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THE HILLS ROAD STUDENT NEWSPAPER Winter 2014-15 Freshers 2014 Ellie Tattam The festival dots were a and Lucy Hobbs popular option with some even A Fourth Wave of accessorising with neon nail This year’s fresh new stu- paint. dents made their mark on the Feminism? college with one of the craziest, On arrival, students were most fun-filled freshers events given funky wristbands, which Hills Road has ever seen! gave the event a festival-feel. The atmosphere was Taking centre stage down- alive and buzzing from stepping stairs for most of the night was through the doors of the Junc- DJ Doctor P alongside Long tion; Doctor P was blasting out Road band ‘Loshing Wine’ who the tunes, setting everyone in the party spirit whilst also caus- took the stage on the first floor of ing some questionable dance the venue. moves to arise. ‘Loshing Wine’ performed Not to mention the fabu- their most popular tunes, includ- lous fashion taking centre stage ing the well known ‘Killin it’. and the UV lighting illuminat- We would also like to ing the fluorescent face paint. say a big thank you to the Stu- UV was this year’s theme, so everyone was dressing to im- dent Council, who organised the press in their neon attire, face event. Sebastian Sanchez-Schilling reviews the HeForShe Cam- paint and all. pictures on page 2... paign in our focus on equality - Page 12 ISIS Online - A Popularity Contest Ruby Osman looks at the boring. “Why did I just get loads ISIS) has taken to Twitter, You- trooms are no longer the breed- impact of social media on of profile pictures of eggs follow- Tube and even Kik, all in an at- ing ground for terrorism they terrorism ing me?” he appeals to his follow- tempt to seduce potential jihadis once could be - social media has ers. In fact, the prolific mouth- and strike fear into the heart of given rise to a whole new genera- piece for British fighters in Syria the Western world. Rayat Al Tawheed’s Twit- tion of online stars, accessible 24 and Iraq shocks not just for the It seems to be working. ter account is awash with imag- hours a day. violence, but for its mundanity. An estimated 3000 Westerners es of mutilated bodies - victims Social media, and its pen- have already left home for the One Syrian fighter insists of the Iraqi conflict. But hidden chant for sharing the minutiae of conflict in Syria and Iraq, with he still lives a ‘normal life’ as he among the violent pictures his our lives has found a soul mate in more going by the day. Inner-city intermingles photos of Nutella tweets are actually quite, well, extremist groups. ISIL (formerly mosques and clunky online cha- continued on page 8... Spotted Ferguson Winter Gingerbread Death of At Hills Aftermath Photoshoot Recipe Phil Hughes page 3 page 5 page 30 page 34 back page 2 The Phoenix | Winter 2014-15 Editors’ Note Feature The Phoenix | Winter 2014-15 3 A Note from The Editors Spotted at Hills (Rogue Legacy). A focus on vlog- the same Welcome to the Winter crime in itself. The longer reads, After its success in previous editions, the students’ favourite feature has returned! From subtle observation, to obses- 2014-15 issue of The Phoenix, which include an article on cli- ging includes a fantastic article topic was sive admiration, to the downright weird - this edition’s sightings are not to be missed. Enjoy the Christmas romance! the Hills Road paper written mate change and youth activism, that considers whether the rise published and edited by students. are fascinating pieces, perfect to of YouTube has been the demise This term we’ve covered mull over with a cuppa in hand. of television. in The Our Sports section in- a bigger variety of topics than Regarding Lifestyle, we Telegraph To the boy who I saw walk into the ever before. review September’s London cludes previews of the Cricket “To the girl in the sports hood- in Octo- In our News & Politics Fashion Week and share the World Cup 2015, the 2016 Eu- “ girl’s toilet - don’t worry lad, you section we’ve reported on the hair and beauty trends of the ros and this season’s Champi- ber. ie with the initials ‘Z.M.’ I love made a swift exit. latest headlines from across the new season. Our focus on food ons League. The Championship A huge thank you to all those who world, from the crisis in Iraq and and healthy living is not to be is not to be ignored; we cover submitted articles and helped to how much sport you play, it’s the concerning rape statistics in missed; one writer shares her what could be one of the most ” make this a stand-out issue. India, to the ‘new wave’ of fem- experiences as a ‘clean eater’, competitive seasons in Football so attractive. Fancy a game of inism and the aftermath of the whilst another gives advice on League history. Our award-win- Abbey Maclure Scottish Referendum right here making easy, affordable student ning Sports editor Darren D’Sou- table tennis? I saw a boy with beautiful brown in the UK. meals. za also covers the tragic death (Editor-in-Chief) “ hair walk through the quad today. I Our writers debate a Fawkes, the review and of Australian cricketer Phillip ” heard some people shout the name number of topics in our comment technology section of The Phoe- Hughes. Darren D’Souza - Sports Editor To the girl who used to go section, from the privatisation nix, features some fantastic re- I’d like to highlight Ruby Emily Thomas - News Editor “ out with Wilber, I love you ‘Sponge’ at him. I want sexy Sponge’s Lucy Williams - Lifestyle Editor To the blonde haired, dash- of the NHS and the lowering of views, from films (Chef, Lucy) Osman’s article on lowering the with all my heart. number. Ram Lakshman “ the voting age, to whether de- and stage shows (One Man Lord voting age in our Comment and - Fawkes Editor ing young man formerly in priving criminals of books is a of the Rings) to video games Debate section; her letter on Subha Kumar - Comment Editor my history class until we ”” both dropped the subject in the summer- I miss you. Hills Road Freshers 2014 To the girl with the gingery blonde hair “ and black and white coat. I will always To the Polish” girl with the long “blonde hair and checked scarf, remember your deep blue eyes and smile I see you on the Ely train. You that makes me melt inside. I love you have beautiful eyes. Maybe we deeply but you don’t know it. Forever could get to know each other and always. over a coffee? ” ” “ To the tall, spectacled lower sixth with To the attractive blonde To the tall rugged guy in a yellow cap who is always looking at “guy in the atrium with “ the red Bear Grylls jack- the blue and brown coat, et, fancy a snuggle by the BBC Sport in the library, slide into my every time I see you I camp fire? feel I could get lost in DM’s you cutie. your deep, sea-blue eyes. ” Fancy working on some ” maths together? “ Every day I see you in the smoking area ” A face with a coarse beard, and a head even hairier. You laughter never fails to bring joy to all To the boy with the tiger “bag who shares my love The moment I saw you, I began to fall. of nursing, We could wear our hair- Your passionate ways send shivers down my spine bands together and weave ponchos. Oh how I wish you would be mine. I really fancy you. Like My love grows ever stronger around Christmas day seriously. ” For your love in return, all my riches I would pay. ” 4 The Phoenix | Winter 2014-15 Feature The Phoenix | Winter 2014-15 5 The Aftermath of Ferguson News and Politics Ruby Osman and rubber bullets on protesters and media. Hundreds of arrests, mil- Echoing Brown’s alleged lions of dollars of damage, a final actions, “hands up don’t Man Walks after Paralysis seemingly irreparable police-ci- shoot” became the cry of the vilian relationship - the fallout Soman nadim Iqbal demonstrators as they marched in Ferguson is inescapable. through Ferguson each night. When you hear the words On the afternoon of Au- However, the marches didn’t al- “Spinal surgery” the first feelings gust 9th, Michael Brown was ways remain peaceful. As con- are inevitably ones of fear. Until shot dead after an alleged con- tradicting reports emerged and a few weeks ago a patient suf- frontation with a police officer in the police force remained silent, fering from spinal injury would Ferguson, Missouri as he made some protesters turned violent, have given up on the idea of life his way home. Just 18 years old, attacking police and businesses. as they had once known it. unarmed and black in a town Fortunately, we are living where 95% of police officers are After a week of protests, in the world of continuous re- white, Brown, who had been due 28 year old officer Darren Wilson search and development; finally to start university just two days was revealed as Brown’s killer. scientists have come up with one later, quickly became a rallying Wilson, who has since resigned, possible solution for this prob- point for national protests. was a young white policeman Rioting in Ferguson, Missouri lem. with no history of disciplinary Multiple eyewitnesses ers reacted to a verdict that they a clear pressure on an already Just a few weeks ago a pa- action - “a distinguished officer” came forward claiming Brown believed was motivated by racial tient injured from being stabbed Paralysed Darek Fidyka walks independently after spinal surgery according to one colleague. strained relationship. Despite had been surrendering when inequality - in 2010, only eleven in the back was paralysed from shot, whilst local residents took In light of this, Brown’s new themselves. age of 18. doctors to see if there was a spon- of over 160,000 grand jury cas- attempts by President Obama the chest down. Today he is able to the streets in anger. The same case was taken to a grand jury Before human testing Raisman The NSIF has raised 2.5 es did not lead to an indictment. to walk again on his own with taneous growth. night a white police officer was to decide whether Wilson would to calm the situation, protesters demonstrated that a transplant million, from which nothing has Local shops and businesses were only the help of a frame. It is a The surgery itself was a caught referring to the protest- be put on trial. During three of specialized cells could reverse been used to help Daniel, but has claim there is still a “rampant” huge breakthrough in modern big procedure; it involved drill- ers as “animals”. months of deliberation, the jury vandalised and police arrested a science. paralysis in rats, known as olfac- been vital to overcome this devas- ing into the skull to access the The all-too-familiar colli- was presented with nearly 4000 further 80 demonstrators in the culture of police brutality, espe- tory ensheathing cells (OECs). tating issue of paralysis. Anoth- following two nights. Darek Fidyka, the first OPC’s present behind the nose. sion of race and police brutality pages of testimony, evidence and cially when dealing with race. person to benefit from this ad- These cells can be removed er foundation funding the project As this was the first surgery it saw the protests escalate in size photographs. On 24th Novem- But the impact of Fergu- In the words of Michael Brown’s vance, is a Polish citizen. He was from the nose and replaced in is the UK Stem Cell Foundation. involved a more invasive proce- in the following nights as pro- ber they delivered their verdict: son extends far past a few burnt other parts of the body to repair They have also raised funds to fi- stabbed in the back with a knife dure, but neurologists working testers from across the country Darren Wilson would not be in- out buildings. Brown’s case is mother: “We need to work togeth- an essential but damaged com- nance this project. in 2010, which turned his life on this project say that the sec- came to offer their support. Local dicted. not a solitary one - in the USA ponent. Professor Raisman has On this note Professor Ra- er to fix the system that allowed around. ond surgery of this kind would police forces responded violently, Once again Ferguson a black citizen is killed by police acknowledged that the isman stated, “It would be my In a news report he men- not have to be as invasive as this using military-grade tear gas erupted in protests, as support- every 28 hours - and it marks this to happen.” fruits of the treatment have proudest boast if I could say that tioned, “I knew it would be diffi- one, as they have found an easier cult, and it would last long - but I been “more impressive than man no patient had to pay one pen- way to access the nose cell bulb. always shut out the thought that walking on the moon.” One foun- ny for any of the information we The impact that the sur- I could be in a wheelchair for the dation funding the project is the have found.” gery has had on his life is undeni- Victory for Republicans rest of my life, so I was always Nicholls Spinal Injury Founda- It has been a hard time tion (NSIF). David Nicholls set for Fidyka; after he suffered the able; “when you can’t feel almost set to fight hard.” Imogen Barton Obamacare, have been met with up this foundation after his son, trauma from the injury, he then half your body, you are helpless, His determination was plenty of Conservative oppo- Daniel, was paralysed while on had to go through 8 months of but when it starts coming back Given the widespread cited as one of the main pillars sition. Even areas with a high supporting the success of this a gap year holiday at the young intensive physiotherapy for the it’s as if you were born again.” view across America that Oba- number of Democratic voters – project ma’s leadership has lacked di- such as Massachusetts and Mar- Professor Geoffrey Rais- rection so far, it is perhaps in- yland – did not help the Demo- man, Chair of Neural Regener- evitable that his Democratic crats retain their seats. ation at University College Lon- Party suffered severe losses in Taking into consideration don’s Institute of Neurology, was the 2014 midterm elections. the fact that over two-thirds of a leader of the research. They lost enough seats that the Americans do not support either Professor Raisman be- Republican party now have con- the Republican Congress lead- lieves this successful treatment trol over the Senate. ers or the White House, and that This is not to say that he somewhat by the president’s with patients who suffer from Over half of American cit- an even larger majority feel the spinal cord injuries will open izens in a recent poll expressed Congress is letting them down, will have no effect in the run- ability to veto Congress deci- a doorway to applying similar dissatisfaction with the current Obama has not lived up to his ning of the country from this sions for the next two years of point onwards. With events such principles to devise new ap- party. On one hand, the most ambitious promises. It can be his presidency. One thing that liberal citizens have been frus- as ISIS and the Ebola crisis at proaches in a number of medical argued that Obama’s presidency can be guaranteed, however, is fields. trated at Obama’s slow rate of has only been endured by Amer- the forefront of many Americans’ that the Republicans’ odds with Nearly 30 years ago he progress. On the other, the few ica in an attempt at portraying minds, some forget that the Re- showed that nerve cells in the decisions he has managed to their nation as ‘diverse’ and a publicans’ ability to implement the next election have definitely lining of the nose constantly re- squeeze past Congress, such as ‘tolerant’ country. drastic change will be hampered been tipped in their favour. 6 The Phoenix | Winter 2014-15 News and Politics News and Poltics The Phoenix | Winter 2014-15 7 Should We Have Begun Air Strikes in Iraq? A Focus on: Iraqi Conflict Hannah Edgoose considers the consequences of air strikes against ISIL in Iraq Francesco Dernie, Ruby Osman and Hannah Edgoose comment on the Iraqi crisis On Friday the 26th of Sep- tember, the House of Commons voted overwhelmingly in favour Kurdistan Nation of beginning air strikes in Iraq Is a fledgling nation rising out against the Islamic State in Iraq of the turmoil? and the Levant (ISIL), formerly Francesco Dernie known as ISIS, with the aim to ‘degrade and destroy’ the organi- Kurdistan, home of the sation. Kurdish people, covers a large There is no doubt that geo-cultural region spanning ISIL have committed horrendous northern Iraq, north-eastern atrocities across Iraq and Syria; Syria and eastern Turkey. Lying their brutal tactics have includ- right in the middle of a part of ed the persecution of religious the world that is no stranger to minorities and beheadings. ISIL conflict and upheaval, Kurdistan have tens of thousands of fight- has come out of the most recent ers spread across both Iraq and crisis with ISIL (formerly ISIS) Syria, however hitting just a few fighting, quite literally. targets in Iraq will not ‘destroy’ Its peshmerga forces, es- them. sentially militias formed of eth- The number of strikes it nic Kurds, have proven to be would take to actually destroy staunch allies of the US and Ira- ISIL would be enormous and un- qi governments in their struggle doubtedly result in many civil- against the advance of ISIL. ian deaths, as was seen the last The current conflicts in time there was British military the region, from the Syrian civ- involvement in Iraq. British nationals are currently works alongside Saudi Arabia committed them. il war to the advance of ISIL in This has already begun: fighting in Iraq and Syria for even though a redacted section Iraq, have led to a disintegra- US strikes on September 23rd After the NATO interven- ISIL and other extremist groups. of the joint congressional inquiry tion of the traditional borders of killed at least seven civilians ac- tion in Kosovo, the commons de- peshmerga forces to fight battles longed for an independent state The Kurds are consider- into 9/11 details Saudi Arabian Iraq and Syria and a re-division cording to Human Rights Watch. Today, there is no such fence committee said “The limi- on the ground and, along with al- or at least an autonomous region ably more tolerant of religious complicity; Saudi Arabia is part along broader lines of religion Despite the high possibility of thing as a localised war. These tations of air power in pursuit lies in the region, has flown air- of Kurdistan. and ethnic differences and their of that network. and ethnic race. civilian casualties due to British fighters could pose a threat to The case for strikes is rid- of ... humanitarian goals were Sunni and Shiite militias strikes to help them. Whilst their relations tourist industry could potential- strikes, the Prime Minister still the UK if they were to return. dled with hypocrisy. The plan is: clearly demonstrated and this flit between cooperation against However, the situation in with the central Iraqi govern- ly boom in coming years should considers them to be ‘morally By exacerbating the conflict in to stop ISIL terrorising civilians lesson must be learned”, but the common enemy of the Assad the region remains on a knife’s ment became more strained in a the situation in the region be- right’. Iraq, Britain risks making ISIL by conducting activities that are clearly it has not. regime in Syria and infighting edge. The question on the lips series of disputes over independ- come calmer. When The West last in- a threat at home as well. likely to kill and traumatise ci- Time and time again we amongst themselves. Cross-bor- of the international communi- ence, Kurdistan has one poten- In fact, representatives tervened in Iraq over a decade The cost of strikes is also vilians, to destroy fighters in a der extremist groups such as ty is will arming the Kurds be tially lucrative card yet to play. of the Kurdish Regional Gov- ago, more than half a million incredibly high. Six months of have been shown that foreign way that is already resulting in ISIL provide a worrying head- enough, and will they, at the end As a resource rich country, ernment have already met with people died and millions fled bombing in Libya in 2011 cost military involvement can desta- the recruitment of more fight- ache for the US and Western of this, rise as a new independ- Kurdistan’s extensive sources of Boris Johnson, the mayor of Lon- the country. It generated resent- between £500 million and one bilise a country and lead to more, ers, to engage in tactics to stop powers as well as the Iraqi and ent democracy in the region? oil and gas won them attention don, to build ties and bolster in- ment towards the West, the sort billion pounds, about the same not less violence. terrorism that have destabilised Syrian governments. Kurdistan boasts both from large multi-nationals. This vestment in the region. of resentment that has allowed as the savings that were made ISIL want a war with The when the disability living allow- countries when they have been And all the while, the stunning landscapes and a rich gave them an important source Kurdish cities have great extreme groups such as ISIL to West. By pursing military action ance was scrapped. used elsewhere, and condemn flood of money and sophisticat- history. Mostly part of the Otto- of income that would prove to be potential to expand and the coun- grow in strength. The campaign against atrocities by working in an al- we are giving them exactly what ed weaponry from Western and man Empire from the 16th cen- essential should they, in this vol- try could set itself up as a pro- Before the war on terror ISIL is being conducted with liance with a country that has they want. Arab powers muddies the wa- tury till the outbreak of WW1, atile climate, achieve a form of gressive democracy committed began terrorist groups were rel- ters of an already murky and the support of the US and five the Kurdish people have often independence from Iraq. to security and human rights. atively small in size and number. complex situation. Now there are several groups Arab states including Saudi However, the future of The Kurdish people have spread across the Middle East Arabia. There is a certain irony their country is still uncertain. become targets for extremist and North Africa. Renewed mili- to this: Britain condemns the The current conflicts in the re- groups; the tolerant region of tary action will add more fuel to beheadings carried out by ISIL Kurdistan is under siege from gion could tip the balance of the fire; already more than 6000 but chooses to ignore the fact ISIL militants. power any way and at the time fighters have joined ISIL since that Human Rights Watch has Kurdistan has often been of writing the end seems far from the US began strikes in August. reported that since the begin- a safe haven for persecuted near. You cannot bomb an ideology. ning of August, Saudi Arabia has groups such as Christians and Yet with the right help, When a target is hit fight- beheaded nineteen people for Yazidis, who are also facing ruth- and the right allies, the inde- ers are killed but more people crimes including sorcery. less attacks from ISIL. The US pendent state of Kurdistan are radicalised, and not just peo- Obama has referred to has given arms to the Kurdish might not be too far away. ple in Iraq. Up to five hundred ISIL as a ‘network of death’ but 8 The Phoenix | Winter 2014-15 News and Politics News and Poltics The Phoenix | Winter 2014-15 9 Social Media Aiding Groups like ISIL A Christmas with Ebola Ruby Osman Francesco Dernie tal drugs such as ZMapp have already been trialled on selected ...continued from Front Page Ebola has claimed thou- western healthcare workers who with those of brutal be- sands of lives in western Africa, were flown home on such emer- headings. Followers of ISIL with new cases being reported gency flights. Whilst the results members are treated to snaps of every day. As Christmas looms, the fighters frolicking in pools, much of West Africa is under the have been positive, the relative- hosting parties and -once in a dark shadow of the irrepressi- ly untested drug is considered while - kidnapping opponents. ble surge of the disease that has dangerous. Nevertheless, in the According to academic engulfed the region in the past absence of any alternatives to ef- Shiraz Maher, it’s these personal year. fectively cure the disease, plans pages that are crucial to ‘seduc- In September, the the are starting to be put in place to ing’ potential jihadists. ‘It hu- Centre for Disease Control and send doses of the drug to Afri- manises the fighters and makes Prevention CDC estimated that ca to be given to people affected their dangerous journeys into up to 1.4 million people could be there. Syria seem entirely normal’ he infected by the New Year, and Whilst urgent and coordi- says. These previously unknown with an estimated death rate of nated actions are needed to dees- factions, seen only in the occa- 70% this paints a bleak picture An Ebola patient is treated in Sierra Leone calate the epidemic and stop it sional blurry video, have now of the state of the epidemic for been given a face by social me- Efforts by the WHO and UN to or schools taken over by haz- from spreading further, the first the region. communicate the risk that Ebo- mat-suit-wearing aid workers cases in the US and Spain had dia. And it’s a relatable face too. With charities such as Questions on one self-pro- la poses to the world to western to set up a temporary treatment recently been reported. These re- Medicins Sans Frontiers over- governments has failed to drum facility. The deadly mix of mis- claimed jihadi’s Ask FM page cent developments have worried whelmed by the sheer volume of up the vital support that is need- trust and misunderstanding has range from the intensity of experts and governments who the reverse is also true. Twit- from Portsmouth were killed in when the only alternatives are cases, the figures come at a bad ed to combat the epidemic. led to the looting of these treat- American attacks to the age he are considering their options ter has become a prime conduit combat, just four of an estimated hastily rushed together ‘derad- time. Governments have been On the ground, tensions ment facilities, undermining the found out Santa wasn’t real. His amidst estimates of the spread for budding extremists, and it twenty five British jihadists so icalisation’ programmes from slow to respond and the already are high. Not many people fully efforts of the charities operating replies come within minutes, of the disease accelerating in seems for every combatant lured far. Those who choose to return beleaguered state health sys- understand the risks of the dis- in those areas. in a laid-back style more sug- the government; it seems unsur- by the prospect of rebellion and home will be met with living re- tems in the affected African ar- ease, and in areas of poor public It has not only been local the near future. We cannot es- gestive of a young student than prising that young fighters are martyrdom, there’s another who strictions and can even face im- eas have also struggled to cope health, Ebola is likely to spread people that have caught the dis- timate what the New Year will an extremist rebel. It’s by no responding better to their peers because the areas that are worst quickly. One solution is quar- ease. Healthcare workers who hold. The world cannot afford means a well-oiled propaganda is attracted by a life of apparent mediate arrest – in the words of than they are to the instruction affected by the disease tend to be antine, but this has resulted in have been working tirelessly in to let this outbreak expand ex- machine, but as the numbers of comfort and comradery, eager to one British jihadi, talking about of distant authorities. It seems isolated and poor which means resistance from communities the region have been affected and ponentially and it is only with a British fighters increase, could it meet their online heroes. Syria, he told viewers “by Allah, that if the government wants that access and communication where family members may be have been quickly flown home to collaborative and understanding be that this easy-going approach But as anyone who’s ever it’s better than living where you any chance of stopping young to those who need it is harder. split up for long periods of time receive treatment. Experimen- approach that it can be beaten. is an effective one? deleted drunk photos on Face- are.” A recent study declared book knows, social media doesn’t An estimated 1500 Brit- fighters, they’re going to have Twitter to be a ‘powerful chan- always give the whole story. Ear- ish Muslims have already made to respond to this newfound hu- The Pistorius Case: An Overview nel for diplomacy’, but it seems lier this year a group of fighters the journey to support ISIL, and manity with some of their own. Robert Taylor then shot her out of apparent sage dated only weeks before her support such a finding”. The next self-defence. tragic