The

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Marston Interview

One word that comes to mind when you think of Mr Marston: Legend. I t hink both past and p resent sixth form pupils have been ble ssed with, undoubte dly, the best Head of Sixth Form we could have ever hoped for. His charismatic and car ing demeanour has no parallel. As sixth form students we have had the pr ivilege of working closely with Mr Mar ston. Not only did h e make the transition from GCS E to A-Level as easy as possible, his never ending involv ement in our Unive rsity applications will benefit it us all for the rest of our li ves. I think we can all agree that withou t Mr Marston’s invo lvement, our school will not be w here it is today. We all will be forever grateful for his gene rosity and passion f or the on-going improvement of, no t only, our sixth form but The Piggott

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Contents

Marston

Pay More, Work Harder, Get Less

5 Films to see before you die

Gap Yah

This Summer I'll be in a field watching a band

Festivals

Elliot Kirby

Sport

Marston Interview

Colour:Film: Ice Cream Flavour: Book: Comedian:Musician: Sport: Shakespeare Play: Fruit:

BlueGoodfellasChocolate

Underworld by Don DeLilloMichael McIntyreBruce Springsteen

FootballOthello

Raspberries

FavouritesThe Rolling Stones

WimbledonCoca Cola

Radio 2Ian McKellen

The TimesRoyals Royce

Colin Firth Top of the Pops

Heath Ledger Martin Scorsese

Tom Reed

The Beatles Glastonbury Pepsi Radio 4 Best Wizard: Michael Gambon The Daily Telegraph Bentley Hugh Grant Top Gear Best Joker: Jack Nicholson Alfred Hitchcock Joe Reed

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What subjects did you study at A-Level? Which didyou enjoy the most?

What appealed to you about Piggott when you first wanted to come here?

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QA Students seemed to like the school.

AWhat will you miss most about Piggott? Dealing with the brilliant Sixth Form students on a daily basis

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Have you any experiences that you will treasure forever?

Lots - too many to list.

If you were a Sixth Form student now, do you think you would choose to study at Piggott?QA

Yes - students here get a really good Sixth FormexperienceWill The Piggott School be graced with your presence again in the future?Yes, I will come back for the grand opening of the new Sixth Form block

Sum up your experience in less than five words

It has been a pleasure

English, French and History

What social group were you in at school?

Sporty, nerdy geek.

Was it always your goal to become a teacher?

Yes, don't know why but really enjoyedSecondary School

Who were your biggest influences growing up?

Parents and some wonderful teachers.

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What would be your best advice for currentand upcoming Sixth Formers?

Work hard, listen to advice and be patient -

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everything will work out in the end.

By Nataly Hoyos

This or that?

Question Time!

A final word..."The fact that Mr Marston and I had to bluff our way through an OfSTED Inspection almost as soon as we’d walked through the front door was something we shared in September 2007. The way Mr Marston led the work of the school in the intervening years led us to achieve an outstanding provision in our Sixth Form only three years later. He has been inspirational to both students andcolleagues. Along with all of my colleagues, we wish him every success!" - Mrs Winter

“Mr Marston has been an inspiration to the pupils of The Piggott School but also a friend to us all. He’s always there with a helping hand, and can always point you in the right direction. I think I speak for everyone, when I could not have wished for a better Head of Sixth Form. He made everyday worthwhile.” - Lauren Hillyer, former Head Girl

“Mr Marston has led the Sixth Form for four years. During this time the size of the Sixth Form has doubled – he’s even sorted out a bigger building for you all. He taught English, PE, and the occasional sub-par Drama lesson. He also guided many of your siblings and friends to the best courses at the Universities of their choice. A head of Sixth Form acts as a buffer – working with you and for you balancing your needs and goals with your parent’s hopes and your subject teacher’s demands. I have learned a lot from him, as I am sure you all have. He leaves the Piggott for a promotion, and rightly so. But he has also left behind a tradition of academic rigour, support for all students, and the mocking of terrible knitwear. He will be missed by us all.”- Mr Morse

“At a risk of sounding massively tragic, I really don’t think we could have hoped for a better Head of Sixth Form. He seemed to have unlimited time for UCAS, missed lessons and never-ending patience with Mr Morse. Essentially, an absolute hero.” - Joe Reed, former Head Boy

July 2011

Pay MoreWork HarderGet Less!

