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Bangor University
Students’ Union December Issue 2016
English Language Issue No. 259
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@SerenBangor seren.bangor.ac.uk
CHAPECOENSE TRAGEDY MERRY CHRISTMAS! A YEAR IN MUSIC
Research excellence recognised
O
n Monday 5th December,
Bangor University held a new
awards night focusing on re-
search excellence within the Univer-
sity. The night was held at Pontio and
shone a light on outstanding research
done by teams and individuals.
The Awards were devised to cel-
ebrate the individual achievements
of academic staff at different career
points, including rising stars, a Doc-
toral student and a Lifetime Achieve-
ment Award. Awards celebrating an
outstanding project or programmes
within the Sciences and the Arts &
Humanities and Social Sciences and
for an International project were also
presented.
Professor John G Hughes, Vice-
Chancellor of Bangor University said:
“Research is an integral part of our
teaching and a passion of our staff.
Our research is having a major im-
pact on people’s lives, both locally and
globally. These Awards are a fantastic
opportunity for us to recognise and
highlight the world-leading research
that we have here.”
Professor John Simpson of the School
of Ocean Sciences won the Universi-
ties first Lifetime Achievement Award
for his career that has spanned over Receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award Professor John Simpson (middle) with Professor John G Hughes, Vice-Chancellor (left)
half a century with the University. His and Professor Jo Rycroft-Malone, Pro Vice-Chancellor, Research & Impact (right)
work has consistently influenced the
field of physical oceanography and has cussed on bar-headed geese, whose pean Travellers to Wales 1750-2010, colleagues and collaborators, for mak- award and very privileged to have had
helped establish Bangor University as migration pattern takes them across The International Research Excellence ing Bangor University such a support- the opportunity to take on this project,
a global leader in marine turbulence. the Himalayas, and on the great frig- Award went to Professor Peter Goly- ive and collegiate environment where which has provided a hugely diverse
Prof Simpson said: “I feel very proud atebird, which stays aloft for weeks at shin, School of Biological Sciences for early stage researchers can thrive.” range of challenges and opportuni-
on receiving this award, not just for a time by using air currents above the his work to search extreme marine Finally, The Doctoral student re- ties.“ Professor Jo Rycroft-Malone,
myself, but for all those colleagues Indian Ocean. Dr Bishop said: “I am environments to find new microbes search Excellence Award was present- Pro Vice-Chancellor, Research & Im-
and students who have worked with delighted that our work on how differ- which could be used in biotechnology. ed to Dr Claire Szostek, School of the pact gave a view of the overall night:
me over the years to raise our game ent environmental conditions can af- This successful project paved the way School of Ocean Sciences for her work “The finalists at this inaugural event
and put the Bangor School of Ocean fect bird flight and migration has been to another major EU funded project, with English Channel fishermen to are testimony that research at Bangor
Sciences high in the world league of acknowledged with this award for currently under way. understand sustainable levels of fish- University is vibrant and thriving. It’s
Oceanography Centres.” research excellence from Bangor Uni- The Rising Star Award was given to ing in the scallop fishery. Claire spent a delight to reward and value our very
The inaugural Research Excellence versity. I would like to thank all those Dr. James McDonald of the School of a considerable time meeting fisher- best researchers and to inspire others.”
in Science Award was presented to Dr people who have contributed over the Biological Sciences which celebrates men and on board commercial scallop Following the inaugural Research
Charles Bishop of the School of Bio- years, both at home and abroad, and academic achievements in the early fishing vessels. Among other outputs, Excellence Awards, these new Awards
logical Sciences. Dr Bishop has led in- look forward to participating in future stages of a researchers career, who is her work has resulted in the first ever will be held on alternate years with
ternational research groups research- research discoveries.” showing promise for the future. quantitative map of the distribution of the University’s Impact & Innovation
ing exactly how birds manage amazing Other awards including The Arts & Dr McDonald said: “I am delighted inshore scallop fishing efforts across Awards.
flights through thin air or over vast Humanities Award was won by Profes- to receive the Rising Star Award and the English Channel. Dr Szostek said:
oceans. Dr Bishop’s research has fo- sor Carol Tully for her work on Euro- would like to thank my research team, “I feel extremely proud to receive this
December Issue 2016 | Seren 3
CONTENTS 10 35
News 4-5
Politics 6-7
Science 8
Breaktime 9
Arts & Culture 10
Comment
What’s On?
