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Arthur Miller: A Timeless Playwright

  • by johnschronicle
  • Posted on 4 Feb 2019

By Eleanor Dye. Miller was a controversial figure, yet in 2019, with a sensational series of four Arthur Miller plays due on the London stage, there seems to have been an overwhelming resurge of Miller’s popularity: more so, his status as the writer of American classics. What changed?

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Chinese New Year

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  • Posted on 3 Feb 20193 Feb 2019

By Athena Kung. There’s so much more to Chinese New Year than you might expect, and given it’s coming up next week, I figured I would try and demystify it a bit.

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  • Life in John's

University Challenge: A Win for Johns, and Society Too?

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  • Posted on 1 Feb 201915 Feb 2019

By Emily Griffiths. It’s fair to say this year’s University Challenge team has got Durham talking. But why does a show originating from the 1970s continue to hold such a presence and, indeed, momentum, which shows no signs of slowing down?

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How to be Creative (even if you think you’re not)

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  • Posted on 30 Jan 201931 Jan 2019

By Sarah Garland. Creativity is often something that is easier said than done: for some of us creativity doesn’t seem to enter our lives at all, while for others, we strive for creativity, but often feel like we fall short of the creative lives that we have dreamed for ourselves.

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Anglo Saxon Kingdoms: From Europe to Durham to London

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  • Posted on 28 Jan 201928 Jan 2019

By Freya Thomas. Heralded as a ‘once in a generation opportunity’, the British Library’s latest exhibition brings together an incredible collection of manuscripts and artefacts covering a span of six-hundred years.

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What Should I Bring on Holiday?

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  • Posted on 27 Jan 201915 Feb 2019

By Athena Kung. Going on holiday is always fun. However, in light of increased awareness surrounding environmental degradation and conservation, maybe it’s time we stop leaving everything behind when we go on our next adventure and keep our environmental consciousness with us.

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  • Life in John's

Ten Things You Should Do In College This Term

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  • Posted on 25 Jan 201925 Jan 2019

By Kathleen Chen. Since the second term is starting, I decided to put together a short little ‘To-do List’ of things in John’s based on mine and other Johnians’ opinion to help you get a fresh kick-start into college for the new year and term!

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  • Opinion

Our Plastic Planet

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  • Posted on 23 Jan 201923 Jan 2019

By Alice Healy. Plastic has proved to be extremely versatile. However, it has recently been reviled as an environmental disaster, and rightly so.

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  • Arts and Culture

The Favourite (2019)

  • by johnschronicle
  • Posted on 21 Jan 201921 Jan 2019

By Lucy Mainwaring-Parr.
This is not your regular historical drama. It’s contorted in every element and cuttingly modern despite its backdrop of the early 18th century.

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Cambodia: Part Two

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  • Posted on 20 Jan 201917 Jan 2019

By Weixuan Lu. Consisting of more highlights Cambodia has to offer, and some traveller’s tips at the very end, this is the second of two articles focusing on Cambodia.

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