By Hannah Scott

Surely not something that anyone wants to hear. Quoted from Professor Gall earlier last week, “Pay more, work longer, get less” is arguably a statement that accurately sums up the proposed ‘scheme’ of our government. No wonder three out of four of the unions have gone on strike. With 750,000 teachers going on strike from; ‘The National Union of Teachers’ (NUT), ‘The Association of Teachers and Lecturers’ (ATL) and ‘The University and College Union’ (UCU), it could be said that the government has to listen. We already see from the NUT website that there was ‘No movement from the government’ in negotiations before the strike, and it is very likely that this situation will remain.

With striking teachers and a government refusing to budge, there seems to be a stalemate. So what factor will decide the outcome? Whose view will dominate negotiations? Well, yours! Since the announcement by the unions the government had already been attempting to curb public opinion, with patriotic statements such as the strikes are, "wrong - for you, for the people you serve, for the good of the country". For many people, especially Christine Blower of the NUT these statements are made blindly; the government needs to start “listening” and stop “imposing”, and public opinion is already suggesting that that David Cameron’s technique of glossing over the problem with persuasive and evasive language just demonstrates how ‘out of touch’ he is with the public.

Opinion overall remains divided, even individuals are conflicted. A parent, Mrs Stenning was quoted earlier last week saying “It’s very unfair that the government has broken the teachers’ contract…” and so it is, but she continued by saying “…but everybody in the private sector has had that promise broken already.” Another valid point. Now you have to ask yourself this question, just because the private sector has been corrupted, is it right that the public sector should be too? Surely the government should be setting the example for a ‘big society’ not an unfair society.

On Thursday 30th the strike took place, it was inevitable. Approximately 2.5 million students were affected by the strikes, and 8,000 schools had to either alter their day, or shut down entirely. The government really wanted to push the idea that the pupils were suffering and losing out due to the strikes, but all exams had finished and most years are winding down their work as the end of school approaches. In some ways, unions were considerate in their choice of date for striking and “couldn’t have chosen a better day”. This perhaps, has helped to make strikers look rational and cause the public to have sympathies with them.

Seeing as the government is incapable of curbing public opinion, perhaps they should adopt a new tactic, instead of trying to intimidate the strikers, how about negotiation? A rarely wise statement from Ed Miliband suggested that what was really needed is for people to get around the “table” and rationally approach a compromise. With threats of further strikes in the autumn term, it really is important for decisions to be made, and solutions found. Before strikes disrupt the crucial October months, there needs to be a move from this stalemate. So what do you think about the strikes? Who do you think will win out, the unions, or the government? ...

Michael Pomeroy“I understand where they are coming from. I would prefer to have a larger pension and longer retirement, and they are getting neither”

“Thinking back to the student protests, they got nowhere, so I’m slightly pessimistic as to whether these will work. The government may have good ideas on how to deal with this situation, but they aren’t making it obvious.”

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5 Films ToSee BeforeYou Die

By Nataly Hoyos

The Silence Of The LambsWhat a masterpiece. Jonathan Demme created a phenomenon. While 1991 was completely dominated by Arnold Schwarzenegger and his muscles in Terminator 2, The Silence of the Lambs was still able to win five out of the seven Academy Award Nominations; it took the Best Picture award along with the Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Adapted Screenplay. When it comes to the overall cinematography it took the art of filmmaking into a whole new realm. The general tone of the film constantly changes to reflect the emotions of Jodie Foster’s character Clarice Starling - which allows the audience to be fully engaged with the narrative and empathise with Clarice.

The locations and sets make the film what it is. The small props in Buffalo Bill’s (Ted Levine) hideout create a great insight into the characters psyche; the disco ball and mannequins dressed in women’s clothes create a stereo. However, the stereotype is severely conflicted and too desperate, almost as if it is all forced. There are many political innuendoes in the film for example; women’s rights and the way they are limited. Clarice Starling challenges these limitations and in the end she is the hero of the story.