11
12-13 4 EMILY RIMMER
EDITOR
Union 14-15 editor@seren.bangor.ac.uk
Ho Ho Ho, Merry Christmas!! I
Societies 16 know we are a bit too early here
Music 17-19 at Seren but it is that time of year
again when we gain 2 stone worth
TV 20-21 of chocolate weight, drink way
too many classes of prosecco and
Film 22-23 listen to copious amount of Michael
Buble.
Games 24-25 As we break up a week before
Christmas we wanted to get our
Books 26 festive cheer out to you just in time
Christmas 27 before you all start heading home.
If you are like me you cannot wait
Fashion 30-31 to be heading home after a long
12 weeks of lectures, assignments
Lifestyle 32-33 and unrelenting stress relating
30 38
breakdowns to be surrounded by
Food & Drink 34-35 decorations.
Christmas is the time of year I
Travel 36-37 look forward to the most all year,
Sport 38-40 and not just for advent calendars,
but to spend time with the family
cosy on the sofa. I’m sure you all
have your own Christmas traditions
with your family and friends; mine
26
have changed over the years as
family has gotten older but they
still ring true to me. We always start
Christmas Eve with a trip to the
cinema to see the latest release
that month, for the past two years
it has been James Bond and Star
Wars. My sister and me then finish
off Christmas Eve with the classic
Polar Express in our PJ’s and a tin
of Quality Street. And I know I may
36
be way too old to admit it but we
keep the festive spirit alive and
leave a mince pie for Santa. When
Christmas Day arrives it’s downstairs
at a reasonable time to open
presents and then sit around in your
Christmas Onsie until mum shouts
for help with the turkey: this year I
am in charge of deserts so wish me
luck! The rest of Christmas revolves
around family getting together,
drinking too much and taking
the mick out of cheesy Christmas
shows.
Seren is also getting together to
have our annual Christmas meal at
The Harp to celebrate all the great
success we have had this semester
and for all their hard work they have
put into their pages.
I know it maybe cheesy but
wherever you are or whoever
you are with this Christmas spare
a thought for those who aren’t
celebrating Christmas like we all
can and who those who cant not
TEAM CONTRIBUTORS be with us. I hope you all have an
amazing Christmas and stay safe!!
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Editor Emily Rimmer Arts & Culture Editor Alexander Polanski Ffion Jones
Deputy Editor Emma Jewkes TV Editor Jordan King Natasha Froggatt The views presented hereinafter
News Editor Beth Smith Film Editor Joe Caine Tiarna Armstrong do not represent the views of Seren
Politics Editor Will Keeley Music Editor Finnian Shardlow Laura Aspin Bangor, Bangor Students’ Union or
Comment Editor J.P. Bebbington What’s On Editor Madeleine Towell Ben Smith Bangor University.
Science Editor Azat Kalybay Lifestyle Editor Abbie Howard Conor Glacklin
Books Editor Chloe Heath Fashion Editor Sash Deacon Lizzy Dillon -----
Games Editor Megan Richards Food & Drink Editor Charles Ben-Cofie Jack Whatley
Environment Editor Yendle Barwise Travel Editor Matty Rowland Seren is printed by NWN Media.
Sport Editor Jack Hollinshead
4 Seren | December Issue 2016
NEWS
IN
BRIEF
Actor Celyn
Jones visits
Bangor Uni
CELYN Jones is visited Bangor
University’s School of Creative Studies
and Media as part of a programme of
visits arranged by the school.
Students across numerous degree
Dentists slam Coca Cola’s Christmas
programmes within the school attend-
ed a Q&A session with the successful
actor, producer and screenwriter.
truck for ruining their good work
Celyn, who was born and raised in
Holyhead, received amazing reviews
for his portrayal of Dylan Thomas in
the 2014 award-winning film, Set Fire
to the Stars , produced by Mad as Birds
D
Films, the North Wales-based compa- entists are claiming Coca dental health. NHS is fighting a hard battle against enamel.
