INSIDE: TRASH N FASHION SPECIAL INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER 69 arrests • 100 injured • NUS launches inquiry PANIC ON THE STREETS OF 111:1011 ass Thursday's NUS march agnimat Imes use of both riot and students tried to initiate a erupted in violence within yards at the Howe mounted police. The sit-down on the bridge Lof Commons as students and palm lismight liar speaker of the Commons, although the march mov- over two hours on Westminster Brie. Mr Bernard Weatherill ed on again. The clash led to 69 ar- was respoinurfrile tor tilde has promised to in- The intended route was rests and up to 1011 people most viioleut Nil S dellgkoria- vestigate the matter. towards the Mary Harm- being treated for injuries. strati.= for tour years. The peaceful mood that sworth Memorial Park And central London The Natliooal Unioin has had marked the start of where a rally was plann- ground to a halt as the launched an i► t.erimail in- the march from Outside of ed with a number 01 demo caused what the quiry into what went the University of London speakers including Jack Automobile Association Veriamg. Union soon altered as the Straw. the opposition described as The worst Audi it debate no the front of the march reach- spokesperson for Educa- traffic jam we have ever biouse of Common's was ed Waterloo bridge. tion and former Leeds charge University Union seen tr► Central London: unutenrupted as an r Stewards in Numerous accusations Labour 1\11P's demanded a were ordered to slow president, have been made follow- statement from the Home down to prevent it break- Continued on page ing the march about who Secretary c ►ncenning ing up and a number of
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' Leeds Student 2 December WIESTIMINISTIR CLASH: Met blames Fire hits students Priestly spokesperson from Scotland Yard justified the police charge by claiming that students by Rob Hunt Ahad made a 'deliberate attack' on police, major fire was narrowly averted at Lee& hurling bottles, cans and sticks. Polytechnic's Priestly Hall last Thursday purely Scotland Yard have, however, 'We took every precaution Athanks to good luck. received two complaints of including three meetings with And a fireman on the fighting appliances suitable violent behaviour and an NUS Scotland Yard. The police scene said that the blaze was for tackling an electrical fire. spokesman claimed that no knew the flashpoints but they Two or three minutes from 'We are by no means warning of the charge was were just not prepared' given. spreading to the room below required to have separate fire A number of politicians have and causing a tragedy: 'We feel the use of horses also condemned the police extinguishers other than the The fire was started by an was indiscriminate and action. Nigel Spearing, Labour fite hoses: said Hudson. electric fire in a student's unnecessary. It's surprising that MP for Newham South. The fire hose used had no room. no-one was killed. watched the disturbances from instructions for use on it and NUS have also claimed that his office and claimed that it Aileen McCormack was this meant that valuable time some of the original blame for appeared that the amount of originally placed in Halls was wasted in working out the violence must lie with the force was out of proportion to because she suffers from how to operate it. police for inadequate whatever crime had Scoliosis, a curvature of the Investigation by Leeds organisation along the route. theoretically been committed: spine, and cold aggravates Student later revealed that all the condition. the hoses in the Hall have Report by STEVE BALL, RACHELLE FORD, Hers was a double room either the wrong instructions JOHN RIGBY, ROBIN PERRIE, JULIAN STERN with a radiator just sixty Or no instructions at all. TOM SYMONDS and KAREN THORNTON. centimetres wide which, by The fire escape is also Pictures: PAUL HARTLEY and KAREN the Poly engineer's own below standard as it has nu PEARSE admission, did not work. emergency lighting. She started using an • Meanwhile, back at the demo.. By the time the fire brigade electric fire after it became arrived the situation was too cold to sleep in the room under control, but Steve reactions... reactions.... reactions... reactions... earlier this term. Stewart, VPBP, was less than When she complained to happy with the fire the residential officer she was procedure. DAVE HAMPSON, LUU KENNETH BAKER in THE ANN CLWYD, LABOUR for screwing up their case in told 'Find somewhere else to He was worried that GEN. SEC: SUN MP; round one by losing spend the night: students were re-entering the 'Policing of the march was 'i'm saddened the students everyone's sympathy. Today, On the night of the fire, she building while smoke was inadequate...Baker will have are interrupting their own 1 saw four or five policemen five million people's had been to the bar at still pouring out and said that to rush this legislation or education in this way.' dragging women across the reasonable expectation to get Beckett Park, and on this clearly supported the drop it.' road' home on time was destroyed returning just before eleven report of an architect who The NUS are right to NUS STEWARD in the PASSER BY in THE POST; by spoiled brats' noticed smoke coming under claimed that 'the existing lire condemn the police for being DAILY MIRROR her door. procedure is clearly below too heavy-handed.' '1 didn't think I'd ever see this COMMANDER TONY When she opened it, she standard: TERRY BLACKWOOD, 'They just ploughed through in England' SPEED in THE POST said that 'A wall of smoke hit There was also reports of LPSU PRESIDENT us as if this was 'Red Russia' her and she slammed it shut. Poly staff not acting swiftly 1 think it has given a lot of 'The SWP ... were basically TORY MP TERESA "1 saw no over-reaction (by Another student went to enough and coming to see if publicity to the issue — it was inciting the students to storm GORMAN In the POST the police). 1 don't think there set off the fire alarm, but it it was a real fire before taking on Spitting Image on Sunday.' Parliament' 'I congratulate the students was any real trouble' took a number of minutes to any action, but Hudson break the strengthened glass dismissed these as 'Total as there was no hammer nonsense: next to it. A further worry for PANIC ON THE STREETS ON LONDON The Poly Estates Manager, residents in all Halls is the Trevor Hudson, claimed that Poly's current practice of • from page one claim though. saying it is a which was now backed up by thirty mounted police, backed the alarm had in fact been nailing windows closed. ludicrous theory that a few a row of horses and vans. up by more than a hundred activated by smoke detectors, Aileen said that although police on foot, charged the However when the SWP members controlled A large number of students a statement denied by the her window had not yet had march reached Waterloo thousands of marchers. actually attended the rally demonstrators in an attempt to this done, it had been sealed dear the bridge. Students were students involved. roundabout, a large number of The police were clearly where Jack Straw and Norman by paint and the fire brigade students forced their way off Willis condemned the knocked to the ground and A second problem was that unprepared for this sudden were unable to open it fully. the main route and, although change and more than 400 governments loans plans, but trampled as the horses tore there were no non-water fire NUS stewards tried to prevent marchers got across the majority had joined the through the screaming crowds. the breakaway group heading Westminster Bridge before the crowd on Westminster Bridge The panicked crowds fled towards Parliament they were police organised a blockade of where constant pleas by NUS from the police through a car heavily outnumbered. the bridge. stewards to disperse were park where a car was over- The Socialist Workers Party Tension quickly mounted as ingored. turned by angry protestors. has been widely blamed for the march deteriorated into a Police made sporadic arrests The crowd regrouped further taking the march in the wrong state of chaos. Many students as students tried to break along the Embankment where direction and for orchestrating clearly did not realise that the through the ever-strengthening the police continued to keep a many of the later route had changed and police cordon. watchful eye on them, until confrontations with the police. continued up to the bridge As rush hour approached, they eventually dispersed more The SWP have refuted this where the police blockade the line of police withdrew and than an hour later. Christmas Cards NEXT LEEDS PLAYHOUSE Calendars Diaries WEEK: WEDNESDAY 14th DEC. 8.00pm NUS CHRISTMAS CABARET FROM CONFERENCE REPORT plus
