Hullfire Online » Regular Features & Columns http://www.hullfire.com University of Hull Student Newspaper Sat, 08 Oct 2011 19:10:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 What’s On: November http://www.hullfire.com/2008/11/01/whats-on-november/ http://www.hullfire.com/2008/11/01/whats-on-november/#comments Sat, 01 Nov 2008 10:07:16 +0000 Online Editor http://www.hullfire.com/?p=547 ]]> What’s on in Hull we hear you ask. Well here you go.

2nd November
Jason Manford
Lancashire-born, Lancashire-bred comedian.
Hull Truck Theatre – 7:30pm – £12

3rd-15th November
My Favourite Summer
Fresh and witty farce.
Hull Truck Theatre – 8pm – £10.50
4th November
Jazz Jam with Rob Law Trio
Jam session hosted by the pianist and guests, every Tuesday.
Pave – 8pm – free admission

6th November
Comedy Buzz
Featuring Chris Lynam, Benny Boot and
Sean Moran.
Hodgsons (Beverley) – 7:30pm – £7

6th November
Vanishing Point
Hiphop, electro, breaks, every Thursday.
The Lamp – 8pm – free admission

8th November
Letz Zep
Plant-approved Led Zeppelin tribute.
Hull City Hall – 7:30pm – £19.50

8th November
Hull Stingrays vs Edinburgh Capitals
Elite League ice hockey at its best.
Hull Ice Arena – 5:30pm – £9.50

9th November
The Stranglers
Classic punk rockers return as four-piece on greatest hits tour.
Hull City Hall – 7pm – £23

9th November
Simon Day
The Fast Show legend does stand-up.
Hull Truck Theatre – 7:30pm – £13

11th November
Munich Klangverwaltung Orchestra
Hull City Hall – 7pm – £18.50

11th-15th November
Annie
Classic family musical.
New Theatre – 7:30pm – £13

12th November
The Grammatics
Experimental art-pop group hit Hull.
The Lamp – 7pm

13th November
The Love Spuds
Feel-good lounge rock.
Queens – 9:15pm – free admission

15th November
Funky
Monthly bigbeat night with guests.
The Lamp – 8pm – £3

16th November
Hull City vs Manchester City
Premiership action.
K.C. Stadium – 4:00pm – £15

17th-29th November
Ladies Down Under
Sequel to 2005 hit comedy Ladies’ Day.
Hull Truck Theatre – 8pm – £8.50

18th November
Visiting Writers: Douglas Dunn
Prolific Scottish poet reads.
Zest – 7:30pm – free admission

24th-29th November
Footloose: The Musical
Pure 80s cheese!
New Theatre – various times and prices.

25th November
Paul Carrack
Mike and The Mechanics frontman on tour.
Hull City Hall – 7:30pm – £27.75

27th November
Visiting Writers: Alice Oswald
Award-winning poet reads a selection of her work.
Zest – 7:30pm – free admission

20th November
Comedy Buzz
Featuring Rex Boyd, Alfie Moore and Gary Skipper.
Hodgsons (Beverley) – 7:30pm – £7

20th November
Sax Mad
Crazy pop/rock covers duo.
Pier Luigi – 7:30pm – £10

21st November
HUGSS 40th Anniversary Ball
Champagne reception, three-course meal, wine and entertainment.
University Staff House – 8pm – £28

23rd November
John Shuttleworth
Musical comedy from Shuttleworth and his synth.
Hull Truck Theatre – 7:30pm – £15

]]> http://www.hullfire.com/2008/11/01/whats-on-november/feed/ 0 Bargain Buy – November http://www.hullfire.com/2008/11/01/bargain-buy-november/ http://www.hullfire.com/2008/11/01/bargain-buy-november/#comments Sat, 01 Nov 2008 10:00:47 +0000 Online Editor http://www.hullfire.com/?p=492 ]]> Blockbuster have recently created a new deal where you can rent any DVD for just 99p on any weekday – they advertise this as “the perfect hangover cure!”. This may well be the case, as I know after a heavy night of drinking games and general frivolity I like nothing better the next day to sit in my PJs and watch a film. However, I also know I usually feel too rough to leave the house, never mind to trek all the way down to Blockbuster.
Another little downside to this attractive offer is the fact that the DVD has to be returned at 6pm the same day, which is around the same time I manage to get dressed when I have a hangover. If rental isn’t your thing but you’re still after a bargain DVD, charity shops in the town centre, especially Barnardo’s, have an ever-increasing amount of good DVDs for ridiculously cheap prices. Perhaps you could buy one of these at the same time as pursuing that vital fancy dress costume!

Allison Best

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Keep The Aspidistra Flying
For under £1 on Amazon.

If one is asked to think of a book written by George Orwell, his Nineteen Eighty-Four or Animal Farm are usually what comes to mind. The ceaseless popularity and success of these two novels has greatly overshadowed his other works, and Keep The Aspidistra Flying is a prime example of what a great shame this is.
The opening chapter welcomes the reader into McKechnie’s bookshop, workplace of shop assistant and sometime poet Gordon Comstock, ‘aged twenty-nine and rather moth-eaten’. Tired by his failure as a poet, his lousy wage and the stale superficiality of late capitalism, Gordon wages his own private war on what he terms the ‘money-god’. Too cynical to be a socialist, he lets himself sink slowly towards the gutter, ignoring the pleas of his friends and family for him to pick himself up. Embedded within this account of his social decline are more profound social insights than you can shake a stick at, with as much relevance today as it had in 1936. The increasingly dismal condition of Gordon’s situation can get somewhat depressing in places, but nevertheless the author competently demonstrates his dexterity as a writer as well as a social commentator.
Although one might argue that Keep The Aspidistra Flying lacks the pure originality of Orwell’s more successful novels, its messages are, all the same, no less potent, and its storyline no less intriguing, than his most popular works. An overlooked classic.

Will Harris
Deputy Editor

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