death. It has been sug- day, a guilty verdict was given to He was a South African The trial for murder began gested that Pistorius was prone the offence of ‘culpable homicide’ hero and the iconic figure of the on the 3rd March 2014 in Preto- to bouts of rage and jealousy to- (manslaughter) which does not Space Craft Lands on Comet Paralympics who fought so pas- ria, South Africa’s executive cap- wards his partner. carry as heavy a penalty as mur- Francesco Dernie from the comet for analysis so a race against time to gather as and its density prove that it is sionately to have the opportuni- ital. The first witness was his This view of the former der. On 21st October 2014, and Georgia Saddington that scientists at the ESA head- much data as possible in a push not made out of rock. ty to compete against able-bod- neighbour Michelle Berger, who athlete was confirmed by his Pistorius was given a sentence quarters in Darmstadt, Germany for results. After the emotional Additionally, scientists ied athletes. So where did it all History was made on the said she could hear ‘petrified ex-girlfriend, Samantha Taylor, of five years maximum, with an- could begin to understand more journey of two days of communi- at the ESA hope that in August go wrong? On 14th February 12th November when, after a and blood-curdling screams’ on who told the court about how a other three years for a separate about the composition of comets cation with Philae, contact was of next year the comet will pass 2013 – Valentine’s Day – Oscar decade long wait, the European the night of Steenkamp’s death. ‘furious’ Pistorius shot a live gun firearm-related incident (when and perhaps learn more about finally lost in the early hours of close enough to the sun that Pistorius shot and killed his girl- Space Agency’s (ESA) Rosetta Pistorius pleaded not guilty and out of a car in September 2012. Pistorius shot live ammunition the origins of our solar system. the morning on the 15th Novem- Philae’s solar panels will have friend of three months; model spacecraft came close enough to appeared extremely emotional in His manner in court and health in a restaurant with friends). After an intense land- ber. enough power to be able to re- Reeva Steenkamp. Comet 67P, or Churyumov-Ger- court, breaking down into tears continued to look worrying; it However, he could end up ing that involved numerous Although contact was lost awaken it, allowing the project The shocking news came asimenko, to launch the Philae on several occasions. He was evi- was rumoured that he was suf- serving just 10 months in jail and bounces, Philae finally came to with this monumental space- and the important work of the out across the world and the lander onto its surface. This is dently shaken and vomited upon fering from an anxiety disorder be put under house arrest for the a touchdown on the comet’s sur- craft, it did detect organic mole- scientists involved to continue. legend of the ‘blade runner’ was the first landing on a comet in hearing the graphic details of but a group of psychiatrists con- remainder of his sentence. Judge face. However, Philae had come cules on the surface of its com- Watch this space… broken, the hero had become a history and comes after many to rest on its side in the shadow et, and scientists hope that they villain. The confusion around the night. This poses the obvious cluded that he was not suffering Masipa justified this sentencing decades of preparation, boiling of a large cliff on the 4km long may give us an insight into the the case was to be expected; why question; is he feeling injustice from a mental illness. by implying that a non-custodi- down to the moment in Novem- comet, meaning that the solar role of comets in planet forma- would someone, who had defeat- or the effects of extreme guilt On September 11th, Judge al sentence would set a terrible ber when the first pictures and panels that were its vital pow- tion. Preliminary results from ed all the odds to have a suc- and remorse? Thozokile Masipa said “the state example and a longer sentence data from Philae made it back to er source were mostly obscured the landing suggest that there cessful career, be in the mental “I’m scared of you some- has not proved beyond reason- would destroy Pistorius. The Earth. from the sun. This meant that is a layer of dust that is 10-20cm state to kill their partner? Pisto- times and how you snap at me”. able doubt that the accused is Steenkamp family added that Philae’s mission was to Philae was mainly running off thick on the surface with very rius claimed that he had thought These were the words of Steen- guilty of premeditated murder” they thought the decision of five accumulate data and material battery power and thus it became hard water-ice underneath. This Steenkamp was an intruder and kamp to Pistorius in a text mes- as there are “not enough facts to years was “the right sentence”. 10 The Phoenix | Winter 2014-15 News and Politics News and Poltics The Phoenix | Winter 2014-15 11 Conservatives Announce Plans to Scrap Human Rights Act Yes/No Referendum: The Scottish Perspective Hannah Edgoose In recent proposals, the Struan Vince ex NATO representative) who Scottish Government’s record on voters after the results were an- Conservative party announced said on ‘Newsnight’ that NATO Health (devolved in full to Scot- nounced. The people I spoke to Starting Hills Road this would collapse if Scotland be- land) wasn’t too good - so the ar- plans to scrap the Human Rights agreed that for the ‘No’ voters it Act (HRA), which put the Eu- year with an unusual name, I came independent and that Scot- gument tended to hinder the call ropean Convention on Human found myself explaining to every land would only be able to round for independence from Salmond was just ‘threat over: business as new person how to pronounce Rights into British law. They up a Dads’ army to defend them- and his supporters. usual’, the ‘Yes’ voters just had to would also relegate the European it and that it comes from Scot- selves if there was a ‘Yes’ vote. There was a source of think ‘oh, well, back to the same’ Court of Human Rights (ECHR) land. Because of this I became For the ‘Yes’ side, it was agreement on how Scottish to an advisory body meaning its involved in plenty of conversa- much more emotional. The ‘Yes’ households would be affected by and move on. One of the people tions about the, then, upcom- Leaders got big cheers at debates independence. Everyone I spoke decisions would no longer have I spoke to said “I think all the to be taken into account by Brit- ing referendum on Scottish in- when they mentioned “Scrap- to agreed that in the short-term other countries that have be- ish courts. dependence. I found that other ping Trident”; “Food Banks and Scottish households would be They would replace the act Hills Road students were very Poverty”; “Tory Westminster worse off financially as there come independent (for example, engaged in the subject and rea- Government” and “Illegal Wars”. would be start-up costs and tax with a new British Bill of rights. Slovakia) have done so because The proposals are ill thought sonable in the conversations we Those were the buzz words which increases needed to set up the of a deep desire to self-govern, through and designed to prevent had. played to the ‘Yes’ support and new government and infrastruc- those in power from being held to However, it didn’t feel like were most used in arguments. ture. The ‘Yes’ voters I spoke to then they have worked out the fi- anybody was actually thinking The economy was not such a big were more optimistic that in the account by ordinary people; they nances later. I think people were will especially impact vulnera- about what it was like for the area of discussion for the ‘Yes’ long run the Scottish economy afraid to take that leap of faith.” ble minority groups and children Scots and that they talked, un- side as they did not appear to would be better and Scottish whose parents face deportation. surprisingly, from a very Eng- have a response to all the ques- householders could live more From my research it ap- The Human Rights Act was legislated in 1998 - is it time for it to go? tions. comfortably in an independent The Conservatives’ rhet- lish perspective. So I decided to peared that the ‘Yes’ campaign oric on the Human Rights Act of the EU. Another claim made by the media and both political par- write an article on what the ref- One of the people I spoke country. ‘No’ voters, on the oth- was seen as more positive and has been consistently factually However, some of the the Conservatives is that of ‘mis- ties to reinforce the idea that the erendum was like for the Scots. to said that their finance secre- er hand, thought that Scotland inaccurate. For example, in her changes proposed would have a sion creep’. They claim that over HRA is being used to protect the As I live in England, I asked my tary was pretty much invisible wouldn’t be able to develop a painted a strong picture of an throughout the campaign. The sustainable economy. speech to the Conservative party huge impact. The Conservatives time the laws have been inter- ‘wrong sort of people’ and is only Dad to talk to some of his friends independent Scotland. The ‘No’ conference in 2011, Theresa May want to limit the use of human preted in new ways and rights used by those who have commit- in Scotland to discover what the NHS was used quite late on by Unsurprisingly, there was campaign was initially more neg- claimed that one criminal could rights laws to only the most seri- have been expanded to areas ted crimes to evade punishment. experience of the referendum the ‘Yes’ campaign as an issue, a big sigh of relief from the ‘No’ not be deported because he had a ous of cases. This means a politi- beyond those that the original Clearly in reaction to this was like from their perspective. but it almost backfired as the voters and frustration from ‘Yes’ ative and focused on the practi- cat. It was, of course, untrue but cal party will be deciding wheth- convention covered. This is true, case, the Conservatives’ propos- The things they consid- calities of the economy. demonstrates how easily false er or not a case is serious enough human rights laws are now ap- als include that a person could ered when making their choice information on the use of the for human rights to apply, an plied to new areas but this is for be deported if they pose a nation- were dependent on which way It is clear that the English HRA is spread. idea totally contrary to the prin- entirely valid reasons. When the al security risk, their rights to a people were going to vote. For had a much more filtered view In the documentation re- ciple of human rights. original convention on human family and against torture can the ‘No’ side the focus was defi- of the arguments as they did not leased detailing their new pro- Currently, the HRA is one rights was drafted in 1950, ho- be disregarded. There is a reason nitely on the economy and the posal, the act is consistently of the few ways ordinary people mosexuality was illegal in many why Abu Qatada was not deport- uncertainty over currency. In have access to all the informa- referred to as ‘Labour’s Human can hold the state to account on countries in Europe but marital ed sooner and that was because short: money and finance. An- tion given to the Scots – I hope Rights Act’. It is not Labour’s human rights abuse. If changes rape wasn’t. had he been, he would have had other issue used by the ‘No’ cam- that this article has given you a act, when it was passed in 1998 were to go ahead, political pow- As over time society’s evidence obtained by torture paign was Scotland’s ability to it had overwhelming cross par- er could be used to silence those views have changed on these is- used in his trial. By deporting defend itself. One example I was more considered perspective on ty support. The Conservatives who have a case against the sues, the implementation of the people who are at risk of torture given was George Robertson (an the Scottish side of the story. have attempted to alter the facts state. Most rights are already act has adapted to reflect that. or inhuman or degrading treat- leaders all share a political con- to make political gains; the new limited and qualified in order to What has angered the Conserv- ment the government sends out sensus suggests that next gen- proposals mislead people about take into account the needs of atives recently is the Strasburg the message that these things Popular Party Pledge on Devolution eral election’s hot potato will be the real role of the ECHR and the wider society anyway. court’s ruling that the right to are acceptable, if at risk people in an increase of independence more optimistic of us might hope The political aftermath of the devolution. However, should we purpose of human rights laws. This is not the only case vote applies to prisoners and are deported they are allowing being given to England, Wales that Cameron’s actions are pure- ‘No’ vote be worried that UKIP’s Farage is The Conservatives have where politicians would be able whole life sentences with no pos- and enabling it to happen. and Northern Ireland ly altruistic, the more realistic Daisy Menczer also promising similar, yet more also created the myth that Brit- to interfere with human rights sibility of bail or release breech At the centre of the pro- Scotland voting ‘no’ for While Cameron’s sudden perspective would see this as an ish courts and laws are controlled rulings. The Conservatives want Article 3 of the convention which posals is the idea that human step back from majoritarian de- attempt to appeal to the elector- extreme reforms? He claims that independence has brought with ‘we still have a situation where by rulings in Strasburg. The Eu- there to be a parliamentary pro- bans ‘degrading treatment or rights are not universal, that it a mass of new policy prom- mocracy might seem beneficial ate. ropean Court of Human rights cess to approve rulings made in punishment’. they are something to be earned Scottish MPs can vote in the ises from the dominant party on the surface, these new claims Furthermore, the opposi- has no power to strike down leg- Strasburg. This defeats the pur- Certain rights can be re- and can be taken away not by a need to be taken with a pinch of tion leaders are echoing the same House of Commons on English leaders. David Cameron, in a islation that it deems to be in- pose of the court entirely and stricted when a person goes into court but by politicians. If the cynicism; outside 10 Downing sentiments: Ed Miliband, soon only issues.’ bid to win over the controver- compatible with the law; instead sets an unnerving precedent. prison, for example their right proposals go ahead, politicians Street on the morning after the after Cameron’s speech, voiced The fact that on the eve of sial Scottish opinion, took a far there is a ‘dialogue model’ where Would this mean that in the fu- to liberty and freedom but your will be the ones deciding who can referendum, Cameron stated that he was eager for ‘change their party conference a Tory MP parliament decides if and how ture, parliament would be able right to never be treated in an be afforded human rights and in more radical approach to George that he and his party had ‘heard across England, across Wales, defected to UKIP suggests that to respond. The ECHR cannot to approve or disregard British inhuman or degrading way can- what circumstances. The chang- Osbourne’s former promise for the voice of Scotland and now across the whole of the Unit- this favouring of England over force changes to UK law. These court rulings? This level of po- not. It was this article of the es will affect the most vulnerable further devolution in the region. the millions of voices of England ed Kingdom’, and Clegg is also the rest of the UK is becoming claims are designed to appeal to litical involvement in court pro- HRA that prevented the radical people in society, those who seek He has assured us that there must be heard’. However, this promising ‘wider constitutional increasingly popular. Could this anti-EU sentiment, ignoring the ceedings, borders on the totali- cleric Abu Qatada from being asylum or are living in the pris- will be a ‘devolution revolution’ pledge is dependant upon his reform across the union’. The fact be UKIP’s chance to steal the fact that the ECHR is not a body tarian. deported. This case was used by on system. across Great Britain, resulting re-election next May. While the that the three prominent party spotlight? 12 The Phoenix | Winter 2014-15 News and Politics News and Politics The Phoenix | Winter 2014-15 13 “How can we effect change in the world when only half of it is invit- A Focus on: Equality ed or feel welcome to participate in the conversation?” Our writers report on the HeForShe campaign and the normality of ‘rape culture’ in Britain and around the world The HeForShe Campaign Sebastian Sanchez-Schilling On the 20th of September, acting as Goodwill Ambassador for UN Women, Emma Watson gave a speech on gender equali- ty. This was the debut of the He- forShe campaign, described on its website as a “solidarity move- ment for gender equality.” The speech called on men to take the initiative in fighting paragraphs are dedicated things can have a secondary education”. still retains its importance. How clout to further the cause of gen- gender inequality. Emma Wat- such as her being bossy and then Perhaps a better candi- can we begin to tackle issues der equality should be welcomed. son, previously known for her at the end, in a sentence, she date would have been Malala such as FGM when we cannot The HeforShe campaign role in Harry Potter, took on the states two astounding facts: “15.5 Yousafzai, a Pakistani activist, even prevent issues at home? will help breakdown the harmful role of Un Women Goodwill Am- million girls will be married in who at just 17 was awarded the Nor does the existence of issues gender stereotypes we believe bassador in July 2014 and has the next 16 years as children, and Nobel Peace Prize for her work abroad invalidate the issues we in, and through involving men done previous work in Bang- at current rates, it wont be until in promoting female education. face here. Watson is an influ- and women together will help ladesh and Zambia promoting women’s rights. 2086 before all rural African girls Nonetheless, the speech ential figure and her using her bring about gender equality. Watson began her speech by explaining the purpose of the HeforShe campaign. In order to Attitudes Towards Rape in India Imogen Barton shamed into silence) and statis- tivist groups such as Avaaz is something that rings true in end gender inequality everyone The UN’s global campaign is launched, encouraging men to support gender equality Although you would as- tics show a worrying trend in struggling to have any advertis- both developing and developed must be involved, and for this to not about feminism, but about won’t feel compelled to be sub- “Harry Potter girl” as she re- sume that more would have rapes committed or reported; an ers display their anti-rape bill- countries. This is something be achieved the campaign strives masculinity. If anything is to be missive. If men don’t have to ferred to it, were nonsensical, been achieved in the campaign increase of 873% was reported boards, to citizens resisting any that many citizens in the West- to “mobilize as many men and drawn from her speech it would control, women wont have to be but complaints of her privileged against sexual violence since the between 1971-2011 and convic- change in attitudes that could ern countries have yet to fully boys as possible” to be the “advo- be this: “How can we effect controlled”. HeforShe is a unit- background were not. horrific case in Delhi in 2012, tion rates have fallen from 41%- damage their culture. Yet it is en- internalise. Although the rates cates of change”. change in the world when only ing movement, about equality, Her chief complaints only one out of 600 cases involv- 24% since 2002. The government couraging that simple measures at which rape happens is signifi- To have men involved con- half of it is invited or feel wel- Watson calls for both men and consisted of being called bossy, tradicts a common, banal notion ing rape in Delhi that same year have yet to make any serious such as work toolkits and vol- cantly lower, the vast majority of come to participate in the con- women being able to feel free whereas over a hundred million that feminism is interchangea- led to a conviction being brought changes without being prodded unteer sessions are being used them remain unreported - much versation?” the other half being to be both sensitive and strong. women in Africa and Asia have ble with “man-hating”; Watson through. Unfortunately, very to do so; the woman-only taxis to spread the message to groups like with India - due to threats of men. At this point she extends a Men must take up this mantle in experienced female genital mu- immediately dispels this myth few de jure changes have taken and coaches that were largely of young people. Must Bol (Let’s violence and the depressing stig- “formal invitation” for men to be- order to dispel traditional gender tilation. Millions more lack ac- employed to cut down on every- and remind the audience that place, giving activists a pitiful Talk) is a support group that tar- ma that is associated with being come feminists as well. roles, we should not be seeing cess to a proper education. As day sexual harassment as well it is in fact, “by definition”, the amount of legal backing. One ex- gets young people. They create a a rape victim. Here she speaks about gender as a binary, as men and a westerner, she has not had to as rape do nothing to change the place where they can take part equality between the sexes. She ample of this would be the legal The reasoning behind the traditional gender roles, and how women as antagonistic pairs, but experience any of these issues. attitudes that lead to the nor- in discussion pertaining to gen- goes on to speak about how she definition, which remains very justification for rape and domes- men are “imprisoned” by them as people. Indeed, as feminism has malisation of such behaviour. der-related assault and how cul- became a feminist, picking up on restrictive. tic violence in both developed as well; this where her speech Watson ends her speech become more of a prominent is- Any victims of marital That is not to say that all tural attitudes and the language gender based assumptions from and developing countries is re- becomes noteworthy. In order to with a call for those that believe sue in 2014, many have hailed rape are regularly ignored or told of India has been passively al- we use can help add fuel to the a young age. markably similar. As anyone Watson spoke about how end gender inequality it is essen- in equality might be “inadvert- the beginning of a new 4th wave that their marriage vows auto- lowing the situation to unfold. fire. who has seen the campaigns in she was called “bossy” whereas tial to target the source, if men ent feminists” and to take part of feminism, when millions of matically imply ongoing consent. An increase in grassroots move- With the general media Western countries may know, re- boys were not, and about being are to stop playing a role then in HeforShe. She invites the au- women across the world would Even same-sex rape was not cov- ments has occured in an attempt focusing so much on brutal as- gressive attitudes about violence sexualised by the media at a it is important for men to relin- dience to step forward and ask consider the benefits brought by ered by the definition until a to raise awareness of what con- saults and other acts of violence and rape are still widespread, young age. She claims this pro- quish the harmful beliefs that themselves, “if not me, who? If the 1st and 2nd waves of femi- recent adjustment was made in stitutes rape. Fearless, a group in India, it may seem odd or im- cess was an uncomplicated one contribute to gender inequality. not now, when?” As compelling nism a luxury. By denoting dif- February last year, which has set up in direct response to the plausible to think that this could even if they are now regarded as for her, but she notes that now- They must question what real- as the speech was, Watson gar- ferent “waves” feminism denotes yet to have any significant effect infamous case in Delhi, would link back to the Western world wrong. adays feminism is an “unpop- ly makes you a “man”; a notion nered critique for the speech, and that progress in women’s right on the opinions that many Indi- be one such example; people are in any way – at least on the sur- It is these kinds of hostile ular word”, tying back to afore- that is as deeply ingrained into some of it can be applied to femi- can be measured by how well off ans hold towards victims of such invited to submit art promoting face when you are going about attitudes - and an obstinate re- mentioned point about people men from a young age, as what nism as a whole. Most prominent white middle-class women are; assaults. positive messages for women your daily routine. However, the fusal to see how both cultures believing feminism to be about being a “girl” is to women. was that quite frankly, Watson women not in the Western world Meanwhile, almost 25,000 who are facing the same prob- fact that the overwhelming ma- foster an environment for these “man-hating”. In Watson’s words, “If did not represent the key issues are often treated as a footnote. reports of rape were submit- lems. jority of rapes - from marital to crimes - that help negate the ac- However, the most sig- men don’t have to be aggressive which women face today. This can even be seen ted in 2012 (which only account However, they have been corrective - are committed by tions of those campaigning in In- nificant part of her speech was in order to be accepted, women Jibes about her being the in Watson’s speech, several for those who had refused to be faced with resistance: from ac- those the victim is familiar with dia. 14 The Phoenix | Winter 2014-15 News and Politics News and Poltics The Phoenix | Winter 2014-15 15 The Rise (and Fall?) of Rape Culture #BeenRapedNeverReported Hannah Edgoose looks into the increasing use of rape ‘jokes’ by comedians and considers their effect Women turn to twitter to share their experiences of rape and sexual abuse Carrying a minimum He rose to fame on Vine, mak- Elspeth Davies sentence of five years, rape is ing jokes about rape, domes- ‘Being raped was horrible. The question of why only ‘The first question the one of the most serious offences tic violence and sexual assault. Trying to report it and then being an estimated 30% of rapes are within the criminal justice sys- In a video of a stand-up gig he police asked was “what were reported in the UK was raised made to feel it was my fault was tem. And yet this November a describes a woman in the audi- when the hashtag #BeenRaped- worse.’ you wearing?” I was 10.’ number of comedians have come ence as ‘gagging for rape’ and in NeverReported began trend- to media attention, whose com- the same show offered instruc- ing on the 31st October 2014, ments suggest that rape culture tions on how to rape: “go down when Canadian actress, Lucy is still a big part of our society. the shops, get some rope, bit DeCoutere explained why she ‘I was 12, has was 18... Julien Blanc, an Ameri- of duct tape, rape the b****”. ‘After the attack, he texts me the next did not go to the police after for- can ‘pick-up artist’ was forced to Just when we may have I had a crush, I never told, I mer CBC host, Jian Ghomeshi, day ‘sorry about yesterday, you shouldn’t leave Australia after he had his been fooled into thinking socie- sexually assaulted her. thought it was my fault.’ look so good. Still friends?’ visa revoked. He offers courses ty was changing, these two men As people began to ask for men promising to teach them have shown us that not only do questions about why the actress how to “make girls beg to sleep some people still believe that chose not to report the crime with you after short circuiting sexual violence is funny, but Daniel O’Reilly (Dapper Laughs) on Newsnight when it happened, Twitter leapt their emotional and logical mind” broadcasting this brand of ‘hu- A small selection of the tweets that came with the hashtag in to explain, using the afore- and has posted photos on social mour’ on the internet attracts that he would no longer be per- ed 85,000 women are raped in mentioned hashtag and thus cre- large the problem of sexual as- some form of sexual violence logical violation.” It is a viola- media of himself propositioning a considerable audience; O’Reil- forming as Dapper Laughs. England and Wales each year. ating one of the largest and per- sault is in the UK. In January since the age of 16 and 85,000 women in chokeholds, promot- ly has nearly 600,000 followers A petition to deny Ju- Both O’Reilly and Blanc exploit tion that nobody should have haps most important discussions 2013, the Ministry of Justice, women on average are raped ing his work using the hashtag on Vine and 370,000 on twitter. lien Blanc a UK visa has gar- vulnerable people; the women to go through in the first place, social networking has ever seen. the Office for National Statis- each year in England and Wales. #ChokingGirlsAroundtheWorld. Thankfully, there has been nered more than 150,000 sig- who are victims of violence and The responses were tru- tics and Home Office released Despite these 85,000 fe- let alone feel ashamed of be- Another symbol of the a public outcry against these natures, resulting in the home harassment and the men who ly heartbreaking to read. There a paper called ‘An Overview male and 12,000 male rape prevalence of Rape culture to- men. In response to successful office barring the 25 year-old are led to believe this is an ap- ing a victim of it afterwards. have also been suggestions that of Sexual Offending in Eng- victims, only 15,670 rapes day can be seen through Daniel campaigns on social media, ITV2 from entering the country. propriate way to behave. Rape I can now only hold onto the tweets that emerged as a re- land and Wales’ which was the are reported to the police and O’Reilly a ‘comedian’ who per- has announced that they will not It’s hard to understand culture is everywhere and af- sult of the hashtag may just have first ever joint Official Statis- just 1,070 rapists are convict- the hope that social network forms under the name Dapper make a second series of ‘Dapper how people with these views fects everyone regardless of gen- been the tip of the iceberg, as tics bulletin on sexual violence. ed for their crime every year. Laughs and hosts the ITV2 show Laughs: On The Pull’ and Daniel have gained a public platform; der. The actions of these men discussions, such as #Been- many victims may still be reluc- It reported that over A Home Office Research ‘Dapper Laughs: On the Pull.’ O’Reilly declared on Newsnight especially when an estimat- are just the tip of the iceberg. RapedNeverReported, can help tant to share their experiences. 400,000 women are sexually as- Study from 2005 described rape These tweets began to saulted each year, 1 in 5 women as “a unique crime, represent- change the way our society Sam Pepper - Sexual Abuse, Not A Prank make it alarmingly clear how (aged 16-59) have experienced ing both a physical and psycho- perceives rape and its victims. Francesca claiming they have been sexually Ridgeway Bishop harassed – not just by Sam Pep- per, but by other YouTubers, too. When Youtube star Sam The message that this Pepper uploaded his latest prank- video sent out was damaging, to ing video to YouTube, he probably both people that will take it as expected the usual: several hun- dred thousand views, a healthy confirmation that these kinds handful of dislikes amongst of actions are accepted, and to the likes, and more praise the many young girls that are from his two million followers. subscribed to Sam Pepper’s What he actually got channel. For them it is another was enough backlash from the lesson that this is normal, that internet community to result smiling through discomfort and in the video being removed, embarrassment is what to do. prompt two ‘sequel’ videos of at- In the second video, he tempts at justifying the video, reversed the roles – this time, and a suspension of his account. a woman did the same to men, Of course, he should have and in the third video he put up, expected little else, considering he claimed it was a social exper- The YouTube star has been accused of sexual assault that his ‘prank’ was in fact the iment to help highlight the prob- quiet shames men who don’t. videos, either. Anyone, regard- sexual harassment of girls. By lems with the sexual abuse of placing a fake hand in the sleeve men. There is indeed a problem; However genuine or false less of gender, has the right to of a hoody, and concealing his real although over 90% of victims of the series of videos is, and how- be protected from abuse, and hand, he was able to trick girls sexual harassment are female, ever important the message he abusing people is not the way into getting close enough for him there certainly are male vic- claims were behind them, Pep- to show this. The second sex- to pinch their bums. More and tims too, and the same culture per’s actions were wrong, and ual abuse video does not ex- more girls have come forward, that encourages women to keep it doesn’t excuse his previous cuse the first, Nothing would. 16 The Phoenix | Winter 2014-15 Comment and Debate The Phoenix | Winter 2014-15 17 Comment and Debate Should we Privatise the NHS? Francesca people, in a Britain that is al- Ridgeway Bishop ready financially struggling, would be unable to afford cov- Britain has many prob- Mobiles Killed Imagination er, especially since there is a lems, from the weather to correlation between chronic the economy, but talk to peo- ple from many other coun- and/or untreatable debilitating tries and you may come across conditions and those on bene- a huge benefit of living here: fits, for example those who are we don’t pay for healthcare. unable to work because of a The NHS – created in pre-existing medical condition. post-war Britain by a Labour Even if insurance is ob- government – means that if we tained, unexpected illnesses or get sick, whether it’s a simple accidents can create a financial chest infection or something burden that people can’t bear. far more dangerous, we will Is privatisation needed for a better healthcare system? be treated for free. Its founder, Private health clinics don’t may be covered by your em- services, making the most prof- Aneurin Bevan, believed that have to follow the same laws ployer’s or family’s insurance, it, but without charging more “Illness is neither an indulgence as the NHS, but are required to but if not, you’ll either go with- than their customers can afford. for which people have to pay, meet minimum care standards. out care, or have to find an- Of course, the NHS can’t nor an offence for which they other way to raise the money. directly make money from its Of course, competition should be penalised, but a mis- In addition, not all in- patients, but private providers also could lead to worse health fortune, the cost of which should surance plans cover all proce- would, theoretically, make prof- care than the NHS - to pro- be shared by the community.” dures. An M.R.I. scan can cost it, meaning that the best ser- vide the cheapest service, costs Simply put - if you’re over $1000, while a hip replace- vices were provided. Further- may be cut where possible. ill, you shouldn’t have to pay ment can come to over $40,000. more, waiting times in the NHS The main issue is that for your treatment. Everyone It’s therefore no surprise are notoriously long; people can none of the political parties pays for everyone’s treatment. than 62% of debt in the US is wait upwards of three months are being clear on their in- Molly Mead makes a case for an age limit on mobile phones - Page 19 Private treatment in the caused by health care bills, even between referral and treatment. UK currently acts as a ‘top though 3/4 of those people were You can also ensure that tentions with the NHS. Da- up’ service, and offers a lim- insured when they got sick. you see the same consultant vid Cameron is one in a long ited range of treatments So why might we adopt a during your treatment, rath- line of prime ministers to say Votes at 16? when compared to the NHS. private system? One issue with er than whoever is free to see that the NHS will not be pri- As Seen in The Telegraph: Ruby Osman considers the enfranchisement of 16 and 17 year olds It can be faster, and many the NHS is that other than the you, and with the ability to vatised - whatever his defini- claim that the quality of care few private services in the UK pick and choose between ser- Throughout the country, vote Labour who unsurprisingly, 16” he told attendees. tion of privatising is, from dis- with improved coverage of poli- is higher - hence why, if it’s an - which a limited number of vices and providers, the idea is teenagers have cried out a re- mantling the NHS entirely, to along with the Liberal Demo- But with 1.5 million Brit- tics in the national curriculum, option you can afford, some peo- people are able to use - it has that you would be able to see sounding ‘yes!’ in favour of their crats, are supportive of lowering ish teenagers currently between else young people’s votes “would ple choose it. Were we to priva- no competitor. Competition is the best specialist in their field. opening up some NHS services enfranchisement. The govern- the minimum age. the ages of 16 and 18, if passed, be wasted”, Michael Sukan told tise our healthcare system, we key to many businesses; it en- The cost of private health- to private providers. But for ment? A resounding no. Labour already have plans this change has the potential to The Phoenix. might adopt something akin to sures prices are kept down as care is the most commonly cit- now, we can remain thankful But the aftermath of Scot- to bring in this change should rejuvenate politics – according Without this crucial the system America has - you companies try to give the best ed disadvantage. Indeed, many - we don’t pay for healthcare. land’s referendum presents a they come into power in 2015. to a recent report, lowering the knowledge, many argue that pa- seeming point. With their inclu- They are, according to leader Ed voting age would give Britain rental influence could also pose a sion of 16 to 18 year olds appar- Miliband, intent on “hear(ing) a huge ‘first-time voting boost’. significant risk with some teen- ently not causing the downfall the voices of people that haven’t Earlier this year ‘Votes at 16’ agers effectively acting as a ‘dou- of modern democracy, Westmin- been heard in a long time” and was selected as the priority cam- ble’ vote for their parents. On the ster now faces a tough decision are willing to prove it. paign for the UK Youth Parlia- other hand a “need to rebel” could – in the words of Carwyn Jones, In fact, in 2013, a back- ment, and pressure is mounting see a rise in votes for extremist Wales’ First Minister, “The bench motion found a majority of on both sides of the debate. politicians, something the major mould has been broken and it 73 MPs in favour of this change. Both in and out of govern- parties are understandably keen now needs to be looked at with However the motion was opposed ment, education is a key talking toavoid. some urgency”. by the Conservative party – the point. Many teenagers feel that However there’s no deny- 80% of these new voters crucial missing link in passing as “key parts” of the education ing youth involvement needs a registered in Scotland, a stark the bill. Conservative MP Tim system they should be entitled boost – the last general election contrast to the political apathy Loughton declared at the par- to their say. “Young people are saw a turnout of just 44% from expected of young people. Yet ty’s annual conference that they often reminded that we are the young people, but whether ex- with just a year to go to the next planned to focus on addressing future, but at the same time our tending the franchise is the way general election, Parliament is why those who can vote current- views go unheard”, insists one to do it is another question. Man- still to reach a consensus. ly aren’t doing so – “Once we’ve Youth Parliament member. datory voting and digital polls It is estimated the ma- sorted that out we can have a However Miliband’s are just some of the alternatives jority of 16-18 year olds would legitimate debate about votes at pledges must come in tandem suggested. 18 The Phoenix | Winter 2014-15 Comment and Debate Comment and Debate The Phoenix | Winter 2014-15 19 Why the Discussion Around Britain Leaving Mobiles Killed Imagination Should an age limit be introduced on the use of mobile phones? Molly Mead discusses. the EU is as Crucial as the Decision than chatting and playing apps Georgia Saddington instead of playing imaginary When considering such games with their friends. a major decision as leaving the Studies from the Univer- EU, we often like to look around sity of California showed that the world for other examples. Today, we can note that both children’s social skills developed Norway and Switzerland have after just a few gadget-free days. thrived since leaving the EU. Even tech-wizard Steve Jobs lim- For example, they both have ac- cess to the single market but are ited the time his children spent not bound by EU laws on agri- using technology for fear of the culture, justice and home affairs. social and health dangers they This means they are allowed their own national freedoms yet could be subject to. Although mo- do not have to be self-sufficient. bile phones are often blamed for We also have to consider distracting children from their the negative aspects that Nor- homework or school studies, the way and Switzerland have faced since leaving the EU. As they are David Cameron speaks during an EU summit other moments of distraction are no longer part of the EU, they often not acknowledged… A sur- cannot influence any of the EU sceptic Think Thank claims that beneficial, it is highly unlikely leaving the EU would bring is Sixteen is the age of con- vey by RoadSafe discovered that laws yet still have to abide by leaving the EU, but staying a that this would change. This is that the right of UK citizens to 6 or 7 to have smart phones, who for children to tease each other. many of them. David Cameron part of EEA (European Economic partly due to the massive uproar work and live in EU member sent, at seventeen you can drive, are too young to understand the Additionally, the mobile phone by age 12, 25% of children said at eighteen you can vote… There full threats of the internet, plac- itself provides another medium used this point last year when Area, which is a free-trade zone), it would cause, and also to the states would most likely be re- that they had been distracted by arguing that we should stay in would create one million jobs. fact the VAT paid is part of an al- stricted. This implies the idea of are age limits for video games, es them in a very vulnerable po- for bullying, twitter trolls give personal technology when cross- the EU to maintain some influ- However, we must con- ready effective system. It would possible visas or charges to work films and even an age for when sition. evidence that people feel more ential power. sider the possibility of the loss simply be too great a change. and/or live in other EU coun- you legally become responsible Internet safety has now confident behind a screen, and ing the road, the dangers don’t He said that “if we weren’t of millions of jobs due to global In regards to trading, tries. for fastening your seatbelt… yet been introduced to the KS1 and texting provides the perfect ve- require explanation. manufacturers moving to lower leaving the EU would not be rosy. The reasons mentioned mobile phones are accessible for KS2 curriculum, but clearly, the hicle for the cyber bully. in there helping write the rules Is this an angry rant to they would be written without cost countries that are still in the The EU is the UK’s main trading can only give you a flavour of children of all ages. With the full extent of paedophilia, por- Yet it could be argued us…we wouldn’t like the out- EU. For example, Britain’s for- partner and is worth over 50% why this is such a largely debat- smart phone making accessibili- nography and hate campaigns that technology is just the mod- ban the internet, make children come.” You may think that the eign-owned car industry would of the total trade in goods and ed topic with potential change ty to social networking sites and fuelled through the online world, ern way of life. After all, where- play with soft toys and scalex- the internet customary, children cannot be understood by the in- as parents once read children a solution is clear- Britain should shift into the EU which would services. Leaving the EU could happening at a snail’s pace. Our tric’s? No, we can’t reverse the go for a clean break. However, cause a massive loss of jobs and mean losing this massive impact government has to consider fi- with mobile phones are more nocent mind of a 6 year-old. Of- bedtime story they now watch it world which technology has built this would still enforce restric- money. on the UK’s trade. “The UK is nance, liberties, restrictions and vulnerable than ever. ten, the argument for young chil- on TV, primary school presenta- tions upon our exports as they Although Britain may lose always likely to be better posi- any unforeseen changes that A recent study suggest- dren owning a mobile phone is tions are made on PowerPoint us. However, the social dangers would be subject to EU export money regarding the Foreign-car tioned to secure beneficial trade leaving the EU would bring. ed that 1 in 10 school children that it makes them safer, when and 5.6 million under 13’s are and health threats which mobile tariffs and would still have to industry and British aerospace, deals as a member of the EU This is why I think the own their first phone before they they are walking from school on Facebook. However, in con- phones can have on young chil- meet EU production standards. the country would save billions than as an individual and isolat- discussion around the question are five, and consequent worries or to the park, but is the online trast, the mobile phone’s small So we must ask: is that truly na- in membership fees. To the every- ed player,” says Emma Reynolds, “Should the UK leave the EU?” about children’s physical and world accessible through smart screen provides a secret space dren makes us consider whether tional freedom? day working man or woman this Labour’s Europe spokeswoman, is just as important as whether mental health are rising. Is this phones making children more where children can google to they are mature enough, or re- may seem like it would have no a window to the world, promot- vulnerable than parents realise? their hearts desire, away from We must also bear in mind in regards to trade. our politicians ever decide on an sponsible enough, to own mobile that we would not be bound by visible impact but it would end Another limitation that answer. ing acceptance of diversity and However, safety issues the prying eyes of parents, 58% all EU regulations if we left the the ‘hidden tariff’ paid by UK knowledge, or an invasion of pri- are the not the only problem. In of whom say they don’t keep an phones. EU. Small and medium-sized taxpayers for the exporting of vacy, a distraction and a black a world where we feel judged by eye of what their children are us- Ultimately, mobile hole of reality, killing a child’s the clothes we wear, the shoes we firms would be free from EU reg- goods to the EU. In Gerard Bat- ing their phones for. phones, with their apps, social ulation; this prompts the ques- ten’s study, he claims that the imagination? walk in and the brands we buy, Mobiles can also have tion whether this would actually total cost to the UK of EU mem- The internet is an uncen- it appears unwise to enforce ma- health effects, mentally and networking sites, and access to benefit said companies. In fact, bership is £65.7bn per year. That sored, dangerous world. With the terialistic values in children so physically. Certain studies have the internet, are just a big black the main injustice regarding would be a substantial saving. mountain of benefits: extending young, by showering them with suggested that radiation caused hole to the horrors of reality. In a jobs currently is that 90% of the Another benefit that would learning, keeping in touch with branded technology. by using a mobile phone can world where children are forced UK economy is not involved in affect working individuals is people… the dangers can some- The primary playground damage a child’s brain. The bone trade with the EU, yet they still that imported food from non-EU times be over looked. We feel is already littered with ‘falling marrow in a child’s head absorbs to become adults at a younger have to abide by the EU’s rules, countries could become cheaper. safe in our bedroom, or on the outs’, promoting snide comments 10x more radiation than that of and younger age, let’s allow them which would change if we left. Although some may assume that bus, as we use our phones to surf about a person’s hairstyle, their an adult, increasing the risk of hold on to their 6 and 7 year old There is the argument leaving the EU and gaining the the web, but we are exploring test score, or their ability at cancerous diseases. Plus, phones that a boom in jobs created right to be able to change and a world full of threats and dan- sport, it seems unnecessary to in- can stunt the social progression innocence and imagination, for would be the benefit. The Euro- potentially lower VAT would be gers. Allowing young children of troduce mobiles as another way of young children: texting rather just a little bit longer. 20- The Phoenix | Winter 2014-15 Comment and Debate Comment and Debate The Phoenix | Winter 2014-15 21 The Book Thief Global Health Issues: Depriving criminals from access to books: a crime in itself? What can we do to help? Molly Mead trating the connection between progress in curing or managing have access to a prison library, crime and an unsuccessful edu- their illness could be prevented. these are often poorly staffed Soman nadim Iqbal Reading a book is a ba- cation. In 2013 the ‘Books on prescrip- and can only be visited once sic act that most of us take for One of the most impor- Books are essential for tion’ scheme was launched in the every two or three weeks. There- granted. At the end of a tiring tant steps that we need to take the development of prison edu- UK, in response to a number of day many of us find escapism by fore, the limit of twelve books in to improve as human beings is cation and rehabilitation; they studies promoting the effective- taking an hour or two to delve a cell appears even more unjust to improve the quality of life for allow prisoners to improve their ness of books in the treatment into the lives of our favourite since books cannot be frequently all in this world. Fortunately, literacy, scientific understanding of depression and minor men- characters. It may then seem swapped or re-stocked. Superfi- here in Cambridge a great effort and general knowledge, all skills tal illness. The NHS’s ‘Books on necessary that, as part of pun- cially, this law may solely appear is being put into large scale re- that will improve their chances prescription’ list consists most- ishment, the pleasure found in to be a small price to pay for pris- search and development, wheth- of employment on release, conse- ly of non-fiction, self-help books a good book should be a limit- oners, an insignificant element er it is in the field of physics and quently reducing their chance of which have been ‘tried and test- of their punishment. technology or even in health and ed luxury for criminals in Brit- reoffending. ed’ by a panel of experts to help However, when the power medical care. A few societies ish Prisons. New legislation has A letter as part of a cam- with treatment and recovery. of books is truly discovered; as an play a vital role in this research, limited the books allowed in a paign lead by the Howard League There is also an argument educational tool, a possible form including the recently launched prison cell to only twelve. How- for Penal Reform opposing regis- that fiction books provide a psy- of psychological therapy and a Polygeia society, run exclusively ever, is depriving a person of the tration stated that ‘Books repre- chological therapy for mental by students. chance to have access to the psy- sent a lifeline behind bars.’ The illness sufferers, with patients tool to expand and enrich our According to their website, chological and educational pow- campaign is supported by many finding that relating to a- par personality, it seems as though “Polygeia is a Cambridge-based er that books possess, a crime in leading authors who have ex- ticular character via a book is a this new legislation will only in- organization designed to em- itself? pressed their disgust at the new cathartic process. We would not hibit the rehabilitation process power students to research and Following new regula- legislation, including former deprive a prisoner of a medical of inmates. The limitations of write policy on global health is- tions which have prevented pris- prisoner Jeffery Archer and Poet drug: yet it has been deemed ac- access to books for prisoners will sues.” Polygeia was launched oners receiving parcels, inmates Laureate Carol Ann Duffy. ceptable to limit the number of increase their chance of reof- with a conference in mid-No- are no longer able to receive Additionally, it is a little books a prisoner has in their cell, fending, putting themselves and Polygeia is a student-run society which researches policy on global health issues vember this year and the society books through the mail, and known fact that 70% of inmates which scientific evidence shows, the public at risk. This new leg- on stage and suddenly dropped lenging a friend to give it a try, worm will require their effort, are instead limited to the books presented the policies that they suffer from one or more psycho- could be depriving them of an al- islation appears to be a crime in to the ground to surprise the au- Saying that I couldn’t do it, let’s available in the prison library. had been working on. Ideas of a but it will also raise a question logical illnesses, and by limit- ternative form of treatment. itself. Next to be convicted: The dience with an infamous dance see if you can. This is what will Additionally, the number wide range were discussed and in them [viewers] too like- why ing their access to books, their Although prisoners do Book Thief. move, the worm. This was the make it a real challenge.” of books allowed in a prison- presented, including neglected did he just do it? Why such a sil- first time the idea was intro- One of the main ideas er’s cell has been limited to just tropical diseases, mental health, ly dance, and why should I do sexual health and antimicrobial duced to the public and believe was to use the resources present twelve. It can be argued that it?” The condition of the places this is merely another form of diseases; with a range of policies me this would be the last thing in the conference to spread this punishment to prevent inmates and ideas to overcome them. you would ever expect to see at a message and that is how it was where the people are suffering from reoffending, with Justice After each presentation global conference. done. The whole crowd recorded with these NTD’s is devastating Minister Chris Grayling arguing the floor was open to the audi- Quite a few videos have the video and shared it on Face- and can make anyone fall to their started spreading across the in- book and Twitter. The people who that the public want to see a re- ence to suggest further ideas to knees. Schistosomiasis is the improve and develop on what ternet, some of them astonish- performed it on stage challenged gime ‘that is more Spartan if you cause of death of approximately don’t do the right thing.’ had already been presented. ingly performing the dance move the whole audience to take part However, the implications One of the most attractive pol- and most of them just failing in it, so this was the spark that 280,000 people every year. The could be far more terrifying. icies was e-medicine, the idea at it. Many of them have also started this fire. morbidity associated with Schis- Books are essential for the reha- of using modern day devices to changed it and are performing Alex Jones, a member of tosomiasis is even greater: an bilitation process of criminals. help improve healthcare. From it their own way. At the confer- the core group which started this estimated 240 million people are their research the society found The best tool they can be provid- ence David Neal and Toby Mc- challenge, mentioned in a dis- infected worldwide. ed with is education, the magi- out that around 75% of peo- masters, who are also the NTD’s cussion, “We want to challenge The core group of students cal weapon which gives them the ple in an average country have policy co-editor, mentioned while people with this, something opportunity to make their lives access to mobile phones. This talking about the first video, more than pouring a bucket of in promoting this challenge has a success, to secure employment means educating people through “The beauty of this campaign is ice water over their heads; some- put in a great effort. To a great and to limit their chance of reof- technology can be a good mod- not going to be performing it per- thing some people can fail at. extent their endeavors have been el in promoting the new idea of fending. fectly, but failing at it and chal- Performing something like the successful. It was calculated that For decades, scientific e-medicine. studies have made a link be- The idea of e-medi- it only takes 50p to treat a per- tween education and crime, but cine also brought up the new son with Schistosomiasis for a this is not merely a theory. More #wormsvsworms challenge whole year, that’s the total cost than one in ten young people which was a model made and for the treatment. A warm cup that were tried for their activity presented to support the chari- of coffee on a day out can treat 3 in the London riots were perma- ty: ‘The Schistosomiasis control nently excluded from compulso- initiative.’ The beginning of this people with this deadly disease. ry schooling, leaving significant new challenge started when 12 As members of humanity it is gaps in their education, illus- well-dressed students walked our responsibility to control it. 22 The Phoenix | Winter 2014-15 Comment and Debate Comment and Debate The Phoenix | Winter 2014-15 23 “Humanity has the ability to make development sustainable to ensure Climate Change: Why Isn’t It that it meets the needs of the present without compromising … future generations” Brundtland Report, 1987 Our Generation’s Cause? real music, she was referring to the political message associated Following the worldwide climate march on 21st September, Jake Davies argues that whilst most of today’s youth with them, which brought a gen- acknowledge the dangerous consequences of climate change, it is difficult for them to engage with the issue. eration to distrust the establish- ment. Despite the UN commissioning In the 1980s, the fight the Brundtland Report 27 years against apartheid gained wide- ago, to argue for sustainable eco- spread recognition following the nomic growth, little progress has release of “Free Nelson Mande- followed. Although we are famil- la” by The Specials; the same iar with the prophecies that in- band also topped the charts with creasing temperature will lead to “Ghost Town” in 1981, which was rising sea levels, flooding, mass centred on Thatcher’s policies of starvation and extreme weather, deindustrialisation. has the world witnessed a gen- Of course, there was still uine response to these concerns? a swathe of songs in these eras The climate marches, about love, sex and drugs, but hosted in cities around the world the fact that songs with a polit- not apathy but frustration re- are more likely to want welfare of the 60s and 70s, in a time of this September, were used to ical agenda still made the main- garding politics that has left us cuts despite relying on benefits university grants and full em- raise awareness of these issues stream highlights the interest of seemingly disengaged with the the most. This disbelief in the ployment. We are growing up in before the UN’s climate summit the youth in these causes. This system. In the USA, a survey of state is representative of what a more competitive, globalised in New York two days later. With is contrasted with the beliefs ex- 18-29 year olds on various par- the book argues, is a wave of a labour market; tuition fees have estimates of protester numbers pressed by The Who frontman ty policies showed that at least new ideology that has swept over tripled in the UK and rise 7% a reaching up to 311,000, it went Roger Daltry this October 2014, 40% trusted neither Democrat Britain since Thatcher: individ- year in the US, and with soaring down as the largest climate who bemoaned the current sit- nor Republican on any issue. ualism. And it is this mind-set, house prices we’re far more like- march in history. Protesters march in New York as part of the worldwide climate march in September uation in mainstream music by We don’t know how many In the UK, the book writ- coupled with our general politi- ly to live at home for longer. All had not been for protest move- nesses. come with the dangerous costs of stating that there are no ‘move- of our generation marched that ten about our generation, enti- cal disengagement, which leaves this may result in a more cau- ments in the West. Yet whilst For many, however, the environmental damage. ments’ despite “the world in the day but we do know that we tled Jilted Generation, points our generation no longer believ- tious generation, who are more everyone could unite against a actions taken by the EU are ir- state it is in.” are the future generation the towards the likes of New Labour ing in collective action. This is concerned by short-term worries common enemy in these famous relevant, considering that rapid- Protest may be the way Brundtland Report was con- trying to grab the centre ground exacerbated in the case of cli- and far less likely to protest en examples of activism, the enemy ly growing countries such as Chi- forward in the eyes of those who Is our generation left with- cerned for. Yet does protest actu- of the electorate having damag- mate change, which requires masse. in the case of climate change is na and India continue to produce marched in New York, London out a cause? The rebellious, polit- ally amount to genuine change ing repercussions for UK poli- everyone to make an individual Overall, although we may all of us. That is a force far more vast amounts of pollution. In etc. this September. Yet in to- ical music of the 60s and 70s re- in the battle to halt our world tics. It argues that it set a trend, effort. Yet in today’s times people acknowledge the effects of cli- difficult to tackle. times of rapid economic growth, day’s political and economic cli- flect a society where youth were over-heating? And is our genera- far more populous, and the cause which has made the modern po- are more willing to shirk respon- mate change, we are far less If the government is seen it is difficult to regulate pollution mate, we as the ‘future genera- tion willing to make September’s they were fighting more tangi- litical parties far more difficult sibility rather than make sacri- likely to protest generally than as the enemy, does it become effectively. If advanced capitalist tion’ in Brundtland’s Report will climate march the first step to a ble. The Economist considers our to differentiate than ever before, fices for the common good. previous generations. This loss easier to galvanise people? Many economies demand that the likes struggle to emulate the success bout of activism aimed at defeat- generation representative of a resulting in the youth’s political The Jilted Generation of appetite to protest in modern people grow increasingly frus- of China grow at a more ‘sus- of our elders when it comes to ac- ing climate change? decline in rebellion, in part down disengagement. This same book also presents the case of the dif- political and economic times is trated with governments’ lack of tainable’ level, this request could tivism. There is a crucial differ- to the aging populations around presents the case that we are ficult economic conditions today, compounded by the fact that it action towards confronting this be viewed as hypocritical, giv- Let’s take the example of ence between climate change the world. For example, the me- more economically right wing at which leaves our generation less is much harder to hold the cul- global warming issue. en their historical track record. music. The protest movement and previous challenges the dian age in Germany is now 46. our young age than our parents eager to protest. This compares prit of climate change to account, A UK based ICM poll in During the UK’s period of rapid and general counterculture that world has faced. And that is: we The same magazine also defends and grandparents were at this with the social security experi- which is indeed, each and every February this year, following economic growth, i.e. the Indus- swept the baby-boomer genera- are all to blame. Is it easier to be our generation, stating that it is stage in life: Generation Y (us) enced by the protest generations one of us. an activist when we know whom the storms in southern England, trial Revolution, conditions in tion of the 1960s is now synon- the enemy is? Mass activism in recorded that just 22% of those most urban areas were practical- ymous with hippies and rock n’ USA in the 1960s, which was of- surveyed believed the govern- ly unliveable for the majority of roll. The huge number of main- ten led by the youth and student ment was doing enough to com- city-dwellers. stream anti-Vietnam protest demonstrators, helped force the bat climate change. In the same Until the Clean Air Act songs, for example “Gimme Shel- government to withdraw from a survey, only 17% of 18-24 year of 1956, London was a city still ter” by the Rolling Stones, shows costly war in Vietnam. The Gen- olds believed the storms were shrouded in smog. Consequent- the willingness of the young con- eral Secretary of the South Afri- unrelated to climate change. Al- ly, if activism against climate sumer back then to engage in can Communist Party (SACP), though action is being taken, it change is to come mainly from some form of political activism. Dr. Blade Nzimande, who came appears feeble and indecisive. the wealthy countries of the When Vivienne Westwood, a into Hills Road for a speech on The EU’s promise in October to West, it may backfire when the fashion designer who helped the 21st October, claimed it cut greenhouse gases by 40% by developing countries have all the bring the anti-establishment would have been far more diffi- 2030 is vague at best. Moreover, catching up to do (and even over- punk movement into the main- cult to overthrow South Africa’s improving energy efficiency was taking) regarding growth. Unfor- stream, said that the Sex Pistols inhumane apartheid regime if it left optional to appease busi- tunately for our planet, this may were the last band that produced 24 The Phoenix | Winter 2014-15 Comment and Debate Comment and Debate The Phoenix | Winter 2014-15 25 “the model means we are actually able to acknowledge this industry Should We Legalise Prostitution? which has always...lurked in the darkness” 12 years on from Germany legalising the sex trade, Subha Kumar asks whether the change of law has worked, sees the industry as beneath him ning a brothel is not. Our law not just like any other job despite may be changing soon though and whether other countries should follow example his countries laws. The reality is as some MPs like Mary Hon- In 2002 Germany made prosti- unfortunately, that this issue is eyball want to emulate some of tution and brothels legal. The not just one of legality or illegal- the Scandinavian countries who argument behind it is simple: ity but an issue of whether as a have followed a completely al- put power back into the prosti- society we can ever accept prosti- ternative legal route. In Sweden tute’s hands. The politician Anni tution as just any other business it is legal to sell sex but not to Brandt-Elsweiler stated that and whether the women involved buy sex meaning all the blame the legalisation of the sex trade really are doing it out of choice or and repercussions fall upon men would “improve the situation of necessity. demanding prostitutes thereby prostitutes...by strengthening It would seem that offer- protecting the women deemed their self confidence and their ing a location of security to pros- vulnerable in the power equa- legal position when dealing with titutes does not put power back tion between client and prosti- clients and pimps”. into women’s hands in many tute. The Swedish stance is be- The idea has some logic: ways. When surveyed about how coming popular and similar laws put a taboo affair that obviously Paradise’s employee became in- are currently being debated in happens in society out into the volved in the trade many refuse France. The imminent possibili- open so authorities can deal with to even answer. Out of those that ty of change is one (surprisingly) the problems in hand, protecting across the industry asked many the owners of Paradise in Ger- Protesters campaign for the legalisation of prostitution the most vulnerable individuals explained that dire financial many are excited about. After cording to Hannah’s interview, brothels. This law also facili- involved in the business. Politi- problems, violence, racial dis- all, now business that previous- we definitely need to look at the tates the activity of trafficking cians also claim it is Germany’s crimination and drugs are still ly remained in France will shift international implications of the as a place where prostitution is unique take on the matter which major reasons behind why wom- across the border to Saarbrück- very stark difference between has facilitated such women buy- en become involved in the indus- en on the French-German bor- neighbouring country’s laws be- legal becomes a far easier place try. However, Rudloff’s casual der where the latest branch of ing into pension schemes and de- ymous for degrading and exploit- one that is pretty damning for and most famous brothels called cause the current ambiguity is to evade the coercion of women tone may anger but can do little the Paradise chain is set to open. manding health insurance. ing individuals for so long is be- the politicians who asserted the Paradise. It is a plush Moroccan playing into the hands of the else. The men at the helm of this Indeed the inequality in into this perilous business. Also, Crucially many prosti- ing given the green light. Many law would bring the dangerous themed establishment with two cynical or downright brutal. business are obviously hypocriti- legislation across the EU has cre- the longer we do not consider our tutes themselves are enthusi- will be convinced by Hannah’s problems prostitutes so regular- saunas, 31 rooms and even a cin- It has been over a decade astic about the path Germany cal to state they are acting in the ated the possibility of sex tour- clear words. On the surface she ly deal with out of the shadows. ema. It is a symbol of the new since this law was first brought own laws the more powerful men has controversially taken. Alexa best interests for prostitutes and ism which means clients will be seems in control, even enjoying The legalisation has certainly dawn heralded by Germany’s into practice but the nature of like Rudloff who run places like Müller is one such sex worker yet it is “unthinkable” for anyone less accountable and trafficking her job like many other employ- upped the numbers working in bold position on prostitution. the topic is such that statistics who defended the liberal atti- close to them to be involved in may be encouraged. It is such Paradise will get. And the richer ees. However, it is difficult to tell this sector suggesting either the This is a dawn where pro- or anecdotal evidence are equal- tude of the government to the the industry they are running. practice that must be avoided they get the bigger their empire whether she feels exploited or is situation is less perilous or per- viding sex is just another busi- ly hard and unreliable to get Guardian saying “Women can Ultimately, though as and a step towards pan EU legis- really happy with her job. One haps is creating a brilliant illu- ness like Pizza hut or McDon- your hands on. But do we follow will inevitably grow and any for- run brothels responsibly here people like Rudloff become pow- lation of prostitution may cease senses that perhaps her opinion sion of safety. alds. It is a business valued at 6 Germany’s lead not just in Brit- and not be prosecuted, that’s erful, it is becoming increasingly such things from occurring. If we cible practices that may be tak- is more nuanced and that we can Hannah stated she would billion Euros in 2004. That’s as ain but across Europe and be- an incredible achievement. And difficult to hold those responsi- could decide as one body wheth- ing place will become more and never know if this job can real- not have considered the profes- much as Adidas or Porsche. To- yond? Yes, the model means we sex workers are autonomous le- ble for enterprises like Paradise er prostitution is illegal or not are actually able to acknowledge more difficult to stamp out. To- gal agents. They can take a cli- ly be one of contentment and sion without legal protection day that figure has risen to 15 responsible for any wrong doing we could in effect reduce the de- this industry which has always day we are a country debating ent to court if he refuses to pay whether it is this legislation that and with Germany replacing million Euros. It is then perhaps and to ascertain whether their mand of human trafficking. been one which has lurked in up.” She’s not alone in her views. is responsible for her state of Amsterdam as the prostitution no surprise that the people run- employees really are getting a The problem with the cur- whether or not remain a part of The BBC’s Newsnight also inter- mind. capital of Europe it suggests her ning clubs like Paradise are very fair deal. rent situation is that there are the darkness. Yes, it gives those the European Union but as this However, even those pro colleagues agree. Today 400,000 rich and as cynical and money prostitutes who enjoy the pro- viewed workers at an establish- There is a clear logic behind the varying degrees of tolerance to body itself and the countries ment in Stuttgart. One of the few the law like Alexa and Hannah women are thought to be in the minded as the pimps they were German model but it is ques- the sex industry and so traffick- fession a platform from which within it start reflecting upon women who agree to be filmed agree that the advertised health business serving 1.2 million men brought in to replace. tionable whether it has worked. ers simply move women to those to defend why they should have was Hannah who firmly believed benefits and pension schemes every day in Germany. Partners in the Paradise However, it is also worth ac- places where prostitution is legal the right to sell sex. Yes, estab- their own stance on prostitution, lishments like Paradise offer the law gave her complete free- are limited for prostitutes. But it is not necessarily chain like Jurgen Rudloff have knowledging that providing sex as they are far less likely to be we too, must prepare for chang- dom: “I can say no when I don’t Many women don’t want people due to women feeling safer. Af- spoken about how liberating and as a service is difficult to totally imprisoned. These more attrac- women a seemingly hygienic and es in European legislation. Now, like [the client].” to know they are a sex worker ter all, the daily telegraph have important the legal presence of eradicate even if you wanted to. tive locations like Amsterdam, safe place to work. The liberal She went on to say that because it is rarely their only investigated and confirmed that brothels are, but when asked The question worth asking is re- Cologne and Stuttgart have be- politics of Germany has given we finally have some (however she would not be involved in the source of income and “no one countries where the buying and whether he would allow his own ally whether Germany provides come hotspots of trafficking and a new perspective to a complex limited) idea of how the rest of wants to hire a prostitute”. Alexa issue. However, the model has business were it illegal stating, selling of sex is permitted are the daughters to become part of the the best solution to the problems it very possible to hop across Europe is dealing with the sex “It’s too dangerous.” Statements pointed out to the Guardian why countries with higher rates of sex trade, he replies “Unthinka- women face? Germany’s legisla- borders of neighbouring coun- obvious loopholes. The marked industry and how successful like these support both the argu- only 44 women in Germany are the murder of prostitutes. This ble.... I don’t mean to offend the tion is definitely rare, adopted tries and avoid any accountabil- differences between states in the ments for and against the Ger- registered for health benefits as statistic highlights that issues prostitutes but I try to raise my by only a handful of countries ity whatsoever. Given that 70% EU are definitely turning -Ger these models have been. How we man law. On one hand, women sex workers saying “I can’t just surrounding the safety of pros- children so that they have pro- including Austria, Hungary and of trafficking leads to prostitu- many and the Netherlands into will react and whether we want call up my dentist and tell him titutes have not been solved, if fessional opportunities. Most the Netherlands. tion and the majority of women sex tourist hotspots. This direct- have the freedom and safety they to follow in the footsteps of coun- previously lacked. On the oth- [that she is a prostitute]!” Alexa dealt with at all. prostitutes don’t have those op- Here in the UK prostitu- working in establishments like ly impacts those of us who trav- er hand, it feels almost like the laughs. She may have joking- Hannah is one of 80 women tions. That’s why they’re doing tion is technically legal but solic- Paradise are largely foreign and el to Germany as well as locals tries like Germany remains to be business which has been synon- ly made the statement but it is working in one of the biggest that job.” It is clear that he still itation, kerb crawling and run- often from Eastern Europe ac- who live in cities with such legal seen. 26 The Phoenix | Winter 2014-15 Comment and Debate Comment and Debate The Phoenix | Winter 2014-15 27 The Road to Damascus? Ian Paisley (6 Apr. 1926 - 12 Sep. 2014) Michael Luterbacher on the life of Ian Paisley, the late preacher turned key figure in Northern Irish politics Many adjectives have been used to describe Ian Pais- ley, one of the most dominant pol- iticians in Northern Ireland life over the last 50 years, who died on the 12th September 2014. The choice for many often depended on which side of the sectarian di- vide they belonged; to many he was the champion of the loyalist cause being true to his Protes- tant roots, to others he was the ‘devil incarnate’ decrying Cathol- icism and its traditions. Yet, in spite of his herit- age, which informed his vehe- ment pro-unionist views, Ian Paisley in his later life sat down with those in Sinn Fein, the prin- ciple Catholic nationalist party and the former political voice of the IRA. This was a political par- ty he had considered beyond the Unionist cause. He successfully antipathy to Catholicism was di- there was a subtle change in po- leave behind. Despite further pale for a power-sharing Ulster fought the formation of a new rected at the institution rather litical direction. Ultimately, this bumps in the road to peace two government. Furthermore, he Ulster assembly, where Catho- than itsfollowers. This was best process led to the Good-Friday Church – the Free Presbyterian anything that undermined the violence. This in turn led to the years later saw the DUP signed stayed as First Minister for long lic nationalists would be propor- illustrated in the European Par- agreement, which was supported – with him installed as its own Unionist/Protestant position in army being sent in to the Prov- the St Andrews Agreement, enough to ensure the Northern tionally represented, as agreed liament: he railed against the by an overwhelming majority of moderator. the province was increasingly ince in August 1969, primarily which would ultimately lead to Irish Assembly and its cross-the- in the Sunningdale agreement. presence of the Pope when he Northern Ireland in 1998; it now The inextricable link be- popular to many on that side of to protect the Catholic communi- divide administration gained This opposition, with the Protes- was invited to speak, yet worked seemed compromise was the or- power-sharing in Ulster under tween religion and politics in the divide. ties of Belfast and Londonderry. widespread support. tant general strike months later, well with nationalist John Hume der of the day, an approach that the ministerial leadership of Ian Northern Ireland meant that it His political capital with- It was within this period of tur- This willingness to sit led to democratic institutions in on all matters related to North- left Paisley out in the cold. Paisley himself. was only a matter of time before in the Protestant community moil that Ian Paisley stood for down with the enemy alarmed the province being suspended ern Ireland. As the search for a 2004 may have been the Ian Paisley was drawn into it. In rose further with his opposition Parliament, eventually winning Perhaps the most aston- many of similar religious and and ‘Direct Rule’ from Westmin- settlement to Northern Ireland’s year in which politics in the the mid-60s, Ian Paisley led the to the Civil Rights campaigns, a seat as MP for North Antrim in ishing aspect of this change in political persuasion to Paisley, ster imposed. His opposition to problems continued in the 90s province changed decisively. Ian first of many protests against which looked to provide the 1970, to the dismay of the Brit- approach to the government of but it was a decision acclaimed any proposal to share power in under the leadership of John Paisley was in the process of re- attempts by politicians to re- Catholic minority with addition- ish Government who regarded worldwide. Was this a Dama- Ulster ensured no political pro- Major, Paisley continued nego- covering from a serious heart Northern Ireland is the close form the political situation in al support. His actions saw him his style of inflammatory politics scene conversation or the prag- gress for the rest of the decade. tiating.. However, when the par- complaint; this brush with mor- association formed by two pre- Ulster. His first forays saw him sent to prison on a couple of oc- with great unease. matic approach of a politician This intransigence contin- amilitaries on both sides of the tality may have focussed his viously relentless opponents, denouncing the attempts of the casions, providing him with the His political career from coming to the end of his working ued; he was appalled when Mrs divide agreed a ceasefire in 1995, mind on the legacy he might Paisley and Martin McGuinness, life, wishing to leave a legacy then Ulster Prime Minster Ter- air of a martyr. thence was fashioned by his be- Thatcher, a person he regard- who as leader of the second larg- that would live beyond his own ence O’Neill to form closer links The late 60’s saw the start lief that Ulster, and the Prot- ed as pro-Union, initiated talks est party, Sinn Fein, was man- life? with the Irish Republic. His rau- of the ‘troubles’ within Ulster as estant community within, had with the Irish Government over Paisley’s life was driven cous style, usually involving the the increasingly polarised po- been sold short by the Unionists cross-border institutions, which dated to be Paisley’s deputy. The by his Protestant heritage. He use of the word ‘Never’ (often ut- sitions between Unionists and within the Province and more led to the Anglo-Irish agreement apparent joviality in their rela- was born in Armagh in 1926 into tered several times in a row), to Nationalists, spilled over into generally, Westminster. Logical- in 1985. Paisley was instrumen- tionship saw them being dubbed a poor family; his father was a ly, it needed an organisation free tal in leading the opposition the ‘Chuckle brothers’, although Baptist pastor who practiced his from such baggage to truly rep- campaign, When the Ulster Un- Paisley insisted that all politi- ministry in Ballymena, County resent these interests. Therefore ionists with whom he formed an cal proprieties were observed. Antrim. The young Paisley was Paisley formed his own party – alliance with began to waver over inculcated into the non-conform- The Democratic Unionist Party their opposition he turned his Perhaps, as the Economist re- ist, and often militant, Protes- (DUP) – which in time would formidable strengths on them to ported, despite once describing tant tradition that existed in supplant the more moderate Ul- undermine their leadership. Martin McGuinness as Satan, Northern Ireland at the time. ster Unionist Party as the lead- Despite his implacable Paisley would prefer to see him, ing voice of Protestant politics Unsurprisingly, Paisley pro-unionist approach, he was “in heaven redeemed”. Ennobled was drawn towards the Church; Paisley’s political career recognised as an likeable pol- as Lord Bannside in 2010, may- ordained by his father he brought in the 70’s and 80’s saw him itician, as he ensured that he his own inimitable style to his implacably oppose anything served the interests of all constit- be this statement would form a preaching, which in time would that would undermine the true uents – Catholic and Protestant suitable epitaph for Ian Paisley Ian Paisley sadly passed away on 12 September lead to him forming his own cause. He successfully fought – as faithfully as possible.. His himself. 