Antony Hopkins’ character, Hannibal Lecter, is incredibly interesting. Although he is a monster and a ruthless killer, he somehow comes across as an anti-hero. It’s only through his help that the FBI is able to capture Buffalo Bill. However his motives are questionable. Due to the fact that he clearly hates the federal state, he is obviously helping for different reasons. It could be due to his attraction for Clarice or for his own satisfaction. Only Hopkins has the ability to capture and convey the charisma and the essence of pure evil. Almost every one of his scenes is stuff of legends. Only an actor of his calibre and experience could have delivered a mixture of brilliant eloquence and inhuman cruelty.

Although Jodie Foster’s interpretation of Clarice Starling could never measure up to Hopkins’ work the film would not be the same without her. In a more subtle and reserved manner, Foster takes ownership of Clarice, she is able to transform her into the movie’s human anchor. It is only through her that the audience is able to have access into the contorted and grotesque world of murder, insanity and decadence. Aspects of feminism are presented in this film where Clarice develops into a multidimensional human being who is able to succeed in a world dominated by men. She is able to overcome the haunted memories of the loving father she lost at an early age and is fascinated by the twisted brilliance of Lecter. However, all her best scenes are definitely the ones which she is paired with Hopkins. Whether or not Jodie Foster deserved her Academy Award you cannot discredit her contribution to the film which is so often overlooked.

The narrative of the film, on paper, must have seemed incredibly bizarre and it must have taken guts to undertake such a controversial plot with a theme that is such a ‘taboo’. Not only did the film inspire a generation of film makers, it also provided a more in-depth approach to the art of translating a novel into a screenplay. If you have not watched this incredible work of genius already then I assure you, you’re missing out on an amazing opportunity to witness cinema brilliance. The Silence of the Lambs is the definition of the perfect cast and the perfect storyline.

July 2011

Gap YahBy Caitlin Davies and Katie Thorne

Three Ex-Piggott Pupils:Christie Hayes, Joe Reed andTom Davies have just returned from travelling, teaching, trekkingang 'tubing' around the world during their Gap Years; we interviewed them to find out justwhat they've been up to...

Welcome back! So w here have you all been and what have you been doing?

C:I've been to Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, and the East Coast of Australia to see the beaches, snorkel, and experience the nightlife. I went also to Laos (Vang Vieng) to go tubing (a massive party on a river and you float down it in rubber dingys!), and spent a couple of days in Pakse to meet the locals and see the lagoons, to see the rainforests, go trekking, ride elephants and see the temples.

T: I went to the small town of Barberton in South Africa, near the border of Swaziland. I’ve been teaching English, Maths and coaching football at a Township primary school as a volunteer.

J: I taught English in Thailand for two months, and then spent two more months exploring Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos and the Southern Islands.

Sounds busy! How long did you go for, do you reckon this was the right length of time?

C:I was in Asia for 5 weeks but it wasn’t long enough, and Australia for 7 weeks. I started to miss my family loads but I could definitely keep going.

T: 6 months, in my opinion I should have come home a little earlier due to the nature of the job being volunteer based as it didn’t feel permanent.

J: I went for just over four months, which was a good amount of time, but you always want longer!

Christie and Joe, yo u both went travelling: how long did you spend in each location?

C:I have been constantly moving! I haven’t stayed anywhere longer than 4 days!

J:I had the best of both worlds as I was able to set up a real home from home when I was teaching, and also see a lot of the four countries in the second half of my trip.

So Tom you did som ething slightly different, what was it like going there alone?

T: It was very quiet and rural; it was a mining town so the population was rather limited. Being alone there was quite difficult at first but getting involved in the school and the church there meant I met lots of great new people early on and I’ve made friends that I’ll always stay in contact with.

And was it what you had expected?

C: BETTER than I expected.

T: It was totally different to how I expected! But that made it all the more fascinating and interesting as an experience.

J: I didn’t really have any expectations before I went so that’s difficult to answer, but I didn’t expect to make such strong bonds with the people I met.

Now in terms of cos ting, in light of the recent rise in fees w ould you see gap years as a wise deci sion for 6th formers interested in going University?

C: Not sure, it's the best thing I've ever done. However there are other options so you could go after University?

T: With the huge rise in fees, if you’re planning to go to University I probably wouldn’t recommend a gap yah right now as there are plenty of opportunities to do something like this in your own time after your degree. But it’s up to you!