ny of which he is creative director. Cola’s Christmas truck is ru- They worry the brightly-lit truck’s the power of multi-billion dollar in- A Coca Cola spokesman said: “The
In the past, the School of Creative
ining their good work of edu- seasonal visit is encouraging new gen- dustries who market these products. Coca-Cola Christmas truck tour pro-
Studies and Media has welcomed such
cating families about the dangers of erations of young people to drink fizzy Coca Cola know the value of using vides a moment of fun for friends and
luminaries as film producer David
sugary drinks. drinks, even though studies show they pester power to sell their products to families to come together in the build-
Puttnam and Tim Haines, the Creative
Thousands of people descended on are bad for teeth. parents, and we have a responsibility up to Christmas. As part of the expe-
Director of Drama for ITV Studios and
Wrexham when the red truck drove Chris Johnson, consultant in pub- to challenge marketing which aims to rience we offer small 150ml cans of
Bangor University graduate. There has
city centre on Tuesday, November lic health for public health Wales, make fizzy drinks as integral a part Coca-Cola Classic and two sugar-free
also been a recent visit from investiga-
29. It was such a popular attraction based in Mold, said: “We support of celebrating Christmas as Santa or options – Coca-Cola Zero Sugar and
tive journalist and documentary-mak-
last year that it caused hours of traf- the concerns raised by Dental and Carols.” Diet Coke. The Christmas truck tour
er David Williams, and former war
fic misery for motorists when it visited Public Health Colleagues across the Experts claim fizzy soft drinks, operates in line with our responsible
correspondent Mark Nicholls will also
Colwyn Bay and Newtown. UK about the Coca Cola truck tour- whether they include sugar or are marketing policy so we don’t sample
be visiting the school within the next
few weeks. Osian Williams, a recent
This winter public health officials ing our communities this Christmas diet versions, contain acids which our drinks directly to under-12s”
graduate of the School, whose produc- have voiced concerns over children’s handing out free soft drinks. The erode teeth’s protective outer layer of
tion company, SSP Media is currently
Chapecoense air crash:
involved in TV and film projects on
both sides of the Atlantic, will also be
coming to share his experiences with
Plane ‘ran out of fuel’
current students at the school.
C
olombian officials say evidence 28th of November. a formal distress call. This lead to an-
is growing that a plane carry- Only six of the 77 people on board other plane from airline VivaColombia
ing a Brazilian football team the plane survived. having a priority landing because it
crashed because it ran out of fuel as it In the tape, the pilot can be heard had already suffered a fuel leak, the co-
attempted to land. warning of a “total electric failure” and pilot of another plane in the air at the
The plane had no fuel on impact, an “lack of fuel”. Just before the tape ends, time said.
official said, due to evidence of audio he says he is flying at an altitude of The pilot of the crashed plane is
of the pilot asking to land because of 9,000ft (2,745m). heard asking urgently for directions to
a fuel shortage and electric failure The plane was carrying the Brazilian the airport before the audio recording
Police appeal surfaced.
The capital Bogota was mentioned
football team Chapecoense, who had
been due to play a cup final against
ends.
Officials say the plane’s “black boxes”,
after bike stolen on the flight plan as a possible refuel-
ling stop, but the plane did not land
Atletico Nacional in Medellin on
Wednesday evening.
which record flight details, will be sent
to the UK to be opened by investiga-
outside Bangor there.
The plane plunged into a mountain-
Approaching Medellin, the pilot
asked for permission to land because
tors. A full investigation into the crash
is expected to take months.
University side near Medellin late on Monday of fuel problems but did not make this
NORTH Wales Police are appealing
for information after a bike was stolen
from outside of Bangor University.
Inventor of the Big Mac dies, aged 98
I
The Giant hybrid road bike in silver n 1967, Michael “Jim” Delligatti regular bun, we didn’t have any centre
and grey was stolen sometime between came up with the formula of hav- [bread] slice,” Delligatti told Reuters in
November 22 and 24 from outside li- ing two lots of everything - beef 2007. “Making it that way made it very
brary on Deiniol Road. patties, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions sloppy. The next day we put the centre
Anyone who may have witnessed the and special sauce - in one burger. slice in, and today it looks the same.”
bike being taken or who may know its He was one of the company’s first In 2007 he opened the Big Mac
whereabouts is asked to contact the franchisees, running stores in the US Museum, where visitors can be pho-
Investigation Support Team on 101 in the 1950s. tographed in front of the world’s larg-
quoting reference RC16177732. McDonald’s described him as a “leg- est Big Mac - which is more than four
Alternatively call Crimestoppers endary” person who “made a lasting metres wide.
anonymously on 0800 555111 or con- impression on our brand”. He passed away on 28th of November
tact the control room direct via the He invented the Big Mac in a restau- in Pittsburgh, surrounded by his
new web live chat http://www.north- rant in Uniontown in Pennsylvania. It family.
wales.police.uk/contact/chat- had seven ingredients and was more
support.aspx elaborate than the other dishes the
franchise was serving at the time.
