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Author: Ali Gledhill

A New Website for Palatinate

September 21, 2009 Ali Gledhill 3 Comments

It seems not too long ago that I wrote a blogpost on the Palatinate website.  Well, times change swiftly in the dizzying world of student journalism.  Originally planned to coincide with the print edition’s revamp last term, the newly-designed Palatinate

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Festival Competition

May 8, 2009 Ali Gledhill 0 Comments

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Palatinate Debate Show on Purple Radio

May 2, 2009 Ali Gledhill 0 Comments

As part of the newpaper’s multimedia plans, Palatinate is launching its own debate show every Wednesday between 1pm and 2pm on Purple Radio. The show is an open forum for ALL students to have their say. So if you’ve seen

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Poll – How do you find news?

May 2, 2009 Ali Gledhill 0 Comments

The Palatinate multimedia section is polling to see how students find news information. Please take 10 seconds to vote. Click Here for PollOnline Survey | Website Polls | Email Marketing | CrowdsourcingView MicroPoll

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Vacancies: Palatinate Multimedia Section

April 9, 2009 Ali Gledhill 0 Comments

Want to get involved in Palatinate’s new Multi-media section? We are currently in the process of launching the new Multi-media section of the paper’s website and looking for committed and enthusiastic individuals to join the team. We need people with

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What’s in a name?

March 28, 2009 Ali Gledhill 0 Comments

David Tshulak drops into Ben Esser’s dressing room to talk band names, pop songs and geography over a bag of Revels. What do Britney, Kylie and Justin have in common? Let’s not be rude now – the answer I’m looking

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Seriously sinister

March 28, 2009 Ali Gledhill 0 Comments

The Pillowman Castle Theatre Company Assembly Rooms Billed as a “searingly brilliant play”, The Pillowman had a lot to live up to. With such controversial content I hoped the show would not disappoint. Ben Salter and Patrick Neyman as Detectives

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Politicians In a Pickle

March 27, 2009February 3, 2012 Ali Gledhill 5 Comments Will Bates

If anyone saw Question Time the other day, they will have watched the Conservative Party Chairman, Eric Pickles, being mauled by an angry audience over the fact that he has a second home subsidised by the tax payer. The rule

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National News 

Funding brought forward for Gateway project

March 13, 2009 Ali Gledhill 0 Comments

DURHAM’S LOCAL ECONOMY is set for a boost after a government announcement to bring forward planned funding for the new Student Gateway development. The £3 million grant will support the £48 million project to develop a new Gateway building in

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Durham News 

DUCK team take on Mount Kilimanjaro

March 13, 2009 Ali Gledhill 0 Comments

A TEAM OF 25, led by representatives of DUCK, is again attempting the 5892 metre climb up the world’s tallest freestanding mountain, Kilimanjaro. The group will go to Tanzania this summer. Mount Kilimanjaro is infamous for being completed by only

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