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Dear Fresher,

If, after reading this, you choose not to heed my advice and later realise that you have wasted what could have been the best year of your life, then I have only this to say: I told you so. So should you wish to avoid being the subject of my wisecracking smugness (which I am reliably informed is utterly intolerable), listen up!

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If there is ever an occasion when your mother is wrong, it is when she tells you to ‘just be yourself.’ It seems to me that flattery of this kind should be reserved for when Mark Zuckerberg gets nervous about a job interview at Facebook. But in any other case, ‘being yourself’ can often be a lazy excuse to accommodate otherwise unfavourable personality traits: ‘If they don’t like me, then that’s their problem’, we insist. Fortunately, university provides a rare, reptilian opportunity to seamlessly shed skin of past flaws without anyone noticing…

So don’t just be yourself, be the best version of yourself possible.

Disclaimer: The above paragraph in no way encourages or endorses the readers decision to undergo a personality crisis; change his/her name; begin wearing clothes from vintage jumble sales; pierce unmentionable parts of their anatomy; grow their hair into a top-knot or profess expertise in the ‘deep progressive house’ music genre.

Tip 2: No porky pies, tempting though they are Unless you are one of the few very lucky winners of the genetic lottery (in which case, you will shortly be

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receiving an invitation from Fuze, where you will be paraded in front of ugly people for charity and enjoy celebrity status on campus), first year will provide you with plenty of opportunity for some good, oldfashioned, self-loathing.

You will be bombarded with encounters with people who are betterlooking, better-dressed, more intelligent, richer, and funnier than you – and you might even have to make friends with some of the swines. Against this backdrop, the temptation to tell a few porky pies is understandable; I mean, how will they know that your brother’s friend hasn’t slept with Pippa Middleton? And who’s to say that Daddy’s yacht isn’t moored up in Puerto Banus? But do yourself a favour: tell the truth and save everyone the embarrassment of having to pretend that they don’t know that you know that they know you lied… It all gets very complicated. If you always tell the truth, you never have to remember anything you’ve said.

Tip 3: First year DOES count… but not for the reasons you think It’s far from my intention to try and convince you that getting good grades in your first year is the be all and end all. After all, that is (a) not true, and (b) your parents’ job. However, your

first year does matter for other, more important reasons: it’s your first year away from home and your last year of adolescence. I leave you with a sickly sentimental quote from Mark Twain about how to best spend your fresher year; to those of you with a hypersensitive gag reflex, I apologise sincerely: ‘Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do.

So throw off the bowlines.

Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore.

Dream. Discover.’

Until next time…

Wisecracker.

Calum Parfitt

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Style: Maddy Streets, Hattie Bottom, Emma Ward and Beth Laverack will meet at 5pm on Friday in the ASS cafe.

Travel: Rowena Ball, Rosie Quigley and Constance Malleret will meet at The Refectory at 1.15pm on Wednesday.

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Letter to a Fresher Tip 1: DO NOT ‘just be yourself’

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The Not So Secret Hater departs from the relationshipanalysis unscathed, I’m left looking critical and downright rude.

Turns out he didn’t care about the volume of his chewing, or how everything that he cooks is orange and tastes like a dodgy side-street Indian take-away. He defended them to the death, rendering our pillow talk futile. As he drifted into contented sleep, I was left wide awake and angry.

“I was a little optimistic as it turns out” I spent the next hour going through every little annoyance in my head. Not irritations with him (you’re great, sorry about the article), but irritations with the entire world in general. It turns out that I’m a bit of a control freak, with enough not-so-secret hates to write a trilogy. I’ll start with trains. Actually no, public transport in general, and that

includes walking.

A pure hatred of slow-walkers is the most common, clichéd grievance known to mankind, but for a reason. Every city is plagued by this species, and Bristol is no exception. I leave my flat on Park Street every morning only to stand behind swarms of tourists, leaning backwards until they’re practically horizontal, desperate to take a snap of Wills Memorial.

You know what we need, Mr. Mayor? Walking-lanes. Just like we have for cars. Slow walkers to the left, people with purpose and direction in their lives to the right.

At about 3am my mind wandered from slow-walkers to trains. Not the trains themselves, but the people on them. No, you can’t eat crisps on here, they’re loud, please wait until you get off.

And this is directed at the 12 yearold girl who I had the pleasure of sitting opposite for three hours from Reading to Crewe: when you play music - you need headphones. You can’t sing out loud to Miley Cyrus in the Quiet Carriage, and no, you can’t make

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The other day, my boyfriend and I decided to swap our favourite and least favourite traits about each other. Think this sounds fun? Think again.

I’ll tell him he’s got lovely eyes, and something that gets on my nerves a teeny-tiny bit; he’ll tell me that I’m kind of bossy but it’s alright because it’s endearing, and that he can’t think of a single bad thing to say about me. Then I’ll sigh contently, he’ll kiss me on the forehead, stroke my hair and we’ll drift into a world of dreams and his and hers towels…

I was a little optimistic, as it turns out. To be perfectly honest, I initiated the conversation without giving much thought to how it would go. In this new game of slap-you-in-the-face honesty, I went first, explaining that whilst his eyes are as blue as the ocean, his eating habits leave much to be desired. When it was his turn he was utterly complimentary, or, more probably, he lied (suppressing his true feelings to avoid a heated row). Wise move, dammit. So whilst Mr Smooth

YouTube videos. It’s called ‘Quiet’ for a reason, thanks.

At some point shortly after I fell asleep to the lullaby of the Big Issue man on a hard-hitting sales drive, a chorus of screaming Freshers and a bin lorry. There were a thousand other things I’ve now realised I can’t stand, which will haunt me forever. In fact, whilst writing this article in the Wills Memorial Library I’ve had

to move desk to escape the three Churchill Freshers ‘whispering’ to each other. You know who you are, guys, and an apology in the form of email would be most convenient.