“The first day we just used the
December Issue 2016 | Seren 5
NEWS
Clown of Aleppo killed in air strike IN
A
Syrian man who worked as
a clown to bring comfort to
children in a rebel-held part of
agency reports.
“He lived to make children laugh and
happy in the darkest most dangerous
BRIEF
Aleppo has reportedly been killed in place,” Mahmoud al-Basha, who iden-
an air strike. tified himself as Anas’ brother, wrote
Anas al-Basha, 24, was a centre di- on Facebook. “Anas who refused to
rector for the civil society group, Space leave Aleppo and decided to stay there
of Hope. to continue his work as a volunteer, to
Government forces have been help the civilians and give gifts for the
pounding rebel-held eastern districts children in the streets to bring hope
of Aleppo as they continue an all-out for them.”
assault to regain full control of the city.
Around 250,000 people are living
Mr Basha’s supervisor, Samar Hijazi,
told AP she would remember him as Injured seal
under siege with 100,000 of them be-
ing children.
a friend who loved to work with chil-
dren. “He would act out skits for the found in Conwy
There are no functioning hospi-
tals left, and official food stocks are
children to break the walls between
them. All of us in this field are ex- to be released by
exhausted.
Mr Basha died in an air strike on
hausted, and we have to find strength
to provide psychological support and RSPCA Cymru
Tuesday in the Mashhad neighbour- continue with our work.”
hood, the Associated Press news
A SEAL pup that was rescued in
Conwy is recovering well and could be
New £5 note contains animal fat which
released into the wild in the new year,
RSPCA Cymru has said.
The seal pup was found on the oppo-
is angering vegetarians and vegans
site shore from Conwy town with an
eye injury and of a mother earlier in
November.
It was taken to the Welsh Mountain
T
Zoo where its wounds have thankfully
he new £5 note uses animal fat, they come up with something a little healed.
tallow, and has been branded bit more modern? Now there’s a huge RSPCA inspector Mike Pugh said:
“disrespectful” as a petition amount of people that eat a plant- “It’s fantastic news that this seal pup
against the inclusion of tallow reaches based diet or are vegan. They are not is on the mend, after such a tough
5,000 signatures. just disrespecting a tiny minority.” ordeal.”
Fury among vegetarians and vegans On the use of tallow, he said: “It is But he urged the public not to ap-
erupted following confirmation by the incredibly disrespectful - we have no proach all lone seals, as they have not
Bank of England that the new polymer choice with money. We have to use it. necessarily been abandoned by their
notes, released in September, contain They issue it through ATMs and hand mothers.
the suet derivative. them to us in shops. The pup’s release has been planned
Doug Maw, of Keswick in Cumbria, “If we refuse them and they haven’t for the first three months of 2017.
started a petition against the use of got anything else, what are we going
tallow in the new £5 notes, which has to do? Basically, we are being forced to
over 100,000 signatures, and said he
has been left “disgusted”.
have animal products on us.”
He said he has started a second peti- Recorded
“I understand old notes contain stuff
as well - we can’t do anything about
tion on the UK Government petition
site, which is awaiting authorisation, suicide on the
what is in circulation - but the fact they
are producing new ones is what really
in a bid to get the issue debated and
addressed. rise in Wales
riles me,” he told the Press Association. A spokeswoman from the Bank of THE number of recorded suicides
“There is no excuse for it. There has England said: “We can confirm that has risen sharply in Wales, according
got to be other ways of making money the polymer pellet from which the to latest figures from the Office for
without using animal products.” base substrate is made contains a trace National Statistics (ONS).
“I don’t think anything will happen of a substance known as tallow. In 2015, 350 people took their own
about what has already been made, “Tallow is derived from animal fats lives compared to 247 in the previous
but I just hope they produce new ones (suet) and is a substance that is also year.
without using animal fats,” he said. widely used in the manufacture of can- However, the charity Samaritans
“It is the Bank of England - can’t dles and soap.” said the apparent increase needed to
be “treated with caution.” It said the
Wales organ donations increase after
fluctuations from one year to anoth-
er could be put be down “problems
with accuracy”. In many cases, there
consent law changes
can be a substantial delay in register-
ing a death by suicide. Out of the 350
suicides registered last year, just under
half happened before 2015.
M
The ONS said: “Part of the rise in the
ore organs are being donated Consultant Dr Chris Hingston, number of suicides registered in Wales
and more lives saved a year clinical lead for organ donation in 2015 can be explained by a higher
after Wales became the only at University Hospital of Wales in proportion of suicides occurring in
nation in the UK to introduce a new Cardiff, said: “We’ve seen a big impact previous years being included in this
donation law, according to ministers. at the bedside in terms of families ap- year’s figures.”
