Tab Hotlist: Last Week of Term
Wondering how to make the best of your last week? Here’s the Tab’s round up of the places to be in Durham from now until term ends.
Durham Christian Union Carol Service
What: As this time of rolls around again, so does the Carol Service. For anyone who hasn’t been before, it’s well worth going, making for a really Christmassy evening and a chance to reconcile yourself with your favorite carols
When: Monday 9th December. Doors open at 6.45 pm for a 7.30 start so be sure to get there early to grab a good seat!
Where: Durham Cathedral
Purple Radio Snowball Crawl
What: Durham’s student radio station are hosting a promotional bar crawl and giving out shedloads of freebies along the way. Stay with them for 3 bars or more to get free entry into Loft.
When: Monday 9th December from 8 pm
Where: Starting at Collingwood and visiting Trevs, Grey, Cuth’s, Chad’s and Hatfield.
Endgame
What: Samuel Beckett’s Tragic Comedy performed by Raving Mask Theatre Company. Audiences are promised a ‘bleak yet captivating portrayal of human life’ and our ‘inescapable dependency upon others.’
When: December 10th: 7:30pm
December 11th: 6:30 and 8:30pm
December 12th: 6:30 and 8:30pm
Where: Empty Shop
STAB present ‘Christmas Time’
Picture credit: The Northern Echo
What: The Society of Theatrical Arts at Butler are presenting ‘Christmas Time’ in Durham’s Market Hall. The production will move through the building looking at the festive period from World War II to modern day. Free admission but only 35 spaces
When: Tuesday 10th December at 8pm
Where: Durham Market Hall.
Loveshack Wednesday
What: The final Loveshack Wednesday of term. Obviously you’re not going to miss it.
When: Wednesday, from 10.3o pm
Where: Loveshack
The Unreality of Durham
Picture credit: The Northern Echo
What: Recent Van Mildert graduate, James Crosland Mills, has produced an exhibition of fictionalized images of places around Durham city, all based on images he created during his time as a student here.
When: now until December 30th
Where: Durham’s World Heritage Site visitor centre
A Jazzy Christmas
What: Durham University Big Band put on an evening of Christmas favourites but with a cool, funky jazz vibe to them.
When: Wednesday 11th December at 8 pm.
Where: Riverside Bar and Cafe in the DSU
Durham Uni achieves 19 subjects in the top 100 QS World Subject Rankings 2024
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Former Durham University student set to become the UK’s third astronaut to travel to space
Alice MartinDr Rosemary Coogan is now eligible for space flight after graduating from the European Space Agency
After 40 years in the spotlight, Durham nightclub Klute has shut down
Cory BroadbentIt is currently unclear whether the closure is only temporary or permanent
The Durham Tab needs you: Apply now to be a part of the 2024-2025 editorial team
Caitlin JamesApplications close on Friday 3rd May
Ben Green
Durham University to introduce specialist support team for freshers rejected from Oxbridge
A leaked email explained how eligible students can receive free counselling throughout Michaelmas term
Durham city centre parking space listed for sale on Rightmove for £25,000
There are 133 years left of the St Helens House parking space lease which has not yet sold
Durham student housing plans withdrawn after MP issues warning over policy breaches
The scrapped developments would have seen three student housing blocks built on Clay Lane
HESA 2022/23 report exposes gender and racial pay gaps at Durham University
Eloise JonesThe highest salary band reportedly includes no black staff members
Durham almuna Gabby Logan plans to tell her kids about her affair during university
She asserts that ‘you’re allowed to make bad decisions’
It’s back and it’s only getting wilder… meet the girls competing in Fight Night this weekend!
Watch out: These girls are scarier than your summatives
‘Buying things from Billy B café’: Here’s what Durham Uni students are giving up for lent
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The fresher’s ultimate guide to Durham’s Facebook culture from a second year student
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Petition created to save Leazes footbridge after Durham council plan to demolish it
The bridge has been called ‘iconic’
I went to DUCFS, the UK’s biggest student-led charity fashion show right here in Durham
From free drinks to fancy outfits, it does indeed live up to the hype
Durham’s annual inter-collegiate Cheer Competition: A review
Give your cheerleading friends a hug, they need it
Here come the boys: Meet the lads putting it all on the line at Durham Fight Night
Let’s hope they last longer than I did…
Durham Uni ramps up international presence as expenditure on agents increases
Derek WongThe uni aims to make Durham ‘better defined thematically and geographically’
70 per cent of Durham students don’t feel like they have a healthy work-life balance
Olivia ThomasSome students reported studying for 10 hours daily
Seven cocktails to remind you why your exes are in fact exes this Valentine’s Day
Take this as a celebration of your bad decisions…
These eight awful MAFS Australia editing errors prove this season was the most staged EVER
Ellie RingI can’t believe these all went by unnoticed?!
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Emily SmithLong walks and Sunday roasts be GONE
A deleted scene from Baby Reindeer showed how things really ended between Donny and Teri
Phoebe KowhaiFive months after the events of Baby Reindeer took place, the real Teri left Richard a voice mail
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Francesca EkeHe even had time to go travelling
‘She inspired me’: Everything Nava Mau has said about playing Teri in Baby Reindeer
‘When I read the script, I could tell that Richard really loved her’
Jess has accused Callum of cheating on her with fellow Love Island star before their split
This breakup just gets messier and messier
What have Sara and Tim been up to since leaving the drama of MAFS Australia 2024 behind?
Tim seems to have dropped off the face of the earth
Student jailed for stabbing his housemate to death after a fight over his music taste
Syed Hussain-Kazi called his housemate a homophobic slur before stabbing him with a kitchen knife
Jack reveals MAFS Australia producers forced him to change his vows ‘six or seven times’
As it didn’t fit ‘the theme’ they wanted for their storyline
Omg, Jayden tried to sell the bracelet he got Eden on MAFS Australia for extra cash
And asked if Eden wanted to split the profit
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Kaching! The Russell Group uni subjects you need to study if you want to be a millionaire
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A side by side comparison of Black to Black’s cast and the real people they played
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A look at Richard Gadd’s intense transformation in order to appear ‘neurotic’ on Baby Reindeer
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There was another chaotic editing error on MAFS Australia 2024 last night and it’s CARNAGE
How did the producers miss this?!
The five fashion trends all the cool girlies are wearing to festivals in 2024, according to Pinterest
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Matty Healy has addressed Taylor Swift’s ‘diss track’ and is characteristically unbothered
‘I haven’t really listened’
Everything Lauren has been up to since leaving MAFS Australia 2024 like an absolute queen
She’s an icon, a legend and she is the moment