J: For you, you’ll be paying £9,000 whether you take a gap year or not. This is, undoubtedly, a huge sum of money but as long as you make sure that your year out is cost-neutral, I don’t see why you should discount the idea. £9,000 a year sounds terrifying but you’ll be paying it back after such a long period of time that it shouldn’t impact hugely on your decision.

How did you organi se it? Do you have any Recommendati ons?

C: Round the World Experts is a great company to organise with. Asia is so easy to get around! And The Greyhound is a great bus service for Australia.

T: A family friend had family in Barberton with links to the school which helped me start out. So if you know or have any connections with possible gap year opportunities ask away!

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J: I organised the teaching through a group called IVHQ, and I would strongly recommend using them if you’re interested in doing any volunteering on your trip. They offer cheap volunteering opportunities, unlike many travel companies that charge astronomical fees. I would generally discourage people from using STA as I think most of the things they offer can be found much cheaper elsewhere.

What was one of the best moments of your trip?

C: We went to Byron Bay which is the most chilled out town you will ever see; I don't think I wore shoes at all! We went out loads, and spent every day on the beach. We made some great friends who we travelled with for over a month. We were also living in a tepee which was really cool!

T: When I was asked for my autograph by a lad in the Township! “Are you Tom from England?” he asked me, I felt like I had arrived.

J: There are definitely too many to choose from but a particular highlight came at the end of a lesson, when 40 Thai 9 year olds starting queuing up to get my autograph I felt like a giant/celebrity. Seeing a sunrise over a mountaintop temple was pretty cool too, really helped me find myself. Gap Yah.

Sounds brilliant we clearly have some famous ex-students! But what do you think was your biggest challenge?

T: The teaching itself was very difficult and I have the upmost respect for primary school teachers now. The children were great but more interested in my skin colour and whether I knew Wayne Rooney than the fascinating subject of maths. (Apologies Mr Wade..) When they understood the concept of subtraction after about an hour of explanation, it made the whole 6 months worth it.

J: When the 4 year olds started punching me, the biggest challenge was not hitting them back.

What do you feel you have learned from being away?

C: The best part of travelling is the people you meet. And you meet so many more people if you’re taking it easy and up for a laugh. My favorite quote; Happiness is only real if it’s shared. So go out there with the mentality that you will be talking to complete strangers the entire time and you will find it so much more fun and interesting!

So would you recommend what you did to Sixth Formers at Piggott?

C: Cannot recommend this enough. You learn so much, I have had so much fun, met the most incredible people. I never want to come home and I hope everyone can experience the same things I have.

T: Be prepared for it to be difficult at first (as I didn’t know anyone) but it was an incredible experience.

J: I would definitely recommend the trip I took! I think the combination of a project and a base with travelling, exploring, and staying outstandingly sober was a great mix

Sounds like you’ve a ll had a really exciting couple of m onths! Can you sum up your trip in 3 wo rds?

C: 3 words? Am I allowed 4? LIVE FOR THE MOMENT. If not. Best experience ever.

T: Exhilarating, fascinating, diverse.

J: Hilarious, fantastic, OK.

A huge thank you for your time, guys - good luck for University this autumn!

Top 5 Gap Year Websites

Source: www.independent.co.uk

The EssentialsC: A sense of humour and (one the for the girls..) A sarong! T: Internet and company!!

Responsibletravel.com 9/10 www.responsibletravel.com Trailfinders9/10 www.trailfinders.com Madventurer 8/10 www.madventurer.com Gap Activity Projects 8/10 www.gap.org.uk Gapwork.com 7/10 www.gapwork.com

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My Chemical Romance:The American former emos have ditched their drummer and grown up. Their latest album, Danger Days, is nothing like their old work...it’s happy. And it’s full of dancey songs that’ll prove to be perfect summer anthems for 2011. See them on the Main Stage on Friday night.

Listen Out For: S/C/A/R/E/C/R/O/W/ and Summertime

This SummerI'll be in a field

watching a band

By Hester Youngman

So, Festival Season is well under way. We’ve had Download, Glastonbury and iTunes. But there are still plenty more to come, including our favourite, Reading. Although it’s local to us, people come to the festival from all over. This year’s line up is pretty diverse, as ever. If you’re going, but not sure who to see, here’s a quick idea.