Adults are regarded as having al- proaching us to ask about organ do- Last year’s recorded suicides involved
lowed organ donation unless they have nation, but equally families when we 274 men and 76 women. The highest
opted out. asked them if their loved ones wished number were in Cardiff (34), followed
In the last year, there have been to become a donor actually know the by Swansea (18), Newport (16) and
160 organs transplanted and 39 were wishes. Even if that’s not to become a Ceredigion (8).
through deemed consent. donor, so they’re refusing, but they’re The chief executive of Samaritans,
Wales’ Health Secretary Vaughan confident that that’s the right deci- Ruth Sutherland said: “Suicide is not
Gething said numbers were encour- sion for their loved ones. As a clini- inevitable, it’s preventable and politi-
aging and the change had been “good cian that’s all I ever wanted - that there cians, employers, health bodies and
news”. wasn’t a grey area where there’s indeci- educators all have a role in identify-
In 2016, up to September, there were sion and difficulty for families.” ing and supporting those most at risk.
42 deceased organ donors, broadly the With better awareness and education
same as the previous year. on suicide prevention, as well as better
planning, we will save lives”.
6 Seren | December Issue 2016
POLITICS
CASTRO BURIED AT BIRTHPLACE
OF THE REVOLUTION
by WILLIAM KEELEY suffered from intestinal issues, which
are believed to be the cause of him
opponents, intellectuals and even for-
mer allies. State broadcasting became a
have taken to the sea in an attempt to
find refuge in the United States. Trump threatens
N to terminate of
ine days after his death the stepping down in 2006, may be to mouthpiece for the President, while all Castro’s romantic appeal, as a revo-
remains of socialist dictator blame. Opinion on the leader remains other forms of media became heavily lutionary in defiance of an oppres-
of Cuba, Fidel Castro, have divided, with the public outpouring in censored by state officials. sive United States, continues to create
US-Cuba deal
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been laid to rest in the Cuban city of Cuba standing in stark contrast with According to Amnesty International, misplaced eulogies, from the widely
Santiago, the birthplace of the Social- the hatred of many Cuban exiles in the Cuba has, over more than five decades, condemned remarks by the Cana- he deal between the United
ist revolution which dominated his United States and further abroad, as recorded a relentless campaign of hu- dian Prime Minister, that Castro’s States and Cuba, struck in 2014
life. Thousands gathered, lining the well as Cuba’s long history of Human man rights abuses against those who mild improvements in healthcare and between President Barack Oba-
streets to see the procession and filling Rights abuses. would speak against the Cuban gov- education compensated for a lifelong ma and President Raul Castro, Fidel’s
Revolution Square to its peak for one Castro first came to prominence as ernment. Authorities imprisoned dis- history of tyranny, to comments by brother, which saw diplomatic ties re-
final rally for their dead demagogue. part of the small group of revolution- sidents, solely for peacefully exercising Jeremy Corbyn, leader of the Labour stored and trade opened up, has been
The event marks the end of nine days aries who launched an attack on the their freedom of expression, associa- Party, who praised Castro as “a cham- threatened in recent comments made
of state-sanctioned national mourn- Moncada barracks in Santiago on the tion and assembly, as Castro operated pion of Social Justice”. His legacy will by the President-Elect.
ing in Cuba, and the four-day journey 26th of July 1953. The attack failed, but a campaign of “ruthless suppression”. be one covered in the blood of dissi-
of Castro’s remains from the nation’s was considered the first act of revolu- Human Rights Watch reports thou- dents, leaving behind a nation which
capital, Havana. tion which would go on to topple the sands were jailed in abysmal prisons, is kept locked in time, and which,
Castro, having survived over six- US-backed government six years later. with thousands more harassed and in the words of the Human Rights
hundred assassination attempts by In the earliest days of the revolution- intimidated, and entire generations Watch report, still keeps in its arsenal
the United States, died at the age of ary republic, critics claim the rebels denied political freedoms.In the words “the abusive tactics developed during
90, a decade after having purportedly executed hundreds, some say thou- of Castro’s own sister, “Fidel and Raúl [Castro’s] time in power – including
stepped down as leader of Cuba. The sands, in kangaroo court-sanctioned made [Cuba] an enormous prison sur- surveillance, beatings, arbitrary deten-
cause of Castro’s death has yet to be atrocities. Castro used threats, jail and rounded by water.” Since the birth of tion, and public acts of repudiation”.
