LIFESTYLE

The sun has arrived, finally! My house mate conceded to us that we have chosen a foul year weather-wise to live in Spain. By this point in previous year, they had been soaking up the sun at temperatures of around 24 degrees for well over a month. 

I have utilized the last month or so to do some travelling within this ‘different’ country (as the tourist board likes to put it). 

Hello folks. By the time you read this article there will be 24hr light on Svalbard, so the insomnia will be back!

In this article I’m going to talk about how one goes about camping. For most of you sitting reading this rolling your eyes and going “but I know how to put up a tent!”, I ask that you read on as it’s a little more complicated than it looks when you’re in a place like this.

To find out more about knitting trends and trendy knitting, or simply for some inspiration, visit the extended 'Knitting history' exhibition still running at Bristol Central Library, and check out: www.knitthecity.com.

Is it me, or is dressing like your grandmother (or grandfather, for that matter!) suddenly really cool?
 
Reminiscing over how ‘uncool’ they were, designers usually describe themselves in childhood as being the nerd of the class, but now it seems they are having their revenge. 
 

This month I am going to talk about the winter survival course that is run here at UNIS, and what I and my fellow over wintering students got up to over Christmas.

Due to the unique location the university runs a mandatory 6 day survival course. So there now follows a little summary of what I and the rest of the students have been training in:
First aid. In particular dealing with frostbite, hypothermia and trauma. The reason for this is that the emergency service response time when one is out in the field is measured in hours, and sometimes days, if the weather is bad.