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In Brief • ■IR charities actively helping University back anorexia in the North, have Horror received signed records n ex-Leeds Univ and photographs from ersity student many celebrities including Alooks set to be U2, Terence Trent d'Arby, the new James Herbert and Phil Collins. extension plans The raffle tickets, priced or Stephen King, as he The alterations will see the in the Union, such as a hairdre- has been offered a 20p, are available from nion proposals to extend facilities and book shop and travel agency ssers. A much needed chemists services to the basement under the refectory publishing deal to print Snipperfield's Circus, the rehoused in the basement givi- shop will shortly occupy the raffle's only North of have finally gained University authorisation. ng them both larger single space next to the option as his first horror book. U soon as clearence is given by England outlet. sites. Students will also be able Mark Morris, 25, has Tickets will be on sale un- The Housing and to purchase past examination the Pharmaceutical Society. been offered a deal with by Siobhan Elliot til the 10th December with Estates Committee's papers from the basement as The Union sees these London publishers, Piatkus, changes as benefitting students the draw t;Aing place the response has been seen tenuous relationship the union has recently taken for his book, Toady, which over the sale of these papers by offering a more accessible week after. will be on sale next year. as 'massively encourag- between the University from the University which will and comprehensive range of ing' by General and the Union. provide a valuable source of services than presently exists. He has already written Secretary, Dave Hamp- The Union aims to convert income. The cost of realizing the one book, which is un- son as similar pro- and fully utilize the basement, The stationary shop is to scheme is estimated at published, and has lived in Guilty posals have been un- which Hampson has described relocate on ULTRA's existing £153,000, the majority of a one-bedroorned flat since as a 'dingy and underused site, and the vacant stationary which will be met by a Hous- he finished his degree in successful with the ing and Estates Committee University for the last area: He claims the Union is shop has been provisionally 198.4. Last Monoiay, Dr Gregory presently underspaced and designated as a foyer area. grant. Initial work will begin at His book deals with 10 years. He felt last Christmas and continue in Roscow, :1 lecturer in welcomes every opportunity The Union envisages a gre- werewolves. poltergeists, week's approval ater number of coffee bars, for stages so that students will see English at Kr. 21e University, for expansion in order to and the living dead, and is displayed a 'definite im- develop services and trading example, and the introduction real changes shortly after was found ..tuilty of in- provement' in the often operations. of services not yet available Easter 1989. written in the same style as decently as.1-!ilting a fifteen such classic books such as year old 'The Rats, and 'Carrie and He embarked on a four Surrey & the book could set the month relationship with author off on the same the girl, lavishing Foreign students track. gifts worth hundreds of Brunel pounds her. after his affair h her mother merger S.A.R.A. ended. BypanIt l for NUS rep. he Society for the Advance- The judge gave him a think of the union as verseas students are determined to make dispute ment of Research into nine month jail sentence, something for them. A nat but ruled that it should he their case an issue at this year's NUS annual ional overseas executive by Lesley Maitland Anorexia, S.A.R.A. have an- suspended as Roscow had, officer would be a wonderful nounced their pop conference. urrey and Brunel in his view, 'showed some oA motion has been submit- However Ms Adams added idea: memorabilia raffle. University's plans consideration for the girl: ted calling for an overseas that NUS believed it would be This view was echoed by for a merger has S.A.R.A. one of the only representative to be appointed more effective to appoint a me- LUU Welfare Officer S as a full time NUS national ex- mber of staff as advisor to ove- Will Wood who pointed sparked off a major ecutive officer. rseas students rather than to out that some British institu- disagreement. In the past NUS has been have an elected executive tions were keen to recruit Surrey University is concern- reluctant to meet such officer. overseas students because ed over Brunel's rigid Third Memorial Lecture demands, although NUS Staff at the office of the of the revenue recouped adherence to principles regar- spokesperson Sarah Mann Leeds University Overseas through their fees, and yet ding the proposed merger, says that NUS has never Advisor disagreed however were unwilling to make ade- namely Bniners insistence that OLOF PALME refused the demands outright claiming: It is necessary quate welfare provision any new university created by and that the issue is still open for students from overseas to to help deal with their special the merger should have a new Speaker for debate at conference, have a voice, as many don't needs once in Britain. name, a new charter and a new vice chancellor., 'concern A spokesperson for Surrey LISBET PALME Oxford report on harrassment expressed his concern that Sur- rey would 'risk losing the Co-ordinator Children Against noartheid by Suzonnah Kinsella or friendly pats' to 'leering and and widow of Olof ridicule'. In addition, a market' if it became known by n Oxford working party, set up to in- body of twelve departmental any other name. However, Brunel has attributed this con- `SOUTH AFRICA'' vestigate the incidence of sexual harrass- advisors was established ment completed its report this week, at Manchester University with cern to the fact that they Chair: MICHAEL McGOWAN M.P. for O regard Surrey as seeing the although the findings are yet to be made public. specific powers to deal with Leeds) anany instances of harrassment. merger as a takeover bid The enquiry was provoked over half of women students rather than a move of mutual by an article in 'Cherwell', the had suffered some form of sex- If the offence is deemed FRIDAY, 9th DECEMBER ;s38 serious enough then a recom- benefit to both parties in the University newspaper, reveal• ual harrassment. This led to formation of a new university. at 8.00 p.m. ing the sexual misconduct of a the introduction of a code of mendation for dismissal may Brunel is anxious to stress CIVIC HALL, LEEDS don at Pembroke college. conduct defining sexual be lodged. their unwillingness to back Meeting arranged with support from the The issue has received harrassment. Meanwhile, at Oxford's down over their principles European Parliament Socialist Group sporadic attention over the Last year. an NUS report, Pembroke college action is yet when they recently stated em- past few years. In 1984. the based on a survey examining to be taken, as it awaits the phatically that 'Surrey is not L.S.E. published the results of the problem, cited instances, recommendations of the work- the only option for Brunel with a survey which disclosed that ranging from 'suggestive looks ing party. regard to proposed mergers: L.U.U. ISLAMIC SOCIETY Train college Working on Survey ISLAMIC CULTURAL the train sflock gang by Ian MI lar makesakes tracks survey amongst EXHIBITION '88 ritish Rail has pro- sixth formers has duced a video call- Ashown that instit• WED. 7 — FRI. S DECEMBER 1988 he world's first travelling college is to be Bed 'The Chall- utions of Higher Educa- at- RILEY SMITH HALL, launched next week, in which British GCSE enger' as part of its pro- tion do not appear to LEEDS UNIVERSITY UNION BUILDING Tand foreign students will be able to study Bri- gramme to attract 11.00 s.m. — 5.30 tain by rail. be getting sufficient young graduates to the publicity. Shawn in the Exhibition Mr Barie Masterson, a mar- Mr Masterson had the idea railway industry. lnspite of efforts to promote Different aspects of Islamic rufture and soc- ,ery. covering keting consultant. has paid for his school on rails when the The video describes BR's themselves, more than half of • British Rail £27,000 for a 13 question of field trips arose at CRAFTS • MOSQUES • CALLIGRAPHY • SLIDES business activities, emphasis- sixth formers in England and a BOOK STALL . AND MUCH, MUCH MORE carriage train. He is currently a meeting of the parent — ing its major use of computers Wales are unsure when it spending another S400.000 teacher association at his chi- and new technology. comes to choosing a course Evening Lectures: converting the train into a mo- ld's school. 