made public, but reports that Castro banishment as means of suppressing the republic, over a million Cubans
Italian Prime Minister resigns follow-
ing humiliating referendum defeat
P
rime Minister Matteo Renzi has parties and further instability within
conceded defeat in an historic Europe. Joining with fellow Populist
referendum and announced parties across Europe, Beppe Grillo,
plans to resign within the week. In a leader of Italian anti-establishment Speaking just days after the death
vote which would have seen major party, Five Star, rejoiced at the news of Fidel Castro, Trump and his advis-
constitutional reform in Italy, with of Renzi’s resignation and called for an ers have announced that if Cuba does
significant reductions to the Senate, election “within a week”. Nigel Farage, not make fundamental changes to its
and moving political power into the previous leader of UKIP, said the vote government and administration, then
hands of Italy’s lower house (similar to reflected “more about the Euro than they will “absolutely” roll back poli-
the House of Commons), the govern- constitutional change”. cies initiated under Obama. Kellyanne
ment has suffered a humiliating defeat Most analysts see immediate election Conway, one of Trump’s top advisors,
with a ‘No’ victory by almost twenty as unlikely. Instead, the Democratic commented that Trump would only
points. What had begun as complex Party (previously led by Renzi) will es- open “new conversations” if a “very
political reform morphed into a vote tablish a caretaker government untill different Cuba” emerged. Trump had
of confidence in Renzi’s government, the 2018 election. The result marks a previously condemned Fidel as a “bru-
and acceptance of mainstream politics significant victory for populism, fol- tal dictator who oppressed his own
as a whole. Despite some opposition, lowing on the coattails of Brexit and people for nearly six decades”, and
the Yes camp was widely seen as repre- Donald Trump, and has opened the with recent comments by Raul Castro,
senting status-quo, with populist par- prospect of Italy leaving the European pledging to protect the legacy of his
ties campaigning in support of a No Union and scrapping the Euro, which brother, it seems unlikely that signifi-
vote. has been blamed for economic stagna- cant change will come to Cuba.
The victory of the No camp will have tion in the country. EU Finance Com- Reversing the policies enacted by
impact beyond the borders of Italy, missioner, Pierre Moscovici, played Obama would face opposition from
with the potential to rattle European down the impact, saying that he was business interests, but would find sup-
and global markets. The Euro sank to “confident in the capacity of the Euro- port in the Cuban refugee population,
a 20-month low as traders fretted over zone to resist all kinds of shocks”. who remain hostile to the Castro ad-
the possibility of the rise of anti-EU ministration of their island.
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POLITICS
MPs call for UK to catch up on Saudi woman faces calls for
execution over selfie
Transgender rights
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alak Al Shehri has sparked
fury in Saudi Arabia and has
faced calls for her execution
following being pictured (see above)
without a hijab on the streets of the
nation’s capital, Riyadh. Such an act is
strictly against the nation’s extreme-
ly conservative rules which dictate
women, local or foreign, must wear
a full body cloak (an abaya) when in
public and that Muslim women must
wear a headscarf (a hijab). The picture,
which quickly spread across social
media, was met with outrage, with one
man demanding: “Kill her and throw
her corpse to the dogs”. A hashtag de-
manding Al Shehri’s imprisonment
by WILLIAM KEELEY cept transgender ideology, marks the for changes in gender recognition “in amount of information needs to be
subsequently went viral, with support-
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first time that many MPs have given line with the principles of gender self- gathered by the consultants about the
embers of Parliament from ers demanding “harsh punishment for
a voice to the usually lesser discussed declaration”. individual before they can begin to
across the major parties have the heinous situation”. While many
issue. Members of the SNP were most en- proceed.”
called on the UK to recognise vented their outrage, others voiced
Labour MP Caroline Flint urged cau- thusiastic about progressive changes, UKIP’s David Kurten said that
“gender identity” on passports and in their support, and encouraged Saudis,
tion, encouraging MPs to be “mindful with SNP MP George Kerevan saying whilst protecting people who consider
law and encourage transgender lessons also via hashtag, to “stand with Malak”.
