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Theyve been hailed as the saviours of guitar rock at the forefront of a revolution. Fresh from the release of their new album, we caught up with Arni to see just what he thought about that.

90s CARTOONSTo celebrate the undeniable golden era of cartoons, we look back at the pick of our favourite nostalgic heroes.

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P12AIDEN GRIMSHAWAs an X Factor contestant, youd expect a certain style from Aiden Grimshaw. But with the release of his debut album, he tells us how hes ready to wipe that slate clean and start afresh.

BLOOD RED SHOESBusy promoting their third studio album, we caught up with the Brighton based duo on their year.

Check what weve got for you this month...

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DAVID JAMESAs an English football legend and the 2nd most capped player in Premier League history, its fair to say AFC Bournemouths latest signing is a bit of a steal. We talk to the man on his move.

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REGULARS 07 Mix Tape08 Heads Up!28 Panda pop quiz30 Photo of the month36 Reviewed38 Obsessed with Twitter54 Milk!

OPINION26 The Lib Dems shouldnt apoligise for the coalition

57 Is Twitter an open platform?

ENTERTAINMENT09 Buy like Bond12 Aiden Grimshaw18 Fenech Soler 39 Blood Red Shoes49 The Vaccines

FASHION20 Street style21 Wish list22 Meadham Kirchoff24 Fashion test: creepers

FEATURES16 Iphoneography33 Nineties nostalgia53 Are you a Grammar Nazi?59 Top 5: Truly scary Halloween costumes

SPORT11 Sport Personality of the Year40 Georgina Cassar42 FIFA rankings44 Varsity profile: lacrosse46 AFCB: David James

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Word From Your EditorSure Freshers has passed away for another year, the weather looks like the apocalypse is nigh, and were all beginning to realise we have the occasional assignment at uni-versity, but thats not gonna stop you living the student life now is it?

With fresher flu knocking about like a bad smell, Issue #2 has arrived just in time to don its medical hat and present the perfect cure to those introductory hangovers.

First up, we talk to X Factor starlet turned singer/songwriter extraordinaire Aiden Grimshaw on why the X Factor title just

doesnt suit him. Later we speak to electropop band Fenech Soler and rock duo Blood Red Shoes on their progress. And to head-line the bill of top interviews, we chat to Arni from The Vaccines on everything from the bands status at the front of a rock revolution, to his favourite type of cheese.

To finish it all off, we also take a look at the rise of the amateur Iphoneographer and its charms, as well an interview with English football legend and new AFC Bournemouth signing David James. Mix that in with loads more features, sport, reviews and fashion for the ultimate student fry up. Toby Gray

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DEVIN TOWNSEND EFFERVESCENT/TRUE NORTHYou know a song is going to be good when a gospel choir sings the opening 45 seconds and that is just what this wonderful piece of pop metal does with the help of wonderful vocals, a catchy chorus and massive drums.

EVERYTHING EVERY-THINGCOUGH COUGHThe Manchester four-some are back with this incredible single that is the only track that has occupied our head-phones this past month. Cough Cough is querky, different and catchy; every attribute that comprises a real quality indie-pop tune.

ALUNAGEORGEYOU KNOW YOU LIKE ITTwo friends from London named Aluna and George created the rising musical fusion that is AlunaGeorge. Their first single You Know You Like It is a popular tune, with its repetitive nature and swirling synths. The song conveys the finest piece of electro-pop around at the moment.

JAKE BUGGTWO FINGERS18-year-old Jake Bugg looks like a young Liam Gallagher and sounds like a young Bob Dylan. We havent been this excited about a debut album since Arctic Monkeys first outing, and if theyre anything to go by, this boys quality beyond his years, encapsulated by Two Fingers could be just the beginning to a long, spectacular career.

ALT - JSOMETHING GOODWe love this bands vibe and the folk-step genre theyve been placed under really stands out from a lot of the Guet-ta-Minaj-esque repetitive chart music heard on the radio at the moment. For all the summer long listening, theyre finally getting noticed now having been nominated for the Mercury Music Prize.

BROTHER ALIAMERICA IN MOURNINGBrother Ali returns with his latest album, fuelled with the same political anger and frustration that has become his forte. "Terrorism is the war of poor" rings out as Ali raps about the struggles in wanting a better country youre too defeated to believe in. This is deep stuff, but well worth it.

Essential TRACKSweve beenlistening to this MONTH

BASTILLEFLAWSMany may have only heard of them in the past few months, yet Bastille are already gaining major attention with the re-release of their debut single. With flawless harmo-nies throughout, its hard not to sing (or at least hum) along. Hopefully this is the start of big things for them...

ELLE VARNERI DONT CAREA love song without the typical aspect, its a very sultry tune without being overpowering. It took a few listens for it to move from background music to playlist status but trust us, be patient and its well worth the wait.

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CLUBBINGDub Optic with Lee Scratch PerryThe Old Firestation3 NovemberMr ScruffO2 Bournemouth10 NovemberThe Block PartyVarious10 NovemberDJ FreshV 16 NovemberAled Jones Chris Moyles After Party The Old Firestation16 NovemberCraig RichardsThe Winchester23 NovemberRAMThe Old Fire Station 24 NovemberAnnie Mac PresentsO2 Bournemouth1 December

GIGSSealPavillion5 NovemberMystery JetsThe Old Fire Station8 NovemberCoheed & CambriaO2 Academy13 NovemberMotorheadBIC15 NovemberUgly DucklingThe Winchester18 NovemberBen HowardO2 Academy25 NovemberThin LizzyO2 Academy29 NovemberThe ViewThe Old Fire Station30 November

EVENTSBack to Broadway BIC 2 NovemberBournemouth Fireworks 2012 Littledown Centre 3 NovemberRoss Noble BIC 6 NovemberKevin BridgesBIC7 NovemberJack Dee BIC 14 NovemberChris Moyles Live O2 Academy 16 NovemberFrankie BoyleBIC23 NovemberThem and Us The Gallery - AUCB Until 30 November

A little later than usual: Chris Moyles @ O2 Academy, 16 November

HEADS UP!YOUR MONTH IN BOURNEMOUTH

FRANKIE BOYLE @BIC23 NOVEMBER

We heard he balances the mic on his nose: Seal @ Pavillion 5 November

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Its weird to think that one of British cinemas most iconic lines is product placement, but whenever you hear the word Martini, chances are your mind will follow it up with a quick shaken, not stirred.Unlike some of the other examples on this list, this example of free publicity also featured in the origi-nal books written by Ian Fleming to highlight Bonds rather blatant alcoholism the 007 in the books drinks like eight students rolled into one - while the films have turned the quote into a one-liner dripping with ice cold wit.The company must have been happy either way, just wonder how many bottles of the Vermouth have been sold to people who want to drink like the worlds coolest fictional spy?

aston martin4 Featured in Goldfinger and Casino RoyaleNow pay attention please, as Aston Martin would like you to lust after their classic car for a lifetime. What adult wouldnt want the British companys elegant and gor-geous car, while would you know any child whose imagi-nation didnt run wild when they heard the word ejector seat? Q never joked about his work, but was he a gadget master or an Aston Martin salesman? Goldfinger turned the Aston Martin DB5 into a myth, a car that everyone wanted and very few could afford, while Daniel Craigs Casino Royale duly tipped its cap to the fan favourite stealth advertising when Bond gave the DB5 a quick spin.

blu-ray3 Featured in Casino RoyaleThe involvement with Sony was obvious in the 21st Bond movie. While Ca-sino Royale remains a fantastic film taut, laced with genuine emotion and set pieces that dropped the ludicrous antics of previous Bond movies for that death defying parkour run it could also be remembered as the worlds most expensive Sony show-reel.Her Majestys finest agent only used products that bore the familiar Japanese logo, from the excessive close up on his phone, to the pain-fully hilarious attention paid to the fact that a security system used Blu-Ray players and discs. It wouldnt have been surprising if Bond had whipped out a catalogue halfway through to decide what Sony gadget he hadnt used yet.

bmw/ ericsson phone

2Featured in Tomorrow Never DiesTomorrow Never Dies shouldnt be your favourite James Bond film, but credit where credits due, it has an absolutely brilliant bit of product placement, a phrase that almost hurts to write. In a scene where Bond drives his car using his phone, causing havoc to a European car park and generally being in badass mode, we all get to pray that someday, well be able to drive a car with a phone.While there is the obligatory close up and lingering shots on logos that almost undermine the action those marketing dollars are certain-ly put to good use it fits in with the action that feels as naturalistic as possible. Its a far cry from our next entry.

omega1 Featured in Casino RoyaleOne of the most intimate and telling moments in Casino Royale takes place on a sparsely populat-ed train carriage. Bond and Vesper are meeting for the first time. Theyre trying to figure each other out, probing and prodding to discover each others personality. It reveals the ruthless calculation that helps Bond survive and is an early indication that the couple have a

few similarities.Then, the very definition of hilariously awful prod-uct placement, when acting gives way to gratingly terrible marketing as Eva Green is forced to ask "Rolex?" in regards to the watch Bond is wearing. Craig, admirably beating back the blushes, replies "Omega". It is a subtle as a Bond pick up line and just as unintentionally funny. Sure, its a mood killer in one of the most emotionally important scenes between the films central couple but you so totally want a Omega watch now, right?