28 The Phoenix | Winter 2014-15 Lifestyle The Phoenix | Winter 2014-1529 Lifestyle Racism in the Fashion Industry Verity Butler many a time - black covers don’t When you think of the sell. Topshop Mannequins fashion industry, your mind is Magazines such as the Clean Eating instantly flooded with vibrant mentioned Vogue, have denied colours, smiles and rich diversi- these racist allegations by point- Cause Body Image Debate ty. We think of glossy magazines, ing out the rise in Asian and Jess Bartley and just because they are most Fashion Weeks and expensive Russian models in recent years. However, what they failed to Only recently did Topshop prominent in the fashion indus- products. Many don’t, however, mention is the reason behind make headlines for releasing try does not make them any less think of racism. a cutting-edge new sportswear real. 90% of models cast to walk this is not due to racial diversi- line in collaboration with Beyon- In a statement made by in the 2013 February and Sep- ty amongst the industry, but ac- cé. But now it has hit the news Topshop they refused to apolo- tember runway shows in New tually due to the rise of luxury again, this time coming under gise and tried to justify the de- York, London, Milan and Paris goods in the Asian and Russian sign of their mannequins by ex- were all white. Unfortunately, markets. fire for the size of their manne- The vast majority of high-fashion models are white-European quins. plaining that the “mannequins not only is this statistic shock- Some may argue that they Using the power of social are made from solid fibreglass” ing, but it isn’t surprising after see black models on a regular ba- unnoticed, yet pressing issue. rah Winfrey, has been turned media, customer Becky Hopper and have to be made from cer- the last decade of relentless rac- sis, but what they fail to realise They and others have pioneered down by Hermès due to the col- posted a picture of her friend, tain dimensions to allow them to ism in the fashion industry. is that they are generally select- to solve this problem in recent our of her skin. It is almost as if Georgia Bibby, next to a super be dressed. They went on to say How can the twenty-first ed for the odd show or editorial years. For example, Campbell the fashion industry is a child skinny Topshop mannequin. The “therefore [the mannequins] are century be considered the most to ‘keep them out of trouble’. Ma- co-founded and promoted the with a bag of sweets, believing photo rapidly spread and has not meant to be a representation racially diverse century yet, jor companies such as Christian ‘Diversity Coalition Campaign’ that giving someone one sweet now been retweeted over 5,000 of the average female body” and when not even an industry as Dior and Calvin Klein have been along with supermodel Chanel suffices for their obligation to times, getting the support of are “based on a size 10”. internationally recognised and pinpointed for this – only on the Iman. share the entire bag. women from all over the world. But this is not to say the participated in as fashion can odd occasion do they feature Campbell spoke about A dictionary definition The 23-year-old student issue does not still remain in- realistically call itself a racially black models wearing their prod- the obvious imbalance of Black of fashion design is ‘the art of from Hull did note that her mo- credibly important. Obviously harmonious community? ucts in their adverts. and Asian models walking New the application of design and tives for posting the picture were we all need to do our bit to tack- A poignant and controver- Racism can be surprising- York Fashion Week earlier this aesthetics or natural beauty to not to put skinny girls down at le obesity and strive to look and sial example of this mounting ly subtle in such major indus- year. She stated, “The act of not clothing and accessories’. If this all. She said, “We’re hoping to feel good - in whatever shape and problem is that of the globally tries like fashion, which is also choosing models of colour is rac- is so, why isn’t the fashion indus- encourage Topshop to show a size we consider best to allow us recognised fashion and lifestyle known as microaggression. This ist. We’re not calling them racist. try a richly diverse and colourful more diverse range of manne- to feel that way - but there is a magazine Vogue. In the last idea infers that it is difficult to We’re saying the act is racist.” community that everyone be- quins. All sizes should be cele- danger that things may go too twelve years, there have been identify when racism is taking Another model who has lieves it to be? Shouldn’t we see brated”. far. 146 covers, but since Naomi place around you, and it can spoken out about the issue many designers who represent all eth- And it is not hard to see Following the outcry that Charlotte Srahan on her lifestyle as a clean eater - page 32 Campbell’s appearance in 2002, usually go unnoticed unless you a time is supermodel Chanel nicities equally, as well as an ar- how the mannequins are a com- there has been over Topshop’s there has not been a single black yourself are the victim of racial Iman. She told Elle last year that ray of models that women of all pletely inaccurate depiction of use of skinny mannequins, this Celebrity Nude Photo Leak cover girl on the magazine out abuse. she has been turned away from nationalities can identify with? an average body shape. Those of those 146. Apparently there This is why black super- many shows, with the words According to huge com- is the time to make a conscious Jess Bartley allows people to privately store over 5’10” with a waistline be- is a ‘simple’ reason for this. Ac- models such as Naomi Campbell ‘We already have one black girl.’ panies like Condé Nast, Calvin change for the better. After all, music, pictures and more on the low twenty-four inches are rep- it was almost certainly a con- In the last few weeks, anyone on cording to what the black mod- and Jourdan Dunn are vital for The key word here is ‘one’. Even Klein and Dior – the answer is internet. However, Kim Kar- resented, but the rest of us, not scious decision to use these man- social media has most probably el Jourdan Dunn has been told bringing recognition to such an America’s national treasure, Op- no. dashian recently told reporters so much – the average British nequins in the first place, and been unable to escape the ru- that her phone does not have woman is 5’4” and a size 16. a much more positive message mours of more and more female an iCloud account, and it is still Lively Looks Lovely And there is a cost to this mis- would be sent if the mannequins celebrities who have unfortu- Lucy Hobbs on Blake Lively’s preg- pumps, ensuring attention was representation of body image, actually represented the size of nately had personal photos post- unknown how her pictures were nancy style not drawn away from her stun- with many arguing that it leads the clothes they are modelling. ed online for the world to see. discovered – sparking more al- to body shaming and a loss of About twenty A-list celeb- legations as to the lengths the Get excited Gossip Girl ning dress. self-esteem amongst young peo- rities, including actress Jennif- hackers are willing to go in order lovers. Word on the street that Whilst attending Gabri- ple, at an age when we are most er Lawrence, model Kate Upton to invade privacy. Blake Lively, 27, and Ryan elle’s Angel Ball in New York City, Blake wore a gorgeous vulnerable to our own image. and reality star Kim Kardashi- Experts have comment- Reynolds, 38, are expecting was pale yellow silk Gucci gown that Some have argued that an, have fallen victims to the ed on the issue, and have raised recently confirmed; the stunning this debate has been blown com- hacking. As with most things on displayed a plunging neckline the concern about the security couple are to become parents! pletely out of proportion, saying the Internet, the pictures have Lively still maintains composed of silver crystal em- of ‘cloud’ storage sites, warning that the purpose of a mannequin spread quickly, but still the per- her effortless, signature style, broidery that complimented her that if a person can see their own is to display clothes and not be son, (or indeed people), behind even when expecting. For her blooming baby bump. a reflection on reality. This is the issue have yet to be uncov- photos within a cloud service, so first red carpet appearance after Reynolds accompanied to some extent understandable; ered. can a hacker. the announcement, Blake wore Lively, suited in a Gucci tuxe- chic but practical; Lively wears her all black attire. some shops use mannequins The photos were allegedly Whoever they are, they a dreamy Michael Kors dress, do with a navy silk bow tie and leggings to keep comfortable but Lively told Allure maga- that are stark white, bright pink accessed by hackers who man- shared the pictures on the pho- embellished with baby pink black leather shoes. Surely these heeled boots to add sophistica- zine in 2012 “I’ve always wanted or do not even have heads. Oth- Hopper Becky Picture: aged to guess the password to to sharing website ‘4Chan’, and and purple beads. To complete two are high contenders for the tion to her simple outfit. She a big family” suggesting this will ers have also said that women The Topshop mannequin which numerous celebrities’ iClouds, have subsequently described her ensemble, Lively wore cam- ‘Best Dressed Couple’ of 2014? also wears a Lindsay Thornburg not be the first child in the Live- of these proportions do exist, sparked the debate Apple’s large storage cloud that continued on page 38... el-coloured Christian Louboutin Her street style is still coat to add a splash of colour to ly-Reynolds household. 30 The Phoenix | Winter 2014-15 Lifestyle Lifestyle The Phoenix | Winter 2014-15 31 Jemporium Vintage Winter Shoot A Focus on: Food Maddie Grounds and Daisy Menczer pick out the best items from the stock at Jemporium Vintage, Cambridge From affordable student cooking to a recipe for delicious gingerbread Chrismas trees, our lifestyle writers cover all things food! In a lovely little independ- with it’s mantra of “wearable, af- ly on trend. 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It is a joy, a pleasure and a necessity in my life but now I am being told it is killing me. We abandoned the butter, ditched the cream and dumped the cheese as we muttered evil words like “cholesterol” and “heart disease” and tucked into offensive tasting margarines and things labelled “low fat” (the very words bring tears to my eyes), af- ter years of being lectured about the dangers of fat. However, new studies sug- gest a less obvious relationship between saturated fat and heart Health experts advise that added sugars should not make up more than 10% of your calorie intake disease meaning that we could somewhat meaningless numbers ‘plain’ says it all. What kind of take me four hours to discover all have stuck to my “if it is not in mind, I recorded the amount deluded maniac would choose that? oozing with butter it is not good” of sugar I was consuming for one this arid and somewhat ‘saw- The unescapable truth is life rule and we would have all week to discover the truth be- dust-esque’ breakfast? I was not that manufacturers are adding been just fine. And now, they are hind my sweet tooth. I consumed sure whether to eat it, feed it to an increasing amount of sugar telling me just another of my an average of 65g each day and my rabbit or toss it in the bin to their products and the only favourite things in the world is since I am not an adult or a man, (which is now a graveyard of low way to manage this issue is by killing me. What is next? Killer this is bad news, even to someone fat margarines). actually reading the packet of puppies? who lacks mathematical skills. My choice: cake. Replace- your favourite snack before you Headlines have been nag- Even more alarmingly, ment: plain currant bun. Cur- ging us for months that we should the World Health Organisation rants? As in the disgustingly vacuum it up (apparently, that be eating less sugar, although the recommends that this guide- chewy pollutants that ruin a information is not just there to exact amount we should be con- line daily amount be cut in half, good cake? I think I will stick to give you something to pretend to suming seems enigmatic to me. meaning that I have been con- non-polluted confections. read while trying to escape from The NHS guidelines advise that suming around three times more My choice: bar of choco- a boring conversation). “added sugars should not make sugar than I really should be. late. Replacement: Lower-calo- We now know more than up more than 10% of the energy This information actually made rie hot instant chocolate drink. ever about the effects of sugar (calorie intake) you get from food me pause to reconsider the nour- What kind of substitution is on our bodies and it is not good and drink each day. This is about ishing biscuit breaks that fill and that?! I am too upset to comment. news, although the pudding lov- 70g for men and 50g for women, brighten my sugar fuelled day My choice: pasta with to- er inside of me is still a little but it varies depending on your and I began looking into easy mato choice. Replacement: Plain sceptical. Who knows, maybe in size, your age and how active you changes I can make to reduce pasta. Have I actually been read- twenty years they will do some are”. the amount of sugar in my diet, ing an article called ‘Ten Steps to more tests, discover that sugar After four hours of inter- preferably without reducing the Depression’? Now I cannot even is not actually killing us and the net exploration (admittedly in- pleasure my food gives me. eat tomato sauce because it has headlines will read ‘Scientists terspersed with snack breaks), I learnt that many of my been pumped with added sugar? Discover Link between Auber- I can conclude that the exact choices could be replaced with an I fear my taste buds may stop recommendations for sugar con- option containing less sugar, as working if I continue with this gines and the Frequency of Fatal sumption do not get any less hor- advised by the NHS. diet. Car Crashes’. ribly ambiguous than this and it My choice: deliciously In conclusion, we should Until then, anyone care to is even harder to discover these sweet chocolate breakfast cere- swap sweet treats for plainer join me in a biscuit-muffin-choc- figures for teenagers. al. Replacement: plain shredded foods that are lower in sugar. olate-meringue-doughnut-ice With these vague and whole grain pillows. The word Who’d have thought it would cream feast? 32 The Phoenix | Winter 2014-15 Lifestyle Lifestyle The Phoenix | Winter 2014-15 33 Get Off the ‘Diet’ Bandwagon, and Hop onto Microwave Nation a Change of Lifestyle The student battle with cooking Molly Mead erly, meanwhile, from 2010-2011 adults. Although a 2013 Govern- and high colestral in later life, sales in the instant noodle sector ment plan has made Home Eco- and possibly type two diabetes. Charlote Srahan on her lifestyle as You’ve arrived at univer- a clean eater grew by 10%. nomics part of the 2014 national Scarily, looking at the sity. You’ve spent the last two The reason for this fear of curriculum in Primary schools, Tesco website, if I was a student years of sixth form sweating over Today, the media is lit- recipe books in favour of a frozen Food Education for secondary strapped of cash I could buy sev- textbooks, notebooks and online tered with a plethora of fad diets, pizza or a microwaveable mac ‘n’ school students is being neglect- en ready meals for the week for study guides, you’ve secured the currently the most popular diets cheese? The offender is our busy ed. just £6.65. However, although include Atkins, Zone, Vegetarian, grades, defeated the exams and lives. The pressure put on Brit- But the ready meal is not ready meals are high in salt and Vegan, Weight Watchers, South now you’re walking into your fu- ain’s school pupils and teachers, just a poor substitute for home sat fat, they are not always high Beach, Raw Food and Mediter- tur. to achieve academic grades and cooked food; the health impli- in calories. The ‘Tesco Value’ ranean. Utterly mind-boggling. But as bags are unpacked, targets has resulted in a neglect cations are far more serious. In Fisherman’s Pie only contains Of course, being aware and dinner time dawns, many of the practical subject of Home general, ready meals contain 324 calories, half of the NHS rec- of what you’re eating, and en- students find they face their Economics in schools. high percentages of saturat- ommended 600 calories for an during the looming ache the biggest challenge yet; they may Additionally, the pres- ed fat. Asda, a popular super- evening meal. following day from exercise can know the number of protons in sure and workload on students market choice for students on a This hungry feeling can be gruelling, dull and undesir- a Lithium atom, or how Dickens means after-school time is taken budget, sells a Macaroni Cheese lead to the need to buy snacks, able, but why adopt such tran- uses pathetic fallacy in Great up with homework and private ready meal which contains 140% like chocolate, which is set to in- sient attitudes and ways? This is Expectations, but when it comes tuition (costing parents nearly 6 of your guideline daily amount crease in price by 20% in coming a question asked by a legion of to boiling an egg, no History A* billion each year). Plus, the ever of saturated fat, furthermore, months. On top of cereals, lunch- nutritionists and personal train- can save them now. increasing breed of the ‘competi- ready meals are often limited es, milk, bread, toiletries and ers across the world, endorsing The consequence of a gen- tive parent’ means when home- to ‘popular meals’: curries, pie, baked beans, ready meals that a true change in lifestyle, rath- eration of children who have “If you can’t kill it, catch or pick it...don’t eat it!” work in not on the agenda, music pasta bakes… neglecting vegeta- leave students hungry for snacks er than thousands embarking never sat down for a family meal, lessons and Taekwondo are. The bles and leaving students feeling can push student budgets up and on diets every day – on average, carried out a vast amount of re- friends devour popcorn and mal- age people to participate, where been told by adverts: ‘Don’t Cook, frantic lives of Britain’s Youth, sluggish and tired from a lack of up… people give up diets within 5 search; trawling the web, hunt- teasers, but this change, for me, else can one attend a Zumba ses- Just Eat’, and have spent after- means family meals are seen as vitamins and minerals. The answer? Well, it’s weeks. ing through library books, and has only been for the better. It sion, or lift weights during a free school glued to the Xbox rather a waste of time, and the 15 min- Additionally, the salt lev- time for students to tackle the The UK is amongst the even had an appointment with cannot be denied here at college period? than helping their parents pre- utes parents do have to make els in ready meals are far great- frying pan, to grab their wood- worst in Western Europe for the a nutritionist to lower my body that eating healthy is easy, why So, here’s the message: pare dinner, has left undergrad- dinner, results in the microwave er than home cooked meals; the en spoons and hear the ping of level of overweight and obese weight, and get healthy and fit. not swap a sausage roll for a jack- many people do not need to un- uates with little culinary skill welcoming another ready meal. ‘Tesco Value’ Sweet and Sour the microwave for the last time. people, as currently, 67% of men, Since, I have adopted a lifestyle et potato with tuna, or your Fan- dertake the radical transition I beyond burning toast. The lack of cooking ex- ready meal contains 2.5 g of salt, Home cooked meals can improve and 57% of women are obese. labelled ‘clean eating’ (no, this ta with some green tea, bursting did, but I urge more students to A recent survey discov- perience at primary school, and that’s the equivalent of eating your health and your budget! Experts have cited many rea- is not scrubbing a slab of choc- with antioxidants? eat a little healthier and move ered that four out of ten school the increasing social acceptance half a teaspoon of salt in one go. An important preparation sons for this; the bombardment olate as you munch!). This way Exercise has also be- more. Sleep is also immensely children don’t know how to boil with neglecting sit down meals High saturated fat and salt lev- for Uni is preparing your first of fast food advertising, extor- of eating (and living) is becoming come paramount in my life, al- important, even if Netflix seems an egg and 37% of 16-24 yr. olds in favour of TV dinners, has had els can lead to health implica- meal: here is a simple pastry rec- tionate gym membership pric- increasingly popular, and I greet claim they can’t cook rice prop- a consequent effect on young tions such as high blood pressure ipe to help. ing, laziness, stress (when you’re though trudging up the stairs attractive until the early hours stressed, your body releases a this with absolute glee. in the Greenhalgh building isn’t – not only does it help your con- hormone called cortisol, which As a ‘clean eater’, I live too thrilling after innumerable centration and thus boost your by the mantra ‘If you can’t kill Recipe: Puff Pastry Tart can potentially catalyse weight squats and lunges the evening grades, it aids your metabolism No measuring, no fancy ingredients, minimal equipment = super simple student food gain in the midsection), the at- it, catch or pick it… don’t eat it!’ before! Many opportunities here and can reduce stress. traction of 24/7 TV programmes This means my diet largely en- at Hills Road are offered in terms I can guarantee you’ll feel Ingredients (makes 1): Method: capsulates lean meats, fish and of physical activity and I encour- better for it. or a lack of education. 1. Preheat the oven to 200°C. lots of fruit and vegetables. I re- In October 2014, it was ¼ of a 500g Puff Pastry Block 2. Cut the baking paper to fit your baking tray. fuse to eat foods with ingredients reported that eating healthily Tomato Pasta Sauce 3. Place the block of pastry on a lightly floured surface. that I cannot pronounce; what is 3x more expensive than fast 1 medium sized Tomato 4. Most students won’t have a rolling pin in their kitchen so on earth is Potassium Bromate, food, which is disappointing, as 1 slice of Ham use the side of a tall drinking tumbler to roll your pastry into a for many, an unhealthy, dense Azodicarbonamide or Aspar- Three slices of Cheddar Cheese rough rectangle, and place on the baking tray. calorie diet is unavoidable. Of tame? Salt and Pepper 5. Spread two desert spoonful’s of tomato pasta sauce onto your course, there are ways to bypass This way of eating is much pastry rectangle, leaving a 2cm border around the edge, prick the the popularity, and unnecessary cheaper. I’m not buying Jaffa trendiness of spelt pasta, organ- Cakes or roast beef crisps on the Equipment: border with a fork (about twice on each side). ic coconut water, goji berries and move, I’m not bagging cans and 6. Cut your slice of ham into three. Cut three slices of tomato chia seeds; why doesn’t the UK cans of full fat coke when it’s on Drinking glass and then halve these. Layer the ham, tomato and cheese onto the return to eating less, and moving offer, and I purchase all fruit and Baking tray pastry, on top of the sauce. Season with a pinch of salt and a little more? vegetables from my local market Baking paper pepper. In 2012, I felt porky, to for next to nothing some weeks. Chopping board 7. Bake in the oven for about 15 mins, or until the sides have say the least. I lacked energy, Of course, I still get jeers when Knife for chopping puffed up and the tart is Golden Brown in colour. slept restlessly, and was cer- I am at a sleepover, nibbling Fork and Spoon 8. The tart goes perfectly with potatoes and salad, and for veg- tainly plumper than my peers. I carrots and hummus, while my etarians the ham can be swapped with a Quorn substitute. Enjoy! 34 The Phoenix | Winter 2014-15 Lifestyle Lifestyle The Phoenix | Winter 2014-15 35 Christmas Presents for Less Than £10 Recipe: Gingerbread Christmas Trees Issy Murray searches for the best affordable Christmas presents, so you don’t have to! With Christmas quickly approaching its time to start making Christmassy treats for you and your family, Issy Murray presents a simple, delicious recipe for you to treat everyone to a wonderful yummy snack. What You Need: Method: 1. Preheat the oven to 180C/350F and line two baking trays with 350g plain flour greaseproof paper. 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda 2. Sift together the flour, bicarbonate of soda, ginger and cinnamon 2 tsp ground ginger and put into a bowl. 1 tsp ground cinnamon 3. Add the butter and blend until the mixture looks like bread- 125g butter crumbs. 175g light soft brown sugar 4. Stir in the sugar. 1 egg 5. Lightly beat the egg and golden syrup together and add to the 4 tbsp golden syrup mixture and mix until the mixture clumps together. A Christmas tree cookie cutter 6. Tip the dough out and knead briefly until smooth As Christmas draws nearer, so does the stress of buy- 7. Wrap in Clingfilm and leave to chill in the fridge for 15 minutes. 8. Roll out the dough to a 0.5cm thickness on a lightly floured sur- ing presents for everyone you know and knowing you face. just won’t have enough money to cover this. Stress no 9. Using the Christmas tree cutters cut out the shapes and place on more! I’ve found 16 lovely gifts for plenty of different a baking tray leaving room in between them. people for just £10 and less. 10. Bake for 12-15 minutes until lightly golden brown. 11. Leave on the tray for 10 minutes before moving them to a wire rack to finish cooling. 12. Once cooled feel free to decorate them and make them look even more delicious. Dear Christmas... Elspeth Davies’ letter to the Christmas season Dear Christmas,

