Durham. Michaelmas term soon over, and scholars sit in Dunelm House. November weather, implacable still? A shiver breaks all doubts. Creeping frost on pavement stones – chilly challenge for a mouse.

"Yuletide in the medieval period is full of monstrous attacks" - Amelia White breaks down the associations between the monstrous and Christmas in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.

Rating: 5 out of 5. This week, I returned to the Assembly Rooms for DUMT’s cabaret performance REWIND; it proved to be one of the most delightful surprises of the term, and dare I say one of my ...

History was made on 4 th February 2013 when it was announced that the lost remains of Richard III, the last Yorkist king of England, had been found under a car park in Leicester. Richard III, best ...

You drag yourself out of bed and blink sleep from your eyes. It’s 11:47am and it’s Sunday and it’s time to get cracking, to get slicing and searing and simmering. You march through the living room ...

"Keegan teaches us that we must not crop out the aspects of winter that upset or offend us" - Hugh Ludford dwells thoughtfully on the need for conscious community through Claire Keegan's: Small Things ...

The ranking, which assessed 2,001 universities worldwide, also places Durham ninth in the UK and 13th in Europe, with an overall sustainability score of 95.8. This marks Durham’s third consecutive ...

"the much lesser known, but equally exciting and chaotic festival of Saturnalia" - Emily Hall offers a fascinating historical comparison between contemporary Christmas traditions and the Roman festiva ...

Lucy Atkinson explores 'the unspoken love that runs through a household like the Royles — messy, sarcastic, loyal and deeply familiar' in the BBC's 1999 Christmas special of The Royle Family ...