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‘Men can be and are often victims of real problems’
A member of the Divas’ old guard, the outstanding Jess Cooper is our player of the week. She likes her teammates’ ‘unbeatable abs’.
Fresh from their most successful year yet, the Durham Divas are looking to throw some even more outrageous shapes this year.
The Palatinates take on Leeds in this season’s charitable curtain-raiser
As the beginning of the academic year looms ever closer, it’s time to meet your sporting heroes, our captains and presidents, those paragons of athleticism and leadership we call Palatinates.
Following on from the continued success of the rugby Hill vs Bailey charity match, college cricketers are looking to equal the popularity of their rugby counterparts, and perhaps even surpass it…
Last chance to sign up – today! On 10th June Durham’s one and only inter-collegiate sports day returns.
With another set of exams looming and the number of pointlessly irritating library selfies at an all-time-high, we thought we’d give you a bit of a break with the captains’ views on this year’s hotly anticipated Hill vs Bailey charity rugby match.
Ben Stevens has, for the second time, been named player of the tournament in the World Cricket League Division 5! JOE MAYES reports.
Collingwood College Cricket Club are the dominant force in college cricket. Now its authority has been shaken to the very core. VINCENT LIM reveals how senior members of the club purportedly fabricated results in college sport’s most recent scandal…
It’s been a long journey for both Hatfield and Cuth’s but it’s finally here – the Floodlit Cup final. We spoke to both Captains ahead of the match, and bring you the buildup to this pinnacle of the footballing season.
The Durham Saints are our team of the week – they’re killing it in BUCS, thanks to a renewed sense of purpose and a couple of American imports…
Diego Melendez has been a big name in the Durham Saints this season. We fired some questions at the man from Mexico City…
Been eyeing up some hot stuff in your seminars? Wish you were more than ‘just friends’? Sick of the sexual tension? We interviewed the founder of Last Chance Charlie, Durham’s new and most innovative dating service…
Durham’s best college teams survived a late York onslaught to hold onto a historic victory in the first ever college varsity…
They’ve gone 13 straight games unbeaten and now they’re only aiming for one thing: the BUCS Championship. TOM MILLS finds out just how well DUHC’s M1s are doing…
Durham’s sailors have regularly been making waves across the country, and this season has been no different…
Our player of the week is DUSC’s Guy Dixon. We like the cut of his jib…
Last week, just as we were getting sick of watching figure skating for the 5th time in 3 days, DU Athletics reminded us of what the actual Olympics are like. They took their best to Sheffield, the second biggest meet of the season. TOM MILLS reports.
Part of Durham’s hugely impressive Women’s 1sts Basketball team, and a key factor in their success this season, TRICIA OAKES answered some of our questions. She’s hungry for that elusive BUCS Championship title…
DU Bball have really come into their stride this season, with success coming at all levels of the club. With a Premiership title already under their belt, the ballers are looking to take the cups by storm…
This Sunday, Durham’s top college teams will take on the best that York has to offer in the College Varsity competition. York have said they’re ready. We’ve been ready since 1832.
There’s a new website in town that’s drumming up a lot of hype. We sat down with founder and Durham student, Richard Meaney, to chat about what the future holds. Welcome to TheGoodLife.
We fired some questions at Grey Ultimate’s Ben D’Souza, who’s our player of the week; according to others on the team, ‘there’s no better example of a Phoenix Knight.’
Our team of the week is Grey Ultimate Frisbee – they’ve got a massive claim to be the biggest ultimate club in Durham and have topped it off this year by organising a national tournament. CRAIG HAWES gives us the inside scoop…
We all love a good underdog story but they’re even better when it comes to pub sports. Butler D Pool take on Trevelyan A in the Intercollegiate Trophy Quarter Finals, and it’s going to get interesting…
Durham’s fencers have had an unprecedented season of some serious success. They’re now looking to go harder and smash the individuals and the cup, with a social or two thrown in…
We got in touch with UCBC stalwart, Oliver Brown, who’s been named as the ‘go-to-guy’ for Castle rowing. What a man.
DUAFC’s 1sts beat Gloucestershire on Wednesday to mark a strong beginning to their bid for the BUCS Championship, their first ever appearance in the competition. The boys are looking to make history…
It’s the biggest match the college, and Division 3, have ever seen. TOM MILLS takes us behind the scenes of this tantalising encounter…
DULTC’s men and women have won the Northern Prem, meaning we’ve got a double on our hands. The scenes on-court are simply sensational.
Their naked calendar contribution certainly caused a stir, the reverberations from which are still being felt across Durham. Now, insider, The Owl, lifts the shlid on the infamous Butler C.
We speak to the Butler C Darts captain, James Priest, who’s our player of the week. Having won the premiership last season amid sensational scenes, he’s been the main man for the team.
Voto. 1. Noun – A video taken with the intention of exposing the subjects’ assumption that it’s a photo. 2. Verb – to take a video whilst telling people it’s a photo, resulting in hilariously cringeworthy facial twitching.
We know the real reason why you came on Palatinalps. It wasn’t for the powder (well…), nor was it for the ‘experience of being in the mountains’. You asked for parties. You got them.
The best way to cure a Tignes hangover is with a bit of healthy competition. You’ve got to do something during the day, right?
The Lindisfarne Gospels exhibition, which closed just before the start of Michaelmas Term, managed to generate an impressive £8.3 million for the local economy.
The Arts span a number of different disciplines, but there are a few shared experiences that separate us from those sneering scientists…
Wet shave, dry shave or the naked mole rat? We run down your best hedge maintenance methods
It’s a noble sport; one practised in this country for centuries, so you’d think it wouldn’t get too rowdy. You’d be wrong.
Who dares wins and Vincent Lim dared. Our ballsy reporter went forth and entered the fearful establishment that is the Fighting Cocks, with epic results…
Some sweet, stupid and slightly odd Fresher’s had some funny moments on Facebook in the build up to the fresher invasion – Vincent Lim rounds up the best.
Vincent Lim