Hester’s Top 5 Bands NOT to be missed:

The Midnight Beast:The Youtube sensations played in the middle of the day on the Alternative Stage last year. Since then they’ve been promoted to Saturday night tent headliners. If you can bear to miss the Strokes, make your way to the Festival Republic tent and you’ll be laughing and dancing all night, it’ll be so worth it.

Listen Out For: Lez Be Friends and The Dance Routine

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Madness:Even if you think you’re not familiar with Madness’ work...you probably are. They’ve been around since the 1970’s and this summer’s performance looks to be a lot of tongue-in-cheek fun. Make sure you see them on the Main Stage on Saturday, where they’re bound to be fusing their oldest and most loved work with their newest, 2009 album The Liberty of Norton Folgate.

Listen Out For: Baggy Trousers and House of Fun

Viva Brother:Viva Brother’s debut album, Famous First Words is set to come out on August 1st, and, from what we’ve seen so far, it looks promising. The Britpop-reminiscent band are a local sucsess and drummer Frank Colucci is a former Piggott pupil. Definitely a band not to be missed at the Festival! N.B. Don’t be confused, the band had a recent name change to avoid legal battle, Brother and Viva Brother are one and the same.

Listen Out For: Still Here and Darling Buds of May

Muse:Rumour has it that Muse will be playing the whole of their 2001 album, Origin of Symmetry, from start to finish for the festival this year. This promises to be spectacular, and the last ever chance to hear some of the songs live. Make sure you see them on the Main Stage on Sunday night, even if just to see the staging and Matt Bellamy’s various weird outfits (It’ll be good).

Listen Out For: Plug in Baby and Feeling Good

Top Camping Tips:

-Take your own Pot Noodles and get hot water from the Salvation Army tent.-Use the SEAT car wash to shower. Free and fun.-Use the in-arena toilets when you can. Still disgusting, but not quite as bad as campsite ones.-Buy everything on the last night. Prices will be lower, vendors are trying to get rid of it.-Take glow paint, it helps you make friends. -Put your tent down on Sunday morning, and leave it in a friend’s tent. Saves trying to pack in the dark.

July 2011

FESTIVALS Your essential guide for this summer

By Tom Reed and Georgia Roberts

The Famous Festival: Reading & Leeds

Location: Little John’s Farm, Richfield Avenue, Reading

When: 26th-28th August 2011

Previous Headliners: Kings of Leon, Nirvana, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Metallica, Oasis, Foo Fighters, Arctic Monkeys and The Killers

Rumours: My Chemical Romance, The Strokes, Muse

PhotoReading and Leeds festivals run simultaneously over the Bank holiday weekend in August, with bands rotating across the two venues. Reading Festival, which is the senior leg of the two, is the world's oldest and most popular music festival still in existence. It originated as a Jazz festival in 1961 before changing name and location all over the Reading area until 1971 when it first came to Richfield Avenue and was named ‘The Reading Festival.’ Weekend tickets then cost just £4.40 and for a day £2.20. Through the 70s and 80s Reading became famous for its line ups of rock and heavy metal bands, with the Ramones and Nirvana, to name just a couple who headlined the festival throughout those years.

However, towards the end of the 80s there was a disastrous attempt to take the festival in a mainstream commercial pop direction where acts such a meatloaf were bottled off stage. More recently in 2004 history repeated itself, rapper 50 cent also got bottled of by the rock loving raucous crowds. Despite this in 2008, the controversial decision to book British rapper Dizzee Rascal was taken and he was set to play the main stage on the Friday supporting famous rock band rage against the machine. Surprisingly Dizzee went down a storm and came back in 2010 to give the Reading crowd some more.At Reading there are 6 Stages these include; The Main Stage, NME / Radio 1 Stage,The Lock Up / Dance Stage, Festival Republic Stage, Alternative Stage and BBC introducing.

