Brunch, Ghosts, Afternoon Tea, and Victorian Clothes – Celebrating 21st Birthdays in Leicester
The longer I’ve lived in Leicester, the more gems I’ve found whilst exploring, so I thought I’d share just a few of these adventures! I’ve found that one of my favourite things about Leicester is the endless openings of independent businesses. After returning from my semester abroad last year, this was something I had begun […]
Trumping the Brexit Card
Well what a year it has been in Western politics! Following the Brexit vote in the UK to begin the process of leaving the European economic community the levels of hate crimes in the UK sharply increased in a rapid and worrying trend. To this point, these figures have not yet returned to the levels […]
Multicultural Leicester – Diwali Festival of Lights
Leicester Diwali celebrations are one of the biggest outside India, with over 37,000 people attending the 2015 lights switch-on on Belgrave Road and even more attending Diwali Day, which my housemates and I went to last night! Diwali celebrations spread across the heart of Leicester’s Asian community with light decorations all along the Golden […]
Hotheads!
In the UK we are enjoying some really warm weather, isn’t it great. You need fewer clothes, less baggage and it makes you feel so good. But doesn’t it alter people’s behaviour. Just today I saw two guys about to fight each other following a road rage incident. Would that have happened in cooler weather? […]
When will Terrorism Strike Next and Where?
Conventional warfare has been portrayed as open and visible. Hoards or armies in identifiable uniforms moving toward an objective or using planes and artillery to ‘soften-up’ targets. But warfare is changing. Cyber warfare, biological and chemical warfare, subversion and terrorism are unseen wars. No uniforms, no clear and present danger, no tangible enemy. Terrorism is a contested […]
We Three Kings of Leicester Are …
Leicester as a city keeps gaining a global reputation. Aside that is, from the already attained global reputation of its University. Leicester can now be known for its three kings: one historical; one cultural and one allied with science. Historically, King Richard III died in Leicestershire and was found via an archaeological dig conducted by […]
A Premier University for a Premiership Champion City
Congratulations to Leicester City football club: Premiership champions from a premier city with the premium of having a great University.
Leicester: How Wrong Can I Be
As a Distance Leaning student there is no requirement to visit Leicester, as such. But I have visited the city on many occasions. I went there for an Open Day, for a chat with a professor and for Study Schools etc. I suppose that I have visited around six times now. Wherever one lives one builds […]
Chinese New Year in Leicester
Yesterday was Chinese New Year, which aside from a couple of half-hearted primary school projects, I’d never personally really acknowledged before uni. I’m sure there were much grander celebrations going on around the world, but I had a really nice time celebrating the occasion with my housemates. One of my closest friends since coming […]
Busy Busy Times! Presentations, Essays and Varsity!
Were approaching that time of year when everybody is busy, the last few weeks of second semster before the Easter break and right now I’m standing in the careers area writing this because all the PC’s with chairs are taken. I’ve had a fun time in the last week putting two presentations together, one was […]
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