'The video will make a maj- and venue best suited to them. in Rupert Becker L.T. (Arts Budd! bile school with acco'nodation With financial backing from or contribution to recruiting The survey was dune by the for 168 pupils, 22 teachers, • WEDNESDAY 712.1988 the City he has set up a com- potential managers. They wilt Higher Education Information dormitories. kitchens, `DEVELOPMENT OF ISLA '1 IN THE WEST' pany, the Travelling college ltd, find opportunities and will play Services Trust/Polytechnics classrooms, computers which will provide thint. to a key role in developing the in- By: IMAM MURADADIN Central Admission System. It • THult.tDAY 8I:1988 and even a tuck shop The idea seen day field tripe lot GCSE dustry' said Martin Brimn. the covered 2.944 pupils in 197 TDuCATION OF MUSt Ct-iLDREN IN BRITAIN' is that children and students students and Engliith courses Employee Development schools. 57 1% of the 6th will be able to supplement for foreign students. manager. formers fell ill-informed. Near. Liv . DR. NYASHUQ ALI th4..i, history, geography, Bookings for 590o fall heir The video has been distr- lye, muld name three univer- • CRID.6, 91C 1981:: English and malty. lassoes English students ha.; ibuted to Contact Offirers Whr, sities r.vo thirds knew three THE s DL5. '40MEN .tiLANt. with toore practical teaching in been received and the ,poll base with universities and col- polyiedinics. But only BA% 9v different contrast parts of 1:niversity is supposvek• leges as well as to the ethic.) knew of other colleges and in- the country. interested in the prow,– !lonal centres themselves. stitutionsof higher education. ALL .1.•••=1•1••111.1., 4 Leeds Student 2 December
NEWS Support for Sheffield 32 nger at police violence at an anti-loans way of the campaign. demonstration in Sheffield on the N.U.S. 'If you don't like the RCP. and day of action two weeks ago has sparked so don't support this protest you A are letting the police and the calls for a concerted campaign to prevent state get away with it she students being harrassed at political protests. argued. Approximately 700 students had walked out of 'Student rights to demonstrate a meeting organised by Sheffield Student Union are being curbed more and more. Sheffield was a very liberal after the police refused to give permission for demonstration. We cannot a demonstration. tolerate students in Sheffield or Steve Daley, who was ar- London being the victims of rested at the protest described by Tom Symonds police bully boys' how police 'waded into The main aim of the campai- students' outside the hall where Daley was speaking at a gners will be to get Leeds Univer- Prince Charles, who was meeting held by the Revolu- sity Union to support the arrested If you're stuck in rainy Leeds 6 a day out in Harrogate is now only visiting the city, was having tionary Communist Party to in- students and provide S100 for dinner. itiate a campaign protesting at their defence. However, although a stones throw away now that Metro hove opened their new Burley The police, said Daley, used the violence which he called 'a at lffiesday's O.G.M. the motion Pork Station behind the Co-op on Cardigan Rood — Bon Voyage! unnecessary violence to break major attack on civil liberties: supporting the students was up the protest and were even The campaigners also hope to overwhelmingly adopted, the torgetUng individuals for attack. support the 32 students arrested possibility of financial support 'Black students were the peo- and to provide money for their was overruled for legal reasons. Metrolink meets protest pie getting special attention. I legal costs. They are also calling for LLIU by Simon Hill because it will pass through saw someone with two broken Kerry Dean who also spoke at support for a further demonstrat- a local childrens' play area legs and there were people with the meeting said that party Bill for the development of a rail system to ion in Sheffield on December and along a geological broken laws: politics should not stand in the 7th. alleviate traffic congestion in Leeds has Abeen put before Parliament, without the ap- fault, entailing the under- proval of the city council, or many of the people pinning and hence de- it is meant to serve. valuing of a number of Loans funding The proposed link, bet- Transport Executive. the houses. ween Leeds Town Hall and proposers of the Bill, have Careful to point out that the villages of Seacroft and been accused of rushing it it was not opposed to a Colton to the east of the ci- through without sufficient rapid transit system in prin- hits confusion ty centre, has provoked consultation or allowing ciple, the all-party group by Laurence Gavin considerable local opposi- time for counter-proposals. looking at the matter com- ncertainty supporting the administration of tion and given rise to an Although the system will mented: 'Deeds is a growing the proposed student loans system has incr- unusual all-party alliance prove cheaper than an and successful city. Going eased following speculation that local aut- Maggie among opponents. underground system it has off half-cocked like this u West Yorkshire Passenger raised objections in Colton jeopardises our future. horities may be required to manage the scheme. Banks and building structive proposal' societies are reluctant to get She suggested that students warned involved following G :vern- alone will not be able to force by Kemal Ahmed For anyone who ment assurances that only the Government to back down: Professor Dorothy Hodgkin who or 10 OV-7 Treasury money would be 'All students must convince taught Mrs Thatcher at Somer- has contributed lent out. their parents that loans are the ville college, Oxford University. wie 3 DEC has criticised the Government's wrong idea, so that parents can to Leeds Should the local authorities loans plans and highlighted how be made to handle the loans, put pressure on their banks Mrs Thatcher herself would have Student this the NUS plan of boycotting and MPs: struggled to gain access if she the banks as a protest will fall Although there was no men- couldn't have got a grant. term there will through. LUU Education tion of the loans proposals in 'She wasn't good enough to Secretary Terry Styant con- the Queens speech, the win a scholarship to Somerville be a photo call ASSURANCE siders boycotting individual Department of Education and and therefore fell into a second by Dion Boucicault banks to be impractical in Science has insisted that the category of poorer students who at 1.00pm in the any case. legislation will go through relied on grants. I hope the Uni office on adapted by Ronald Eyre 'What happens when it's all parliament in time for the Government remembers that directed by Tim Luscombe the banks?' she said. 