This year, I hope you go as beautifully wrong as expected. I hope that when I pull my cracker the toy ends up in my (probably discontented) neighbour’s cham- pagne. I look forward to the re- turn of the assortment of chairs, beanbags, garden furniture and aerobic balls that serve as seat- ing apparatus for our choco- late-filled guests. I am excited to welcome the tree that will leave needles in every corner of the living room for 3 months following its remov- al (is this to spite us for cutting off its roots, sticking it in the cor- ner of our lounge and covering it in half price M&S baubles?) voidable torrent of singing chil- worst sparkle infestation the mas all 3 desserts disappear Like a migratory bird re- dren that deafen all healthy ears world has ever seen. within instants because what turning home, I cannot wait within a mile radius with their I have thus learnt that would Christmas be without a to run to the Tesco aisle that is sweet Christmas cheer. true Christmas merriment comes fierce combat with elderly rel- stacked with enough chocolate Not to mention the phrase in the form of discovering that atives for the last piece of pud- to feed all of Willy Wonka’s army - glitter, glitter, everywhere. Liv- the glitter epidemic has reached ding. plus satisfy my appetite (for a ing with a primary school teach- one fewer orifice this year than minimum of ten minutes.) er, come Christmas not one inch last year. With love, I will even relish the una- of our home is spared from the Finally, I hope this Christ- Everyone (or maybe just me?) 36 The Phoenix | Winter 2014-15 Lifestyle Lifestyle The Phoenix | Winter 2014-15 37 New Season Hair and Beauty Trends London Fashion Week Review Ellie Tattam Lucy Hobbs reviews the beauty be found at Superdrug. This pal- trends of Autumn/Winter 2014-15 ette includes the neutral, brown For five fabulous days, toned shades, with some metal- London took the reigns as the Put the lipstick away la- lic shades too. Collection’s ‘The fashion capital of the world as dies. Vogue says “look away lip Smokey Eye Pallete’ at £4.19 all eyes were on the catwalk. De- fanatics – eyes are the focus” for contains the same shade range signers, new and old, cast their Autumn/Winter 2014. as the Naked 2 palette, with me- latest collections out into public London Fashion Week tallic shades featured as well. for all to see, and of course to was the event that saw not only This product has also received note their all-important opin- fashion trends, but a change of a lot of positive reviews such as; ions. face and hair too. “Very easy to blend”, “The step- This year the Spring/Sum- Elie Saab and Chanel fo- by-step guide makes it so easy to mer collections for 2015 were ex- cused on smoky grey and brown apply the colours”. hibited over the course of second eyes with the rest of the face To achieve the ever-popu- week of September. Surely not staying neutral. Metallic liners lar ‘natural look’, use a BB cream enough time to see all of the fu- and shadows are also a huge (blemish balm) or a CC cream ture fashion trends of the coming trend this season. (colour corrector) to smooth out year? As Christmas approaches, your complexion. They are light- Dior’s ‘Golden Shock Holiday’ collection Yet again, many gloriously brands are coming out with new er than most foundations but moody models strutted down the The Mulberry Spring/Summer 2015 Collection makeup collections to celebrate still do the job of covering up makeupblog’, run by YouTuber buying the balm in ‘Complex’ catwalks showcasing designers tainability took the limelight eveningwear shining bright- and colourful collection. the season. Dior’s ‘Golden Shock any unwanted imperfections or Vivianna, recommends the Rim- due to its peachy tones, which from Mulberry, Topshop, Mary in this year’s events. Sustaina- ly with tectonic plate inspired Holiday’ 2014 Collection includes discolouration. The Body Shop mel ‘Moisture Renew’ lipsticks, compliment most skin tones. The Katrantzou, Burberry and many All in all, excluding a few ble fashion initiative, Esthetica panels, to a floor of steaming metallic eye shadow palettes ‘All-In-One BB Cream’ adapts especially the shade ‘Coral Bri- balms in this range are £7.99 more, outlining their new trends minor mishaps, London regained aimed to change the ways of the hot magma - (well rubber chips, with metallic lipsticks, cheeks to your skin tone and gives a tannia’. Vivianna says they are each and can be found in Boots. for the 2015 Spring/Summer col- world’s wardrobe - no longer will its title as the fashion capital of and nail polish. Their collection healthy glow, with it being very ‘rich, creamy, seriously pigment- The trend for hair in A/W lection. but the intention of authenticity also uses earthier, natural hues affordable at £12. ed with a touch of shimmer, but 14 is the natural, wavy and Burberry even managed the term ‘eco-friendly’ be an out- burned bright, no?). the globe. An amazing array of cast to trendsetters. Esthetica’s Last but not least, the which really compliment green Look Magazine recom- it is nothing that a quick finger tousled look. This can easily be to make an impressive showcase extremely talented designers and blue eyes. mends Revlon’s ‘Photoready BB dab cannot fix’. Each lipstick in achieved by being ‘au natural’ with neither supermodel Cara latest initiative is to rebrand the fashion faux pas of the week of and models made their mark on The Naked Palettes, in Cream Skin Perfector’ at £9.99 this range is around £6.49 and and leaving the hair to dry on Delevigne, who took front row idea of sustainability to a slight- course have to be mentioned too. particular Naked 1 and Naked 2, and Maybelline’s ‘Dream Fresh can be found in Boots, Super- its own. Alternatively, you can seat alongside her mentor and ly more appealing ‘Positive luxu- There are always those certain the runways, bringing attention use matte and metallic browns, ry’ in order to help the environ- designers who go one step too BB cream’ (£7.99). The BB cream drug and online at ‘Feelunique. purchase a salt spray. Got2b has London legend Kate Moss, or a to the fashion forecast for the with some lighter pink and maintains the skin’s natural com’. recently released its own spray, heeled shoe in sight. Flats are ment. far and of course, this year was cream shades for brow and inner glow and has an SPF of 30, and Vivianna also recom- a slight copy of the ‘Bumble and the new way forward in Burber- But the geography trend no exception. Swedish School of up and coming months. So keep corner highlight. Both makeup leaves the skin oil free and non- mends the Revlon ‘Colourburst Bumble Surf Spray’, which is ry’s 2015 collection. does not stop there. Back on Textiles went a little too extreme your eye on the trends, you never collections are around the same greasy. Matte Balms’. They are matte called ‘Got2b Beach Matt Tex- Highlight number two in- the catwalks Mary Katrantzou with a candy swirl body suit, know, candy swirl lobster suits price range, £37, which can be To allow the eyes to stand but still leave the lips hydrated, turizing Salt Spray’. This spray troduced the new eco-friendly showcased an incredibly ‘hot’ col- whilst Moschino menswear’s found at John Lewis. out, use a nude or pink toned lip- avoiding the dry lips scenario. doesn’t leave that crunchy, sticky front of fashion. All Geographers lection completely inspired by, collection was a little too hippy could be the next must have item Cheaper alternatives in- stick/lip cream but try and avoid They have a minty scent and feel in your hair, but instead will be thrilled to hear that sus- you guessed it, volcanoes. 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Rimmel Moisture Renew Lipstick Maybelline All-in-One BB Cream Bumble and Bumble Surf Spray Revlon Colour Burst Lip Balm Mary Katrantzou Moschino Menswear Swedish School of Textiles 38 The Phoenix | Winter 2014-15 Lifestyle Lifestyle The Phoenix | Winter 2014-15 39 Celebrity Nude Photo Leak 5 Books For When You Can’t Pull The Trigger Jess Bartley Verity Butler Stephen Wraysford, an appren- Sometimes when you walk into tice from England who comes to ...continued from page 28 somewhere like Waterstones or a rich French factory to earn, a themselves as a “collector” not Heffers, you find yourself swal- few years prior to the war. He a “hacker”. It is, however, clear lowed up amongst the shelves that this is a hacking, and no also ends up having a passion- upon shelves of books in every matter how many times the per- ate love affair with the owner’s petrator justifies themselves, it direction. Where on earth do wife - oops. The next time period is apparent that these photos you look first? Similarly, when is Stephen again, however this you open up the Amazon kindle were stolen from a private stor- time the tone is a lot less inno- store, it is incredibly difficult to age system. cent and a lot more sinister. He pull the trigger on the thousands The websites that have tells his story from the trench- obtained the stolen photos have upon thousands of books availa- es, and worst of all - the Somme. now started producing ‘count ble to you. If you, like myself, find that you have the same problem The final perspective is that of a downs’ until the next leak, and it Hounded - Kevin Hearne is clear that deeper motives ex- - read on. I have selected 5 top woman in the 1970s with an im- books I have read that I would ist than invading privacy. Since Jennifer Lawrence described the hacking as a “sex crime” was really like at the time. Nar- Hearne and the first of nine, the portant connection to Stephen. Emma Watson’s UN speech for highly recommend to those who rated by death, we follow the sto- story centres on the character of This novel is utterly captivating- such a lack of empathy.” le such violations of privacy. She with everyone on the Internet, gender equality went viral, she find it difficult to decide on which ry of a young girl who not only the Irish druid Atticus O’sullivan ly and haunting, and I found my- Jennifer Lawrence, the also went on to say that “we need are social attitudes changing to too has been targeted by many book to read next. steals books, but also has a Jew - who happens to be 2100 years self completely engrossed from victim of one of the more high to change” - highlighting many the extent that it is felt accept- websites claiming that they have living in her basement. A power- old. In a world where all gods are start to finish. private pictures of her. profile hackings, stayed silent for different social matters that cur- able to invade other people’s ful read from start to finish. true and all mythology is true - Watson has yet to give a a number of weeks without com- rently face our society. personal lives for the good of an Allah, the Virgin Mary, the Mi- direct comment on the matter, menting on the matter. Howev- If anything, the hack- Internet post? Such an issue is 3) Next on the list, for those with notaur - we follow Atticus who but did take to twitter saying er recently she spoke out on her ing has brought the issue of the hugely complex, and even with a preference for more classical is struggling to defend himself than “even worse than seeing experience to Vanity Fair, saying right to privacy to the forefront the introduction of laws to con- novels - ‘Far from the Madding from an extremely angry Celtic women’s privacy violated on so- that she considers the hacking of discussion. With the growth trol such Internet activity, it is Crowd’ by Thomas Hardy is defi- god in a world where trouble lies cial media is reading the accom- to be a “sex crime” and that laws of social media and the subse- unlikely that this very public nitely worth a read. Written and wherever he goes. Action packed, panying comments that show need to be put in place to tack- quent urge to share everything hacking will be the last. set in 1874, the story takes us to yet still manages to maintain an the humble life of Gabriel Oak emotional edge as the character (otherwise known as Farmer struggles through great violence Alexander Wang x H&M Oak). When he meets and begins and loss. Ellie Tattam reviews the collection while working out has never proof, there are no excuses for This collection has al- work for the bizarre Bathsheba No, this isn’t your fashion been easier! skipping those outdoor workouts ready flown off of the rails in Everdene, things are never the 5) My final recommendation is Of course suede stilettos due to bad weather. same for Oak. Although Hardy’s yet another war novel - however fantasy, it’s really happening. H&M stores, with online sites are not the idyllic sports foot- The range features a col- familiar themes of betrayal and this is set in World War One, so That’s right, New York based de- crashing 10 minutes prior to it signer Alexander Wang has col- wear; however Wang claims our base of grey and black; per- the pain of love are present in in remembrance of the 100 years laborated with the Swedish re- that the collection is aimed for haps not the most practical for going on sale; the collection sold Dido - Adele Geras this novel, it is also one of the that have passed since the start tailer H&M to create a stunning comfort above all, quoting how a night time jog, but hard-core out in a record 30 minutes over 1) First on the list is ‘Dido’ by warmest, most humorous of Har- of the First World War - I highly Birdsong - Sebastian Faulkes new sportswear collection. The he himself “lives in gym wear”, fashionistas will most likely pri- the World. Adele Geras. This story takes dy’s works. recommend ‘Birdsong’ by Sebas- line features a range of gorgeous whilst still looking trendy, what oritise looking chic, no? Who is tian Faulkes. This haunting nov- So, be prepared to fight for us back to the time of the Trojan gym wear, from quick-dry tanks could be better? What’s more, to say looking fabulous is not a wars. It tells us the story of what 4) For readers more interested el pulls you straight into the bru- and crop-tops, to boxing gloves the pieces are fit for purpose. Be- valuable factor to getting the your fashion, this collection is in happened when the Carthagin- in action or fantasy, ‘Hounded’ of tal life in the trenches. The story to suede boots. Looking stylish ing both waterproof and sweat best out of your exercise routine? high demand. ian queen, Dido, and founder of the Iron Druid Chronicles is ide- is told in three points in time, Rome, Aeneus’ paths cross. The tale is cleverly told by several perspectives of the servants and Gods who each play important roles in the tragic tale. Themes include adultery, treachery, des- tiny and revenge.

2) Second is the popular ‘The Book Thief’ by Markus Zusak. Unless you have been living un- der a rock, it is rare to find some- one who has not heard of the dark novel. Set in Nazi Germany during World War Two, we get a Far from the Madding Crowd - close insight into what Germany The Book Thief - Markus Zusak Thomas Hardy 40 The Phoenix |Winter 2014-15 Fawkes The Phoenix |Winter 2014-15 41 Do Fourth Movies Always Suck? Fawkes Emil Marty reviews Toy Story 4 and other fourth movies Review and Technology In early November, after many a rumour this past year, Walt Disney’s chairman Bob Iger announced that Toy Story 4 will One Man Lord of the Rings officially be happening. Naturally, this has caused Emil Marty reviews the piece of franchise’s favourite lines, com- a stream of upset fans to com- theatre plete with character impressions plain online about how “Holly- and singing all the music him- As a long-time fan of the wood is ruining every good fran- self. The narrative was so scarce Lord of the Rings franchise, I re- chise”. This news has reinstated that any audience member who cently grasped the opportunity to the long debated question: are hadn’t seen the movies (regard- see one of the most bizarre piec- fourth movies ever any good? less of whether they’d read the es of theatre, next to the Shrek In terms of animation, it’s books) would be nothing less Musical, in recent years: Charles fair to say the answer is sim- than dumbstruck, themselves Ross’ one man performance of ply a no. Shrek Forever After is seeing nothing more than a man the entire Lord of the Rings mov- Rings was a success, not just set of X-Men: Days of Future the perfect example of a terrible running around a stage shouting ie trilogy, performed in just one among the general public, but Past for a “catch-up”. fourth movie, although Shrek hour. badly sung music at them, and also through the eyes of Sir Ian But if a hailing review the Third didn’t exactly round Harry Potter and the Goblet of A Phantom Menace as the fourth just had to be made, which gives The concept seems so wild screaming strange noises at a McKellen himself, who saw the from Sir Ian McKellen isn’t the franchise off to a perfect tril- Fire worked just as well as the film then, again, little convinc- that I knew the only way to ap- deafening volume. show in London and claimed enough to convince you of the some reassurance. ogy like Toy Story 3 did. others, if not better. ing necessary. proach this was with an open However, those of us who that “If you liked the Lord of the bizarre excellence of this show, As for fourth films, there The Ice Age films are de- But Harry Potter was a The list of failed fourth mind, which was certainly the don’t have as impressive a social Rings trilogy, you’ll love Charles take my word for it that there batable; I personally was only a clear cut franchise, not a trilogy. films is long indeed, but that’s are plenty more than Toy Story right decision. Hair soaked from life, and have guiltily powered Ross’ version”. were laughs and cheers through- fan of the first film. But overall, It needs no convincing that In- not to say a great deal of them 4 coming our way in the near-fu- the outside rain and a packet of through marathons of the whole Not only did McKellen en- out, most notably from Ross’ it is clear that animations very diana Jones and the Kingdom of don’t work just as well as their Mini Cheddars to hand, the next trilogy multiple times, couldn’t joy it, he also hung back after the terrifically accurate Elrond im- ture, such as Jurassic World, rarely work as long-standing the Crystal Skull was a hit and predecessors. Pixar claimed that hour I spent was fantastically wipe the smiles from our faces. show in order to congratulate pression and lines such as his Terminator: Genisys and Mock- franchises. miss. Star Wars depends on how the plan was always to finish odd to say the least. That badly sung music being seg- Ross and (according to Charles, depiction of Sam Gamgee asking Fourth non-animated fea- you look at it; Episode IV is an at Toy Story 3, but that an idea ingjay Part 2. Will they work? The entire performance ments from our favourite movie who sat down and gloated to the “are we gay, Mr. Frodo?”. ture films are a different story. obvious classic, but if you count came up that was so brilliant it We’ll just have to wait and see. consisted of a middle aged Cana- soundtracks and those strange audience about this for a good So, all in all, as ridicu- dian clothed only in black, atop noises being hilarious depictions half an hour after the perfor- lous as the concept may have a completely empty stage and of some of the best battle scenes mance) share a one hour chat appeared on paper, the One Man throwing himself in all direc- in recent cinema history. about gardening with him, as Lord of the Rings was performed The Art of Asking tions, shouting out fans of the Yes, One Man Lord of the well as later inviting Ross to the exceptionally. Jess Dean on Amanda Palmer’s unconventional approach to performing

Singer, writer and previ- short amount of time for her lat- As well as crowdfunding, respects her fans. With the sim- ous ‘living street statue’, Aman- est LP, The Theatre is Evil, which Amanda is known for playing ple art of asking, Amanda can da Palmer has frequently been is a lot more than the amount a at free and surprise gigs, sleep- drawn attention to in the media. major record label would supply. ing round the houses of fans and meet the needs of her music and Performing in the duo The Dres- Her recent TED talk explains ‘Crowd-sourcing’ for new musi- fans are more than willing to do- don Dolls since 2000, she has that she does not force her fans cians to play with her for free. nate. It is up to the individual to only recently become so well- to give her money, and by doing Her Twitter feed is also used to known. this fans are more willing to do for direct contact with her fans. decide whether it is right to ask With her brilliant lyr- so. They respect her, and she for money to support a career. ics and crazy eyebrows, her latest achievement is her new book, “The Art of Asking.” When Amanda decided to drop her re- cord label she was left to her own resources to fund her music. By using ‘crowdfunding’ as a source of money, Amanda has definitely caused some controversy. Instead of selling her mu- sic for a specific price, Amanda is now asking people to donate to her music. Using platforms such - page 44 as Kickstarter, one ask alone has The Phoenix Reviews ‘Chef’ Amanda Palmer asks her fans to donate to her music, rather than selling it at a set price managed to get her $1.2m in a 42 The Phoenix |Winter 2014-15 Fawkes Fawkes The Phoenix |Winter 2014-15 43 A Focus on: Vlogging The Vlogging Phenomenon Jess Bartley has reportedly earned $16.5m Our technology reporters Verity Butler, Jess Bartley and Francesca Ridgeway Bishop review the rise of the YouTube star since starting the channel in Vloggers are hard to miss 2010. YouTube and social net- right now. Whether surfing so- working has become and indus- cial networking sites, reading try in its own right and only YouTube - Television’s Demise magazines or even using an es- of video are watched each month seems to be expanding Verity Butler calator on the Tube, they are on YouTube - that’s almost an It cannot be denied that everywhere. Recently, two vlog- When the first regular hour for every person on Earth such YouTube stars are having a gers even featured on an episode BBC television broadcasting and 100 hours of video are up- huge impact on the world. Skep- of The Apprentice, when a task channel began on the 2nd of No- loaded to YouTube every minute. tics have suggested that these was to produce a video that had vember 1936, no one had any People argue that this supposed internet personalities are often the potential to go viral. idea how television would evolve revolution of television ‘doesn’t They have become a pivot- a marketing ploy from the com- to be the vast industry that it is count’, as television is an in- al part of social networking cul- panies that they unashamedly today. Over the last six decades, dustry under which people are ture, and are arguably having an advertise in their videos. television has snowballed into employed and has regular daily Michelle Phan, beauty vlogger influence on the very society that Often, any clothing that a global household familiarity, shows every week. we live in today. ple, films make up tutorials and ing. Gaming channels have also fashion vlogger Zoella is seen to with hundreds upon thousands Once again, this argu- It is sometimes hard to imagine has 7 million subscribers, and found huge popularity, Felix be wearing in a video is sold out of channels, shows and dramas ment is invalid. why watching someone’s day-to- over 1 billion views. It is not dif- Kjellberg or ‘PewDiePie’, is You- in shops overnight. being made available to us at the Those of you who watched day life filmed on camera could ficult to see that these people are Tube’s most subscribed channel However, it is apparent click of a remote. the Radio 1 teen awards on Sun- possibly be entertaining, let reaching out to the connected, with over 31 million subscribers. that the audience of these videos The estimated revenue day the 19th October might have alone watching what they just social networking masses and He has described himself as “just does not seem to be going any- of the American broadcasting noticed both some new catego- bought from Topshop. becoming highly successful from a guy from Sweden who likes to where soon, and as long as the industry is 121 billion dollars, ries, and new faces. A key new However, you only have to it. laugh and make other people creators behind the videos keep the percentage of households category was ‘Best British Vlog- look at the views these Internet It is not just Michelle laugh, sharing gaming moments producing content that people that own at least one TV is 99% ger’, in which the incredibly pop- stars are getting to appreciate who has found success via the on YouTube”. want to watch, vloggers are go- and the average amount of time ular beauty and lifestyle you- just how vast their popularity is. internet - the number of You- He has subsequently be- ing to become an even bigger someone watches TV every day tuber Zoe Sugg, known as Zoella, Michelle Phan, for exam- Tube celebrities is swiftly grow- come a multi-millionaire, and part of our lives. stands at 6 hours and 47 min- won for the second year running. Is the rise of YouTube at the expense of television? utes. These colossal numbers As of 2014 Zoella has over 6.2 provide a clear insight into how million subscribers and almost Tube Channel, then do what’s slowly but surely overtake the renowned television has become 280 million channel views. necessary to build an audience television industry, and are only Top 5 Youtubers You’ve Probably in the 21st Century. Another face was that of for them. Each time someone quickening it’s ascension to the Many people seem to think the hugely popular Alfie Deyes, views one of your videos, either top. that nothing can top that - that otherwise known as ‘pointless- a banner display ad is displayed Co-founder of Maker stu- television cannot be overruled. blog’ and partner of Zoella. Al- within the video window, or a dios, Shay Butler, additionally Never Heard Of But did people not think the though he himself didn’t receive short TV commercial-style ad is has three popular YouTube chan- Francesca Ridgeway Bishop discovers the YouTube stars to watch out for same when the early computers an award, he had a minor host- played prior to the video playing. nels - ‘ShayCarl’ his main chan- were first introduced, you know, ing role. Plus, banner ads are automati- nel, ‘Shaytards’ his family daily Facts & The Best of the Inter- 1 – thatjennybee – 83,106 sub- those humungous metal cubes What struck me however, cally displayed on your YouTube vlogging channel and ‘Shayloss’ 3 – Nat & Alex Wolff – 86,088 net” scribers. with one-inch screens? Compare was that the screams from the channel page. his weight loss channel. He subscribers. Ever wondered what the “Actress, singer, profes- that to the Apple Mac. Com- crazed teenagers were minimal Currently, YouTube has again is one of the many exam- “Nat and Alex Wolff’s You- sional face-puller. I hope you en- earth is worth, or why we get pare the first brick-like mobiles when the main co-hosts Rita over a million creators from more ples of youtubers branching out, Tube Channel.”. joy my channel!” bored? Vsauce attempts to an- phones to the iPhone 6. These Ora and Nick Grimshaw were on than 30 countries earning mon- and making the most of this still Nat Wolff is best known swer these in concise videos an- phenomena at the time were eas- stage in vast contrast to Alfie’s ey and claims that thousands of vacant, yet booming industry. Thatjennybee’s first vid- for playing Isaac in The Fault swering the strangest of ques- ily refined into what they are to- three appearances on the show, channels are earning 6 figures a All in all, without many eo was uploaded two years ago. in Our Stars, and he is set to tions. day - and now, like brick mobiles to which the screeches seemed to year. Not only are the youtubers people actually realising, You- Since then, she’s uploaded a mix play Q in the upcoming film of and cube PCs, television seems multiply dramatically. The show themselves benefiting from this Tube is becoming an essential of vlogs and structured videos, Paper Towns. He and his young- to be becoming, well, old. also saw the likes of Dan How- programme, but huge businesses part of everyday life. It is push- including covers of songs by Fall er brother mostly upload songs The history of YouTube ell (DanIsNotOnFire) and Phil are being developed as a result of ing television out of the window Out Boy and A Great Big World, played and sung by them, some began on the 14th of February, Lester (AmazingPhil), who are the new gaping hole in the You- with a simple flick of the wrist a University Q&A, and a video from their album Black Sheep. 