With the release of the latest James Bond outing SkyFall out now, we thought of no better timing than to celebrate the long tradition of 007 that is shameless product placement. Here are five favourites

buy like bondmartiniFeatured in nearly every Bond film from Goldfinger

5Words Ben Tyrer Design Bryony Diplock

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My nomination for this years hotly contested Sports Personality of the Year is David Weir, known to his supporters as the "Weir Wolf". The wheelchair racer became one of the faces of Team GBs Paralympic success, winning four gold medals in the 800m, 1500m, 5000m and the marathon. During London 2012, Weir covered 35.3 miles, survived on five hours sleep each night and went at a top road speed of 50mph.

Away from sport, Weir likes to DJ and plans to pursue it as a career once he retires, but for now he has 10 Paralympic medals, including six golds. His decision to have the word "winner" tattooed in Japanese on his arm seems more than appropriate. Now tipped for a knighthood, this years SPOTY crown would be the icing on the cake to what has been a memorable year for the 33-year-old.

Well its going to be probably the tightest Sports Personality of Year that Ive ever known after such an exceptional summer of sport but Bradley Wiggins just tips it for me. In previous years, winning the Tour de France in isolation would probably have been enough to win the award but to back that up with an Olympic gold just a week later is a simply phenomenal achievement. To see a British cyclist performing at such consistently high levels every single day during the tour was not only a triumph for Britain but a triumph for British cycling too.

He managed to generate such a huge wave of interest in track cycling and got the British public genuinely excited about cycling for an event other than the Olympics. I just hope that the fact that so much else has happened in British sport since Bradleys monumental achievements doesnt see him overlooked and forgotten.

In the greatest year for British sport of all time, just one gold medal isnt enough. Andy Murray has that of course when he destroyed the greatest tennis player of all time Roger Federer on Centre Court just 28 days after he became the first Brit to reach the Wimbledon final in 74 years ultimately in a losing effort to the same man. Not content with breaking one record, Andy went one better defeating Novak Djokovic in five sets at the US Open to finally end his wait for a grand slam title and become the first British man since Fred Perry to win a major and the first in the open era. Each of these achievements are worthy of winning the award on their own but together they make a very strong case.

The post-match tears at Wimbledon also helped to prove once and for all to all those who dont know the man, he does actually care.

Ben Ainslie

Jess Ennis

Mo Farah

Sir Chris Hoy

Rory McIlroy

Andy Murray

Eleanor Simmonds

Sarah Storey

David Weir

Bradley Wiggins

HonourableMentionsKatherine GraingerVictoria Pendleton, Laura Trott Jonnie Peacock

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DESERVES THE WIN? OUR SPORT TEAM PICK THEIR FAVOURITES

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AIDEN GRIMShawWith his Debut album out now, tara MAY cox talked to the x factor starlet on why he's keen to scrap the reality show title

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Thepreconceptions of X Factor people is that their music is rushed and youre just a product of the show, butIve had full control of everything

Lets start with some background. How has your life changed since x factor?When I was younger I used to go to a theatre school. I wanted to be an actor origi-nally but I didnt apply to any drama courses so my mum auditioned me for X Fac-tor, and luckily enough I got through.Then after the show I moved to London, was lucky enough to get signed and I moved house so had to learn how to change light bulbs, cook my dinners and do washing which Im still struggling with! Last year in November I started writing an album (Misty Eye) and here it is.

What were your thoughts after you were voted off the X Factor?Initially I thought what could have been and I was obvi-ously disappointed. Its a weird show the X Factor. I always looked at it a bit weirdly because you get so much praise for not actually doing anything much. So now it feels good because so if people ever actually notice me I feel like Ive got merit for writing my own album.

Do you ever compare your level of success to other X factor contestants, par-ticularly from your series?No, I think its different. I never really looked at myself as an X Factor contestant.You dont get another plat-form like it, it was an amaz-ing experience and I loved every minute of it, but I feel like the way weve come off and done everything now it feels honest to me. Maybe the preconceptions of X Factor

people is that their music is rushed and youre just a product of the show, but Ive had full control of everything thats gone on and Ive done all the writing myself and it is exciting.

What was the experience like after being signed to a record label?Its amazing, its a big op-portunity for a label to have such belief for someone who only came ninth on the X Fac-tor, and what they basically said was Yep youre signed, go away for two years and do your thing and thats exactly what Ive done.

How are you feeling touring the UK? Its good but its weird, its a bit different from when I last toured the UK (on the X Factor tour) and I was sing-ing Mad World over and over again. It feels good to sing my own songs.

Have you ever been to Bournemouth before?Before we started writing the album I did loads of writing with different writers and producers to get used to it all. It was dead sunny and we came down for two days and these two producer guys took me on an ice breaker trip - we went spear fishing, it was mental.Im from Blackpool so of course Im a big fan life near the beach.

What has the response been like to new album Misty Eye?Its been amazing, Ive had a top 20, its been in the top 50 singles and really good

reviews, and the things people are writing about it, people who you probably wouldnt expect to write about X Factor people have been writing about me - and its been great. I think its going to be a slow process I think itll take people a lit-tle while to get their heads around because its so dif-ferent.

Is there a particular meaning behind the name of the album?Its loads of thoughts in my head about love and relation-ships and questioning ideals and everything, its not a statement or a fact its just the thoughts that lie behind a misty eye.

October 2010AIden performed Mad World after making it to the first of the live shows on X Factor

DECEMBER 2010Aiden finished ninth on the seventh series of X Factor, losing out to Katie Waissel in the sixth week of live finals.

January 2011Aiden signed with RCA Records, a flagship label of Sony Music Entertainment.

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Would you recommend the music industry and what advice would you give to others?What like a fine wine?! Haha. Im only 20 and Im still trying to figure it out myself really.Its very weird, in my eyes it seems like it should all be really easy but sometimes it gets difficult. Nothing Ive really done seems very hard, it all seems very logical. I think if youve got a good idea of where you want to go and what you want to do then just jump in. I think youve just got to remember if you get advice then listen, but always make sure your voice is the loudest one.

Who are your musical inspirations?I was a big fan of John Mayer and Damien Rice for a long time. I had a bit of a messed up musical background be-cause my mum used to like Chaka Khan and Simply Red and then my dad was this big punk indie fan of music like The Clash, Dexys Midnight Runners and Oasis. And then you go to college and your friends think its dead cool to play Ian Brown, and then Id go to my uncles and he was a little bit older than me and thought it was dead cool to play 60s music. I think you just take the best bits of music from the best places.

What are your plans for the future/year ahead?Ive got 8 more shows in this small intimate tourand then hopefully some other people will want to see it, but I think its going to take a while. I think thats the different thing about our approach, its not an in your face thing I think its a discovery thing, if people want to give it a listen I think they might be won over I think its great!

Aiden Grimshaws debut album Misty Eye is out now.

Its a weird show the X Factor. I always looked at it a bit weirdly because you get so much praise for not actually doing much

APRIL 2012Aidens debut single Is This Love premiered on the BBC Radio 1 Request Show.

june 2012Is This Love was released and debuted at number 35 on the UK singles chart.

august 2012Aidens debut album Misty Eye was released on the 20th, peaking at number 19 on the UK album chart.