'It's a academic year beginning in when they debate the loans Monday more destructive than con- autumn 1990. plans: 'London Assurance . . . should be revived annually as a tonic to the nation'—Jeremy Kingston. The Times Box Office (0532) AUT threaten ...Leeds students 442111 exam boycott.. to suffer most by Paul Hartley tudents face the prospect of examination tudents at Leeds University will be hardest hit disruption next year as university lecturers if the A.U.T.'s proposed industrial action goes sthreaten to boycott all exam work as a protest ahead. over pay. s Negotiations over this years pay rise began last Seventy per cent of Leeds' lecturers are January and since then the A.U.T. have met the members of the A.U.T. which represents the Committee of Vice Chancellors and University highest concentration of union membership at any Principles, (the governments negotiating body), university in the country. The precise extent of the the A.U.T. was adopting, 'Strong four times. action has been explicitly stated action to resolve the problem PLKYHOUSE_Ip However the two sides have in the hope that it will force the quickly, which in the lung run been unable to come to an Committee of Vice Chancellors will reduce the risks to students: agreement despite John by Paul Hartley And Principles to improve their He went on to say that the Chartres's claim, (who is the 31/2% pay offer dispute involved the wider issue A.U.T. Vice President). that the proposed to divide any increase The action would Involve of, 'the quality of university AUT. have been. 'prepared to into two parts. Some of the mo- lecturers refusing to set, mark or education: and he hoped that a "guffaws giggles talk imaginative solutions: ney would be used for an across invigilate examinations and also successful pay claim, by To date the C.V.C.P. have the board increase in salaries, refusing to cover the classes or redressing the erosion of real offered 3t % for 1988 and 1989, while the remainder would be tutorials of colleagues who da salaries, would attract staff 'That and grinswa feast a figure which falls far short of used for discretionary payments There would be exemptions for are properly paid, motivated and the 10-15% the A.UT claim they to individual members of staff. work that is part of continual qualified: need to preserve real salaries. The failure to present a decent assesment and research degrees The C.VC_P. condemned the of hilarity" YEP The A.U.T. have already pay offer and the prospect of would also be unaffected, action as drastic and precipate instigated some industrial action discretionary payments did not John Chartres. the A.UT Vice and claimed that 'There just isn't in pursuit of their claim. by satisfy the A.U.T. who described President and Chairman of the enough money to meet the Last remaining refusing to co-operate with the the proposals as 'Totally Salary Committee, explained that A.Urs demands' restructuring of pay scales; an unexpected and totally agreement that was an integral unacceptable.' performances part of their 1987 pay settlement. 'We've got to be talking turkey Leeds Student needs you Further industrial action was before Christmas: said John proposed following the break Chartres, and as a result the DON'T MISS IT! down of negotiations on the 21st union has initiated industrial to write news stories of this month. action which is hoped will 'focus At the meeting the C.V.C.P. the C.V.C.P's minds' Monday 10 00am Uni Office Leeds Student 2 December 5 N T INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER , P.O. BOX 157, LEEDS LS1 1UH TEL: (0532) 439071 or 434727 Last week's confrontation between students and police on the doorsteps of the Commons has provided NUS's case with the worst kind of publicity. Scenes of students and riot police clashing could not have been or- chestrated better by the Saatchi brothers if they had the contract to sell loans to the British public. If students' excellent reasons for opposing the philistine top-up loans system are to have any chance what- soever of impingeing on the Govern- ment's plans, then the support of their parents is what matters. Friday's lurid news pictures chief- ly came courtesy of the Met's disgraceful mounted charge — the kind of thing we usually see if we look to France. But try telling that to Daily Mail readers. They will probably have good reasons for backing NUS in its campaign, but will they want to be associated with the irresponsible SWP and its petulant student wing? It's becoming painfully obvious that marches and demoes merely give NUS's enemies within and without the student world a golden opportunity to drag its name in the mud on the one hand and obscure the real arguments on the other. Surely a concentrated mobilisation of Tory-voting parent power is the only way to seriously tackle loans, and for once this is an issue where Y individual students can make a real E
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by MARK SEBRIGHT REVIEW BY RACHELLE FORD t all got a little too hot under the collar in hell last week when the Northern theatre performed 'a Istunning new rock musical' (their words I hasten to add), based on Milton's epic poem, Paradise Lost. What one actually encountered was an all singing, cell dancing cast that resembled the Nolan Sisters in tuneless confrontation with Iron Maiden. This was the overiding impression as the battle of the heavens thundered across the Civic Theatre stage. Author, Mark Sebright had replaced all the original poetry with overworked gags and Tony Blackburn pun- hlines. Satan shouted 'up yours mate,' to the Almighty, and when a young sinner was asked if he had eaten his fellow man, his curt reply was `No, I'm a vegetarian.' In addition. I'm sure that a Milton recital wouldn't have chipped in with 'better the devil you know than the one you don't' on the eve of eternal damnation. Satan, played by Quentin Churchill, made a brave attempt to hold the pro- duction together. Like a quick change artist he moved swiftly from Hitler to Des O'Connor. and even played the role of the love-sick Romeo. In the Garden of Eden, when a puppy fleshed Eve was temp- ted by the ominous apple. hanging from a tree stump by a piece of string. it was an expressionless love ritual. A crackling spea- ker interupted Adam's romantic wooing as they stumbled through an over rehearsed ballet sequence. It was an enthusiastic produc- tion with some individual talent. The cast battled through severe sound problems, and 'carried' God, who couldn't sing. Chasing Rainbows, the final song, was unfortunately exactly what the company were doing. It re- mains to be seen if Mr Sebright will find his silver lining.
SCROOGED (Cannon) PLAY: CURFEW the major theme of the drama. combination of maraccas, drums and Review by Anton Chekov Bradford Mill Theatre Group Like the bird itself, the language of bongos. with a variety of weird instruments Review by Helen Best including a long thing with a string and a icture, if you will, a Victorian morality `Crow' is harsh and grating. Although at `Curfew is a devised performance based bit that you hit which is apparantly called tale remade by an infamous times it seemed that he was just linking on the themes of fear, sexuality, and the together chunks of Hughes, on the whole a berimbau. Anyway it sounds bloody pAmerican purveyor of schlock hor- town at night. It is not a scripted play. but good! ror and seminal guns 'n' violence movies. Stamatios successfully blended his own rather a sequence of images drawn from Why oh why do so many young people Imagine, if you can, a carefully-structured speech into the poetry. The poetry is full improvisations and discussions on these Dickensian classic in the hands of the kind of variety and has a rhetorical force ideally fail to appreciate this most beautiful of topics. We have not attempted to provide musical forms? In these days of safer sex of seething maniac prepared to impale men suited to performance. The finest moments a narrative or an opinion, but rather a col- of the cloth on five-foot steel spikes. Then, involved one, two or three members of the I'm sure it is possible to use the stuff as lage of ideas and experiences.' The hand- consider. this terrible vision as reality — cast playing out one of the poems. letting a healthy substitute, and if you're willing out says it all. This was theatre in the raw, 'Scrooge& by Richard 'Bleeaargh' Don- the language do most of the work but draw- to use condoms, as an aphrodisiac. Lets free from all the pretensions, commer- ner. There are many, many ways in which ing the audience in with controlled delivery hope the Beiderbecke Connection has cialism and sheer arty-fartyness of much the director of 'The Omen' and 'Lethal and a little movement. Danny Brown' Crow some effect. Weapon' could have approached a modern of what you see today. They picked up on epitomised the swift changes from comedy remake of 'A Christmas Carol', and very the issues closest to a student's heart; the to deep seriousness; at one moment cocky, few of them involve making a good film. attitudes of society towards sexuality, at the next an unwilling participant in the So it comes as a considerable surprise especially homosexuality, the demeaning horror. TRASH to find that 'Scrooged' is an enjoyable and stereotyped treatment of women, the If you missed this production, you FASHION mindless agression of football thugs. And frequently amusing film. The writers have deserve to be taken away, and, in the VICTIMS: it was brilliant; the actors were convinc- words of our poet laureate. 