What can I say, not everyone can be as laid-back as me. Off I go for a green tea and some yoga.

Victoria Halman

Survival Secrets: Arts Degrees

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Few contact hours, some airy-fairy content, and labelled as worthless in comparison to the sciences; Arts degrees get a lot of stick, which can be demoralizing to even the biggest bookworm. Without textbooks to spoon feed us every ounce of knowledge, and the main focus of essays being original thought, it can sometimes appear tough to succeed in the arts. But never fear and read on for tips to help you survive your Arts degree.

First and foremost: organisation. By this I don’t just mean buying your books in advance and reading a novel-a-day over the summer (ahem). Two of the most cherished items in an arts student’s bedroom are bound to be a warm blanket and a well-stocked tea cupboard.

Getting comfortable for those hours of slogging through

postcolonial criticism is essential, so organising a warm, quiet space with a constant supply of hot beverages is top of the list of things you need to succeed.

Participation in local and national cultural events is also a high priority, and as Bristol has so much to offer, this is probably a reason you chose this university in the first place. Don’t let successive nights in Lounge interfere with attending plays, public lectures and exhibitions, as you’ll be able to enhance your subject knowledge so much by exploring them. What’s more, price doesn’t have to be an obstacle, as most places offer great student discounts and they’re also a great way to bond with new university friends, who doesn’t love an evening at the theatre?

While we’re talking about participation, another way of

succeeding is to participate as much as possible in seminars and tutorials. We only get a few contact hours anyway, so make those hours of reading count by speaking up and letting others hear your thoughts.

The bug bear of most Arts students are the piles and piles of books that have to be bought at the start of each unit. The libraries never have enough copies, and by the time the entire reading list has been purchased, costs will be sky high. A secret to succeeding in reading everything you need without breaking the bank is to give yourself enough time to hunt around. If tutors haven’t given you a reading list, email them to ask for one. Trawl the charity shops and second hand book shops online (abebooks and sellstudentstuff are particularly useful). You’ll be

amazed at the bargains you find. Then all you have to do is perfect the art of speedreading and there’s no way you won’t succeed.

And finally, refuse to listen to all the criticism of Arts degrees. Instead, enjoy every minute of it and use the next three or four years to indulge your love of all things arty.

Martha Male

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Secret Eats

Okay, we’ve all been there. It’s 4am, the hunger pangs are calling, you make that desperate trudge to the kitchen in search of something vaguely edible.

Stale cookies? Leftover pizza? I thought I’d heard some pretty bad revelations over the years. How wrong I was. In search of our guilty foodie secrets, I took to the halls of our fine university to dig out the less than glamorous truth of what we love to eat, but really know we shouldn’t.

Right, are you ready? Put down whatever you’re eating, you may just lose your appetite after hearing some of these…

In at no. 10, we have cream cheese and banana.

The hilarity of the choice was greatly enhanced by the fact that the consumer was entirely oblivious to the excruciating innuendo…

Moving swiftly on, at no. 9 we’ve got dry Frosties.

Most students can surely empathise with this goneoff-milk-but-must-have-cereal dilemma. Don’t pretend you haven’t, you smug fridge angels.

Now at no. 8, I’m slightly concerned to present this rather woeful image: A pizza and popcorn feast for one. There’s something brilliantly bold, but simultaneously heart-breaking about purchasing dinner for a crowd and then snuggling up with nobody but Netflix for company. I judge, but only because I’m secretly jealous.

Straight to no. 7, this one was really about the delivery: ‘I like liver. I just really like liver’. A little unsure whether to plough on with my interview or run for the hills, this one certainly caught me by surprise. I can now assure you that the liver in question was both cooked and not from human

sources. Phew, given this came from a rather near neighbour, I was rather grateful for the less vampire-esque clarification.

At no. 6 we have toast soldiers dunked in tea.

One for the egg-fearing vegans I guess.

(Note: I do appreciate that not all vegans have an irrational fear of eggs!)

Halfway at no. 5: carrot and cucumber sticks dipped in peanut butter. With our painfully middle class reputation here at Bristol, perhaps it’s a blessing we’ve finally found an alternative to hummus.

Ploughing on at no. 4 we have church beans. I love the fact that the Christian Union (CU) doles out baked beans to all us hapless freshers, regardless of our religious beliefs, but when you start stalking church goers and contemplating disguises to go round the bean stall again, you can’t help but feel you may have gone a little far.

As a little note from me, a hapless fresher myself, CU I salute you. Your beans have dragged me from the deepest depths of even the ‘hangriest’ of situations.

Getting close now at no. 3 we have perhaps my favourite quote of the week. Spoken in complete isolation and with almost no hesitation… ‘sometimes I eat raw curry paste’. Anonymous food freak, congratulations, you are truly one of a kind.

Just short of the top spot we have a mind boggling no. 2: Ice cream, sausages and ketchup.

I’m sorry but who takes a Mr Whippy and says ‘you know what, Mr Ice Cream Man, I like what you’ve

done there but I think you could be a bit more creative. Swap that flake for a chipolata and hey, why not ditch the strawberry sauce and dollop on a load of ketchup!’

Yes, we’ve made it, it’s time for the no. 1 guilty food pleasure from the (questionably) bright minds of Bristol University: Muller corner yoghurt (specifically the one with the chocolate balls)… with chicken. ‘It can’t be true!’ I hear you cry.

But no, what made this all the more wonderful was that our anonymous interviewee not only had both ingredients in her fridge, but she had also (without prompt or warning) stored both ingredients right on top of each other for instant access. ‘Sometimes you want yoghurt, but you also crave meat… why should one have to wait on the other?’ I have so many responses to that question but, as we don’t like to judge here at e2, I will restrain myself.

