Anna Selbmann is a second year student at Bangor University studying Marine Vertebrate Zoology, it could therefore be considered quite surprising that in her spare time she enjoys nothing more than crafting, in particular creating paper crafts. All year round Anna is on the lookout for interesting paper and collects it for her crafting projects. Most of the crafting work is completed in a few concentrated weeks when Anna is home from University. Together with her mother Anna is able to create wonderful handmade items which range from handmade and bound books, to decorative stars for the Christmas period. Anna’s…
Author: Laura Pozzi
The student Christmas market has become an annual event at the university. Past markets have seen huge success, with over 1,500 visitors attending last year. The markets aren’t all about buying and selling though, there is also live music and dancing to keep you entertained whilst you browse. The B-Enterprising team are the masterminds behind the Christmas Markets and they describe the markets as ‘an excellent chance to develop your enterprise skills and earn money at the same time!’ If you’re completing the Bangor Employability Award consider that another reason to take part, as you would gain 15xp for running…
Wendy and Peter By Ana Victoria She sat up high in her room, ‘Twas just her and the warming sun And tiny flowers of cherry bloom And she loved each and every one… She’s been up there for so long, I bet she forgot how to feel Heartbroken but she carried on, Never questioning is it real. The nearby train shook the windows As I screamed over the fence, ‘Darling you’ll be alright, Let’s leave this town in past tense. Let’s leave this town for a while, See everything you want to. It will be just…
Books & Quills ‘Poetry by Prescription’ By Eleanor Hirst I think that it is safe to say poetry is not everyone’s cup of tea. For most people, it naturally just reminds them of copiously analysing Carol Ann Duffy at GCSE level, and wanting to burn these anthologies after a year of your teacher gushing over reading out overtly lesbian-toned stanzas. Nevertheless, poetry is not easy to engage with. When you combine poetry with surrealism; it is not the easiest of poetry genres to identify with for the general public. Books & Quills hosted Poetry by Prescription to precisely address this…