Listed in largest to smallest the main stage is where the headliners of the festival play as the last act of each night. The scale of the festival means there is something that everyone can enjoy. If one night the bands playing aren’t to your taste then why not head to the comedy or alternative stage which is known to be the ‘home of crazy drunken madness’ where you can spend your time swapping clothes and generally ‘raving’ until the early hours of the morning. Outside of the main arena Reading also offers a huge fun-fair open from the Thursday to the Sunday and the famous ‘silent disco’ open until 4am every night. Reading can offer the most electrifying crazy and carefree weekend of your life where you can enjoy the music of some of the world’s biggest bands in an exultant vibrant atmosphere. Wellies are essential.

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The Large Festival: V

Location: Hylands Park in Chelmsford and Weston Park in South StaffordshireWhen: 19th- 21st August 2011

Previous Headliners: Blur, Foo Fighters, Green Day, Coldplay, Muse, Maroon 5, The Killers

2011 Headliners: Arctic Monkeys, Eminem, Plan B, Rihanna

The V Festival is an annual music festival held in the United Kingdom during the penultimate weekend in August. The event is held at two parks simultaneously which share the same bill; artists perform at one location on Saturday and then swap on Sunday. The sites are located at Hylands Park in Chelmsford and Weston Park in South Staffordshire. Although predominantly a rock music festival, a wide range of musical genres are accepted; in recent years pop acts have become ever more common. The "V" represents the Virgin Group, with the event being sponsored by Virgin Media and the influence of Richard Branson’s super reign can often be felt in the very commercial festival.

However this commercial feel also comes with a lot of security and there is a very fun loving and safe atmosphere to the festival site. The idea for V came in 1996 when Pulp's front man Jarvis Cocker announced he would love to play two outdoor venues in two days. Pulp's promoters got together and came up with the idea of putting the gig into Victoria Park Warrington and Hylands Park Chelmsford giving fans in both the North and South a chance to see the band.

Then came the idea of adding more bands to the bill, putting on a second stage and letting people camp for the weekend.V showcases a mix of British and international musicians, including huge acts such as Coldplay in 2000 and the Kaiser Chiefs in 2003. But unlike other large UK festivals such as Reading and Leeds, the V lineup gets more congested with pop every year, even Peter Andre made an appearance at the festival last year…

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The Small Festival: Bestival

Location: Isle Of White

When: 8th- 11th September

Previous Headliners: The Prodigy, Dizzee Rascal

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Bestival is a three-day music festival held at the Robin Hill country park on the Isle of Wight, England. It has been held annually in late summer since 2004. The event is organized by DJ and record producer Rob Da Bank and is an off-shoot of his Sunday Best record label and club nights. The initial Bestival attracted 10,000 people, growing to 55,000 in 2010. It is considered more alternative and diverse, offering a large selection of quirky goings-on which give you more than just the music including a dressing up tent and a 'secret stage'. Bestival is well known for its fancy dress themed days (usually the Saturday of the festival).

In 2005, an attempt was made to set the Guinness World Record for most people in fancy dress at any one event. By 2010 this was achieved, when 55,000 festival goers set a new Guinness World Record. So if you aren’t one to get involved and dress up, this isn’t really for you.The festival is also heavily involved in supporting social, political and environmental causes. The 2006 Bestival featured Brian Eno backing a stop the Iraq war campaign. Bestival also aims to be Carbon neutral, not only via Carbon offsetting but also by reducing forms of other waste and emissions; however, as yet this has not been fully implemented and

Bestival has yet to be nominated for a Green Festival Award. The festival attracts a large variety of audiences with a lot of emphasis on (with a dedicated area for mothers and their breast-feeding children included) which gives the festival a very safe feel. The Bestival is often described as a "boutique festival" due to its non-corporate feel and when comparing it to a larger more corporate festival such as Reading and Leeds. I feel the festival has less attraction to teens that are looking for the true festival experience… Let’s just say I can’t imagine any of the young mums hurling their empty bottles of chardonnay at the acts they disapprove of.

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Elliot KirbyBy Sharleen Sood and Tiffany Chambers

“I enjoy Art A level because it is a challenging experience with the freedom of independence.”

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Who’s your personal favourite artist

Salvador Dali.

Why?

He has an ant eater. And I like the deep symbolism in all of his work; you see a lot of himself as a child in his pictures and almost all of his paintings are set on the beach where he spent his childhood growing up.