'smashed into updated Dickens' story by turning it into Editor's bat: the ultimate Yuppie horror movie. replete ing. witty, and sincere, and they succeed- the rubbish of the ground.' with psycho-nightmare sequences. death ed in giving the 'play' an essential unity JAZZ: Jan Garbarek Quartet Andrew Harrison in mirror-glass skyscrapers and, above all, by using flash-back, and by finishing The Astoria. and Chris Donkin designer violence. on the same image that Review by Louise Opera glasses they started with. My Allison and trendy one criticism is that the Bill Murray's characterisation of Frank What is it about shades: Hayley Cross is what prevents the film from either forty minutes that they tall dark saxaphone Lee Designer descending irrevocably into oceans of performed for was not long enough; I players that makes me go weak at the pathetic tack or scaling the heights of gut- would have liked to have seen much more. knees? Is it coincidence that so many sax earmuffs: Adam wrenching violence. Cross is a TV ex- players are incredibly horny, is it the Higginbotham ecutive who looks forward to Christmas PLAY: CROW (Raven Theatre) beautifully mellow notes flowing right Belts, buckles merely as a way of getting previously- Review by Damian Whitworth through you, or is it some far deeper and features: Gay unthought of quantities of people in front Stamatios Mesimeris' adaptation of Ted psychological reason? Whatever the com- Flashman and Hughes' most famous collection of poems of television sets all across Middle mon denominator, Jan Garbarek has the Enema Brown. America. He is a creation of towering was an impressive achievement. He took pure physical beauty that needs no other cynicism and gargantuan hatred, a monster much of the poetry and using his own excuse, his eyes alone have the desired Dancing shoes: who would only be prepared to sell his own words and characters developed a effect. Jane MacDonald grandmother after her rentable life had coherent storyline. In ninety minutes, in Jan is not alone in his raw sex-appeal, and Sue Oldfield expired. the close atmosphere of the Raven Theatre, his music is mesmerising and full of that Strait jacket his play told the tale of Crow's creation and deep emotion of which 'modem popular design by the Nevertheless, it's often difficult to tell subsequent search for the meaning of music' seems to be so devoid these days. Terminator Hix when the film is sending itself up, and 'Love'. However, the jazz of the Jan Garbarek when it is genuinely descending into cloy- This personal, highly imaginative inter- Quartet can hardly be described as con- Menswear ing sentimentality. This is the major pro- pretation held on strongly to the feel of the ventional, due mostly to the unusual and Corporation. blem with a film that could have provid- poems. The poet's vision of man's attempt exciting 'element' of the percussionist Nana Plenty of gusset! ed, at the least, a vehicle for Bill Murray to survive and live meaningfully in a world Vasconcelas from Brazil. Nana's music is to rank with 'Ghostbusters'. to which he is totally unfitted, became hypnotising yet exhilerating. He uses a 2 lerbalTirissis Pftelpaszlisa■ The English Shakespeare Company at The Grand Theatre, Leeds. i \ monumental achievement, seven shows ed? 'Both. A wider public_ We want to show peo- with the exhilaration of a roller-coaster ple that T.V. is not the best way to spend an even- screamed the posters all around Leeds for ing. Shakespeare is contemporary and about con- HENRY VI (HOUSE OF YORK) the last two weeks. No, the circus was not here, temporary life, and unfortunately it is taught badly Atmospheric lighting and mist set the in schools. 'However,' t stage for Richard of York's opening declar- but the English Shakespeare Company with their commented, 'don't you feel that compressing The Henrys into one pro- ation of intent to seize Henry VI's crown. Wars of the Roses were. What would the man duction is a perversion The use of costumes is significant, al- behind this innovative, world-shattering touring of the Classical tradition though less distracting than in (for exam- company be like — an inflated ego, a flamboyant of the Great Master himself?' ple) Richard II; Lancaster is in First World Quentin Crisp figure? No, Michael Pennington, ex- 'Well I don't think any of the critics would claim War uniform, York in Second World War National Theatre member, co-founder, artistic that the three Henry's are masterpieces — they camouflage smocks, Edward IV's court in director and yes, actor was a totally accom- were written in collaboration with about three decadent 19205130s evening suits or casual modating (1), totally unpretentious and totally other authors, somebody definitely wasn't too summer wear in Casablanca-style jazz! 'nice', dare I say, almost 'ordinary' thespian who good! We find those who come love them.' piano bar sets. The greatest visual shock is basically wants people to turn off their T.V.sets the National Front outfits of Jack Cade, the and get down to the theatre for a change. mercenary in York's pay. But it is the plot and the characters that ith a cast of 50 people, over 600 dominate. June Watson proves a stern and started generally by quizzing him on what ex- costumes and 2,500 props I began to King-like Queen Margaret to Henry VI's actly was the idea behind the English Shake- Wwonder how such a company continues gentle pacificism. He alone of all these I speare Company. He commented on the lack to flourish without inevitable hold-ups, clashes of other 'great' figures is aware of the suffer- of big scale Classical theatre on the road. 'Local egos, etc. ing of the common people in the Wars, and reportoire theatres cannot afford to tour big The actors are actually on a nine month contract, witnesses the son bemoaning his murder of venues that sit 15,000.' Where then did you get I found out which accomodates a well-earned sum- his father — a scene sensitively played to the financial backing from, I queried. 'Well, peo- mer break. 'It might be hard for them to fit into tragic perfection. ple weren't exactly throwing money at us, but they the productions, but we look for quick workers, But most notable is the emergence of York's second son, Richard of Gloucester never do.' In fact, he confessed he was surprised and all the Company are totally committed.' As (later Richard Ill). Strong, purposeful, and at how fast the Arts Council agreed to give them for the ultimate clash of egos... 'No more than in physically active inspite of the deformities a third of the overall funding. From here they went any other company ,._ Obviously people get (not exaggerated in this production) thrust to the Old Vic who got incredibly excited by the tired and scratchy on tour, but no more than upon him by Shakespeare, this Richard in whole idea and gave them another third. The re- normal.' sollloquoy develops his dream of possess- maining third, they were lucky to get, he admit- 'After the break in the Spring of 1989, we're ing the Crown. Totally, consciously evil in in- ted, from a commercial sponsor — in the form of going to sit down and think what to do next. The tent and action, he yet displays humour and the Allied Irish Bank. actors, I presume, will go off, do some T.V., and expression. Thus, even as Edward IV looks forward to earn some money.' some courtly joy, we (the audience) are o, now the origins of the project were out of Whatever, whenever, or however this man drawn to expect the opposite, and hasten the way, I wanted to know who exactly were guides his career are of no difference; I feel this to the box-office in hope of securing a s the Company directing their performances at is a man who had a dream — a dream that work- precious ticket for Richard — those who want to be educated or entertain- ed and worked well. E KING AND I "THE WARS OF THE ROSES" IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PRODUCTIONS TO TOUR THIS COUNTRY IN THE LAST DECADE. KAREN THORNTON SAW A THIRD OF THE TRILOGY, AND HAYLEY LEE INTERVIEWED ONE OF THE COMPANY'S DIRECTORS AND STARS MICHAEL PENNINGTON towshar2Trameh hIlasscizirs• 3 RAPEMAN: TWO NUNS AND A PACK MULE (BLAST FIRST) MY BLOODY VALENTINE: ISN'T ANYTHING? (CREATION) Review by Vee