Words Tara May Cox Design Toby Gray

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DONT PANICBY TOM BRABHAMtommybrabham.co.uk

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With each new technology bestowed upon us, there is always another being developed just around the corner and being the impatient species that we are, were always looking forward to the next big thing.

In the last twenty years technol-ogy has developed at an amazing rate. It seems like a lifetime ago that the first mobile phones came out, we were using dial up internet and digital cameras were an expen-sive luxury. Now we have all three of those technologies merged easily into most smartphones coupled with the social networking boom, allowing us to upload pictures directly to our Facebook and Twitter profiles in seconds. Except now, of course, theres the latest social media fad: Instagram.

Launched in October 2010, Insta-gram is a platform that allows the user to take a picture, add filters and upload to other social media websites. Whats so special about it is that it has grown at an astonish-ing rate. By the end of 2010, there were already 1 million users. As of April 2012, there are now 30 million users many of them participating in the popular ritual of taking pic-tures of their breakfast (not weird at all) - which has aided in bringing about the rather striking new term known as the iPhoneographer. Its very basic really: someone who takes pictures with an iPhone. But I cant help but feel thats not all the term encompasses. So, what does it mean to be an iPhoneographer or participate in iPhoneography?

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Words & Design Victoria Richards Photos Jessica Bracey

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Life Through a Lens

Viki Richards takes a look at the enormous rise in the popularity of online photography and why everyones getting involved

There are those who rather resent the term, mostly because of the words it fuses together: iPhone and photographer. Professional photographers in particular could argue that the skill of an iPhoneog-rapher versus their own differs immense-ly the photographers specifically choose their lens, angle, aperture size and deal with a whole other plethora of variables to achieve the perfect photo. Photographers can spend thousands of pounds on learn-ing their craft and learning the ins and outs of their complex equipment but it seems that the apparatus used for taking the photo is ceasing to matter, as long as its a great photo.

Speaking to Bournemouth graduate Jessica Bracey, now a features writer for Professional Photographer and Photogra-phy Monthly magazines, and she points to real world examples that suggest perhaps were moving on and becoming more open-minded with photography.

"There are wedding photographers out there that have even shot the special day on an iPhone and the New York Times featured a Hipstamatic image of soldiers in Afghanistan on the cover!"

It seems that the easy transportation factor of the digital camera and the high quality guarantee of the DSLR has been outdone by the iPhone after all, the iPhone has the advantage of an impres-sive 8 megapixel camera as well as being your phone. And its got Angry Birds.

It seems traditional for us all to worry about the advent of new technologies. It happened with radio, TV and certainly the internet, so it comes as no surprise that photographers feel threatened by the rise of iPhoneography as journalists did by bloggers. Jess, however, feels positive about the changes "I think the advent

of iPhoneography is a brilliant way for everyone to experiment with photography and is making the hobby that used to be rather specialist mainstream".

You dont have to look far to see that many people think the same as Jess theres even a specialist iPhoneography course offered by Kensington and Chelsea college in London where you learn how to capture the perfect photo on your iPhone but itll cost you 115 to do so. Theres mounting evidence that implies the concept of photography is not only increasingly subjective but also not all in the technicalities.

"In hindsight, it doesnt matter what you shoot with, its how you take the photograph," Jess explains "of course all the key elements such as composition, subject matter and colour need to be taken into consideration but these are skills that anyone can learn with a little practise."

Ultimately, there are many strengths of the iPhone combined with apps such as Instagram and Hipstamatic. Ease of transportation, plenty of opportunities to alter the look and feel of your photo through adding filters but perhaps the winning feature is simply being able to share your photos in an instant. Insta-gram allows users to follow and like what you upload. Jess says "Instagram is a great way of sharing your snaps and is a brilliant tool to share your work through social networking, no wonder Facebook bought it out!"

In the end, if iPhone has given the gift of accessibility to a new hobby, defini-tions cease to matter. In the meantime we get thousands more images to admire and marvel at.

It doesnt matter what you shoot with, its how you take the photograph

the advent of iPhoneography is a brilliant way for everyone to experiment with photography

Words & Design Victoria Richards Photos Jessica Bracey

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Championed in the same indie disco scene with the likes of Friendly Fires, Delphic and Klaxons, Fenech-Solers funky electro pop and synth-bass guitars have been gaining critical acclaim from both here and across the pond.

With NME saying Fenech Soler are "dancing to the sound of a very different beat - they dont get much more hi-NRG than this," and Time Out com-menting "we have seen the future of white dancefloor-scorching electro-funk."

In the past the group have worked with the likes of Marina and the Diamonds and Example and lead singer Ben lent his vocals to fea-ture on Groove Armadas Paper Romance.

At their only UK festival gig this year at the Leopallooza festival in Cornwall, just what can party goers expect from a Fenech Soler perfor-mance?

"Its quite a dance orientated set really," started Dan, "Were playing most of our first record because were kind of in the process of recording our second record were right in the middle actually. So we want to play new stuff but we havent actually figured out how to do it live yet. Weve made it, but we dont know how to play it yet!" said Ben.

With the success of their last self-titled album, Fenech Solers previous singles have been greeted with a more than positive reception, yet with the perils of being a primarily electronic band it leaves little room for the guys to have any spur-of-the-mo-ment ideas live on stage.

"That is half of the thing with electronic music kind of live, is that its quite difficult to be off the cuff

and spontaneous with it. Because a lot of it is obviously is programmed and there are a lot of things doing certain sounds," explained Ben.

"Because it is a bit of a process of being in the studio and then when it goes to live its a completely different thing," said Dan.

"We like to start from the beginning really and start to build it up from nothing

with a live band because the way we do things live and the way we do things on the record is a bit different. Its quite a fun process so we like to give that a good amount of attention, so we

dont want to rush anything or play anything new until its right," smiled Dan.

"But the way we play live, even though the majority of it is quite electronic and dance-y, we are still a band and we do still love rock bands. And for us having guitar, bass and drums, that is essentially what we are, we just add in the other stuff," added Ben.

So with Fenech Soler sticking mainly to the recording studio when can we expect to hear this awaited new album?

"Were in the process of writing but I think our first single is going to be the beginning of January. I think the album itself will be released in the summer next year, but well be back playing and keeping busy by the end of this year, beginning of next," explained Dan.

In past tours, the band have trekked around pretty much the entirety of the

British Isles. "Our first tour we did about

30 shows, which is everywhere basically. We were on tour for two

months and it was every day, I think

overall we had three days off," remem-bers Ben.

With this much travel-ling whilst being confined

to a tour bus, what is the

best activity the Fenech Soler boys

have to pass the time?

"We like to play FIFA on the bus but apart from that, its

mainly sleeping, partying at night

and sleeping," said Dan. "Anybody

that says touring or whatever is really

hard and difficult is all bullshit because

its not its like the best fun ever."

anybody that says touring is difficult is all bullshit because its like the best fun ever

With a hectic year over and a new album in the pipeline for next year, Fenech Soler are only just coming up for a breath. Charlotte Gay chats to the band on their hectic year

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STREETSOF STYLE

Fashion photographer Andrea Pereiratakes to the streets once more to find Londons most dapper males. With the rise of Menswear and the recent London Collection Menswear shows, our recent street style snaps show exactly why mens fashion is now at the forefront of the fashion world.

