On May 20 2013, H Roper wrote: When one observes the fortunes of the Liberal Democrats in Bristol, it is little wonder that so many people are pessimistic about their prospects for 2015. In Bristol city council elections, 2009, the Liberal Democrats made four gains from Labour which gave them overall control of the council. [...]

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In recent years it has become blindingly obvious that Britain is undergoing something of a gastronomic revolution. Switch on the TV and one is confronted with a cooking show on almost every single channel. There is The Great British Bake Off, Come Dine with Me, MasterChef, Saturday Kitchen, Dinner Date, Chefs: Put Your Menu Where [...]

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Picture it. You are in a big hurry to get to a lecture/seminar/tutorial/meeting. Walking as fast as you can, you hope that you will be able to reach your destination in record time. Much to your chagrin, you come across an obstruction, called Pavement Invaders. A row of very slow walking people, who are happily chatting side by [...]

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On April 24 2013, C Greenwood wrote: I am writing to complain about the article in your last edition: The South West, Druids and the occult. It was firstly a poor piece of journalism, filled with unsubstantiated claims (‘Druid use of Glastonbury Tor dates back to 2700BC’- almost certainly false) and simple inaccuracies (The standing stones, [...]

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On Wednesday 20 March, A Concerned Reader wrote: It was with excitement and not a little anticipation that I picked up the latest copy of Epigram, featuring the god-like visage of Noel Edmonds towering above UBU’s newly elected officers. Imagine my dismay when the implicit promise of a feature on Deal or No Deal, Britain’s [...]

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As we are approaching Easter and exams are fast upon us, we start to consider the monotonous routine we force ourselves to adopt as we begin to move into the library. Library life is something many of us are all too aware of already, some of us even having a designated desk in that particularly [...]

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On Monday 18 March 2013, J Podesta wrote: The other day I read an article which, as well as reminding me of the frustration I felt after reading its predecessor, gave me an insight into the what the author of both articles was getting at and why. In both cases, they were blaming all the [...]

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On Thursday, 14 March 2013, A Marra <*****@bristol.ac.uk> wrote: Habemus papam!  We have a pope! I am writing to respond to Phyllis Rayner’s article in the 4 March 2013 issue of Epigram.  Since I’ve read that article, we went from a pope-less Church to one led by Pope Francis (the first!). That great event in [...]

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On Thursday 14th March, O Carter-Esdale <*****************@my.bristol.ac.uk> wrote: As is the case for many of us, far more of my time in the ASS Library than should be is spent on various non-educational websites. The prime culprit is of course Facebook. At the end of the autumn term, a phenomenon hit Bristol; following a similar [...]

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The source of much of my third year frustration remains concentrated upon post-graduate opportunities. Whether you are in your final year like myself, a proactive second year or a first year that is scarily ahead of even a third year, every student is vaguely aware of the reality that is thrust upon us after we have completed a [...]

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