LGBT+ housing to come to KU
Aimee Miller
Students might soon be able to opt-in to a new LGBT+ accommodation scheme as part of an initiative for safe space housing, the Union of Kingston Students said.
February 2020
The taboo that blights lives: KU opioid addiction
Millie A Turner
Laying around on his sofa after damaging the cartilage in his knee during a sports match, Jack popped another white pill into his mouth.
Week 4 Love Island roundup: Casa Amor, heartbreak and new beginnings
Megan Robinson
Casa Amor returned this week, and boy did it deliver. Viewers always look forward to seeing whose heads get turned and who decides to stay with their partner back in…
Road closures cause KU bus chaos
Noemi S Rodrigues
Correction: In The Rivers’ January 2020 print issue of this story, RATP Dev London did not have a chance to reply to the complaints by students about the bus service.…
‘People are here from across the world. Am I scared? No.’ Kingston University Chinese students facing discrimination after coronavirus outbreak
Nicole M Pihan
Kingston students are shunning Asian classmates over misplaced fears about the killer coronavirus outbreak, Chinese learners have claimed.
Locke and Key: a disappointing thriller best left locked
Charlotte Dorans
3/5 Stars With its many panning shots, supernatural entities and small-town vibes, one can’t help seeing the Stephen King adaption parallels in this show.
KU graduate inspires new CBeebies series for children called ‘Love Monster’
Steph Spyropoulou
A KU graduate’s hugely successful book has inspired a new CBeebies series to teach children that it is okay to make mistakes.
Going for gold: Kingston University student dreams of Paralympics
Chloe L Wright
A KU gold-medal wheelchair racing student who trains at a specialist training facility in Norbiton has opened up about her disability, training regime and representing Great Britain.
Courteeners in Kingston – No bottle job second time around for the Mancunian band
Matt Perry
4/5 stars It felt as if the Manchester-based band had unfinished business in Kingston as they performed at Pryzm in January. Their last show, at the now-closed Hippodrome in 2016…
Was it because I am white? Nicole Pihan on coronavirus discrimination
Some call the Coronavirus an ‘Asian disease’ and they could not be more wrong. The world is in the midst of a global health emergency, and we should not be…