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Words Holly Welsh Design Toby Gray

1/ Imitation leather satchelH&M have thought

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4/ Knitted chunky fairisle jumper With winter ap-proaching, chunky knits like this will help soften the blow. An attention grabbing pattern for all the right rea-sons, this jumper is effortlessly cool and comfortable. 45 from Topshop

WISH LIST

1/ Navy PU sleeve bomber jacketThis is one of this months biggest trends and River Island has got it right trendy navy outin. Keep an outfit simple and let this contrast jacket do all the work for you. 50 from River Island

2/ T-Shirt with insert triangle This ASOS t-shirt comes in a regu-lar fit featuring a crew neckline and short raglan sleeves. The ASOS brand is designed in their London studio exclusively for them. Pick up this contrast tee online as you wont find it on the high street. 14 from Asos

3/ Buckled messenger bag This distressed leather look mes-senger bag avail-able at Zara is just the thing for carrying around all you need for a day at Uni. At just 29.99 Zara have created a bag must have. 29.99 from Zara

4/ Colorado blue suede desert shoe The desert boot is an all time best seller and these treads from Top-man once 42.00 now just 25.00, are a complete student steal. Dont miss out and get them whilst you can. 25 from Topman

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Meadham Kirchhoff are definitely the design duo of the season. After a successful collaboration with Topshop and rumours of a Disney collaboration in the pipeline, this dynamic pairs unique style effortlessly bewitches critics and fashion lovers time and time again.

Meadham Kirchhoff has built a strong reputation as the wildcards of British fashion, which has helped earn them a following of young fashionistas. Uncompromising, aware and individual were just some of the words used to describe the enchanting display at the recent London Fashion Week. The Meadham Kirchhoff displays and fashion installations are so much more than fashion shows - they integrate a strong sense of theatre and art into their work. This years fashion week

shows escape into romance, bringing a new height to their atmospheric presentations. This time around, their world was about twisted fairytale motifs with a strong influence of Marie Antoinette-style decadence, featuring ribboned bodices, prints with gilt swirls, cavalier hats and highwayman boots.

After the success of their Topshop collaboration, the bar was set high for the revival of their mens line at the recent London Collection Men and they didnt disappoint. The duo recreated the aftermath of a wild party. Models with an up-all-night air about them lounged in combinations of nylon tracksuit bottoms and faded floral print T-shirts; crystal-embellished chiffon caftans worn over jeans, and chunky knit sweaters layered over striped pyjama pants.

Words Natalie GlazeDesign Gaby Atkinson

Natalie Glaze delves into the eccentric world of Meadham Kirchhoff; the new bad boy duo of the fashion industry

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IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL CHAOS

To set the mood, the duo employed the scenography talents of Tony Hornecker amongst the hodgepodge of battered furniture, television screens flickered scenes from 90s cartoons and Orchids lay strewn about, hydrangeas lay un-potted on the floor, and roses sat in soda bottles on the mantlepiece. It was a beautiful chaos.

Keep an eye on this pair, this London duo has something special, and its only the beginning.

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With the resurgence of grunge, the shoes of teddy boys, punks and techno rockers have returned. Bournemouth University students have their say on what they think of the statement shoe.

BRIDGET MARIE CONLONBRIGHTONI think they are grim. Certain edgy people can just about get away with them. But I personally am not a fan yet, who knows in the future maybe my mind will change but I doubt it.

HOLLY WELSHBEDFORDSHIREI cant imagine that a shoe exists worse than the creeper. I have no idea how they have managed to make a come back. They really are awful. You wouldnt catch me in them!

CHAY WILSONCAMBRIDGEAt first I had no idea what they were. I am not sure if they do mens, but if they did I wouldnt buy them! Im not even sure how good they look on girls but maybe I could get used to it.

GEMMA MUNDAYSURREYI like them on some people but not everyone can pull them off. I dont like the ones with the chunky flatform.

SARAH PEDZIWIATRMANCHESTERI think they are bulky and quite manly. I dont think they suit girls at all. I would probably go as far to say they are the worst shoes ever. Well apart from Crocs that is...

BEN SAULL-HUNTDEVONNO. Definitely not. Not never. I would never ever wear them. I know they are meant to be quirky and different but they definitely wouldnt suit my style.

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COMMENT

Its party conference season and the appetites of British politicos are voracious. All eyes have been on the Liberal Democrats whove recently concluded their annual conference in Brighton. The Times conducted a poll mid-conference and published the voting intentions of the public, which placed the Liberal Democrat support at 10%, less than half of the support they enjoyed before the 2010 election. This is reflective of a wider public opinion, which has placed the party in a precarious position.

Especially with students, the Liberal Democrats reputation has suffered greatly since entering the coalition with the Conservatives. Many argue that the party have sold out their pre-election pledges, party standards and core ideology. By breaking their pledge not to raise tu-ition fees - which secured the student vote - and with the very public tug-of-war over Lords and boundary reform, the Lib Dems have alienated many of their voters, who have splintered across the political spectrum. This is not encouraging for the party, nor though, is it damning.

Vocal unions, journalists and propagandists have already spelled out the end for the Liberal Democrats, predicting their damnation at the next election, expected in 2015. Though there is a media trend to dismiss the Liberal Democrats as the history of tomorrow, a lot can be said for the partys credibility when proper attention is given.

Scrutiny of the partys term so far does not lend anyone the power to predict the future of the party, and as many strengths can be found as the weaknesses already grasped by the media.

An encouraging, yet little publicised fact is that 75% of the Lib Dem manifesto made it into the coalition agreement. For a party who have spent years shaping a party ready for govern-ment; this is an incredible achievement also challenging the common assumption that the party sold-out to the Tories.

Furthermore, they have championed tax relief for those who need it most. 21 million people will

receive tax cuts this year, with even more people to receive cuts up until the end of the parlia-mentary term. This is because the party has secured policy that lifts 2 million people out of tax entirely as the threshold increases to 10,000.

The pupil premium will ensure that extra funding is given to disadvantaged childrens education, whilst the number of apprenticeship opportunities has increased by 63% under the coalition. The triple lock on pensions safeguards rises in pensions for the elderly and there have been a record number of new homes built. Civil liberties have been increasingly protected by the Liberal Democrats and post offices and green investment projects have been promoted and protected.

That is quite a considerable amount to achieve in such a short time, though this does not entirely dispel the crisis of identity and the lack of trust that the party is afforded by the public.

The tuition fee rise has tainted the party and weakened Cleggs public appeal. His apology was not well received by students who feel betrayed by false promises. The truth is however, that the party has been the only one to protect fees. Ever.

The Liberal Democrats have long campaigned against fees, but even before the coalition agree-ment, Clegg worried that it was an unaffordable policy. He was blocked from removing it by the internal policy committee and so it was made into policy, but as part of the coalition negotia-tions, had to be dropped. The lesson to be learned however, is that no policy is safe until initiated. Clegg should not have promised to protect fees, but the reality is that the party have still achieved a great deal in government.

The Lib Dems need to regroup, commit sup-port to their leader and identify their policies and their place on the political spectrum. Only then, once they have gained self-confidence, will they be rewarded with the confidence of the elector-ate. Clegg should stop apologising and start congratulating the party on its victories.

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The truth is however, the Lib Dems haVe been the only Party to protect fees. Ever

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Youre on holiday with some friends when an old man in-forms you that the hotel youre staying is haunted. You...

A Brag to your friends about how you slept with the old mans missus, but sneak off to call your mum to hear her sweet, reassuring voice and tell her you love her. B Panic and hysterically try to convince your friends to leave. You know the deal - the weiner always dies in the end because theyre too busy sucking their thumb. C Laugh in his face and repeat what he said in a squeaky, Alvin and the Chipmunks fashion. Thatll show him haunted houses belong in storybooks, not real life.D If clichs are anything to go by, that old dude is pretty damn serious, so you begin preparing your victorious one liners

You hear a loud, ominous noise coming from down the corridor. What do you do?

A Shotgun not investigating. The worlds not ready to depart with such a valuable asset such as yourself. B Launch yourself behind the sofa, cry into a cushion and update your Facebook status to: "OMG IM IN THAT HOUSE ON THE ONE TREE HILL LOLZ."C Announce that its probably the wind, but go and investigate anyway because youre ard.D Stay put but call the emergency services. It could be nothing and theres no point panicking... yet.

Your friends phone rings. The number is unknown. They reluc-tantly answer it and put it on speaker all you hear is raspy, heavy breathing.

A Darth Vader? Mickey Rourke? Rod Stewart? Whoever this prankster is, its enough for you to slightly soil yourself. Jokes over guys!B Decide its just Liam Neeson checking up you havent been Taken AGAIN. C State that its probably just a mixed up line there is a pretty bad storm outside, after all.D Listen carefully to his guttural noises and decide to head to the kitchen and equip yourself. Shits getting real now.