Well there we have it, our secrets are out in the open. I’m unsure of whether I’m proud of our creativity, or concerned for our health. Either way, I hope I haven’t ruined your appetite!

Pippa Cole

Crushingly Innapropriate University, no matter the circumstances, is always a learning curve. You discover things about yourself, your passions (I’m talking degree here, pipe down), and of course those wrestling emotions…or hormones…just fighting to get out every time you see that stud walking down the street. Everything’s going fine, you’re on the right track until the inevitable happens. Yes, it is inevitable.

Let me paint the picture; you’re in second year in that lovely albeit scummy Redland abode with all your best mates from halls or from those 5 contact hours you have on your course and you’re just getting into the swing of cooking for yourself and managing a household. Damn, you’re a real person trying to resist the temptation of cooking ravioli your whole life…

Then here comes the inevitable: crushing on a housemate. It always happens, there are no two ways about it. You’re already best friends, but there’s something about those nutella fuelled pre-beddyboos hangout sessions you have that just tip you over the edge. You think they’re beautiful (warts and all), cook amazingly, have great hygiene and you already live together so when’s the wedding? You’re surely half way there…Then there’s those

pre-drinks where you get a bit too friendly, but it’s all good fun, and you keep thinking ‘oh crap, what is this?’ whenever they come out of the shower or do their squats in the hallway. All ladies will sympathise with this, in such close quarters weird feelings begin to brew: it’s inevitable. It’s also ‘forbidden love’ because you live together and couldn’t possibly handle that level of awkwardness – there lies the inappropriate. But then they fart in your face and you catch them eating their bogies and you realise he’s the gross little boy who shan’t be your prince after all.

Stephanie Rihon

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WebWatch Hello! It’s Online Living again, here to invade the print and inform you wonderful guys of some fun facts.

First up, I just want to remind you that the website exists! Well, of course it does, that’s why I’m here. But did you also know that everything you guys read and write in print also goes up on the site? Yep, that’s right. If you’ve missed anything, we’ve got you covered, or if you want to send an article to someone we’ve also got your back.

Did you also know that we’re always looking for new writers and new content? Our articles have dominated the top two most read in the whole of Epigram.org.uk for the past week and a bit. This means that anything you write has the potential to reach a huge amount of people. So, if you want to be a part of one of the paper’s most popular sections then head over to our Facebook page (Epigram Living 2014-2015) and get involved!

Now, one last thing before I leave you to it, have you noticed how much food and drink related content has been uploaded recently? Yep, it’s a relatively new thing. It was started last year by our awesome editor, Morwenna, and this year we want to watch it blossom. We’ve switched loads of things up like layout and article type, but the food section looks to be one of the most significant changes so far. I thoroughly suggest you head over and check it all out. And even if food isn’t your thing, we’ve got loads of other exciting stuff on offer too!

Until next time, Online Living xoxo

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Double-Snow-Seven: the Swiss secret to Bond’s alpine adventures Despite our sensibilities, it’s difficult not to enjoy a good Bond film. The beautiful actors, the implausible gadgets, the tasteless names and, of course, the locations. Eon Productions have the funds to fly their crews to some of the most incredible places in the world and On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, the sixth film in the Bond series, was no exception to this.

Released in 1969, the film was not as wellreceived as its predecessors. But forget the wooden and often-criticised George Lazenby; the real star of On Her Majesty’s Secret Service is Mürren.

Mürren is a mountain village found in the Bernese Oberlands, a couple of hours south of Switzerland’s capital city and close to the stunning Lake Thun.

It is tiny, with a population of just 450 people, but all-year-round tourism means that there are often far more people sleeping there. It boasts almost 5 times as many hotel beds as it does actual citizens.

Due to its high altitude – 1650m above sea level – Mürren is unreachable by public road. Those interested in visiting the picturesque little village can instead choose to travel there by the Bergbahn, a transport system made up of both tramways and cable cars. As well as a novel experience, travelling by cable car provides the opportunity to enjoy some stunning views over one of Europe’s most scenic countries. Quite literally unmissable are the Jungfrau, Eiger, and Mönch- three impressive

mountain peaks that form an enormous wall overlooking the Swiss Plateau. In the late 90s, the Seilbahn Mürren Allmendhubel (funicular for those not skilled with German pronunciation) replaced their regular funicular cars with panoramic ones, just so that tourists could get the most out of the spectacular scenery.

Unsurprisingly, most of the tourists that flock to Mürren during the winter are there for the snow sports, and the town has 32 miles of ski runs and 14 ski lifts. It also hosts the International Inferno Ski Race, the longest amateur ski race in the world.

Swiss organisation is demonstrated at its most efficient during the summer when, to avoid losing their tourism while the snow is thin on the ground, the ice rinks are turned into mini golf courses and tennis courts. Mürren also uses its connections to the Bond franchise to full effect. The villain’s lair is actually a mountaintop restaurant called the Piz Gloria, which is found perched on the Schilthorn summit overlooking the valley of Lauterbrunnen.

The huge aluminium-and-glass structure was designed by Konrad Wolf and revolves in order to give diners optimum views of the valley, taking about 45 minutes to turn once on its axis. It actually owes a lot to Eon Productions, who paid for its refurbishment as a condition for its use as a film set. Diners can even enjoy a James Bond breakfast buffet, although at eight francs for a

martini you may have to pull off a few heists of your own before booking a table.

Looking at the tourist hot-spot and glamorous film location it is now, it’s hard to believe that Mürren started off as a tiny little farming town.

From nature walks to huge revolving restaurants, it has far more to offer than most villages of its size.

After all, if it’s good enough for James Bond, it’s good enough for us!