2005 when three former PayPal not only well-known YouTube Tube market. and replacing it with all its bil- depicting her cutting her mid- employees activated the Internet personalities, but also co-host a ‘Maker studios’ are an ex- lions of hours of footage - all ac- back length hair off. 4 – ItsAllyHills – 59,050 domain name “YouTube.com” and favoured Radio 1 show. ample of this. Maker, founded in cessible with a simple entry into Nat and Alex Wolff “New videos every time I started to create a video-sharing All of those mentioned are 2009, is one of the largest vid- a search bar. If someone were to 2 – The Verge – 446,638 sub- feel like it!” website on which users could up- partakers in the YouTube part- eo production networks on You- delete YouTube from existence, scribers. Future’, which attempts to an- A mix of vlogs, sketches, “The Verge covers the in- load, share, and view videos. The ner programme which was in- Tube. In March 2014, Maker was I think only then will people re- swer questions including wheth- music videos (both covers and unsuspecting three had no idea troduced in 2007, 2 years after bought by Walt Disney for 500 alise how much it has become a tersection of technology, science, original songs) and Q&As. er it will ever be possible to have that what they had created could YouTube was founded. The con- million dollars. Evidently, vast part of their everyday routine. art, and culture.” change the history of television cept behind the YouTube Partner companies like Disney are start- One of the most topical The Verge covers a wide fully automatic, self-driving cars 5 – Vsauce – 8,029,028 and video-sharing forever. program is simple: you create ing to recognise how the ever ex- questions at the moment seems range of topics, from phone re- – and what they’ll look like when “Our World is Amazing. VSauce Now, Over 6 billion hours and publish videos on your You- panding YouTube is beginning to to be - are you ‘team Internet’? views to a series entitled ‘The Big we do. Subscribe for Mind-Blowing 44 The Phoenix |Winter 2014-15 Fawkes Fawkes The Phoenix |Winter 2014-15 45 ‘Chef’: A Wholesome, Feel-Good Film The Blue Box Is Back Yasmin Johnson friend/advisor along for the ride. The return of Doctor Who referencing to a Renault Clio TV and the mystery of the series, Doctor’s red-lined cloak, 12’s new This is the kind of film you This film is as low key and Jess Dean advert of the 1990s, featuring a but rather try and convince fans style is sleek and classic which need when you want a pick me father and daughter. that the new doctor has the abil- works with his timeline, and simple as its name. Granted, this The iconic blue box is back up after a long week (especial- With the hopes to see a ity to be as good as the young, doesn’t look like he is trying to film does lack in plot twists and yet again for another intriguing ly if it involves math tests). Jon darker, more classic side of the good-looking and popular Matt be too young. action but instead it presents the series of Doctor Who, with a new Favreau’s portrayal of Casper Doctor, many people tuned in to Smith; even though he is an old- The style is darker, and viewer with a wholesome, feel- and exciting style. is good, though the character watch “Deep Breath”, the first er man who you mostly associate without the use of ‘sand shoes’ good film. Peter Capaldi has been Senses are reborn with the in itself is easily lovable with episode of the series. Capaldi’s with the Fires of Pompeii (series or bowties, it is definitely one of cast as the 12th Doctor which vivid imagery of Chef Carl Ca- the script making Casper easy feature-length debut attracted 4, episode 2 with Donna and 10) power and sophistication. has led to controversial views per’s food that would melt even to play with inspirational lines the biggest series opening audi- and BBC show “The Thick of It”. Not only is there a new about series 8 of the longest run- the most hardened of critical filled with real passion and in- ence for four years, with a peak “He’s woven the future doctor, but there is also a new ning sci-fi show. The life-long fan minds and scenes of heart-warm- tent. Easy to follow with charm- of 7.8 million viewers, just under from the cloth of the past. Sim- title sequence. Billy Hanshaw, a has been cast at the age of 55, ing family moments will leave ing, gentle comedy this film will Matt Smith’s 8 million viewers ple, stark, and back to basics. No motion graphics specialist from you feeling refreshed. leave you with fond memories. coincidentally the same age as for his Easter Saturday debut frills, no scarf, no messing, just Leeds expressed his love of Doc- Carl Casper is presented And hunger. William Hartnell when he began back in April 2010. 100 per cent Rebel Time Lord”, tor Who by creating a new title in the opening as a bit washed The hunger that is caused the first series of the show. The aim of the debut said Capaldi on the Doctor’s sequence. It became a viral hit up. For the culinary creativity he by constant film shots of the hand. Man is getting worse and worse Fans have had contrast- wasn’t to inform the ever-grow- new clothing. With influences of on YouTube, with over 900,000 food being prepared and served ing views about the age gap of ing fanbase about new plot lines old Doctor Who, such as the 3rd views and Steven Moffat, produc- has lost he has gained in weight. This film is quite appar- and the fact that someone would Add in the fact that he is now and eaten. We’re talking molten ently a way for director Jon the Doctor and his companion er and writer of the show loved it divorced from the stunning So- cheese and just seared, succu- Favreau to vent out his career try to mix cowboys with aliens Clara played by Jenna Louise and was inspired instantly and fia Vergara, who plays Inez, you lent steak here. You thought the orientated frustrations by par- is pretty unsavoury. I think Fa- Coleman, aged 28. With no flirt- adapted the sequence to be part could say that his life has come M&S Christmas adverts were alleling himself with Casper’s ing during the program, fans are of the actual show. vreau has proved to himself in to an unpromising pause. bad? You have no idea. The only dead end job. Laden with high disappointed with the new kind Hanshaw explained “Doc- In an attempt to reboot way to describe Chef is part film grossing, block buster films such this film that sometimes simple of chemistry between the two tor Who is a Time Lord, he is this after a very public scene of a part food porn. Be warned, the as Iron Man and Cowboys vs Al- really is better-sometimes all seen on set. Capaldi had told pro- not a Space Lord. A lot of people cake throwing tantrum he quits food envy you will feel will con- iens has left him bloated with ducers that he wanted no flirt- have said cogs and clocks are an his job and buys a food truck, sume you if you don’t eat a big, riches. you really need is a grilled cheese ing, or “Papa-Nicole moments”, obvious metaphor to use.” taking his kid and sous chef/good and I mean BIG, meal before- But let’s be honest, Iron sandwich. ‘Lucy’ Review: One To Miss Health Technology Chiedza Lunga would happen if they could use ie screens since Watchmen’s Dr became more aware, she began one hundred percent? Manhattan. to lose what made her human. Chiedza Lunga reviews new As the film begins we’re im- We see that there are no This led to a flat performance gadgets designed to encour- mediately shown Lucy (Scarlett obstacles for this blonde super- by Scarlett, which is strangely age healthy living Johansen), a wide eyed blonde woman with the ability to con- good; it reflects on the fact Lucy without a care in the world, chat- trol time, technology, people’s no longer has emotions. She did With an increase in eye ting to her boyfriend of a week, minds and even gravity. what she was meant to do well, strain, back ache and wrist pain, who convinces her to hand over a Intertwined into this is but it made for a far less inter- it’s easy to see how so many think briefcase to a Chinese syndicate. shots of Professor Norman (Mor- esting or relatable character. technology is detrimental to our When I say convince, I mean he gan Freeman), giving a mind All in all, the first half health. handcuffs her to the case. I had numbing lecture on human potrayed an intersting idea. However, before you fear no idea what was going on. those lazy weekends in front of neural capacity (the whole ten However, the edits of documen- your telly or laptop, take note of I’m all for the fast paced percent brain use idea), which tary clips of animals to highlight what I’m about to tell you. In the action as we amp up for the is enough to give you horrify- moods and the all-out bonkers last couple of years health has main plot, but a little backstory ing flashbacks of those physics ending left me with a strong feel- become a hot new product in the Despite a bombardment of would have helped. Lucy is then lessons about goodness knows ing of remorse. What was meant gadget aisle, with wearable tech homework raining down on me, made to be a drug mule, forced what. to be one of the most scientific such as smart watches recording I was able to take shelter from to carry an unidentified drug in Eventually we see the and philosophical movies of our your walking, calorie intake and the responsibility outside and sit her stomach to take to Europe, connection between the two time only had me questioning which bursts and is released into main characters as Lucy, now why I wasted an hour and a half even your sleeping patterns. A screenshot from Google’s new fitness app, ‘Google Fit’ down and watch the latest Luc Despite still having to Besson sci-fi action adventure, her blood stream. an all-powerful, unfeeling entity, of my life watching it. Which in get up and move with this new has recently made a free Google able on smart watches, making many miles you lugged your Lucy. It is revealed that this looks to Professor Norm for as- some amazingly meta-way, is phenomenon, the set goals and Fit app for the play store to com- staying healthy even more acces- school books today, or how much This was an unfortunate drug has allowed her to use more sistance on her ‘situation’. This what the movie’s question was. notifications will increase your pete with the Galaxy’s S-Health sible and simpler than before. time you spend walking up and choice; the film was a ‘Limitless the ten percent of her brain, and is all while she is tracking down What are we doing with our lives and similar Apple products. It Sports giant Nike have with her newly found “hundred the other drugs so she can use if our purpose is to use up time, motivation when you check your down the stairs in the science gone insane’ flick full of -over smartphone. tracks your steps throughout the teamed up with Apple to create complicated science so warped percent” capabilities, she em- them because she “needs them to only to attempt to prolong the block? The trend may or may Let’s start off with the day and even sets goals for you specialised sports accessories to it would put any superhero to barks on a journey to retrieve reach the full one hundred per- time we have? Fear not though! more fashionable and current to do, allowing users to strive to do what you’d expect, but in an not be fleeting, but it’s a start of shame. The main premise of this the rest of the drugs and take cent”. I have come with the answer; to health tech, such as smart move more throughout their day. all new fashionable way. something positive with a new movie is this; humans only use down her captors in the most At first Lucy was horrified prolong your time by another watches and fitness apps. Google The apps are even avail- So why not check out how incentive to get fit. ten percent of their brain, what spectacular fashion seen on mov- by her circumstances, but as she ninety minutes, skip this movie. 46 The Phoenix |Winter 2014-15 Fawkes Fawkes The Phoenix |Winter 2014-15 47 Introducing: The Staycations The Best Films of 2014 Maddie Grounds Emil Marty shares his top movies of the year If you were around Cam- bridge on Friday 26th Septem- In light of the Oscar sea- ber, it is likely you would have son, 2014 kicked off with a num- encountered hundreds of lively ber of excellent movies from students lining up at the Junc- highly acclaimed directors, from tion ready and eager to listen to Martin Scorsese (The Wolf of the music of the hugely talented, Wall Street) to the Coen brothers indie folk band which everyone (Inside Llewyn Davis) and Steve seems to be loving; The Stayca- McQueen with his much loved 12 tions. Years a Slave. There is no denying that Aside from a few more Os- the combination of brilliant car hopefuls this winter (Peter songs, entertaining band mem- Jackson’s The Hobbit: The Bat- bers and the countless number tle of Five Armies and Christo- of exhilarated (if a little sweaty) pher Nolan’s long awaited Inter- fans made the night hugely stellar), it’s fair to say this year successful as every person was Local band The Staycations playing at The Junction has been neither outstanding dancing, jumping and cheering play so many gigs but you re- C: We’ve got the Apex on cally because that’s how you get nor disastrous for cinema. How- throughout their whole perfor- ever, it’s not without its’ gems, mance. member the ones that mean the 5th December. offered gigs. W: We haven’t played or complete failures at that (hel- Just after starting Sixth something and that definitely W: Just have fun with it there before. It should be quite a lo Lucy); so here is my personal Form, Lewis, Craig, Charlie and meant something. Wow that was all. cool gig. opinion on the best film of 2014. Will are quickly gaining more emotional... L: Don’t take yourselves L: It was! Let it out. I’ve been hugely im- and more attention with their too seriously to start off with ei- Emil Marty cites Guardians of the Galaxy as one of the best films of the year Looking forward to seeing you pressed with a good few films contemporary folk music from ther. What other highlights have there! So, which artist would you this year; Inside Llewyn Da- performances all over East An- C: Even it comes to wear- rylines, lack of threat from the point they please without a sea any pushes or shoves from Mar- there been this year? most like to collaborate with? vis taught me to love the Coen glia such as; The Cambridge ing a costume on stage, just do it! villains, and the dull and formu- of complaints from die-hard com- vel, and it really shows. L: Cambridge Folk Festi- W: Ben Howard would be brothers (when I was quite pos- Folk Festival to hosting the ra- Have fun. laic scripts. ic fans. Guardians of the Galaxy val was a massive highlight. quite cool. sibly the only person on earth dio show Cambridge 105. L: We should do that for Not one MCU film I’ve This freedom is also some- is comparable to Star Wars, in C: Lodestar was pretty C: Tame Impala. not to have been mesmerised by Laid-back and super our next Junction gig. seen in the past two years has thing hugely rare for Marvel, a that it opens us to an enormous cool. W: Any band would be much of their previous work), friendly, Charlie, Lewis and Will W: Just keep going for it, been anything to fall in love production company, like many and unseen universe full of L: And the fact that we are cool. The Grand Budapest Hotel in- chat about how the Junction gig have fun and try to enjoy every with, until Guardians of the Gal- others, which is far too fearful unique and bizarre characters (a going to have played at the Junc- C: Or like Outcast? troduced me to the wonderful went for them, this year’s high- moment as much as you can. axy arrived. The secret to its suc- of change (a problem recently talking tree and a raccoon with a tion four times this year! We’ve L: Tupac? world of Wes Anderson movies lights and their advice on how to C: Don’t think too far cess lies with the fact that no one resulting in Shaun of the Dead gun springs to mind) and visual- been booked again for the 19th C: Anything! and Gia Coppola (granddaughter become a successful band. ahead and just treat every gig of Francis Ford Coppola, director had ever heard of the Guardians director Edgar Wright leaving ly stunning locations. December. I don’t know any oth- L: Rihanna... until Kevin Feige (President of Ant-Man, a project he’d been The story line is simple er band who has been asked to like it’s a massive deal and some- of The Godfather and Apocalypse Well done for your gig at Marvel) brought it up at 2010s planning on for years). and doesn’t make your brain play at the Junction four times That would be interesting! Fi- thing you’ve been building up for. Now) proved that directing geni- The Fiver! How did you feel that San Diego Comic Con. This pro- The fact that Guardians melt, whilst having enough sub- in one year. nally, what advice would you W: Every gig can lead to us really does run in the family it went? vided its creators with an im- had so much freedom meant that stance to keep you engaged all W: Even if we finish on give musicians your age wanting something. We know that even with her debut, Palo Alto. L: It was really good. Peo- mense amount of freedom over director James Gunn could make the way through. But the real that, it’s gone really well. to form a band? some of our smallest gigs can All these films I highly ple were jumping and crowd the project, letting them throw the film exactly the way he want- gem of Guardians of the Gal- Well done! What can we hope to lead to more gigs or lead to us recommend, but my absolute fa- surfing. in any chosen character or plot ed it to be, without giving way to axy is its script, full of laugh out see from you soon then? L: Just keep playing being paid for something to go vourite film of this year has to be W: We didn’t expect any of loud comedy and wit that works L: We’ve got the Junction shows. Don’t give up; just play towards the band or asked to do James Gunn’s Guardians of the it. We thought there was going to whether you’re a superhero fan in December which is probably as many shows as you can. Make something else in the future. Galaxy. be loads of people but we never or not. the biggest one that you guys connections with people and L: One last word of advice, Over the course of 2013 expected them to do any of that and early ‘14, my faith in the It’s not depressingly dark, want to know about. make friendships with people lo- it doesn’t matter if you are per- really. We got out there and they Marvel Cinematic Universe but has just enough darkness forming to 10 people or 10,000 all started screaming; you just (MCU) was gradually depleting. to keep the danger and threat people, just still play to the best think oh my god! They were all Every film post-Avengers Assem- prominent. Dave Bautista (yes, of your ability and if you keep dancing within the first minute ble (itself being a personal disap- the wrestler) is surprisingly bril- of the song and you just think trying then something will come pointment) was never anything liant, with his excellent comic wow, this is incredible. It’s quite about. Just enjoy it really. more than “meh”. Yes, they’re timing he’s possibly my favourite weird. all visually spectacular and yes, cast member; in fact there isn’t To keep up to date on Robert Downey Jr is terrific as one actor who doesn’t exceed So would you say it was one of what the Staycations are up to, Iron Man. expectations. You don’t have to your biggest highlights so far? like their page on Facebook or I’m certainly not going love comic book movies to fall C: It was the highlight of subscribe to their YouTube chan- to criticize the skill of any re- for Guardians of the Galaxy, it’s my year. nel – TheStaycations. Download cent superhero actor, that’s not definitely for everyone. If you W: I don’t think I’ll ever their EP album ‘Tied in Time’ the problem. The problem lies haven’t seen it already, I’d high- Gia Coppola’s debut, Palo Alto, starring Emma Roberts forget the gig to be honest. We from Soundcloud or iTunes. with the overly complicated sto- ly recommend a watch. 48 The Phoenix |Winter 2014-15 Fawkes Fawkes The Phoenix |Winter 2014-15 49 ‘Rogue Legacy’ Review 10 Most Notable Indie Bands of All Time Emma George Kit Turner the same amount as a solid gold the pianist. It’s one of their most yacht with Charlemagne’s bones Those with an interest in 1. Arctic Monkeys successful singles. as the figure head, you will lose gaming will know that during the The Arctic Monkeys are an Eng- all of you money when you re-en- summer holiday as many games lish band formed in 2002. They 4. Noah and the Whale ter the castle, and even the ear- are one of the most subscribed to Noah and the Whale have more came out as there are blizzards liest upgrades cost an unfair indie bands of the moment. It’s of a folky element in the indie in Guatemala. I decided to buy amount. As a result, the game a good band to start off with if genre. They include a happier an indie game called Rogue Leg- feels like a strange concoction you’re not a ‘regular indie listen- element in most of their songs, acy, possibly as a personal attack of Dark souls and Castlevania, er.’ Personal favourite- ‘Why’d for example ‘5 Years Time’. My on EA and their consumer blood where you move room to room You Only Call Me When You’re personal favourite is ‘Wild Thing’ sucking ways. only to find that Cthullu’s older High?’ this is a slower song with a ‘The Rogue Legacy is an 8-bit, brother was hiding around the Mother Empire, an emerging indie band Smiths’ type style. procedurally generated rogue- corner to promptly turn your in- 2. The Smiths ‘Golden Skans’. like game where you must jour- nards in to marmalade. 5. The Fratellis 9. The Pretty Littles ney through a mysterious castle However, this is far from The Smiths, comparatively to the The Fratellis are a band from 7. Bon Iver This is an emerging indie band to beat four bosses to open a mys- a bad thing, because when you Arctic Monkeys, are a lot more is because the last few bosses the first two thirds of the game, Glasgow with a fast-paced sound. Bon Iver are more similar to which I feel deserves recogni- terious door, changing classes wander back a few upgrades downbeat. Personal favourite- are easy, which ruins it a little. The instrumental is generally a Noah and the Whale in the in- tion. They’re definitely on the and buying upgrades when the later your first though isn’t “Oh but I understand why it made ‘Girlfriend In A Coma.’ However Since the very start of the game, to start off if you want to listen bit more complex rhythmically. die genre. My personal favourite more ‘heavy’ side of the indie character you’re using dies and well, the after death loading the last boss easier. the dungeon at the bottom of the Their music has a catchy rhythm is ‘For Emma’, this one of their scene. My personal favourite is passes the baton of defeating the screens aren’t long” but, “Oh boy! to The Smiths you could go for ‘A Remember that dramatic most popular songs. It beautiful- ‘Religion Is My Favourite’. It is castle to their next of kin, each of I now know your attack patterns! castle is bigged up to be more light that never goes out’, this a to it and is easy listening. My ly intermingles the instrumental a mix of bluntness and a mild whom has their own individual I wonder how dark God chutney challenging than trying to fight twist I mentioned earlier? Well tad less sombre. personal favourite is ‘C-ntry traits such as vertigo and colour tastes?” Godzilla with a toothpick, which I think we can all accept that Boys and City Girls’. and singing. sense of despair, very intriguing it is. It’s a shame though that the 3. Bombay Bicycle Club . blindness. Now what about the plot? witnessing it in a cutscene 30 Sounds simple enough, Well, while I found the gameplay boss at the end is actually easi- Bombay Bicycle Club profess a 6. The Klaxons 8. Two Door Cinema Club 10. Mother Empire times because of a final boss’s but there’s one slight twist to at the end a little lack lustre, er to beat than the regular ene- wide range of emotions in their The Klaxons have a zany quality Two Door Cinema Club are a Last but not least Mother Em- this, and it’s that this game is which I’ll get to later, the story is mies. All he does is flop around, difficulty would take the edge off discography, catering to more to their music which is endear- Northern Irish indie rock band. pire is another emerging indie harder than a concrete statue very good. You slowly follow the never directly trying to kill you. of it. So in summary, challenging people than perhaps The Smiths. ing. Their overlap of certain in- They are a toe tapping band with band on the scene. They’re small To make matters worse, Personal favourite- ‘Shuffle.’ struments and electric effects is tons of great individual songs. but big contenders in future mu- of Jason Statham. While this steps of a previous adventurer but not impossible, a solid story could be attributed to me playing in the castle, gradually piecing you can actually fight the final Shuffle is a fun playful sound often off the wall but very effec- My Personal Favourite is ‘What sic to come. My personal favour- that slips into gameplay more games as well as a trout survives together his story by finding ex- boss immediately afterwards with a good instrumental from tive. My personal favourite is You Know.’ ite is ‘Worthless’. on the planet mercury, I will tell cerpts of his diary every now and only to find that if you were smoothly than a man made of you right now that trying to play then, leading to a plot twist so equipped well enough to beat the syrup in velvet gloves, a play- this game without dying is like last one, then you should beat brilliant that your mind will be time longer than twice the aver- trying to light a fire at the bot- him without a problem. If I of Why I’m Not ‘All About That Bass’ blown into so many pieces, that age triple A title for half the price tom of the Mariana trench. even the world’s greatest jigsaw all people can beat the two boss- Yasmin Johnson to go? This is because you can maker won’t be able to put your es in a row, then we know that but most of all, an overall good Agreed, Meghan Trainor only upgrade and buy new ar- brain back together again. this game stopped trying to be feel. While the game does have Meghan Trainor’s chart shouldn’t be blamed for being mour and runes in between lives. However, here’s my main a mountain, and became a mole topping hit has been dominating quite a dark story, it’s contrast- the only one to do this. The issue The only issue is that when you issue. While the game is difficult hill under a tarmac road. How- the radio for weeks now. She has has been around for a couple of ed by a cartoonish 8-bit art style die, unless you’re willing to buy overall, there seems to be a pret- ever, I’ll actually forgive it this reached the all holy level of be- years now. The theme of ‘no this an upgrade that costs roughly ty jarring shift at the end. This time. I could be biased because of and self-referential humour. ing played by girls repeatedly at is beautiful’ comparison pictures parties. Bravo. But maybe these on Facebook and displaying slim girls should stop for just five sec- girls as ‘ugly’ has been going onds to actually listen to the lyr- strong for a while now. Not to ics of this ‘don’t let people bring mention the argument that ‘boys you and your body shape down’ prefer curvy girls’, even this song anthem. Sure, this song has a puts forward this belief with the strong theme of being confident line ‘Boys like a little more booty about above a ‘size two’ won’t feel should be seen as any more okay. about your body. There’s just to hold at night’. like their body is bad. A noted This all goes back to the primary one, fatal line: ‘go ahead and tell There’s no arguing that case of this was model, Kendell issue that people need to accept them skinny bitches’. people should be encouraged and Jenner who has received piles themselves and not compare and This song doesn’t just lack even influenced to be comforta- of social network abuse on be- musical complexity or lyrical ble in their own bodies but this ing ‘too skinny’. She confessed to that the important thing is to genius but it actually discrimi- should also go on to include slim Harper’s Bazar on how she even live a healthy life. Sure this is no nates against ‘skinny’ people. I’m people. The strive to eliminate ‘tried to put on weight’ but just easy feat, but while we all work a strong believer of female con- the mental diseases of bulimia couldn’t. Surely, this too isn’t on it let’s not put others down in fidence and just all-round belief and anorexia, which of course is healthy? order to raise our own esteem of loving your own body, no mat- no bad thing has seemed to cre- I’m not fat-shaming here, ter what gender; but is belittling ate a new, subtle issue of putting don’t get me wrong, but I just and I’m sure we’ll all feel much slim people really the right way down slim people so that those don’t think that thin-shaming better. 