Washing your face in the bathroom, you look up and see a masked figure in the reflec-tion. When you turn around, its gone. What do you do?

A Near enough crap yourself, then repeat-edly call out for the others. Where are they?! B React instinctively by screaming the Pyscho violin screech EEH EEH EEH only to realise that means youre pretty much buggered. C Remember your training and scream out for Biggie Smalls 3 times. Biggie was chilling drinking peppermint schnapps though, so hes pissed and he turns on you. Bollocks. D Check youve still got your weapon and stylishly dive for the exit. Time to make like a hero and get the fuck out of here!

Youre face to face with the masked man! Nows the time to...

A Push your friend in front of you and leg it. You havent got to outrun the murderer remember - just your mate.B Fall to your knees and attempt reasoning with the lunatic. Youve offered up your Casio watch and pet hamster Marvin thus far but grovelling is no use. The end is nigh...C Explain to the murderer your Dad works in investment banking, and he could offer a pay off and a luxury condo in Majorca. D Engage in a long and arduous final battle scene, climaxing in some high concept way to ending him. "The only way is to kill him is with his own gravestone - to the cemetery!"

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Q4Mostly As You might have escaped for now, but there was no dignity to be seen anywhere in your survival. Watch out, cowards may avoid the 1st few movies, but at around the 3rd sequel youre toast.

Mostly Bs Youre really not cut out for this sort of thing are you? Unfortunately for you, the victims rarely survive when all you do is scream. Still, you were probably pretty popular, so you kinda won anyway.

Mostly Cs Cockiness and logic have been your downfall, friend. Maybe if you paid a little more attention to those made up ghost stories and you might have survived!

Mostly Ds Congratula-tions! Remaining calm but careful has seen you through to your survival just make sure you dont go holidaying in creepy places anymore, your luck can always run out...

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METROPOLIS MICROCHIPBy Rachael Sanders

"Taken from the top of the Empire State Building in New York City on an early summers evening. It almost looked like you were sitting inside the motherboard of a computer rather than in the middle of a big city."

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For most of us here at Nerve, cartoons form a big chunk of our day. We just love them and everyone has a childhood favourite they cant help but idolise. So weve joined forces and rallied the troops to take the best damn trip down memory lane you could ever dream of.

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Hes not very well known, but I used to watch it every morning before school on Channel 5. He used to slide down a helter skelter to get out of his house. Poppy St Ledger

He quite reminds me of one of my favourite science teachers, especially when he had a lighbulb moment. Fond memories! Joanna Poulton

I used to rush home from school to watch it! GIRL POWER! Lauren Blackler-Hinks

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FIFA 2013All Major Platforms25/9/12, By Ben Tyrer

So, FIFA is back for yet another attempt at your wal-let... Oh who are we kidding, you already own it and have spent all month investing in either the skill games, the ultimate team addiction or just blitzing the career mode. And if you havent, then you probably havent got plans to any time soon. Simply put, this years edition is more of the same, but better.

Minor changes to both the games cosmetics shinier menus and matches seem to have more unique anima-tions than last year and its engine ensures that for the converted, theres more than enough to dig your teeth into until FIFA 14. Tiny irritations still remain and the new first touch system seems a bit too harsh, but FIFA remains the best football game of the generation.

Babel24/9/12, By Joanne Ball

The music of the title song, Babel elates you, and the lyrics carry such emotion. The beat, and the joyful ambi-ence which exudes from the tracks practically force you to get involved, be it dancing, musing, or foot-tapping along. You immediately notice the depth of the lyrics, the spirituality, which is tangible in their music, and the pure enjoyment they so evidently have in playing and performing.

With the fast paced energetic songs such as I Will Wait and Babel, its nice to mix up the tempo of the album with comparatively slower songs such as Holland Road and Not With Haste. The variety of emotions covered in the album, is something that is reflective, joyful, and just very, very beautiful.

There is an affinity with the constant joy underlying each track, even if the songs have overtones of sadness. Its true to life, and not overstated, nor hyperbolic.

Like I Used To24/9/12, By Laura Eley

Having been compared to the likes of Joni Mitchell and Laura Marling, Roses hushed and honeyed tones on her debut album Like I Used To see her come into her own on this beautifully pure debut.

Opener Red Face dives into up-tempo percussion before swooping into her sweet and hazy singsong croon. Recent singles Bikes and Lines are edgier and more daring in their content. At times the percussion in the choruses can be overpowering, leaving you wishing for stripped back acoustics and raw vocal, which is exactly what First and Dont you Worry do.

Night Bus is possibly the albums highlight, a four min-ute story told as if watching her past self from a distance, embellished with such emotion and vulnerability. Its not hard to see why this young songstress has nearly sold out her autumn tour and recently been signed to Atlantic records. Not bad for 23 years of age.

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Shields18/9/12, By Laura Eley

Pressured to create something of a masterpiece, this follow up fails to deliver much excitement as it half wal-lows, half skips its forlorn little way through 50 minutes of rose tinted melancholy.

Where Veckatimest hit the spot for indie fans, with the timeless up-tempo pop jangles of Two Weeks and Smiths-esque crooning on Ready, Able, Shields takes them in a new future direction, laden with smothering harmonies and toying with the psychedelic.

If it werent for lead single Yet Again and its beautifully textured, shimmering percussion entwined with front man Edward Drostes harmonies, along with A Simple Answers Arcade Fire tendencies, the album would career towards a state of despondence.

By no means a bad effort, but worth the wait, were not so sure.

The Old Fire Station23/9/12, By Joanne Ball

A hum of bass and synths pulsed through the Firesta-tion adding to the excitement of the crowd as Aiden Grimshaw made his way on stage. Starting with Hold On, and working through the majority of the Misty Eye mate-rial with the performances not overshadowed by lights, special effects, or interesting crowd antics. The overall show was simplistic, and renegade, the focus being on Aidens distinctive voice rather than melodic composi-tions and musical showmanship. He split his original Misty Eye material, with his cover of Sias Breathe Me, and it was done beautifully.

The night aptly finishing the set with Curtain Call, before coming back for a fun performance of "acoustic bollocks" - as his set list says; the entire band gathering at the fore of the stage for a final song, ending the set on a playful note.

The Old Fire Station12/10/12, By Joanne Ball

A uniformity of "original" clothing, as well as an average age of sixteen could be seen at The Old Fire Station here. The audience got considerably older the close you got to the bar in fact. People - spotting aside, Mayday Parade, with support from The Summer Set, For the Foxes and The Natives was a lot of fun.

They kicked off their set with Oh Well, starting slow, but quickly picking up pace and bass. Their songs spanned their whole discography, from Three Cheers, to Stay, which was played with just keyboard accompaniment; ceasing mosh pits, and holding the crowd in a revered silence. Stripped back music seemed to be somewhat a motif of the night

The whole evening was packed with bags of energy, and high crowd interaction, creating a great atmosphere.

J.K Rowling27/9/12, By Joanne Ball

With the Potter phenomena, which catapulted the au-thor to Literary Queen status, The Casual Vacancy engross-es you from first letter to last full stop. This is different. Chapters are shorter, and written quality is the same, if not deeper and more emotional than Harry Potter.

It is not fantasy, but as with all stories, deals with hu-man emotions and reactions to pivotal events. There is the raw emotion of Barrys wife as she comes to terms with living without her husband. It at first seems odd that JK would curse, or write profanity, but that might be the Potter connotations she labours under. This is an adult book, so the language has grown up a bit.

The way that JK tailors the diction of the characters re-veals her skill as a writer; she encompasses the multiple personalities, and it really is an interesting read.

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A good rule of thumb is to never be in Liam Neesons movie family.@SethMacfarlaneThe Family Guy creator notices that Christmas dinner must be awkward round Neesons house.

Permission granted, but all proceeds to @SheffChildrens please. @Nick_CleggOur friend Nick Clegg reacts in good humour to the request to post his autotune version of Im Sorry on iTunes. Unfortunately, he didnt get such a good reaction to the actual apology.

Wow!!!!!!! Did that just happen!!!!??? Unbelievable performance from all the boys today! Seve..... This one is for you!! #Europe@McilroyRoryMcilroys reaction to Europes incredible, unprecedented come-back in this years Ryder Cup. Trailing by 4 points going into the final day, Europe managed to win by just half a point.

