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This week, many students will be eagerly preparing to return to Leicester for their first semester back at university. However for many it will mean saying goodbye to a full fridge of food and hello to weeks of super noodles, shots, and plenty of scrimping. But being a student isn’t all financial doom and gloom. […]
Over April, BBC2 brought out the next instalment of craft-related television shows, The Great British Sewing Bee, following programmes such as The Great British Bake Off and Channel 4’s Kirstie’s Homemade Home. Its main aim was to encourage a revival home sewing. But was it successful? Each week the amateur sewers were set three […]
BY POLLY ALBANY-WARD I don’t think anybody will contest me when I say that this week, the weather has gone mad. Yesterday I left university in dazzling sunshine, and then had to fight through a blizzard to get to my front door. My walk home takes an average of five minutes. Such temperamental weather has […]
BY CHELSEA TAYLOR If you enjoy painting your nails why not take a break from writing essays and doing seminar prep by experimenting with the art of Ombré nails? The trend of Ombré has been very popular this season in terms of hair but that doesn’t mean that it should be restricted to hair. Ombré […]
BY POLLY ALBANY-WARD Undoubtedly one of the most nonsensical trends of the past few years, the popularity of high-heeled trainers seems to be growing with unfathomable speed in the face of the greatest adversity. I first noticed these confusing fellows on the normally impeccably dressed Cherry Healey in her BBC3 series ‘How to Get a […]
The Ripple 