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The third most visited city in Europe and by far Spain’s most popular tourist destination, Barcelona is known primarily for the eccentric architecture of Gaudi, the legendary FC Barcelona, and the white sands (albeit laden with bottles, condom wrappers and well-oiled bodies) of Barceloneta beach. However, in a city of this size, there are, of course, a huge number of attractions that slip under the radar of even the most dependable tourist guides.

Gràcia was once a village separated from Barcelona by a small muletrack that has grown into the bright lights and designer shops of Passeig de Gràcia. The inner-city village still maintains a very different vibe from the thoroughfares of the city centre with a wealth of independent tapas bars, alternative boutiques and lively squares such as the politically active Plaça del Diamant or the nocturnal hangout Plaça del Sol. The Port Vell area can, at times, feel a little overrun with people shuffling en-masse off cruise ships, an imposingly modern shopping centre, and overpriced American doughnut stalls. There is an escape route, however, down the tiny Carrer de la Reina Cristina to La Xampanyeria Can Paixano. There you will find cava produced

in-house at just over a euro a glass and simple traditional tapas. With locals spilling out the door and a stern bouncer to keep them in order, it’s a Barcelona institution.

One of the most ‘selfied’ sights in Barcelona, the Catedral

somewhat disturbing myth, they represent the age (13) that martyr Eulalia of Barcelona was when the Romans put her in a barrel, stuck knives into it and rolled her down a street.

Possibly the worst-kept secret on the Barcelona nightlife scene, Pipas is a ‘hidden gem’. Located three floors above the bustling Plaça Reial, there are no signs and the only way in is to ring the buzzer and wait for the bouncer to open the door. It offers tango, live jazz, late-night revelry (it closes at 6am) and, as the name suggests, a lot of pipe smoke.

An article on Barcelona wouldn’t be complete without the recommendation of a good view.

There’s an abundance of awe-inspiring viewpoints in Barcelona among which Parc Guell and Tibidabo are, deservedly, the most visited.

However, Montjuïc is also well worth a visit.

On the way up, spend a couple of hours wandering through the Cementiri del Sud-Oest: the final resting place of many Catalan intellectuals and the setting for Zafón’s The Shadow of the Wind.

Then simply catch a bus or cable car up to the impressive Castell de Montjuïc, from where you can see not only the entire sprawling city but also the captivating workings of the transnational industrial port.

So venture away from the Ramblas (or stay away altogether) and explore!

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Santa Eulalia, is not a particularly secret attraction. I recommend you sneak inside and – appreciating the gothic architecture on the way – wander down to the cloister where you’ll find 13 well-fed, rowdy geese barging around. According to the

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Koh Phi Phi: the spoilt secret of Thailand On any flight to Thailand, you’re guaranteed to spot a fellow traveller reading The Beach by Alex Garland. It’s the reason why thousands of travellers go searching for the beach paradise of Koh Phi Phi every year. A tiny island off the coast of Phuket, Koh Phi Phi rose to fame in 2000 when it was used as the filming location for the film adaptation of The Beach. Once a beautiful, quiet fishing village, Maya Bay has now been spoiled by the hundreds of tourists that land on its shores every day. Tourists that are blissfully unaware that the natural form of the beach was ruined from additional landscaping by the film-makers and that extra mountains were added during post-production. So that classic photo of gap year students stood on the beach with the entrance to the bay in the background? It doesn’t even exist in the film.

Thailand is one of the most beautiful countries in the world. I first visited when I was nine years old and fell in love straight away. It has stunning scenery, from tropical rainforests bursting with wildlife to white sandy beaches and crystal clear

seas. It has gained a reputation as the favourite ‘gap yah’ destination of wealthy westerners, but has so much more to offer. The best time to visit is during Songkran in April – Thai New Year. The atmosphere is electric as everyone celebrates with massive water fights in the streets. Even the hotel employees sneak up and tip buckets of water over their guests’ heads. Easter also has the best weather and the temperatures are always high, unlike during the summer months when monsoon season comes along.

For the real secrets of Thailand, stay clear of tourist hotspots and the Full Moon parties - the only thing you’re likely to get is a nasty STI. Instead, I recommend hiring some scooters and exploring the islands away from a tour group. There are plenty of remote waterfalls, empty beaches, and abandoned temples that are free from sightseers. For those who want to venture below sea level, Koh Tao is one of the best places to go scuba diving in Thailand, with a huge variety of marine life. The diving is also easy - ideal for beginners wanting to do their PADI.

And finally, the best kept secret in Thailand? Mor Mu Dong restaurant in Phuket. It’s the most hidden restaurant you’ll ever visit. Tucked away down a dirt track in Chalong, this gem is a favourite amongst locals, serving up basic but delicious traditional Thai food. Its difficult-to-find location means that tourists are scarce here. You can either sit under the trees or in tiny wooden huts that jut out over the mangroves below, only a few of which have chairs, so most diners just sit on the floor. Try the Moo Kua Kua (pork belly) and their famous Pla Pao (steamed fish crusted with salt).

For some, Thailand has developed a bad reputation due to all the ‘gap yah’ kids ‘finding themselves’, and from recent tragic events in Koh Tao, but if you stay safe and make an effort to avoid the clichés, you’ll discover a wealth of treasures on offer in this beautiful country.

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A Fakebook holiday We’ve all been there. Sat procrastinating on Facebook while that essay remains unwritten, snarling over photos of friends - to use the term loosely - riding elephants and cuddling tigers and bungee-sky-jumpdiving (whatever) off a rock into the crystal-clear waters of Lake Who-The-Hell-Cares-I-Hate-My-Life. I, for one, can guarantee that no travelling experience is as exciting/ emotionally moving/ life-changing as our peers like to make us believe via our social media feeds.

What we forget is that a snapshot is just that – it’s a split second of time that will generally only capture a great moment. And why shouldn’t it? After all, nobody wants to see that time when that fly bit you and your face swelled up and you cried. That said, it can be easy to forget that no one goes through life with a smile forever plastered to their face.

