‘Taken 3’
Daniel Milroy Maher
Taken 3 shouldn’t be taken seriously, because it doesn’t take itself seriously. This is the best advice I can give to someone trying to approach the third installment in Olivier…
2015
Kingston University student signed to top American football team
Tonje Odegard
Up-and-coming American football player and KU student Timothy Lloyd Thomas talks to The River about being signed with a top European team, the barriers of being a British player and…
Photo Gallery: BA Fashion voted fourth best in the world
Priyanka Mogul
Kingston’s BA Fashion has been listed as the fourth best university in the world by leading fashion website Fashionista. KU first received the honour in Fashionista‘s list of the best…
KU students commemorate Charlie Hebdo victims
Hanne Olsen
Students from Kingston University gathered at the SU bar at Knights Park on Tuesday night for a vigil to commemorate the attack on the French satirical magazine, Charlie Hebdo. The…
Kingston University’s ice hockey talent thanks ‘Mighty Ducks’ for changing his life
Keri Ventre
Sam Cheema is a semi-professional ice hockey player at KU and has recently earned himself an achievement level scholarship on the sports performance programme. Cheema owes his love for the…
Photo Gallery: Kingston University graduate’s exhibition “Polar Heir” begins in South Korea
Mai Vabo
A KU graduate in MA Curating Contemporary Design has been named one of South Korea’s biggest photographers after graduating from Kingston in 2004. This week Han Sungpil is starting his…
Free speech is not just a Western value
Bauke Schram
It is always a shock when a tragic act of terrorist violence strikes the western world, because suddenly the threats of such acts happening in our midst becomes reality. The…
Kingston University’s Jiu Jitsu hope to remain national champions
Joanna Swan
Kingston University’s Jiu Jitsu team is hoping to carry last season’s success into the national championships next month. The club managed to beat 500 competitors, mostly from other universities, to…
Kingston residents honoured for community work by the Queen
The Queen has included three people in her New Year’s Honour list for their services to the community in Kingston. Professor Fiona Mary Ross has been honoured the title of…
Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité: What does the Charie Hebdo attack mean for the future of French politics?
An one-million-people strong crowd headed by world leaders gathered in cities around France yesterday, united in grief at the attacks in Paris, including world famous cartoonists at satirical publication Charlie…