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To an awful lot of people, now you understand why we couldnt just get over it.@Phil_Thompson4 Former Liverpool defender and football legend echoes the pain behind the discoveries of the Hillsborough Independent Panel.

Guys brilliant news. You wont have to wear condoms anymore, theyre bringing out a new contraception today. FIFA 13. @MarioBallotelliThis explains the extraordinary drop in birth rates in July/August - everyone is too busy playing FIFA to make babies.

A British Justice team will come to up to [their address] & give you [Black and Morgan] a...bit of drama by way of reminding you that an English couples home is their castle. Say No to heterophobia!@nickgriffinmpNick Griffins unpalatable tweet encouraging BNP members to demonstrate outside a gay couples house for winning a lawsuit against a Christian B&B for refusing them a joint room. As if this immoral breach of privacy rights wasnt enough, he showed absolutely no remorse for the comment.

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Obamas gma even knew it was going 2 b bad! She died 3 days b4 he became president,@KitchenAidUSAThis controversial tweet shows exactly the price for over zealous posting on the micro blogging site. The tweet was intended to go to a personal account, but instead went out to nearly 27,000 followers and nearly destroyed a brand with a single click of a button.

Jimmy Saville did an incredible amount of charity work towards the end of his life, just to be sure he could shag Madeline McCann in heaven. @frankieboyleRenowned for his explicit tweeting, but this one really raised the "too far" card. It split onlookers and caused a lot of con-troversy, probably music to Boyles sickening ears.

Best ways to em-barrass daugh-ter: #8 -Dance Gangnam Style in super-market.@SteveCarellThe dance craze thats swept the nation now being demonstrated by one of com-edys finest. Now, wheres the You-Tube evidence?!

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From one seaside town to another, Blood Red Shoes have swapped their hometown of Brighton to experience the atmosphere in Bournemouth.

After releasing their 3rd studio al-bum In Turn to Voices, Blood Red Shoes are back in the States, something that they have wanted to do for a long time.

"We havent really been back since like 2010 so we sort of left it a while because we couldnt get visas and stuff" Laura-Mary said, feeling quite impressed with the reaction after such a long break. "There has been a lot more people than last time. A lot of people have heard us from the Scott Pilgrim soundtrack. Its been smaller shows than we obviously do in Europe but its been really cool, weve been to some really interesting places."

"People in the US are quite vocal while were on stage which is always really cool. We like the interaction with the fans to show that they are enjoying it so thats the thing we really love about the US. They are always up for it as soon as we start playing."

Its not all about America though, as the band cross the Atlantic Ocean and find themselves in

Bournemouth for the first gig in their European tour, they are just as excited. Laura admitted "Weve never played in Bournemouth before" but she had been told good things about playing there. "I heard that its a really cool venue."

Lined up alongside dates in London, Glasgow and Birmingham, Bourne-mouth seemed like a pretty unusual stop for the band. Being from Brighton, the pair were used to playing in a small seaside town, just not that far west.

"We wanted to do somewhere a bit smaller, a smaller town that wasnt Brighton" Laura-Mary explained. "I dont even know how it ended up. We just thought thats nice, lets do that!"

Unlike other bands who have grown in popularity, Blood Red Shoes do not want to forget about their early work, and they will be choosing a mix of songs from all three albums. Laura said they wanted to give the fans ex-actly what they want. "Theres nothing worse than going to a show and the band plays stuff that you maybe dont know that well.

Laura did admit however, that the new album was her favourite to produce and perform at gigs. Explain-ing this was more because of her and Stevens optimistic attitude to

crafting songs and how it was "stress-ful because we had such strong ideas for every single sound that was going to be on this record. We keep wanting to improve every time.

Production wise, it was quite stress-ful because we had such strong ideas for every single sound that was going to be on this record. It was good to have such a strong input in it, get what we want and try something different."

As for the remainder of the year, the band are having no time to rest. With touring booked up until February, and recording to do in be-tween, the band will not be stopping for a breather any time soon. "We like to be active. After touring that amount we will probably want some time off but more than a week or so and we start getting itchy feet.

Were such music geeks! We want to keep writing and do what we can."

And who can blame them? With Blood Red Shoes growing more and more popular after every gig, we are bound to be hearing more material from the duo very soon.Blood Red Shoes were unable to perform at The Old Fire Station due to illness. A reschedule of the gig was in process at the time of going to print.

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When you think of London 2012, rhythmic gym-nastics is not a sport that immediately jumps to the forefront of your memory but the Olympic experience was just as incredible for the six-strong squad of gymnasts that represented Team GB in the capital earlier this year.

This summers games were the first Olympics to see Team GB feature in the sport and while British rhythmic gymnastics made its way into history, one particular member of the team was busy paving her own way into the record books.

Gibraltar-born Georgina Cassar became the first Gibraltarian Olympian when she performed for Team GB in Lon-don and the 19-year-old was understand-ably delighted to have entered national and sporting folklore.

"I think London 2012 within gymnastics will always be remembered as the games that created history," said Cassar.

"I was the first Gibraltarian ever to compete at an Olympics and was also part of the first rhythmic group to ever represent Great Britain at a games. It was incredible, amazing, unreal. There isnt just one word to describe it. Having the home advantage really boosted my confidence and filled me with immense pride every time I stepped out with the union jack on my arm."

However, simply making it to London was an achieve-ment for the girls whose participation in the games was initially in serious threat when they failed to meet the tar-get required to qualify for the event. A controversial appeal eventually ruled in their favour, and although Team GBs squad finished last in the competition, Cassar remained positive about their achievements.

"I feel honoured. To be part of such a successful Team GB is already such a privilege but to be part of the most

successful in history is just unbelievable. We went there not expecting to win any medals and we just wanted our country to be proud of us. The real highlight was being part of the greatest Team GB there ever was. We all have a special connection and nobody can ever take that away from us."

Yet for a sport that was relatively unknown amongst the public before the games, the real challenge for Cassar and her teammates was to drum a real tangible interest in a

sport that has been overshad-owed by the domineering Olym-pic events in recent times. Cas-sar was left pleasantly surprised about the level of excitement that rhythmic gymnastics was able to attract.

"The British public definitely surprised me with the level of

their enthusiasm and support for our sport as we know it isnt the most popular. I definitely think weve man-aged to raise the profile of our event and that was what we set out to do. So many people know about us now and understand our beautiful sport. I do hope weve inspired a generation to continue our legacy in Rio."

Despite these successes, the future of British Rhyth-mic Gymnastics is looking bleak. The team has always suffered with a lack of funding and after self-financing their way to London 2012, Cassar revealed she was unsure about what the future held for the girls after the team split up. "Id to like to tell you wed be competing in future games, but for now weve split up as a group to continue our education. I intend to finish my A Levels finally and then go for the 2014 Commonwealth Games for Gibraltar."

"But fingers crossed, British Rhythmic Gymnastics will go on to win medals."

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There are very few things in life that unite football fans across the world. One is everyone involuntarily laughs when the referee or linesman falls over. Another is when-ever there is a 50/50 call that goes against your team; it is absolutely the wrong decision. And the third is that everybody knows the FIFA world rankings are a complete joke.

Now in its 20th anniversary, footballs official list of the best teams in the world have always thrown up some curious and frankly shambolic entities even after its re-structuring in 2006. The most famous of these were Norway coming second in the rankings in 1995 despite not qualifying for Euro 96 and USA coming into the 2006 World Cup as the fourth best side in the world ahead of Spain, Nether-lands and Italy.

Today, they continue to dumbfound even the most knowledgeable fan. A look at the current rankings sees Brazil at an all-time low in 14th place behind Croatia, France and Greece. I think we all know we would back the Samba kings if they faced any of those sides. European finalists Italy are in sixth place behind Portugal, Uruguay and - amazingly -

England who despite failing to reach a major semi-final in 16 years find themselves in fifth. Only a month ago they were in their all-time highest posi-tion, third. Even we arent that deluded to think we are better than Argentina and Holland. No wonder the jokes continue to fly in. Yes, FIFA do currently have Spain at the summit but even they would find it difficult to not drop the side who has won the last three major competitions they have played in at the top.

