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Rohoroscopes
30Oct By No Comments
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Rohoroscopes

Aries 21st March – 19th April Love: An old flame will reappear Travel: You will find adventure in Richmond and disappear for four days Study: With all the fires of the month in your personal life make sure to make time to prepare for your lectures, as you fear falling behind   Taurus 20th April – 20th May Love: You will find love on the SU dance floor Travel: It’s a month for staying close to Uni and you will not leave Egham Study: After your SU escapades there will be many a 9am skipped   Gemini 21st May – 20th June Love: Heartbreak is on the cards for you this month Travel: There is something new for you discover in Staines Study: It’s not a great month for Gemini and this will show in your first essay     Cancer 21st Ju...
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Freshers Week: UK v. USA
28Oct By No Comments
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Freshers Week: UK v. USA

Third year student Abbie Jones speaks about her first few weeks on her study abroad year in California. I headed into UCLA with no expectations whatsoever. I believed that the movies about college in America must be wildly exaggerated. I didn’t expect a Project X or Bad Neighbours scenario when I arrived. But Fresher’s week or ‘Zero Week’ as UCLA students call it has differed fairly radically from my Fresher’s experience at Holloway. Roommates: It is the oddest thing to arrive home to someone snooping around my personal belongings but it happens and there is no forgetting it happened. Having a roommate is the norm in the USA and so far it hasn’t been as bad as expected. Although I do pray for those in triple occupancy. Luckily my roommate does not snore or scream in her sleep but I d...
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“It’s those at the top who will pull you up”
27Oct By No Comments
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“It’s those at the top who will pull you up”

So we come to uni with a plan, to find a plan, or perhaps to drink our lives away on VKs for three years? Ben Coomber came to RoHo to give a speech about our dreams and ambitions. The ethic of Coomber’s talk was to set yourself manageable goals. For “if they aren’t laughing at your dream, your dream isn’t big enough.” It is safe to say that we are all at a self-conscious stage of our lives, but on the cusp of turning that around and opening ourselves up to vulnerability. Whilst at high school and sixth form we were victims of social media and the ‘haters,’ afraid to say what we really wanted to achieve in life and who we wanted to be in case that did not fit the accepted stereotype that was prescribed to us.   Coomber, a performance nutritionist, educator, speaker and writer ...
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Trick or Treat: The Fall Essential Looks
26Oct By No Comments
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Trick or Treat: The Fall Essential Looks

This year fall fashion and makeup has taken a turn for the scary, for some, adventuring into a more dangerous stylistic sartorial. Fall usually sticks to the same look: flannels, thick scarves, black boots, berry lips…you get the picture. Autumn essentially tricks people into thinking what they need to wear and what makeup they must use to look fall-esq, but fear not reader, I am here to tell you what you need to do in order to treat yourself this Autumn time, whilst living off a student budget you too can mimic the expense of catwalk glamour. Knee high boots are normally a vital piece to an outfit when October comes but the catwalk this year was hot on loafers. Loafers, although not very efficient in wet, snowy weather can be found at low prices on Asos.com, in real leather which is al...
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Your Autumn/Winter Back to University Guide to Looking Great
26Oct By No Comments
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Your Autumn/Winter Back to University Guide to Looking Great

A Fresh and Dewy Update to Your Makeup Routine. Plus Must-Have Autumn/Winter Fashion Wardrobe Staples! While the post-summer blues may have started to kick you there is a bright side to the start of term. The Autumn term is a fantastic opportunity to give your beauty routine a much needed overhaul and to totally revamp your wardrobe - just in time for those chilly autumn and winter months!Frosty mornings and early starts may still be a little bit of a shock, leaving you feeling grumpy and tired, however you can still fight the signs of lacklustre, dull skin by making a few simple adjustments to your makeup regime! Fresh, glowing skin and a wide-awake eye look are all you need to look healthy and awake for the start of a new term! Get the look here (and go get ‘em!) Autumn/Winter B...
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My Time At London Fashion Week
29Sep By No Comments
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My Time At London Fashion Week

On Saturday the 19th September I was given a very exciting opportunity, which involved working as a backstage intern at London Fashion Week, representing the designer Rohmir. I make no lie in pretending I have any prior experience in this sector what so ever, nor do I consider myself a leading fashionista, however I can honestly say it was one of the best experiences I have done. As I arrived at Freemasons Hall in Covent Garden, it was unmistakably fashion week what with banners draped in bright yellow, reading ‘Fashion Scout’ all over the sides of the buildings. Feeling a little nervous I asked security on the front of house where I had to go, they proceeded to show me round to the backstage entrance which needless to say I got very excited about. After going through security and confi...
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Pleasure or Pain? Find your niche
27Sep By No Comments
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Pleasure or Pain? Find your niche

For me, a typical freshers week must include a customary trip to the capital. Reacquaint myself with culture, shops, art and the city as a whole. During my freshers week two years ago my main points of interest where Buckingham palace, Hyde Park and Harrods; as coming from the North I felt the need to see these English treasures. So we watched the guards change, and played with the awesome toy racing cars in Harrods toy section. Who wants a photo by a telephone or post box when you can stand next to giant teddy bear dressed as a policeman?   However, now in my third year I feel that I have “found myself”… Corny but true. Fashion and the City life have infiltrated my world and during the past two years I have fully immersed myself in what London can offer; although saying that I ...
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The Guilty Monster under our Bathroom Rug
7Jun By No Comments
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The Guilty Monster under our Bathroom Rug

Why do we avoid mirrors? Why do we throw away the pair of jeans that doesn’t feel right anymore? Why do we delete an uncomfortable chat with a friend? The answer is staring us straight back in the face, on the other side of the mirror. Self-denial! When we ‘sweep under the rug’ all our problems, but to be fair I’m pretty sure that’s what rugs are there for in the first place, at least I’ve convinced my-self that its for that reason that the Brits use carpets even in the bathrooms as a way to hide the dust and dirt that is unbearable to face. But, perhaps ignorance is bliss? Let’s be honest, your behaviour, even your attitute changes with a simple glimpse of reality. Lets say you notice a pimple in the mirror. Right there, staring at you from your reflection. You immediately become self ...
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