Archive for the ‘Features’ Category
Christopher Hitchens: 1949-2011
Monday, January 2nd, 2012
On 15 December British author and journalist Christopher Hitchens passed away. He died of pneumonia, a complication of the oesophageal cancer he had been fighting since June 2010 - “A great voice falls silent. A great heart stops.”- Salman Rushdie.BY CONOR KERR (more…)
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FEATURES: 2011 in film
Monday, January 2nd, 2012
2011 can be considered a good year in film, if you take a view that makes a few glaring omissions. While Hollywood stumbles on with its incessant remakes, reboots, re-imaginings, sequels, prequels, threequels and adaptations vibrant and vital filmmaking continues to come from other avenues.
BY MATTHEW MCKERNAN (more…)
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OPINION:Symbolism and Semantics
Tuesday, December 13th, 2011
Old habits die hard here in Northern Ireland. Some of the more dangerous habits have been kicked, but deep rooted attitudes are proving a lot harder to shift.
BY COLIN WILLIAMSON (more…)
Tags: Colin Williamson, DUP, First Minister, Lord Mayor, Niall O'Donnaghaile, Peter Robinson, Politics, Sammy Wilson, Sinn Féin
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FEATURES: How Authentic is the Continental Market?
Sunday, December 4th, 2011
It’s that time of year again; the Christmas decorations go up and the Continental market comes to Belfast. It’s one of the many examples of German-themed Christmas markets that are replicated all over the UK, but how authentic is it, and why are we are we so obsessed with the old-style version of Christmas?
BY KATHLEEN PEDERSEN (more…)
Tags: Belfast, Christmas, Continental Market, Kathleen Pedersen, newspaper, qub, QUBSU, Queen's, queen's university, student, students, su, The Gown
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FEATURES: I want my… I want my… I want my MTV…
Saturday, December 3rd, 2011
It has become hackneyed to point out that MTV (which stands for ‘Music Television’, in case you weren’t aware) no longer plays music videos. And it’s a justified cliché too, one that makes up the bulk of why MTV has apparently lost its relevancy, but sadly it appears the company’s greatest crime is the inability to live up to its legacy.
BY LEE BRADY
Tags: Gown, Lee Brady, MTV, newspaper, qub, QUBSU, Queen's, queen's university, student, students, su, The Gown
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FEATURES: Bills, bills, bills
Saturday, December 3rd, 2011
It’s a sad moment when we realise how coddled we were growing up: not having to worry about oil or gas or paying for electricity. Yet, now when cash is coming from our own pockets, it’s time to wake up and stop wasting.
BY SHANE MELAUGH (more…)
Tags: Features, Gown, newspaper, qub, QUBSU, Queen's, queen's university, Shane Melaugh, student, students, su, The Gown
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FEATURES: The Impact of the EMA’s on Belfast
Friday, December 2nd, 2011
Belfast City Council and the Northern Ireland Tourist Board contributed £870,000 to bring the EMAs to Belfast on 5 November. An event like this has a lot of power behind it and with 1.2 billion viewers tuning in all over the world, all eyes were on Belfast.
BY PRIYA BIRING (more…)
Tags: Belfast, EMAs, Gown, MTV, MTV EMAs, newspaper, Niall Ó Donnghaile, Olympic, Priya Biring, qub, QUBSU, Queen's, queen's university, student, students, su, The Gown, Titanic Belfast
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