urn off, tune out, drop dead. Rapeman do all these things. They SINGLES REVIEWED BY PHIL SMITH Tare the antithesis of the hippy ideal of music as a useful device. Their music is totally absorbed in its own PUNISHMENT PARK — processes, delineating the outlines of THE WEATHERMEN the history of Rock and Roll. They pull (Play it again sawn) This is an unusual choice for a single as apart the themes that Rock has always it is a relatively laid back showcase for relied on, punishing, tearing music the Weathermen's brilliance, with the limb from unreconstructed limb. distinctly calm and laid back vocal com- The Rapemen are one half of the ing over a slow electro backing. But for new world. They leave us, as au- real proof that New Beat is style and dience, as equally destroyed as the substance combined, check the B-side shards of songs that were discarded 'Timebomb Benny'—'put on a George on the studio floor. The body zero is Bush mask, go disguised as trash' back again, Albini's body is twisted, tortured, in some El Greco painting. SEPTEMBER — His guitar flays the skin from the backs, CAST OF THOUSANDS (Fun after all) the hides, of the listener. We are em- A promising synth based tune with o braced in his world, where everyone great voice but some inane lyrics mean is in line for vitriol. In the end, all he that it takes until half way through for allows is a bloody abjection, a wasted the vocalist to really believe in what he denial of the human. Even the con- is singing. troversial masculinity falls into the self- abrogating pose of the 'Trouser DESTINATION: BREAKDOWN- Minnow'. RAYMONDE (IMMACULATE) My Bloody Valentine are the other The ever constroversial James Maker side...a body infinite. Their sound is makes a welcome return with a slice of cut, and imprecise, and decaying, and pure rock 'n' roll which goes some way unintelligible, and...LOST. 'Soft As to show that Raymonde will at last fulfill their awesome potential. Snow' is a collapsed vision, a breathy stop-start exit from the normal boun- HEAVEN CAN WAIT — daries of mankind's existence. Strayed THE HELLFIRE CLUB (WIZZ) to the heart, it builds from inside, like You can tell that the Hellfire Club number some Freak virus, that aims to bring ex members of the Cult and Killing Joke down the entire world. in their ranks but the cutting guitar and Force and fear, indignities and in- dry vocals ensure that this isn't too nocence, opposites attract. Always. derivative. A R KANE — LOVE SICK E.P. ALBUM: ONE THOUSAND VIOLINS music. solutely, entwined within each other's eyes. (Rough Trade) The irony of their rise to mainstream wrapped together now and forever. — HEY MAN THAT'S BEAUTIFUL Too for outside the norm to apply o (IMMACULATE) prominence via The Race' is not the acid When you broke away, you told me how critical analysis to. Its all space and slow Review by Phil Smith house bandwagon effect. but the fact that you'd never felt anything so powerful. that movements. 'Sperm Travels Like Jugger- they've been doing that sort of quixotic you'd never felt such force. I felt weak at naut' is like an orgasm in space, an he sleeve with its 'craaazzee' style of euro-music hall crack for years. Bandana'd the end, tired and drained. My eyes are ejaculating apollo in a vacumn. The dub writing and the picture of various nut- Britain caught up with them for the single in pain, I feel like I can't ever forget that fails, falls away... too far out, travell- Tty cub toys, like a Monkees dinky car but Yello ... well Yello are off elsewhere moment, that fascinated tangle when Loop ing far away From the normal paths of and a tacky Fred Flintstone television, by now. fell for me. Or the other way around. 80s pop. Lovely.. along with song titles like 'Locked Out of Having said that, 'Flag' is really nothing And when you said that I was the only NEW ORDER — FINE TIME the Love-in' give only an inkling of how more than an extended contemplation of person with whom anything was happen- (Factory) wacky and hip this record is. the ideas in the 'hit single'. You'd be hard ing for you at the moment, I really believ- Some uninspired disco music from New There is the last single, the rousing 'All pushed to tell the difference between this ed it. But Loop are consummate liars. Order which is poor even by their stan- Aboard the Love-mobile' with its stomp- album and the 12" without the aid of along with everything else. dards. The Pet Shop Boys do it much ing backbeat and an organ which gives unpleasant reality-altering substances. better. more than a nod to the Blues Brothers, and the tongue in cheek 'A Place to Surf' — LIVE: THE SUN AND THE MOON THE WEDDING PRESENT — `I got my board but nowhere to surf!' with LIVE: LOOP (TARTAN BAR) (Warehouse) THE JANICE LONG SESSIONS (Strange Fruit) the brilliant incongruity of 'Start Digging Review by Vee Review by Jemti Lamont A rough and ready section of tracks my Grave Sugar' — 'Put your blue suede As they say in the other house, 'the eyes The Sun and the Moon are a hybrid band shoes on and baby come dance on my from the debut I p. but is really only have it'. Loop are a band who play around whose roots lie in 'The Chameleons' and notable for the rapid run-through of the grave!' Gems like this ensure that there is the sheen of 'the look'.. 'Music for •borigines'. The end result is classic 'Found That Essence Rare'. not a single dull moment. This is the an unpretentious group who worked well essence of real pop; it looks back to the as a live band because they were very THE DEEPEST — THE WALTONES sixties with admiration but also with a much like that: very much alive. (Medium cool) croon healthy degree of piss-take! They have all been in the 'biz' long 'Somethings are so hard to resist' the Waltones-this polished piece of in- With bands like the Primitives and the The lights are everywhere, playing on my enough to sound jaded .but this was not La's also wearing influences from the six- visual cortex, scratching away my sight. die pop is one of them. the case for they communicated raw life 'Night John-boyl' ties on their sleeves. One Thousand Violins Really. it doesn't feel like a gig; I just hap- and unadulterated verve to their onlookers. SUPPLIED BY CRASH RECORDS. are in good company and on the grounds pen to be lying here, absorbing this 'noise', Their strength lay not only in the inspir- of this record thoroughly deserve to be. accompanied by more hippies than 1 can ing vocals but in the layer upon layer wall Basically 'Hey Man That's Beautiful' is all possibly count. of sound which they built up and up. suck- Next week: that it aspires to be — fab, brill and well But its still something totally to do with ing the audience in and in, groovy. the purest of looks. I'm falling deep inside At the beginning of 'This Passionate CRACKDOWN the mind of a loved one. This is just eye- Breed' Mark Burgess complained at the YELLO: Flag (Mercury) gazing, a sense of total abandonment, of lack of passionate people these days and chooses Review by Andrew Harrison giving yourself up totally, collapsed inside was instantaneously swamped on stage by your The world of British pop music is one that the mind's eye of another. It feels so right, eager 'backing singers' who may have turn- craves the self-conciously 'weird', and by feels so safe, that whatever happens from ed it into a football chorus, but what the Crimbo such a token, the strangely unselfcon- hereon in, that moment is all that you can hell? Life should allow for more than this scious Yello should have a fairly bright remember. Its equal parts entrapment, kind of thing. prezzies for future in the UK following their years of adoration and love. For just over an hour this little band, in you (I undeserved obscurity. For Boris Blank and Sarah says that it sounds as if the noise this dingy club, on this cold night seemed Dieter Meier are not merely poltroons with is coming through the ceiling. Sarah is, for like a flash of heat and truth; a kind of should silly haircuts and a penchant for the once, right. There is no definition here, microcosm of the positive, if sometimes unusual sample, they are the genuine ar- the sound is a solid, twisting, moebius strip frustrating, reality of being. It certainly did coco. . .) ticle. They are strange men making strange of noise. Me and thee are lost together ab- one's soul good! 41 isoinilbomullb allboupwilom ,,,,,,, • • 016 THE NEW BREED