So why are the rankings so troublesome? Essentially, they use a formula that takes into account whether a team wins, loses or draws, added to how important the match is, the strength of the opposition and where they are from over a four year period to create a points score for every side each time they play. The premise was to stop teams flying up the rank-ings after a one-hit wonder result or tournament and rank teams over a gradual period. In practise, as we have seen, this is folly.

Sides like England who are good enough to win their games in the qualification rounds and avoid defeat in friendlies rack up the meaningless points which give them a solid plat-

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form until the major tournaments. Since you usually only have to lose one match in a tournament to go out, one loss at the most important time wont affect the points youve already gained in qualification. Credit to England for progressing through qualification reasonably comfortably since 2008 as poor rounds in qualifying have now cost sides like France and Italy a good ranking.

This method also badly affects host nations. Since they no longer have to play qualification games they miss out on potentially a lot of points. This sees their ranking plummet and by the time competition comes around, they normally are far below their actual ability would suggest. This curse badly affected South Africa, Poland and Ukraine who were thrown into difficult qualification groups for the next global tournament. This side effect could explain why Brazil are slowly sliding down the list which they were perennial top five contenders just two years ago.

Other sports such as golf and tennis have also churned out a couple of anomalies and are not immune to criti-cism themselves. World number ones who havent won majors and inactivity punished by a huge drop in ranking are the major bug-bears of these ranking systems. At the same time, their lists are flexible enough to have quickly put people like Tiger Woods and Serena Williams back up into higher echelons where they belong once they start winning again and conversely drop people like Caroline Wozniacki and Paul Casey when they stop winning the mi-nor tournaments. For the FIFA rankings, they have no such luxury with a four year calculation period.

There is some hope in the form of the rival operating system, Elo. Adopted in 1997 in a direct attempt to explain the curious results of FIFAs efforts, Elo uses an even more complicated formula than its superior but in essence takes the results of a teams last 30 A matches and assigns a cumulative points number to those results. It still has some anomalies such as Mexico being ahead of Italy and Colombia ahead of Sweden, Russia and France but in terms of the top eight, it certainly looks a lot more accurate than FIFA. Spain and Brazil are the top two with Germany and Argentina close behind. England, Holland, Portugal and Uruguay make up the rest and as much as we can write off England at major tournaments, we still can claim to be a top eight national side.

The problem for the Elo rankings is that only hardcore football fans know they exist and because FIFA is what it is, all the news generated by football world rankings is dominated by them. All jokes aside, its important for the integrity of football that their official world rankings look right at a glance. Today even a casual fan in China looking at the rankings would raise an eyebrow as to why Brazil in particular are so low and sides like England and Croatia are so high. Two years before they host the World Cup, the greatest international name in the sport is its lowest ebb in terms of ranking all because of a technical flaw in their governing bodys system.

Teams shouldnt be punished for hosting the most watched sporting tournament in the world and thats no laughing matter.

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For a sport that has only been in existence for two years at Bournemouth University, the accomplishment of playing their first varsity match of the season is some achievement.

Both the mens and womens lacrosse teams have become the newest members of Bournemouths varsity programme and will embark on their debut season in the Western 2A division alongside Universities such as UWE and Southampton.

For most teams this would be a daunting challenge, but as Dom Garcia explains, although the squad are novices to varsity they are not unfamiliar to competition.

"When I first signed up there were hushed whispers of it being a possibility." said Garcia.

"Unusually for a university team, we competed in a Saturday league last year and came up against a mixture of well-established and very good city teams such as Bath and Swansea, right through to start-up teams made up primarily of lacrosse novices like ourselves."

"I think realistically if we had not had the successes we did last year it may have been hard to justify. But luckily, the mens team managed to have a very good season, finishing fourth in our league and reaching the semi-finals of the cup."

Such is the nature of societies, which is what the team was 12 months ago. Garcia was a complete novice to the sport a year ago but now finds himself as a first team regular.

"Truth be told I didnt actively search out lacrosse as a sport to play, I kind of stumbled across it. I was invited along by a friend of mine

last year to the try outs for a laugh and just completely got the bug for the sport."

"Its a fast paced, 10 aside game. Its difficult to explain without comparing it to other sports really, you play on a football-sized pitch divided into thirds, the team is set up similar to basketball and the tackling is comparable to ice hockey."

Most debutants to the grand scheme of varsity sport would be happy to just grab a win or two from ten games at least and then build on that for next season. Garcia, being the confident individual that he is, is looking for much more than that following a string of promising performances and new signings on and off the pitch.

"We are more than ready. After a successful first year under (ex-captain) Ben Piper, we have managed to hold on to a solid core of players and have already made some great new additions to the team."

"Probably our biggest step forward this year however has to be the involvement of a guy called Peter Short, a former US lacrosse pro who is now on board as our coach."

"With his help and how easy it is to pick up the sport, there is no reason why we cant be even more successful this coming season."

"Realistic expectations are difficult when you know what your team is capable of. But thinking with a level head, I do think we stand a good chance of finishing in the top three in the league and a very good chance of reaching the cup final."

"Im nothing if not an optimist."

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I didnt expect to literally have to get on my knees to speak to AFC Bournemouths new number one, David James, but thats exactly what happened. Meeting in the Cherries pre-match warm-up room at the Goldsands Stadium, a lack of chairs and Davids desire to sit down meant I was floor bound.

We begin our chat with David summing up his move to the Cherries in one word: strange. Despite not officially retiring, David started the season without a club, commentating on Premier League football from Abu Dhabi, UAE. Davids contract at Bristol City ran out at the end of last season so he tasked his agent to find him a new club but on his terms.

"It wasnt a desperation to get back into the game, as much as I love it and have been playing for I think 26 years now, which is longer than most of the changing room." After receiving a number of offers, which were not really suitable for one reason or another, he wanted a new club where he wouldnt have to relocate on his own without his family.

David began training with Exeter City earlier this summer, which would last for five weeks. He was grateful for the opportunity to do a bit of goalkeeping work and keep fit but David had a realisation during his recent punditry work. "I was with a friend of mine and I said, this feels like Ive retired."

A few days later a call came from Davids agent, asking what he thought about a move to AFC Bournemouth. The club is about 90 miles away from his home, but still presents a shorter commute than during his time at Portsmouth. The connections he made at Fratton Park influenced his decision to sign on at Dean Court, particularly midfielder Richard Hughes.

"He told me about the setup of the club, the playing staff and everything. He already whet my appetite in a lot of senses." Hughes came out of retirement to return to the Cherries for a second spell earlier this summer. "As ironic it may be, his sort of coming out of retirement was a bit of an inspiration for me."

The midfielder had returned after being out for an 18-month spell, suddenly putting Davids five-week absence in perspective. In his first week, David arrived on Thursday 27th September, trained on Friday and played on Saturday, "just the way to do it," according to the 42-year-old.

Not even a week had passed at the club before manager Paul Groves parted company with the Cherries after a 3-1 defeat to

Crawley Town. The move to Bournemouth had suddenly become even stranger. David has a good relationship with "Grovesy" after working together at Portsmouth but fans had been calling for the sack of Groves for a number of games, leading to a post-match demonstration outside the club entrance following Davids debut. But did players notice the terrace talk?

"Its audible. Youre going to hear it. The political side of the club, I dont know. I didnt do the due diligence. In 24 hours, there wasnt enough time to do that. I know what I can give to the club with regards to playing. If I saw a manager I wasnt happy with then it is a long way to come to not like someone."

David understands the fans frustrations, but like many footballers before him, confirms success isnt instantaneous. Speaking to fans through his Twitter account allows David to empathise with them a lot more. "Its a different place for me because before I was quite separated from everyone. Id play the game and go home. I didnt really involve myself with anyone beyond that."

Describing the clubs facilities as better than his most recent previous clubs, Bristol City and Portsmouth, David has no concerns about the club being capable of achieving stuff, but what would achieving be come the end of the season?

"Achieving would be top end of the table and fighting for either play-offs or for even straight promotion. Its early in the season and theres loads to be gained."