of creating neutral-gender environ- that “gender is a social construct” and themselves as transgender is impor-
and “gender neutral” toilets in schools, The controversy follows heated de-
ments that actually may prove more of “not primarily a biological construct” tant, children must be protected from
among other changes which would bate on the position of women on the
a risk to women themselves” pointing which “should be recognised in law”. propaganda and life-changing treat-
better accommodate the transgender Arabian Peninsula, particularly that of
to incidents of men using gender neu- Fellow SNP MP Angela Crawley insist- ments. He condemned the push to
community. While a number of local women drivers. Saudi Arabia remains
tral toilets to sexually abuse women in ed the law “be updated to recognise an force teachers and schools to actively
authorities already produce guidelines the only country to still ban female
UK universities. Flint was promptly at- individual’s gender identity, which has propagandise transgender agenda, and
regarding transgender issues, with drivers, but recent comments by a
tacked by others in the Chamber, with nothing to do with their birth gender”. teachers who do not comply could find
some guidance targeting children as member of the Saudi Royal Family
fellow Labour MP Ruth Cadbury con- Meanwhile, Labour’s Lyn Brown themselves guilty of a ‘hate crime’, say-
young as four, the system is considered suggests the nation may soon look to
demning the United States for legislat- called for the NHS to offer accelerated ing “Children should not be confused
“woefully inept” by campaigners. The change this decades-old rule to allow
ing that biological sex should deter- access to “services such as hormone or harmed to suit the politically cor-
debate, the first following the publi- for female drivers within the confines
mine which bathroom one would use. therapy or genital surgery”, condemn- rect ideologies of militant ‘progressive’
cation of the Women’s and Equalities of city limits.
Conservative MP Maria Miller called ing the current system where “a large adults.”
Supreme Court convenes to hear Brexit appeal
committee calling for the State to ac-
F
or the first time in the history of they claim only Parliament has the
the Supreme Court, all 11 judges power to do.
have gathered to hear the gov- If the government should go on to
ernment’s appeal on last month’s high lose their case in the Supreme Court,
court ruling. The decision, which saw the government is expected to pro-
the executive prevented from invoking duce a short bill to be pushed rapidly
Article 50 without the permission of through parliament, which would
parliament, enraged Brexit supporters authorise the triggering of Article 50.
with some newspapers accusing the May has insisted that a parliamentary
judges of opposing the will of the Brit- vote would not disrupt her plans to
ish people. start the process of exitting the EU. It
A parliamentary vote, which would should also be noted that the vast ma-
open the door for pro-Europe Mem- jority of MPs have said they will vote
bers of Parliament delaying or soften- in support of the government.
ing the withdrawal, has been strongly One possible result, albeit less likely,
opposed by May’s government. Attor- will be that the case is referred to Eu-
ney General Jeremy Wright, who set ropean Court of Justice. This may be
out the government’s argument, said down to considerations that a case
High Court judges were “wrong to handling European treaties should be
relegate, almost to a footnote, the out- handled at the European level.
come of the referendum”. Labour has announced plans to seek
Foreign Minister, Boris Johnson, amendments to any bill proposed, po-
voiced confidence for the govern- tentially delaying the process. Party
ment’s argument, saying that there is leader, Jeremy Corbyn, said amend-
no precedent “in any EU negotiations ments would ensure Britain retains
or any EU treaty talks of the House of access to the European single market,
Commons doing anything to fetter the even at the cost of maintaining free-
discretion of the government.” dom of movement. He denied seek-
Legal Expert Michael Zander, pro- ing to prevent the government from
fessor at the London School of Eco- invoking article 50, instead he hoped
nomics and Political Science, said “the to remove total power of negotiations
government could be looking at losing from the government’s hands.
11-0”. Claimants in the case argue that The case will last for four days, with
triggering Article 50 would remove the judges coming to a final decision in
certain rights the British people cur- late January.
rently enjoy under EU law – which
8 Seren | December Issue 2016
SCIENCE
UK close to allowing creation of
babies with three parents
areas where some believe science the UK Human Fertilisation and their technique and now seeks of experiments, during further trials
should not go into. Whether you are Embryology Authority (HFEA) gave permission to transplant embryos to a with embryonic-stem-cell lines, 3
by AZAT KALYBAY for or against it, scientists see a lot approval on their third application in human subject from the US Food and of 15 regained the mutated set of
of opportunity in tackling diseases 2005 and the Newcastle team began Drug Administration (FDA). During mitochondria. In the process of other
M
itochondria is a fascinating during the most important stage of their work on incorrectly fertilized the meetings chaired by Evan Snyder, experiments to cultivate various
organelle accountable for physical development. eggs from an affiliated IVF clinic. Five a stem-cell biologist at Sanford- organs from stem cells of the new
energy production and Basically, there are two techniques years later, the researchers published Burnham Medical Research Institute embryos, some cases still displayed
cellular respiration. Widely thought that have been developed to treat a paper where they showed that it in La Jolla, members although carry-over. From these comes a
to be once its own organism, it is eggs with mutant mitochondria. was possible to perform pronuclear favorable to the technique as a tool question – what do we need to do to
now an inherent part of our cellular First is called pronuclear transfer. It transfer on a human egg cell to tackle mitochondrial diseases were prevent carry-over?