seventies, it remained a decade of youth. From sing about. F.L.M. ... Fun, Love and Money, the beauty of being 'Young And In Love' to with the definite inference that possession of the aggression of 'Teenage Kicks' it was a the latter dramatically increases ones chances decade for being young and dressing free. of obtaining the other two. 'Hitsville U.K.' has Fashion, as ever, was a social statement, but embraced the new social climate and the essential message was that 'the kids' didn't therefore helped to perpetuate the fashion im- care. The establishment was the previous age which it inevitably projects. generation, perceived as predominantly mid- As a result, fashion breeding has become dle class, middle of the road and middle ag- almost incestuous, and the bandwagon has ed. Being young was an escape from follow- been comprehensively jumped from all direc- ing the ways of ones parents. And, as they tions, creating a fundamental stylistic entren- dressed to conform so their children did ex- chment which shows little sign of changing to actly the opposite. any great degree. The S.L.F. slogan 'Ain't got no money but I The peripheral aspects of modern fashion don't give a damn' — was the chorus that may be subtly altered, the influences may summed up a time when just 'being young' vary, but the basic underlying trend appears was enough. Fun came free, and fashion was to be a good deal less transient than it has deliberately down-market. There was no such been in the past. thing as the designer drainpipe, or the Social influence over fashion has reached a designer flare come to that, and the world of level where practically everything is high fashion knew that as far as marketing was subverted to the 'moral of the age': concerned, with the under 25's they were Wealth is fashionable...and fashion reflects quite simply wasting their time. wealth. Without a fundamental change in social cir- hat has happened in the intervening cumstance and the resurgence of social rather ten years since the heyday of punk than moral austerity, there is unlikely to be a Whowever, is, in a sense, a more fun- return to a youth fashion culture which feels damental revolution still. We have now reach- no need to ape the appearance of its elders. ed the stage where it is no longer desirable to be young. Older people no longer attempt CHRIS DONKIN to dress young. They dress their age and the young copy them. The modern reaction to Seventies fashions is as much a product of the contemporary social climate as it is a fun- damental reaction to their shape and style. Seventies attributes have no place in the suc- cess culture of the eighties. They have no monetary or aesthetic value, and are therefore ne of the enduring attitudes of our worn by those who we may patronisingly decade is a fundamental repulsion with describe as having a 'jumble sale mentality'. 0 the fashion of the early seventies. It is We have now arrived at the very antithesis a fact that the vast majority of the population of seventies fashion, which took its lead not regard flares, platform heels and tank tops from above, from either a designer hierarchy with the same kind of antagonism they reserve or a class role model, but from a briefly confi- for fringe politics, game show hosts and dent teenage subculture. Americans. Instead we find a youth fashion heavily in- It was essentially punk nihilism which kill- fluenced by pervading moral and social ed Seventies styles stone dead. When Messrs attitudes. Lydon and Co uttered the 'immortal' words On the moral front it is obvious that the very 'never trust a hippy', they spoke for a genera- different sexual orientations of 70's and 80's tion which not only regarded flares as uncool are reflected in their respective fashions. but as an object of overt derision and hatred. The fundamental reasoning behind huge This was the new youth culture. flares, collars and cuffs was that they accen- Peace and love were not only passe, they tuated the tightness of the chest, the thighs and were left for dead. The new youth openly at- everything in between. The body language of tacked the social 'laissez-faire' attitude of the the seventies, accentuated by clothing styles, early seventies which they percieved as a sign reinforced the 'free love' ethic. of weakness and impotence. Sit-ins were out, The new moralism of the late eighties kickings were in. Power was the 'new order', however, is reflected in a looseness of clothing the brute force of the terraces and the street- which contrasts with the new moral probity. fight, and the desirable fashion accessory was Boxer shorts and french knickers, once the a pair of Doc Martens. quintessence of staid middle age are now the The style was ragged boot-boy, and no mat- basis of youthful sexual restraint and under- ter how much the Sex Pistols claimed that the statement. swastika t-shirt was merely anti-establishment, there was the undeniable undertone amongst ressing in the eighties is still a form of the flying fists of a Berlin rally. social comment, but the message is very The death of 'hippy fashion culture' was Ddifferent. The suit is the symbol of new savage and bloody. Styles had died before, but flaunted wealth, reflecting a social climate invariably it had been a slow demise, leaving where greed is healthy, for a success culture them dormant, waiting to be dusted off after naturally promotes the outward trappings of a suitable period of hibernation. Not so the affluence. fashion of the early seventies. Never before Music, the great arbiter of fashion has em- had one particular style received such a braced both the wealth ethic and its fashion violent and gratuitous beating. aspect with a vengeance. The designer suits Honev,er, despite the seemingly un- of Messrs Stock, Aitken and Waterman reflect bridgeane gap between the early and late exactly the type of society their pop puppets ar'xa'Avigergaoulk Dumber 2 Trash IlVibstreezin• 5 THE BOTTOM LINE EMMA BROWN traces women's underwear throughout the ages, without mentioning whale bone corsets once flickers... Hmmm. The The discovery of rayon, or 'art daunting vision of humungus silk' as it was termed meant that there was at last a cheap, attractive K granny-fleecies billowing substitute for the REAL THING. , merrily away on a summer line Camibockers, camiknickers and has just come into focus. There s rather-shorter-than-previously something peculiarly spell- French knickers were on sale in binding about undies. I wonder almost all department stores. what it is that's so spicy about The elegant era of the 1930's can them? Some mysterious, be neatly summed up by a voyeuristic longing? The niggling comment made to the Duchess of wickedness of adolescence Windsor 'You cannot be too thin — squashed perhaps yet not quite nor too rich!' Hollywood obliterated under a new found guaranteed a long-lasting demand maturity? for very delicate, silk French 'Pants' (cringe) for women were knickers and cami-knickers, as originally known as 'Bloomers'. This shakey figures accentuated by familiar family phrase is actually a long, contour-clinging clothes, fell big 'boob' on the part of the Great prey to the first real social British public, for it derives from a pressure to diet (why, oh why?) pair of turkish-style putty trousers Knickers had to be as good as first worn by early American invisible, rather like the feminist Amelia Jenks Bloomer. 