Off the field, David has his own foundation named after himself which is an agricultural education setup in Malawi. Established in 2007, a number of street kids and orphans from Blantyre live on the farm site, which educates them alongside farm groups and communities to understand better agricultural techniques. The

From Exeter to Abu Dhabi and now onto Bournemouth, former England goalkeeper David James talks to Nerve about his 26th year as a professional footballer, his inspiration to sign for the Cherries and the current progress of his foundation

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initiative frees up more time for people to learn vocational skills and receive a better education

"Its proven weve had success and the education they get gives them a better harvest. A better harvest means less chance of starvation. Just to bore you with detail, there is more rainfall in Malawi per annum than there is in Devon. The problem is how it rains. In Devon it comes down quite regularly but in Malawi it comes down in big tranches!"

During his summer limbo of not officially retiring but not having a club to play for, David reveals he planned to focus a lot of his time on his foundation. "Pre-signing to Bournemouth I was looking at skydiving and doing all these mad things to raise funds, but although I didnt look at the contract completely, I dont think Im allowed to [do these things now]!"

David cant deny his vast amount of experience will be helpful to the clubs younger players. "Ive got to watch myself because I sound like the old man (laughs)." His two-year spell at Bristol City provided David with his "biggest learning curve", as he came to terms with no longer being a Premier League player.

"Now Im at Bournemouth, Im speaking as a player who hasnt played in the Premier League for a couple of years and going through my coaching badges which I think is possibly the biggest influence [Im] recognising football isnt just the Premier League."

David has 53 caps for England, is an FA Cup winner with Portsmouth, a League Cup winner with Liverpool and holds the Premier League record for most clean sheets, with 173 but there is one thing hes never done.

"Promotion is the only way you can define success in football, if youre not in the Premier League."

His career has outlived many other professional footballers, but what keeps him playing? "Theres three criteria: (1) physically being able to do something (2) mentally [able] and (3) whether someone wants you to do something for them. The third box had been left vacant in Abu-Dhabi."

David has signed with the Cherries until the end of the season. But can we expect him to hang up his gloves anytime soon? "Im properly conditioned into football and if I can [continue to] do it, [Ill] just carry on doing it."

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THE VACCINESThe four piece London band who have been dubbed as the saviours of guitar rock are back to wage war on the mainstream music chart. Arni from the band talks to James Hibberd about their journey to conquer all

With a chart-topping sec-ond album, countless festival appearances, and an upcoming headline date at the O2 Arena, the Vaccines are cer-tainly blowing up right now. Almost as soon as they had finished uploading the demo of If You Wanna back in August 2010, they were tipped for huge things, quickly

developing a fan base that included such star-studded names as Zane Lowe and Alex Kapranos of Franz Ferdinand.

Justin Young, Freddie Cowan, Pete Robertson and Arni Arnason were thrust into the media spot-light, and burdened with the mammoth task of saving guitar music and turning the tide of manufactured pop that threatened to swallow up the

charts. No small task, especially for a band so in-experienced and

recently thrown together.

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I dont think theres anything indie about the Vaccines

Three years since the Vaccines were born, Arni, the longhaired Icelandic bassist, is amazed they have now bagged their very own No.1. The band were recording a new B-side in America when the news filtered through that they had beaten their good friends Two Door Cinema Club to the top spot. "We wouldnt have been upset if we hadnt got it, but it felt very affirming to have one", he says. "It wasnt an ambition when we started, but as you grow, your ambitions grow."

The latest album Come of Age is a very different beast to their debut, What Would You Expect From the Vaccines? and Arni believes that the sheer amount of time the band has spent together touring almost constantly has brought about the change. " Two years on the road makes you a better unit, and the understanding of each other becomes more intrinsic", he explains. "We were friends that played music together on the first album, and we were a gang that had to play music together for the second. We allowed ourselves to be in-dividuals a lot more and I think its a lot more representative of who we are."

Arni himself is inspired by his roots back in Iceland more than anything else. "Im very influenced by people who have been at the forefront of Icelandic music for years. People in Britain wouldnt have heard of them, but they mean the world to me." he says. Yet, he says that he feels more out of place in Iceland than he does in his adopted home of the UK, feeling a particularly strong connection with Glasgow, saying, "Theres some-thing about the Scottish that makes me weak at the knees!"

But how does he feel about being one of the leaders of the guitar revolution? Other members of the Vaccines have been outspoken about their competi-tion in the chart battles, with Freddie allegedly claiming that Rihanna isnt an artist, and slamming popular music for being misogynistic bullshit. Arni takes a more relaxed view, and argues that Freddies comments were a "sound bite taken out of context." He does agree that pop music has become bland though. "I think production values have become more monotonous lately than they have been, ever, but thats in no way a slight against any particular artist," he says. In defence of the genre, he points out: "There is still a lot of amazing pop music around and I think what makes it interesting is that after all this time there are still songs that can be con-sidered great. Thats what makes pop music valid and vital."

The Vaccines themselves would rath-er be talked about in the same breath as pop stars such as Rihanna, than being classed as another indie band, a term that Arni doesnt believe fits them. "I dont think theres anything indie about the Vaccines. We defy the first funda-mental characteristic of an indie artist by being signed to a major label", he says. The pop aspect to the Vaccines is something they have never shied away from, believing that art should be mixed with entertainment in equal measure. Youll never find them making preten-tious 10-minute long tracks about vague concepts, because thats not what the majority of people want to hear, and that might just be the key to their suc-cess. "The entertainment aspect of our

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music is something that we hold very highly. We call our-selves pop, and thats what we enjoy with music."

Call them what you want, but one accusation that could never be made of the Vaccines is that they are lazy. Recording two albums, while having an al-most perpetually full schedule of gigs, festival appearances and support slots is an impres-sive fact by itself. Must be pretty tiring though, right? "Its not really, because you just get on with it. I think its important to stay in contact with whats going on right now, as opposed to whats going on in two months time. If you pick up the schedule and you start looking at whats actually going to be going on, youll go crazy."

The band head off to Europe to start their tour, passing through Belgium, France and Germany before a mini home-coming tour of Scandinavia for Arni, where, according to him, "everything is beautiful: the countries, the women, the people." Then its back to the UK for him and the boys, with Bournemouth marking the final leg of the UK section on the 30th November. He is par-ticularly looking forward to it, as he says, "The clich that gigs get better the further north you go is disproved by the south coast. We always have such an incredible time down here."

Will The Vaccines be taking advantage of Bournemouths lively nightlife after a long and stressful tour? "Absolutely."

Looking even further ahead, the band will head off to Aus-tralia, South East Asia and then the USA, before preparations for a third studio album will begin. Not forgetting of course, their huge date headlining the O2 Arena in May. Asking Arni about that, he laughs before saying, "Remember what I said earlier about the fact that its important to stay in touch with what youre doing today and to-morrow? The idea of doing the O2 Arena scares the life out of me, but its pretty exciting." The arena might not scare them so much, they have supported Arctic Monkeys there, but being the main act on such a large stage is certainly a daunting prospect. Arni is optimistic though: "Weve been putting together the support bill, and its very fun to be able to put to-gether a bill of bands that you love and adore. Its going to be a great night, and a fantastic array of amazing music."

The Vaccines will appear at the O2 Academy Bournemouth on 30th November.

The clich that gigs get better the further north you go is disproved by the south coast

Words James Hibberd Design Joshua Iredale

Impress Arni and your mates with your Icelandic language skills!

Hello - Hallo

Goodbye - Bless

Thank you - Takk fyrir

Im sorry, I dont speak Icelandic - pv miour, g tala ekki slensku

Where is the toilet? - Hvar er klsettio?

Where is the clean toilet? - Hvar er hreint klsettio?

I love the Vaccines! - g elska the Vaccines!

I am not a fan of Andre Villas Boas managing style - g er ekki a aodandi af stjrnun stl Andre Villas Boas

WATCH YOUR LANGUAGE

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AQ &

Youve appeared on Soccer AM twice now, who out of the band is the best at football?Justin. Im really sorry to say that, he doesnt need to hear it, but I think theres no dispute.

Youre a Spurs fan, what are your predictions for this season?I certainly hope Andr Villas-Boas will manage to keep it together thi