Dutch student Zilla van den Born, 25, took this idea and turned it into a bizarre, though oddly poignant project. Having told her family that she would be spending 5 weeks in South East Asia, Born actually

remained in her home in Amsterdam, photoshopping and uploading so-called ‘holiday snaps’ to her Facebook and Twitter account. The pictures included her snorkelling (in her own swimming pool) and visiting a Buddhist temple (which turned out to be Amsterdam’s finest). She faked Skype calls to her parents, redecorating her bedroom to make it seem as though she was talking to them from a hotel room. When out and about in Amsterdam, she even used a disguise to be certain that she wouldn’t be recognised.

When asked about the project, Born explained: ‘I did this to show people that we filter and manipulate what we show on social media – we create an ideal world online which reality can no longer meet’. A strange thing to do, certainly, but Born highlights something which I’m sure many of us can relate to on some level.

I’m not suggesting you stay cooped up at home to avoid the pitfall of travelling via social media, but maybe next time you will think twice before uploading your 500 holiday photos to facebook, or changing

your cover photo to yet another beach shot. It’s fine to indulge in a bit of self-satisfaction, but just make sure the real reason you’re travelling is for the experiences, rather than Facebook likes.

Rosanna Quigley

Zilla took this photo in her local pool, and Photoshopped in the fish later

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said, he covers his face with a low cap and high scarf; teenage ridicule aside, the market is not the place for a respectable Bolivian to be spotted hunting for bargains.

In the world’s highest market, secrets are everywhere. From the availability of dubious and dangerous goods to the people whose spending is a discrete and stealthy operation, El Alto market, while thin in air, is thick with mystery.

Sorcha Thomson

There’s more to Poland than cheap vodka and cigarettes!

Poland is a country that tends to be overlooked by many who travel to Europe, unless of course you’re Michael Palin and make a documentary that focuses on the country. Although he did cover some quirkier aspects of Poland, he mainly stuck to the more popular tourist destinations of Warsaw, Krakow and Gdansk, all of which I have visited on my numerous trips to see family. Poland’s cities do have a lot to offer, but it is in the countryside that you can truly delve into the country’s history.

Wielkopolska, a province in the west of Poland, is not your typical tourist destination. It is known for its rolling fields, lakes, and the local love of potatoes. However it is within this region that lies the very heart of historical Poland. The town of Gniezno was the first capital city, its crowning glory being the cathedral. This towering edifice is home to the relics of Poland’s first patron saint and martyr, Saint Wojciech (St. Adalbert in English). The Czech may maintain that he is buried in Prague’s St. Vitus’ Cathedral, but I beg to differ.

A stone’s throw away from Gniezno is what I often refer to as ‘the pile of rocks’. It may be an accurate description, but the ‘pile of rocks’ is far from ordinary. In a rather unassuming village, there is a lake with an island in the centre, where the very first rulers of Poland resided. It is popular belief that this is where a nation was born and baptised into the Christian faith. The island’s idyllic location makes it easy for visitors to imagine the founding of Poland by the legendary Lech, whose brothers Czech and Rus founded the Czech Republic and Russia respectively.

A place that was all too often bypassed is increasingly becoming an important site for all Poles, since the region of Wielkopolska is ultimately the cradle of the country.

An hour’s drive from this rural haven is the city of Poznan. It is to here that most visitors to the province tend to flock, meaning the city is slowly

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Four thousand metres above sea level, surrounded by the jagged ridges of the Bolivian altiplano, sits a rapidly expanding satellite city to La Paz – El Alto. Grown from the hub of activity beneath it, it has become home to a population of 650,000.

Every Thursday and Sunday this lunar landscape is transformed into Bolivia’s largest open air market.

The newly constructed teleférico linking the two cities is loaded with prepared locals, and sprinkled with anticipatory tourists waiting to enter this place of mystery and intrigue.

The first thing that strikes you, once you’ve got used to the altitude, is the chorus of sellers. Standing proudly over their piles of goods, they call out in a mixture of Spanish, English, and the local indigenous languages of Quechua and Aymara. Beneath

them lie mounds of children’s pyjamas, branded multinational corporation t-shirts, alpaca socks, silk ties, and more children’s pyjamas. From the jumble of wares I pull out a black sheepskin Max Mara coat, which I buy for 30 Bolivianos (the equivalent of just £3). The sellers don’t seem to know the difference between expensive labelled goods and the family hand-me-downs that could be handed down no further, begging the question of where this myriad of clothing is initially acquired.

There is however a darker side to this bi-weekly bustle. Reports of what can be found – baby lions, kidneys, used syringes, every natural hallucinogen under the South American sun – serve to mystify the market in the eyes of visiting tourists. Whilst such exotic purchases are not thrust upon the unwilling wanderer, Bolivian friends and market regulars informed me of the legitimacy of such claims. For the right price, more than should ever be sold can be bought.

Thankfully, during my visit I was accompanied by my friend and La Paz local, Franz. He acts as both guide and guard amongst the stalls and hecklers.

He comes prepared: two pairs of trousers are worn as protection against the hordes of petty thieves targeting any glimpse of pocket lining. Having attended a good city-centre school, he explains that, for the local teenagers, to be known as one who frequents the markets is humiliating; the dirt cheap prices may lure the tourists, but for wealthy Bolivians they act as a social deterrent. Now free from teenage stigmas, Franz is a market regular. He expertly weaves through the crowds, collecting cutlery trays and lamp shades to furnish his new flat along the way. That

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increasing in attractiveness. The Old Town Square is full of multi-coloured medieval guildsmen’s residences and the perimeter of the square is lined with stunning townhouses and cosmopolitan palaces of Poland’s aristocracy.