50 The Phoenix | Winter 2014-15 Sport Sport The Phoenix | Winter 2014-15 51 The Cricket World Cup 2015 Champions League Contenders Harry Topham previews next year’s tournament Harry Topham sea which has made the team feel much more complete, along- The ICC Cricket World The Champions League is side the reinvigorated Nemanja Cup being held in Australia and well under way and the most val- Matić. With a squad that is easi- New Zealand is set to begin on ued prize in European club foot- the 14th February 2015 after ball is up for grabs. With the best ly rotatable with players such as four long years of waiting. Four- 32 teams from around Europe Eden Hazard, Oscar and Willian, teen teams will be competing competing in the tournament it Chelsea are definite contenders for the ultimate prize in the fif- is hard to draw a line between for the title. ty over format of the game, with them, but here is a short list of English champions Man- the biggest teams in world crick- the main teams to watch out for. chester City FC are trying to et going to head to head to win, The three big Spanish make a name for themselves in such as England, Australia, In- teams this year all have a chance Europe following their domestic dia and Sri Lanka. The tourna- of claiming the title but let’s start success, and Manuel Pellegrini ment is set out in two pools; Pool with this year’s joint favourite, could be the right man for the A and Pool B, with the top four current holders Real Madrid. job. In recent years, City have teams from both pools qualifying Los Blancos have a reputation of had a torrid time in Europe, for the knockout stages. spending big and winning lots of not being able to really break- However the big question trophies and last season was no like the one we saw in the 2013 Ajinkya Rahane and Virat Kohli strong squad and one easily able through the Champions League on everyone’s lips is:who’s going different. After signing Gareth Ashes series in December. in the attack, who boast fantastic to compete for the title. with their highest placed finish to win it? Bale form Tottenham Hotspur One to watch: Aaron averages in ODI cricket. Howev- One to watch: Lasith Ma- The top four teams most for a world record fee of approx- being in the Round of 16. Play- Finch. er, with the retirement of Sachin linga. likely to get out of Pool A are imately £85 million, they then ers such as Sergio Agüero and England, having recent- Tendulkar, who was labelled The West Indies, although England, Australia, Sri Lanka went on to claim the Champions Gareth Bale playing for Real Madrid Yaya Touré are always a threat ly overcome some poor form in “the best player, without doubt” favouring the short T20 format and New Zealand with Australia League and Copa Del Rey. to score goals, and captain and Test match cricket, look strong by Shane Warne, the world could of the game, could give some of and we could see a repeat this though they have made a poor favourites to top that pool. Mov- Their strength in depth centre back Vincent Kompany leading into the competition. see a very different side to the the favourites a good challenge season. However Diego Costa – start to the domestic season ing over to Pool B the top four However, their One Day Inter- is incredible, with a world-class should keep City sturdy at the one that took glory in 2011. with a powerful batting line up Atleti’s top scorer last year (36 (they were bottom of the Bun- teams most likely to get through national (ODI) game still needs Spin bowlers such as player in every position, includ- goals in all competitions) – has desliga after ten games played) heart of their defence. Yet to sug- and quick bowling attack. Iconic are South Africa, India, Paki- work. Jimmy Anderson leads the Ravindra Jadeja may not have ing last year’s FIFA Ballon D’Or since made the switch to Chel- they will definitely still be able gest that City are contenders for figures such as Chris Gayle and stan and the West Indies, with bowling attack as one of the best as great an effect playing on the winner Cristiano Ronaldo and sea and this could be a huge set- to contend. Lewandowski’s move the title is too optimistic at this Darren Sammy are sure to take the current holders India fa- seam bowlers around at the mo- hard pitches in Australia and Welsh wizard Gareth Bale occu- back for Simeone and the squad to arch-rivals Bayern left a gap stage. off in some innings but many vourites to top it. With the com- ment, followed up with another New Zealand which could hin- pying the wings, and Columbian as they have lost their major that may have been hard to fill Other sides to watch out question the consistency of the petition being so fierce it will be world-class bowler Stuart Broad der India’s chances, but quick wonder kid James Rodríguez fill- fire power up front, but which but in the summer transfer win- for include French champions a tough tournament for all and West Indies. South Africa is an- and up and coming spin bowler bowlers Varun Aaron and Ishant ing the attacking midfield posi- may be eased with the purchase dow, Dortmund bought Ciro Im- Paris Saint Germain. PSG have narrowing the favourite down to other brilliant team with one of tion left empty by Mesut Özil’s Moeen Ali. Sharma could prove to be very of Champions League winner mobile – the 2013-2014 Serie ‘A’ spent millions and after claim- one team is a tough job for any- the best fast bowlers of all time departure to Arsenal. This could The batting line up looks useful for captain Mahendra Sin- Mario Mandžukić from Bayern top scorer, and their squad is ing domestic dominance just as one, but a break down of the top strong with experienced bats- Dale Steyn sure to take lots of well be the year we see a team gh Dhoni. Their batting line up Munich. still filled with talent including Manchester City have (through teams’ chances may help. men such as Alistair Cook and is strong; however their bowling wickets; they along with hosts retain the Champions League. Bayern Munich are joint Marco Reus, Mats Hummels and much of the same means), they Let us begin with the Ian Bell leading the way, along attack will be questioned by the New Zealand are the dark horses Another club who are hop- favourites along with Real to İlkay Gündoğan. They had an also want to be a big threat in Eu- joint host nation Australia. De- with younger batsmen Joe Root top batsmen - especially those fa- in the competition. ing to make a big impact after take the trophy. Pep Guardiola incredible run two years ago fin- rope. Juventus are a team that spite the tragic death of Phillip and Gary Balance in the middle miliar to the conditions. The 2015 World Cup is last years disappointing season won the Bundesliga in record ishing runners up to Bayern in has not done well in the Champi- Hughes, the nation are rallying order. We may even see budding One to watch: Virat Kohli. sure to be a thriller with no team is FC Barcelona. A trophyless time last year and even though the Champions League, and al- behind the team, who will hope talent James Taylor come into Sri Lanka have been the being the outright favourites to season has left the Catalan gi- they suffered a 5-0 defeat (on ag- though they have a strong squad ons League in recent years, not to play tribute to the young star. the side after fantastic perfor- most consistent ODI team in the win the event. There will be in- ants hungry for titles; star man gregate) to Real Madrid in the it may be hard for them to com- making it out of the group stag- As a host nations (alongside New mances in county cricket. Yet last ten years, finishing runners tense matches, as some of the Lionel Messi also had a poor sea- semi-finals of last year’s com- pete with teams such as Real es last season. They are a team Zealand), they boast a huge ad- son (by his standards), riddled if England continue to concede up to India in 2011 and runners greatest sporting rivalries are petition, they look incredibly and Bayern. filled with experience and Ital- vantage over the other teams. early wickets and horrific bat- with injury. Barcelona are strong up to Australia in 2007. As well played out, with games such as strong once again. A big squad England’s best bet to win ian legends such as Andrea Pirlo This along with an explosive bat- ting collapses, which has been as this impressive record in 50 contenders to win the competi- of German players could be ben- the competition is Chelsea FC India versus Pakistan and Eng- and Gianluigi Buffon. However, ting line up with players such as the case in recent years, they over cricket they also won the tion and we could see them claim eficial after Germany won the and this is down to exceptional land versus Australia. The final Juventus lack that world class Shane Watson and Aaron Finch, may not have the ability to cope T20 World Cup, early in 2014. the trophy for the first time since World Cup this year and may fill squad depth and a world class, will take place at the Melbourne player, although Paul Pogba is a brilliant and experienced cap- with the pressure of must-win For the experienced players Pep Guardiola’s Barça won it in Bayern with lots of confidence. experienced manager in José Cricket Ground, Australia on well on his way to becoming one tain in Michael Clarke and a fan- matches in the knockout stages. such as Mahela Jayawardene, 2011. Six of their players were named Mourinho. For a few years now of the world’s brightest stars. tastic bowling line up which in- One to watch: Jimmy An- Tillakaratne Dilshan and Ku- the 29th of March 2015. You The third Spanish team on the FIFA Ballon D’Or short- Chelsea have lacked a certain The final will take place cludes players such as Mitchell derson. mar Sangakkara, it could well can watch it live on Sky Sports with a chance of winning this list and the addition of Robert firepower up front, but Diego Johnson and Ryan Harris, put India are the current be their last World Cup and with or listen in live on BBC Radio; year is Atlético Madrid. The Lewandowski up front could Costa has been brought in and on June 6th 2015 at Berlin’s Australia on top as one of the fa- holders of the ICC Cricket World that in mind we should expect to whatever you do, make sure you Spanish champions lost the final prove to be the determining fac- made an immediate impact scor- Olympiastadion, and it will be vourites to win the tournament. Cup after winning it in on home see a podium finish from them. tune in to the most anticipated of the 2013-2014 edition of the tor in helping Bayern to reclaim ing 10 goals in his 9 games at exciting to see which two teams If they start to pick up form near- soil in 2011. Their batting line This along with one of the best event in world cricket that will Champions League to their great the Champions League. the start of the league campaign. will battle it out for the most er to the World Cup we could see up is one of the strongest in the limited over bowlers in Lasith no doubt be watched by millions city rivals, Real. Diego Simeone Borussia Dortmund is the Cesc Fàbregas is the second prestigious trophy in European an unstoppable Australia, much competition with players such as Malinga give Sri Lanka a very over the world. managed the team wonderfully other German contender and al- signing of the summer for Chel- club football. 52 The Phoenix | Winter 2014-15 Sport Sport The Phoenix | Winter 2014-15 53 “Although English football is mourning the loss of many England’s New Footballing Era experienced players, the near future is bright.” Jack Lewin on his ideal England team for Euro 2016

2014 has been more than up to his reputation. disappointing for the Three Li- ons. An abysmal display in Bra- RB – Signing for Arsenal in the zil lost the fans’ support, with summer transfer window, young- the attendance at Wembley for ster Calum Chambers has been the friendly against Norway in thrown into first team, high September dropping to 40,181 - pressure, games such as Cham- under half of the maximum ca- pions League qualifiers against pacity of the stadium. Turkish opposition, Beşiktaş J.K Shortly after returning . Hopefully establishing his first home from Brazil, Captain and team place in the Arsenal line Vice-Captain, Steven Gerrard up, Chambers will only be 21 at and Frank Lampard respective- the start of the Euros but with ly, announced their retirement much experience in the Premier from international football with League. ‘immediate effect’. With 220 ap- pearances between them they CB – The highly rated Everton will be sorely missed by the play- centre back John Stones is the ers and fans alike. obvious choice for the central Like many teams around position, with Everton colleague Roy Hodgson will be watching his players closely at club level to decide on a team for Euro 2016 the globe, England are currently Phil Jagielka perhaps coming to experiencing a ‘transition’ peri- the end of his international ca- injury in the build up to the ‘poster boy’ for the English team, will be hoping to do the same in- od, with an ‘out with the old and reer. Like many younger players World Cup. Unlike many play- which was justified by his perfor- ternationally. Although English football in with the new’ mantra. Many in the squad, Stones learns from ers, Chamberlain is extremely mances in many matches. is in mourning for the loss of young players have broken into Jagielka on the international versatile, being able to play in a ST – An inexperienced and naive many ‘legends’, the near future the senior team such as John stage and with Everton. As with central position or on the wing. CAM – Most likely to be giving Daniel Sturridge moved to Liv- is bright. With endless amounts Stones and Raheem Sterling, re- Chambers, Stones is one of the Gareth Bale a run for the most erpool in 2013 for a fee thought of pace, skill and passing, any placing the more experienced or most versatile defenders in Eng- LW - Another player contrib- expensive player in the future, to be around the £12 million European team will be hoping recently retired players. land, able to play at RB or CB. uting to Liverpool’s surge last Ross Barkley is the player that mark. Brendan Rodgers, Liver- to avoid us in the tournament. The UEFA European Stones will hope to cement his year was Raheem Sterling. With everyone wants. With an out- pool manager, has helped shape Looking past the Euro 2016 Championships has been played place as one of the first names blistering amounts of pace, skill standing ability to beat players; Sturridge into a goal scoring tournament, the long-term looks every four years since 1960, on the team sheet in the near fu- and general footballing ability an extremely high work rate and machine, though it remains to based in different European ture. Raheem has made astonishing a quality finish, Barkley is - cer be seen how he will fare without even brighter, with the devel- countries. In 2016, it will be Jack Lewin’s ideal team for Euro 2016 improvements in the last few tain for a starting place in the Luis Suárez, now at Barcelona. opment of players such as Will based in France. As with other CB and Captain – A current Eng- seasons, earning his first sen- Euros. Playing for Everton since With 21 goals in the 2013/14 Hughes, Jordan Ibe and Jamaal tournaments, England haven’t land and Chelsea regular, Gary defender but he can create many player in Liverpool’s title chal- ior England call up in 2012. Al- the age of 16, Barkley has prov- season he was named in the Lascelles, England have a bigger had a superb history in the Eu- Cahill dominates the back line. attacking chances too. lenge last season. Much like Ste- though England’s World Cup en vital in Roberto Martinez’s PFA Team of the Year, alongside chance than ever to win a major ropean Championships, with the For me he should be captain was miserable, Sterling was the reign as Everton manager, and many other English players. tournament. furthest they have achieved be- with his communication, ability RDM – One of the more experi- ven Gerrard, his Liverpool cap- ing the semi-finals in 1996. and last ditch defending much enced players for England will be tain and teammate, Henderson The 2016 edition is vital like John Terry. As one of the Jack Wilshere - 24 in 2016. He for the revival of the English most senior figures in the dress- will be coming up to his eighth has excellent distribution and Tiger Woods’ World Rankings ing room, this will most likely be year playing for Arsenal; one of game. Roy Hodgson faces a se- major championships. At one to the fore and Woods admitted time will tell if he breaks the re- lection headache regarding the Cahill’s last tournament at the the Premier league’s greatest defensive qualities. point he was on course to break- to his mistakes, taking an ex- cord for most major champion- starting XI for the first game of age of 30, and will be a pivotal ever teams. Wilshere is a box to ing Jack Nicklaus’ record of 18 tended break from golf. In 2011 ship wins. the championships (should Eng- tournament for his career. box central midfielder, scoring major championship wins. So Woods only played in 9 tourna- land qualify). Below is my view the goal of the season against RW – Scouted by Southampton at the question is, how did this in- ments, struggling with a change Woods’ Rankings by Year of the side Roy should select and LB – The most expensive teenage Norwich in the 2013/14 season. the age of 7, Alex Oxlade-Cham- the justifications for my decision. defender in the history of foot- His strength and passing attrib- credible golfer drop from being in in swing and injuries and his ca- 1996 - 33 2005 - 1 ball, Luke Shaw, cost Manches- utes will be crucial for the suc- berlain moved to Arsenal for a the world’s best top three players reer hit an all time low when he 1997 - 2 2006 - 1 for 14 years consecutively, to just missed the PGA Championships GK - The foundation to each ter United £27 million. Com- cess of England, if he manages fee of approximately £12 mil- 1998 - 1 2007 - 1 team and the basis for a posi- plete with bags of potential and to avoid any injuries that have managing to hold onto a top 25 cut in that year. 1999 - 1 2008 - 1 tive result is the goalkeeper. The skill, Shaw will inevitably play plagued his career thus far. lion in 2011. With fellow Arsenal finish in 2011? Since these scandals The answer is a combina- Woods has had a long rise back 2000 - 1 2009 - 1 current Manchester City first a major part in the rise of Man- man Theo Walcott injured for the tion of long injuries and a bad to the top, and his 2013 season choice ‘keeper, Joe Hart will be chester United again. Although LDM – Partnering Wilshere is Robert Taylor 2001 - 1 2010 - 2 majority of last season, Cham- personal life. In 2009 rumours saw him finish top of the rank- 29 when the tournament comes Kieran Gibbs may be others’ Liverpool’s current vice-captain, 2002 - 1 2011 - 23 about but, pushed by the young- first choice left back, Shaw’s at- Jordan Henderson. With well Tiger Woods is one of the were leaked that Tiger Woods ings once again. However, no berlain stepped up his game, er Jack Butland for his starting tacking qualities show that not over 100 appearances for his most decorated golfers of all was having various extramar- one knows if we will ever see the 2003 - 1 2012 - 3 berth, Hart will be forced to live only is he an extremely skilful club, Henderson was a crucial only to be hampered by a groin time, currently having won 14 ital affairs; the evidence came ‘vintage’ Tiger Woods back; only 2004 - 2 2013 - 1 54 The Phoenix | Winter 2014-15 Sport Sport The Phoenix | Winter 2014-15 55 The Race for Promotion ATP World Finals Jack Lewin on the Championship 2014-15 season Djokovic Champion after Federer Withdraws The English Sky Bet Robert Taylor rinka 4-6, 7-5, 7-6(5), and some Championship arguably has After his hard-worked eagle-eyed Twitter fans began some of the most passionate semi-final victory against speculating about a possible in- fans in the world, and also pro- Stanislas Wawrinka that lasted jury to the 33 year old. vides some of the most competi- two hours and 48 minutes, it was Nonetheless, a large tive football. After a long season thought that Roger Federer – the crowd eagerly awaited the prom- with 46 league games, 3 teams current World Number 2 – would ised mouth-watering fixture and get promoted to one of the most jump at the opportunity to gain must have felt hugely disap- prestigious leagues in the world, his revenge on Novak Djokovic pointed when it was announced the Barclays Premier league. after losing to him at Wimbledon Federer was pulling out of the The prize for promotion in July. final. The former World Number through winning the play offs in The repeat fixture had all 1 personally told the crowd of the the 2013/14 season was the larg- the makings of a fantastic match reasons behind his withdraw- est prize sum ever in the history al – a recurrence of last year’s of football, over £62 million. as the pair had enjoyed a fine troublesome back injury - and The Championship is well run of form in the annual com- praised them for their continued underway this season, and with petition to reach the final; Feder- support. only a handful of points separat- er beating British hopeful and Djokovic was named champion ing the top six at time of pub- sixth seed Andy Murray along impressive feat for the man who tion in being handed this year’s the way and both men beating after Federer’s announcement lishing; the race for promotion is was so long in the shadow of title, saying it was “clearly not fourth seed Wawrinka. and retains his place at the top predicted to be the closest ever. fellow greats Rafael Nadal and the way” to win the event and It was noticed however, that of the world rankings. This was There are five teams tipped as Federer. wishing Federer a speedy recov- the favourites for promotion, Federer appeared less trium- the in-form Serbian’s third con- Derby County are favourites to win the Championship this season Unsurprisingly, he admit- ery before Switzerland take on some given more chance of win- phant than usual after beating secutive victory in a tournament his fellow countryman Waw- that feels so natural to him, an ted that he took less satisfac- France in the Davis Cup final. ning the title than others. vourites to be crowned cham- 2014/15 season brightly scoring five games. After scoring what After having recovered pions at the end of the season, 33 goals in 16 matches, more was arguably the goal of the sea- from their play-off heartbreak there will be many other teams than any other team in the Eng- son last year, a back heeled vol- last season, Derby County are St. Andrews Opens Its Gates to Women chasing them up the table. Ap- lish football League. In an inter- ley, Gabriele Angella has become flying high once again with 35 pointed as successor from Ole view at the start of the season, one of the first names on the Jack Lewin country that prohibited women drews to admit women members sorship. points, leading the table. Head Gunnar Solskjær, Russell Slade Bournemouth’s manager, Eddie team sheet this season. Angella from playing. Voting ‘yes’ has en- is another step on the road to full Much like other world- Coach Steve McClaren has While the world focused took charge of Cardiff City FC Howe, appeared slightly pessi- has exceptional presence in the abled the sport to progress fur- equality in sport and society’. wide sporting events, such as proved to be a catalyst in the suc- on the Scottish independence on the 6th October 2014. After mistic about the upcoming sea- Watford dressing room and is a ther towards equality. However, the vote is not cess of ‘The Rams’. Lining up in a referendum, another vote in the Oxford and Cambridge boat a disappointing first season in son stating “We’re just going to crucial part of their defensive Cabinet Secretary for Sport what it seems. On the surface, 4-3-3 formation this season, Der- Scotland was also taking place. race, sponsors have refused to the Premiership – the Bluebirds do our best and try to upset peo- line. and Equalities, Shona Robison, it appears that the referendum by have 8 international players For its 260 year life time, the support the sport economically finished bottom of the table with ple. You could go on and name Middlesbrough showed praised the decision, adding: ‘In was driven by the chance for providing a deadly attack and Royal and Ancient Golf Club of unless there is a women’s race a mere 30 points – Cardiff hope the big clubs in the Champion- the polar opposites of their play the week before Scotland wel- equality in the sport. Yet many solid defence. Derby’s attack is St Andrews golf course has not as well. The sponsors BNY Mel- to bounce straight back into the ship, but we can slip under the at the start of the season, with 3 comes golf fans from across the people think that there are more spearheaded by the Scottish in- Premiership. permitted women to play on the lon have campaigned for gen- radar, get a few results and grow superb victories and 3 extreme- world for the Ryder Cup at Glen- cynical motives for the decision ternational striker, Chris Mar- Cardiff have many key in confidence.” course. der equality in the sport, very ly poor defeats in the opening eagles, this decision by the Royal of the referendum, fuelled by tin. With 10 goals in 16 games, players that can help them to Like most strong Champi- On the 18th September successfully. Following suit are month of the season. However, and Ancient Golf Club of St An- economic reasons, such as spon- Martin was the Leagues’ top goal achieve their goal, such as cap- onship sides, the Cherries have a 2014, the golf club voted upon the the sponsors for the Open Golf November started exceptionally scorer by November; many pre- tain and goalkeeper, David Mar- prolific striker, in Callum Wilson. decision whether to permit wom- Championship, HSBC, without for Boro, taking 6 points from dict his superb form will contin- shall. Having been named in Bournemouth’s key to a success- en members on the golf course. permitting women members on two games; scoring seven goals ue throughout the season. Sky Sport Monday Night Foot- ful season will be to keep Wilson A personal letter from the 2400 to the course, no further finan- and conceding none. Chelsea male members of the Royal and Jamie Ward and Johnny ball’s ‘team of the season’ last injury-free and free-scoring. cial support will be granted. loanee, Patrick Bamford, has ob- Ancient committee wrote “now Russell have also proved vital year, Marshall is one of the most Having had a roller coast- Although the vote for gen- for Derby’s success, heavily con- viously settled well into the club is the time to welcome females”. highly rated goalkeepers in the er start to the season with a total der equality in the sport seems tributing to the Rams’ successful scoring three goals from his first This, along with many feminist English league. Having joined of four managers, Watford are like a step forward for society, season last year and continu- the Bluebirds earlier this year, settling down at the top end of ten games at the Riverside. protests, prompted a referendum there may be a darker side to the ing their form into the 2014/15 Kenwyne Jones leads the strike the table. The current manager All five teams above have within the club. vote, a side that the Royal and season. Finally, one of the most force supported by others such Slaviša Jokanović has had a vast got a major chance of gaining For what seemed like a Ancient Golf Club will not admit highly rated young English foot- as Federico Macheda and play- array of experience in English promotion to the Premiership very long time coming in the in- ballers, playing in a holding mid- makers Anthony Pilkington and football, playing for Chelsea for this season, making it one of creasingly egalitarian society we to. field position, is Will Hughes. Yet Adam Le Fondre. two years, making just shy of 40 the most competitive seasons live in today, the votes in favour It seems, like in many to fully prove what he can do, The Cherries, or AFC appearances. Jokanović’s influ- to date, but only time will tell for opening the club to women other cases, that there has only Derby will profit substantially if Bournemouth as they are more ence on the Watford players has who will be crowned champions overwhelmed the votes against. been advancement for women’s Hughes has a successful year. commonly known, finished tenth been great, taking eight points of the 2014/2015 Championship Before the referendum, St An- rights because there is a possi- The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews Although Derby are fa- last season, but started the from a possible fifteen in his first season. drews was the only course in the bility of financial gain. The Phoenix | Winter 2014-15 Phoenix Sport The Tragic Death of Phillip Hughes

Darren D’Souza the 2013 Ashes series. In the De- 2014, the left-handed opening injury that befell Michael Schu- cember – January 2014/15 Test batsman was struck on the head macher in 2013, the entire sport- Phillip Hughes was an im- series against India, Hughes by a bouncer delivered by Sean ing world prayed that Hughes mensely talented young man, was expected to earn a call-up, Abbott in the 49th over on Day would fight for as long as Schu- who looked sure to become a reg- adding to his 26 caps – he also One, with South Australia 136/2. macher did, battling against se- ular feature at the top of the Aus- won 25 caps at One Day Interna- He collapsed and received rious brain damage. tralian Test XI for many years tional level, and one Twenty20 pitchside medical assistance. However this was not the to come. After making a duck cap. In total, he represented his He was admitted to St Vincent’s case, and on the 27th Novem- on his Test debut against South country 52 times, scoring over Hospital and placed in an in- ber 2014, Philip Hughes passed Africa in 2009, he made a centu- 2,000 runs across all formats. duced coma after an operation to away, just three days short of his ry in each innings of his second A New South Welshman, relieve pressure on his brain. All Test, becoming the youngest ever Hughes turned out for his state Sheffield Shield matches were 26th birthday. batsman to do so. He was full of between 2007 and 2012, moving abandoned, and the test between His final innings read raw talent and skill; his career to South Australia in 2013. New Zealand and Pakistan was “63 retd. hurt” (retired hurt) peaked and troughed, and he Playing for South Aus- suspended for a day. however Cricket Australia have was part of the then world-record tralia against his home state, In the two days he was amended this to read 63* - Phil- tenth wicket partnership with New South Wales in a Sheffield hospitalised, he never regained lip Hughes will forever remain Ashton Agar at Trent Bridge, in Shield match on 25th November consciousness. After the dreadful not out.

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