'Unbelievables' mentioned by Prue The designer of this revolutionary to her friend Daphne in a letter outfit was actually Elizabeth Miller dated 9th August 1931: (an English gal 1 might add). `P.S. Reggie, the darling, has just However, "millers' don't have quite bought me the most divine undies the same ring aoout them you ever saw. Ravissant! Daphs, somehow. the knickers are unbelievable... • Spotty boxers — the only thing worth being run over in It took half a century for the new positively indecent!!! I'll never dare vogue to spread, but soon women wear them in Esher.' could reveal a tantilising woolly Material rations inspired the most hemline under her swinging resourceful and innovative criniline, if they so desired. Only in creations in lingerie during the war the 1870's and 80's with bustle for what better pastime to wile dresses and provocative hips, did away the hours of singleness, than bloomers shoot up to knee level to knit yourself a pair of and slim their seams to cant-knickers? accommodate the sheath-like skirts. The women's suffrage committee, Nylon the wonder fabric, and general concern for hygiene developed in the States in 1938, saw a rapid twisting of fleecies to was like gold-dust, Commonly used frillies in crispy Aertex cotton. to make army parachutes, women Many manufacturers even sat for hours monitoring the sky for advertised chamois leather strayed servicemen: the thought of undies...I know the Victorians were a hundred pairs of uncut knickers repressed but isn't that a little in one almighty sheet of nylon was, drastic? In 1809 a certain understandably, ar irresistable Washington Irving created a temptation! fictitious Dutch character, Dietrich Nora Batty-style nylon frillies Knickerbocker, for his novel, overran the 50's although for the 'History of New York'. The entire first time hems went above shorts Knickerbocker family wore loose level to the familiar 'pant shape'. In knee-breeches strapped or tied at the summer of 1999 a rather the knee — thus 'knickerbockers' appropriately named tennis player. were born. Gussie Moran, shocked the world Cycling was an absolute mania in in the Wimbledon Doubles final by the naughty 90's, and thousands of wearing frilly lace knickers that knickerbockers worn as outer were actually meant to be seen. garments, were seen whizzing The weird and wonderful clothes around in exhilarating gusts of of the 70's demanded small. figure- liberation. For the first time ever — hugging undies, the male versions women had legs? They took a pride of which are perhaps best in their freedom and wore described as apple-catchers! Even indulgently pretty, yet practical disposable, paper pants (probably knickers. This was the advent of the grossest insult to the great 'lingerie'. British knicker yet) reflected the A decade of lacy exuberance wasteful consumer and ravishing naughtiness society exploded in underwear after And today of course we have an Queen Victoria's death in 1901. The endless selection of underwear chemise and drawers were joined Against the rows of G-strings in at the waist to make the first Dorothy Perkins, we have the crisp combination — the forerunner of Victorian-style bloomers of Next the teddy, Against the silk teddies of Janet The saucy 20's encouraged this Reger, we have the sensible, liberated attitude towards one's coloured cottons of Marks and briefs. Part of the excitement of the Sparks. Charleston and other rather risque But...no matter where I go, or for dances came from knowing that as how long I look, I just can't get a one's loose, boyish dress flew up, pair of crotchless, black and white, one's snazzy knickers were double-gusset, woolly camis • Here's liberated, non-sexrst underwear (or your Pictures: Andy Dunford immediately on show! anywhere. Any offers? 6 Ilsuawl Trash Magazine. LINES Headwear as fashion gambit, political statement and insulation, with Rachelle Ford and Gay Flashman
Wearing a hat has always been an art.
ore than a necessary extension of the head, holding in the 25% of heat that mcould potentially be lost without it,. a hat is a refined accessory. Being hat-shy however, seems to be a common ailment. 'They flatten my hair', or They make me look conspicuous' are over-used cliches, Is it laziness or just cowardise? Hats need imagination and a certain le ne sais quoi', more than just flaunting exhibitionism. A few Leeds students seem to have it in (or on) their heads to wear that extra acessory with style and refinement (see pies!). Hat fashions have come a long way from the French romantic style of Comte D'Artois a when towering ice cream cone monstrosities and often had to be cut off the head. these days? There's the old topper sported decked the flowing heads of distressed Paradoxically, modern hygiene fears mean almost exclusively it seems by Etonians, damsels, and Knights of the Garter were that the ubiquitous rinse with jojoba is whilst the bowler suits only ageing City adorned with hoods and helmets. However, repeated on a daily basis. businessmen and trendy rads in 501's. It subtle mediocrity is more the style of the 80's. The elegance and charm of the 1920's, the should never be worn abroad' said Hardy Hats have always been a status symbol. cloche hat and bobbed hair, moved from Amies, 'Never by foreigners...and Americans Louis XIV held his feather-clad number in his silks and Charleston flappers into ration book who attempt to do so should be fined'...and hand. Beaux and Bucks from the Dandy war time recession. Head scarves and people say the British are bigotted. London society wore hats to reflect their love seamed stockings reflected the changing yet And then there's the Panama, which takes for novelty, a social prop along with snuff box oppressed image of women. its name from the hills of Ecuador and is worn and cane. The 50's signalled a new age in by the Man from Del Monte... Perhaps the problem as far as students are fashion...head-to-toe tailored couture. The The trilby, whose name comes from a concerned is that we either don't have, or Dior look was topped with the straw 'collie', George du Maurier novel (or should that be think we don't need any social prop, other while the dashing young city hat was Daphne?)... than perhaps the bar stool. 'Eden-style'. The deerstalker popularised by good 01' Ladies during the reign of George IV wore In the city today however, eccentricity is Sherlock.,. false birds nests. The raised cushion was manifested not on the head, but down the And the flatcap which Keir Hardie wore to attached with nets, strings and pomatum The front of the shirt, with brash ties and Parliament 'as a gesture of working class Venus-like creations would keep for a month Beaujolais stains. solidarity', With off the peg retail, hats slipped to the So where are they all now? Millinery apathy back of fashion minds. Low-roofed cars, the has undoubtedly set in during the 80's, as Are Leeds students ahead of the ugliness of the demob hat, the fashion for second hand bargains replace designer silks. fashion? Do wild straw romantics and long hair and the fact that President Kennedy Britain is now a multi cultural society with vast fitted felt clouches rove the campus went bare-headed, were all blamed for the potential and variety on the head scene wiiiie criihys and pork pies strut the old demise of the hat in the 1960's. Unisex clothes Stimulating and original head wear should not bar at lunch times? Or do we conform to and thigh high boots reflected the spirit of the be restricted to high society racing `Hip Hop' baseball caps, and black liberated age. Floppy felts created a romantic enclosures. is up to us all to ensure that we are not tilted berets? Chris and Rachelle flavour, and space suits were topped with It helmets. remembered as the decade of the balaclava scoured the campus for millinery So what have we got in the way of titfers and the baseball cap. inspiration. (BELOW)
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