Just off-centre in the square stands the Town Hall, proudly labelled as the most wonderful example of Renaissance architecture north of the Alps. It is before this building that the crowds gather every day without fail, to watch a spectacle grounded in yet another Polish legend. At midday, from a small opening high up in the Town Hall, emerge two white goats which proceed to fight (which involves bashing their horns together).

When this display is finished, there is plenty more to see. The Ostrow Tumski, situated about a fifteen minute walk from the Old Town, is a church in which the first Polish ruler Prince Mieszko I is buried with his son, the first Polish king, Boleslaw Chrobry. Further towards the centre of town, near the University, is the Kaiser’s Palace, built at a time when Poland was still part of Prussia. There are also lesser-known historical attractions: the Bambergs, whose family settled in Poznan in the eighteenth century, hold an annual festival in August. It is worth seeing if only for their elaborate traditional dress.

So, make sure you don’t just visit Poland for the cheap vodka; take some time to stray off the beaten track and enjoy the gems of historical interest that lie hidden in the country.

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With its decadent and dramatic designs, as well as its sensational international prestige, Alexander McQueen has come to be one of the most iconic British fashion houses to date. Out-of-the-box and controversial collections such as Highland Rape made the brand infamous, however after the tragic death of its founder and creative director, Lee Alexander McQueen, on 11 February 2010, the label’s best-kept secret stepped out of the shadows and into the limelight to bring the fashion house forward into the future.

The new creative designer of the brand, who had been associated with it since she interned there in 1996, was Sarah Burton.

Raised in Manchester, Burton is one of five very creative children; one of her brothers is a professional oboe player and one of her sisters is an opera singer. She came to London to study Print Fashion at the Central School of St Martins and it was here that her talent flourished and she was recommended for an internship at the then-small label

of McQueen. Her first encounter with Lee at her interview was somewhat bizarre, with one of the questions he asked being whether she believed in UFOs. Nevertheless, the collaboration between the two was an immediate success and, after graduating, Burton returned to work at the label where she was promoted to head of womenswear in 2000.

A f t e r working closely alongside Lee for 14 years, Sarah attentively developed a deep understanding of his vision and a passion to continue the magic of the label, yet she has always a d m i t t e d f e e l i n g intimidated by the prospect of taking over Lee’s place.

Sarah cut her own balance and carried the brand forward without ever intending to replace Lee himself. Burton has emulated many of the design concepts, of bold colours and statement prints, while leaving the flamboyance of Lee to his

memory. When Burton presented her first womenswear collection in Paris in 2010, she was lauded for emulating McQueen’s dramatic aesthetic while adding her own feminine touch, presenting a collection that was both unique to her style but also paid homage to the temperament of the label.

What truly catapulted Burton to international recognition, winning her accolades across the fashion world, was the wedding dress she designed in 2011 for Kate Middleton’s marriage to Prince William. Not only did she display her phenomenal talent for design, by combining traditional elements of lace with a modern, fitting structure, but the commission also displayed her brilliance at secret keeping. She later admitted that she didn’t even tell her mother that she had been asked to design it, nor did she tell the people working on the dress what it truly was. Burton credited the project as being an ‘experience of a lifetime’, representing ‘the best of British craftsmanship’.

In 2012 she was awarded an OBE for her services to the British fashion industry and has continued to be one of British fashion’s greatest secret successes. We can’t wait to see what she’ll do next.

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Secret Diary of a Fashion Intern Interning in the fashion cupboard for a national magazine was surprisingly unglamorous. Daily tasks involved unpacking clothes, repacking clothes, filling out dockets, and writing out labels, while editors and stylists occasionally stopped by to grab a dress or pair of shoes for their ‘styling board’ up on the wall. If you were lucky, you were given the cupboard’s computer for the day (and therefore the only chair!), meaning you were responsible for answering the phone, making callins for photo-shoots, and communicating with PRs – when you weren’t looking up returns addresses for the other interns. That large, airless room crammed with rails of clothes, shelves of jewellery, and a number of unidentifiable objects was our home for eight hours a day, five days a week. Thank goodness the five other interns were lovely, or we could have been in serious trouble. dawadisketches.files.wordpress.com

Except it wasn’t all bad, far from it. Our proximity to the desks of writers and editors meant we were frequently in contact with the real players, even if it meant bonding over carrying a box downstairs or sorting out the printer. Occasionally we were given a desk for online tasks, which meant we got to sit amongst the team and make some proper contacts. Twice in the month I was taken as the solo fashion assistant to help on a photoshoot, allowing me to see first-hand what really happens behind the scenes (the models really are that tiny). And furthermore, everyone I met was lovely, be it the body make-up artist on set who had tanned Kate Moss, the senior fashion editor, or the man in the post room who was always on duty when I stopped by with yet another parcel. The rumour that fashion is full of bitches was surprisingly proved at least not fully true.

While the frequent menial labour had me aching on the tube home every day, the people I’d met - both editors and interns - as well as the insights I’d gained, made the month a truly valuable experience… Just next time I will seriously consider bringing my own chair.

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How to beat the laundry blues Picture the scene: it’s a couple of weeks into first term and there is already a massive pile of laundry sitting in the corner of your room.

Remove red wine stains by gently blotting the stain with a cloth soaked in white wine.

Easily accessible in the majority of student dorms, this may seem a bit of a waste but it will be so much easier to clean later as the white wine can neutralise the red, so it doesn’t set in.

Shaving cream can remove makeup stains.

People who use foundation – this is for you.

Clean dirt off suede by rubbing it with a nail file.

Simple really - just like how you buff your nails.

Remove smells from clothes with vodka.

If you don’t have time to wash your shirt, spray it with vodka.

While this might seem like a waste of good alcohol, it will kill the bacteria causing the smell.

Plus, most people keep a bottle in their rooms.

Remove oil stains with baby powder.

