s job relocated us to London when I was in high school and I now qualify…