So did you study him for A level?

No. I’m studying Edward Seago this year. And I studied Richard Combes last year.

Why did you choose to do projects based on their work?

Edward Seago has a really simple painting style that employs the use of the viewer’s imagination to create detail. And I was drawn toward Richard Combes work in AS because of the way he recorded images, simple everyday scenes, using a very narrow spectrum of colours.

July 2011

Sport Little lo-down on wimbledon

By Michael Pomeroy

This year at Wimbledon, one of Britain’s most prestigious and noted sports events, there were some surprises, some rain, and overall, and very good show of the sports range. This here is a little low-down on what occured, the highlights and the downsides.

Shock exits

Roger Federer (3)

It was quite a surprise when in the quarter-finals Roger Federer found himself losing to Jo-Wilfred Tsonga, world no.12 and from France. Federer started out strong, though during the second set Tsonga showed the beginning of a fight back taking the second set to a tie break. But after that, Tsonga fought back heavily, and though not easily, he won the next three sets 6-4, leaving the final score as 3-6; 6-7(3-7); 6-4; 6-4; 6-4.

Andy Roddick

8th seed Andy Roddick lost out as early as the third round, to the 28th seed Felipe Lopez. The Spaniard won in straight sets; however the first two sets were both taken to tie breaks, going 7-2 in both. Lopez took the final set 6-4, which took him through to the fourth round, however he got through to the quarter finals, where he lost out to Andy Murray, who won in straight sets.

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William’s sisters

Both the Williams sisters lost out in the fourth round; Venus to Tsvetana Pironkova and Serena to Marion Bartoli, both ranked lower than the sister in ranking that they faced. Both only had to face two sets as they lost, with Venus losing 6-2;6-3, and Serena 6-3; 7-6 (8-6).

Li Na (3)

Lisicki. The current number 3 lost in 3 sets, winning the first 6-3, and then losing the next two 4-6; 6-8. Lisicki however made her way all the way to the semi-finals, where Sharapova eventually beat her in 2 sets.

July 2011

the record breaking Isner/Mahut match in Wimbledon last year was in this match. It consisted of many long slogs from baseline to baseline, tram-line to tram-line, conforming to Djokovic’s style as he dominated, but then Tsonga brought in a short ball that caused Djokovic to sprint forward to reach the ball, and he very masterfully powered it over right at Tsonga, who was fortunate to get his racket to it, but caused himself to stumble and fall. Djokovic too had to throw himself to the floor to make the return, but it must have sent his heart stopping when he saw Tsonga get back up to make the return and lob it over him, but Tsonga was unlucky as the ball landed ‘out’.Tsonga played an extremely good game, but he was bested by the world number 1, however not due to Djokovic’s brilliance (though that was a factor, obviously) but mostly due to his large number of unforced errors, and also, after winning the third set, he went off for a toilet break, and with that he took away all the energy from the crowd that he had just roused by his win, leaving the place sterile again; perfect for Djokovic to take the fourth set to win the match 7-6 (7-4); 6-2; 6-7 (9-11); 6-3.

Personally, I really enjoyed watching this match. Generally, I am not a fan of watching Djokovic, as his playing style is not very interesting, as his playing style is to just hit the ball back and back again, waiting for his opponent to make the mistake. Admittedly, it takes a lot of skill and practice to get to that extremely high level to constantly return the ball, but it does make for bad watching. Also, his third round anger issues in smashing up his racket in his match against Marcos Baghdatis show that underneath he is a pretty mean piece of work. The most interesting comparison I made in that match wasn’t even to do with the players themselves though; it was to do with their respective boxes. In Djokovic’s, there was a huddle of coaches with his family, all dressed in pristine, stiff white tracksuits, all looking hard-faced and determined, and aggressive when he won sets. However Tsonga’s was an eclectic mix of colours, with jeans and t-shirt being the most common clothing, and a happy and exuberant group of family and friends, that cheered him on and looked genuinely happy at his wins.But in the actual match, it was extremely entertaining to watch. Tsonga mixed the game up, causing Djokvic to abandon his general tactics and have to conform to Tsonga’s, often having to deal wit slices and drop shots thrown about. The most impressive rally I have seen since

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