Sprinkle some over the stain and let it work magic overnight.

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Well stop worrying right now because this compilation of quick fixes may help you look clean and fresh throughout the term:

Paint the edges of any ladders in tights with clear nail polish.

Prevents the runs from getting bigger. You can also put polish over a loose thread on a button to stop it from coming off at an inopportune moment.

Spray your tights with hairspray.

Be organised and prevent runs in the first place.

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Some clothes reek of stale smoke and old Dominos, others carry reminders of spilt alcohol. Like the typical university student, no effort is being, or has been, made to do the washing. But you still have socials and house parties to attend, which means you want to rewear your worn clothes but don’t want your friends to know.

Iron your collar with a hair straightener.

Also works for other wrinkles in your clothes (and makes them toasty warm in the colder mornings of autumn!)

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What goes around comes back around Everyone has their own style secrets and savvy saving tips to look good without blowing their entire student loan in Urban Outfitters, and it is our duty to share our nuggets of fashion joy with each other. My personal favourite was passed down to me by my mother, a lady who you might not at first assume to be a fashion guru, but who taught me that if you keep an item of clothing or accessory for long enough, it will one day become fashionable again.

Although this may never apply to the Von Dutch hoodie she was sporting when she enthusiastically imparted this wisdom, it is undoubtedly true; one only has to walk down the achingly hip streets of Shoreditch or Camden to see how fashions which died their deaths in the eighties or nineties are back with a vengeance, while items of clothing we thought belonged on the backs of granddads worldwide are now on trend. The life cycle of fashion appears to be endless and this has convinced me that what goes around really does come around. Therefore, the best secret to staying on style is to let yourself go out of style. Or, failing that, raid your mother’s wardrobe.

For those who need persuading that this tip is no more than the ramblings of a serial hoarder, let’s take a look at some examples of trends which we thought had died the death, but have risen and thrived.

This summer saw a resurgence of the accessory first donned by the likes of Steven Tyler and Madonna: the bandana. Festival goers across the country became accustomed to the sight of a brightly coloured handkerchief surgically attached to the heads of countless floppy-haired youngsters and the trend seems

to have spilled out of the campsite. So whip out your old scout uniform and steal the necktie!

Even more prominent than the bandana is the old favourite of eighties rappers: the bucket hat. First shooting to popularity by the notorious LL Cool J, and then catastrophically falling from grace after the Beastie Boys adopted it as their must-have accessory, a noughties baby can be forgiven for recognising these oh-so-unflattering head pieces as those your mum shoved on you to protect against sunburn on your walk to school. However, bucket hats have recently been flying off the shelves. Get yours out of the jumble box immediately, and apologise to your mum.

Another playground essential that has come back around? The skort. Topshop has led the revival of the gym kit staple. No need to search the back of your female relatives’ drawers for these, as we probably all have one or two survivors from primary school. However, few of us will be lucky enough to fit back into them…in which case, turn to the high street!

The parallel resurgence of eighties-style disco and house tracks brought its fashion trends along with it.

Disco wear is again all the rage, with shops stocking chunky platforms and metallic velour that would make even David Bowie proud. Before you snap up a pair of disco pants, check your cool auntie’s wardrobe for something free and truly vintage.

So, the secret? Reuse the styles of the past, recycle the clothes of your female relatives, and reduce your spending on ‘vintage’ items. We may not all be walking the streets with boom boxes balanced on our shoulders or sporting mullets, and boy are we glad about that, but it is undeniable that what goes around really does come back around when it comes to fashion. So hold fire on that swap shop and move away from the bin bags – if you keep something for long enough, it might just become cool again!

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Clockwise from top: Topshop skort, £35, HUF bucket hat $50, Vagabond boots £99.99

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The vintage floor in BS8 on Park Street is pricier than other thrift shops but usually has a really good selection, so you don’t have to spend hours scouring through musky piles of clothes.

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If you shop in charity shops you have to go in with an open mind and be willing to sift through a lot of rubbish, but when you find something it’s so worth it. Although, most charity shops have a separate section of better quality clothing and St Peter’s Hospice charity shop (Cotham Hill) has a rail of semi-designer dresses.

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Everyone knows Urban Outfitters is overpriced but we still lust after everything on the shopfloor. So I occasionally allow myself into the shop in Cabot but I only to go straight to the sale-room on the bottom floor where there’s a slice of Urban Outfitters style at a reasonable price.

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In 2005, a documentary called Searching Siberia was released, showing IMG model scouts, Jeni and David, and their Armenian translator and aide, Tigran, as they journeyed from Novosibirsk to St Petersburg, hoping to find some unique young faces to send to Paris or New York. The documentary is positive; when Jeni and David find promising girls, they meet with their parents to explain exactly what their intentions are and try to prepare the girls for what to expect. The girls who are deemed not ready, or too young, are told so. At the end, the six models who were scouted during the trip are featured in top French fashion publication, Numéro.

However, in 2011, another documentary on the search for Siberian beauties was released: Girl Model, the project of model-turned-scout Ashley Arbaugh, intended to show what the reality is

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from Hedi Slimane’s first collection for Saint Laurent Paris drew scrutiny - and a voyeuristic interest in their diets and exercise regimes. But another dark side of the industry has long been lurking below the surface and, up until recently, conveniently ignored, because it was so easy to hide away.

The treatment of models may not sound like a serious issue to some; it might bring to mind articles by sites such as The Cut, Fashionista, and Refinery29 about models putting out cigarettes in Kendall Jenner’s drink backstage, if you happen to read those. But the treatment of models, not by other models, but by industry professionals such as photographers or their agents, whose job it is to take care of them, has at last begun to be publicised outside of fashion circles.

The issue can be traced back quite far and has probably been around for longer.

