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Add anticipation to your gift this christmas
Step One: Ask somebody else to do it! I joke, it really is quite simple even if you see yourself as the worst present wrapper there is, just follow these easy steps and become a pro! Christmas is a time…
‘Tis the season to be gorgeous!
With the holidays approaching, its time to inject some festive glamour into your wardrobe. So you won’t be caught unawares underneath the mistletoe, here is a twelve step guide to looking fabulous throughout the twelve days of Christmas: Ladies 1….
The top 5 worst Christmas gifts
This is a countdown of the worst Christmas gifts, according to you guys around campus – and surprisingly a pair of socks were nowhere to be seen! 5th: Unwanted gifts that have been passed on. Surprisingly, many of you owned…
Walking in a skinter wonderland
Christmas is again upon us! Rather than filling us with Christmas cheer, the festive season seems to be mocking our seriously low bank balance. But there are always ways to make that little bit of cash stretch further. Stuck on…
Top 5 Christmas markets
The Christmas market, or Weihnachtsmarkt, is a German tradition dating back to the Middle Ages. Markets commonly span the four weeks leading up to Christmas, known as Advent, and in the past few centuries this celebration of the festive period…
Deck your house with… decorations
We are now in December, so it’s fairly for hard for Christmas decorations not to be crossing your mind. But as the last of the student loan starts to dwindle, the thought of paying out for decorations can knock your…
Mince Pie Recipe
Ingredients: 225g Cold Butter 350g Plain Flour 100g Golden Caster Sugar 280g Mincemeat 1 Small Egg Icing Sugar (for dusting) Preparation time: 30-40 minutes Cooking time: 20 minutes The stockings are out and the advent calendars have already had a…
What the Dickens? Charlie’s turning 200
The most infamous Charlie (behind Chaplin and Sheen), Charles Dickens, author of classics such as Oliver Twist, Great Expectations and A Christmas Carol, was born in 1812 in our fair city of Portsmouth. The second of eight children, Charles was…
Hello 2012! Celebrate New Years the Scottish way
Pretty much wherever you find yourself at ten to twelve on December 31st, you’re in for a bit of a show. No city in Britain is going to skip on the chance to engage in a night-long spree of drinking,…
Give a little, get a lot this Christmas
With the Eurozone debt crisis right next door and strict cutbacks from the coalition government, morale in England is at an all-time low. So there’s no better time to start giving, to start feeling that bit better! But remember, giving…