One example is Gerald Marie, a long-term head of Elite modelling agency’s Paris division, who was accused of the rape of nineties supermodels Karen Mulder, who went on to kill herself, and Carré Otis, who finally wrote about the issue in her memoir Beauty Disrupted in 2011. He was filmed by the BBC in 1999 offering a 15-year old model £300 in exchange for sex and bragging about how many Elite Model Look entrants (average age also 15) he was going to sleep with. Despite this, he is still in the business 15 years later.

Then, in 2010, model Jamie Peck wrote an account of her experiences with photographer Terry ‘Uncle Terry’ Richardson, whose photography you will have seen a hundred times, even if you don’t know his name; it still - inexplicably - appears in almost every magazine on newsstands. He asked to make tea out of her tampon, stripped naked, and suggested she touch him. Since then, many more models, including Coco Rocha, have come forward with their own

like. In the film, 13 year old Nadya is ‘discovered’ and sent to Japan, where she is promised $8,000 a month and plenty of work, while her books claim she is 15.

Japan, where many models who dream of Paris or New York end up, is a secondary market and as such is not regulated nearly as well as the main fashion cities. Nadya and another girl, neither of whom speak English or Japanese, live in a cell-like model apartment, for which they pay the agency rent (a major contributing factor to the debt many of these models end up in) and the promised vast quantity of work simply doesn’t arrive. The other girl is sent home for breaching her contract by gaining 1cm on her waist. The manager of Nadya’s Russian agency, Noah, is none other than Tigran from Searching Siberia.

In 2012, ex-model Sarah Ziff, who also made a documentary exposing the harsh reality of the modelling industry, Picture This, founded the Model Alliance. The alliance aims to ‘identify the unique needs of working models’, ‘educate models about their rights’, and ‘organize models to establish basic rights and protections in the workplace’. Their concerns include backstage privacy (photos of models changing clothes are alarmingly commonplace), questionable practices, inappropriate on-the-job conduct, sexual harassment, and problems with agents.

This is a great step in the right direction, though unfortunately they only work with models in the USA. Nothing is being done to regulate ‘questionable practices’ in Russia and Japan, both home to scores of young and often lonely and vulnerable models whose lives are completely under the control of agents like Tigran. And the sad reality of the situation is that there is nothing we can do about that.

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Uncle Terry tales. The accusations against him, coupled with various definitely unpublishable photos from his very own books, Terry’s World and Kibosh, are worth an article in themselves. H&M, US Vogue, The New York Times and a few other big names have said they will not work with him in the future, but he is still very much in the business.

An issue that is unfortunately less well-documented is the mistreatment of the models who aren’t world famous; I mean all those models from Siberia, plucked from obscurity and shipped off abroad with only a phrase book and the promise of money they hope to send home to their families.

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John Cooper Clarke The Anson Rooms, 18th Oct Packing more bite than Luis Suarez on MDMA, John Cooper Clarke snarled his way out of poetic obscurity and into the whirlwind of punk and post-punk movements. Having somewhat refreshed his CV in recent years, with a cameo in Ian Curtis’ biopic Control, having his words used by Alex Turner on the closing track of AM and some stellar work on the McCain Chips advert, the Punk Poet is back on the road. With last year’s tour

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Theatre TRASh!

The Anson Rooms, 15th and 16th Oct

8 extracts. 8 plays. 8 decades. Bristol Dramsoc’s first and biggest

Caribou

Motion, 24th Oct

of theatre with a cast of 50 enchanting you with a range of performances. From light hearted comedy to farce to the modern dramatic and the wild west the show promises to entertain all it’s audiences with surprises and laughs throughout. As our first show of the year we’d love you all to be part of it…

Amidst the rapture surrounding the release of Caribou’s latest long-player Our Love, consistently thrown up by reviewers have been words like ‘uplifting’, ‘life-affirming’ and ‘glorious.’ And with the clocks going forward two days after Dan Snaith plays at Motion, a bit of an uplift offered by tracks like summer-sizzler ‘Can’t Do Without You’, may well be just what

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the doctor ordered. Away from his house project Daphni, Snaith’s output

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as Caribou has proffered a wealth of dance jewels over the past decade; expect many of them to be given an airing.

Dizraeli and the Small Gods The Fleece, 17th Oct

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When Bristol poet Dizraeli summoned a number of his friends to work together on his debut album Engurland in 2009, something strange happened. Touring as Dizraeli and the Small Gods, the band bridged an unlikely coalition between folk and hip-hop, leaving critics with some thoroughly scratched heads. Divisive as they are eccentric, the band are noted for their mercurial live shows - make up your mind with this upcoming gig at the Fleece.

Puccini’s haunting opera brings a spot of Eastern elegance to the South West, in this tale of love and betrayal. Staged by Opera Project, whose recent efforts have been garnering a great deal of praise for their innovative interpretation, this Butterfly is to be sung in English in a new arrangement for 13 players. The Tobacco Factory’s intimate surround will also add a more claustrophobic element to the story.

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Arnolfini, 17th Oct

Exchange, 14th Oct

The Arnolfini Gallery is to host to a screening of Radio On, a rare

Attracting comparisons to The xx has, over the past five years, become impossible to avoid by anyone worth their atmospheric salt or featuring a female vocal. Woman’s Hour are guilty on both counts, and it is no bad thing - their finessed debut LP Conversations attracted huge praise from certain corners. They begin their tour in Bristol, where first night nerves and adrenaline will only add to the excitement.

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show of the year, Trash invites you to come and explore decades

example of a British road movie. Set in the 70’s, the film follows a young DJ as he travels from London to Bristol to investigate his brother’s death, in a quest offset by various interactions along the way. Set to a cracking soundtrack that features David Bowie and Kraftwerk, the film offers a glimpse into the Bristol of forty years ago, with vintage footage of Temple Meads and the now demolished Victoria Street flyover.

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