structure where it played a crucial involves in-vitro fertilization (IVF) successfully and that the egg would anxious of how little was still known. One possible solution is to find so-
part in the evolution of multicellular of an egg by sperm of a woman contain very few faulty mitochondria. The general impression was towards called matching donors. The idea is to
organisms. One big reason why we with faulty mitochondria and then After that, the Newcastle team asked looking into reproductive patterns of find egg donors with mitochondrial
think that mitochondria used to be transplantation of the resulting nuclear the UK government to change the law the five monkeys in the future, which DNA (or haplotypes) similar to
separate entities is that they have their DNA to a healthy donor egg with that prohibits their procedure from would potentially postpone a decision recipient’s. Mitalipov’s team argue that
unique genome, although most has normal mitochondria. The second being trialed on humans. The inquiry by decades. Thus, the UK looks as unique genetic differences between
been lost after time. Notably, while is called maternal spindle transfer provoked many hearings, reports and it may become the first country to mitochondria explain why mutant
our nuclear DNA comes from both where the ‘spindle’ of genetic material debates across the country, but so far explicitly allow birth of children with mitochondria occasionally outcompete
parents, our mitochondrial DNA is removed from an unfertilized egg none became a major obstacle. This DNA from three individuals. At the the healthy ones. Assigning donors
comes exclusively from our mothers and added to a normal egg, where month, the HFEA will be deciding moment, fertility doctors from Mexico that have ‘matching’ haplotypes
and this mitochondrial genome, for the egg undergoes IVF in a healthy whether to approve clinical trials on and Ukraine reported such procedure would therefore reduce the chances
reasons not yet known, is a lot more egg. The difference between the two is humans and if so, the first procedures to have already been done as these of mutant mitochondria taking over.
prone to mutation than the nuclear that in pronuclear transfer, IVF takes could start by April 2017. countries do not have laws covering Nevertheless, others disagree that
genome. Thus, various mitochondrial place in the original egg, whereas in Simultaneously, a team of researchers the issue. The concern with it is that matching donors is the best step as Iain
diseases affecting predominantly maternal spindle transfer IVF occurs led by Shoukhrat Mitalipov at the more people are travelling abroad to Johnston, a biomathematician at the
high-energy requiring cells in the in a healthy egg and then develops into Oregon Health and Science University get these treatments and the quality of University of Birmingham, UK, who
brain and muscles are observed in as an embryo. in Beaverton have been carrying out the procedure is poor. studies mitochondrial inheritance
many as 1 in 5,000 newborns. Once a At the beginning, pronuclear similar experiments with monkeys. However, mitochondrial- remarks: “You’re setting up an arms
baby inherits faulty mitochondria, the transfer was performed in the 1980s In 2009, Mitalipov’s team reported replacement therapy is not always race between the two mitochondrial
disorder is effectively untreatable. The on mice to understand intricate ways birth of two healthy rhesus macaques effective. Studies show that up to 2% genotypes and keeping your fingers
most famous solution for this issue of cellular development. In the mid who have undergone maternal spindle of the cell’s mutant mitochondria are crossed. I think a better use of time
has become a topic of heated debate 1990s, researchers hypothesized that transfer. Subsequently, five monkeys unintentionally transferred during the and money would be to redouble our
and governments across the world pronuclear transfer could prevent have been conceived in total, one procedure, a phenomenon known as efforts to get the carry-over as close
are discussing whether to greenlight mitochondrial disease from being from a frozen egg to imitate a likely carry-over. Sometimes, these mutant to zero as we possibly can”. He added
human trials. transmitted in human eggs. This clinical scenario. These monkeys mitochondria outcompete healthy that it would be preferable to find
Reproductive medicine has inspired Douglass Turnbull, professor have since displayed normal health donor’s mitochondria to a degree matching donors, but it should not
considerable opposition. In all of of Neurology at Newcastle University, conditions with current plans to breed that a disease would still occur. In be mandatory. At the end of the day,
science research, genetic modification to try to test this hypothesis with them to observe their fertility. Since Mitalopov’s team experiments with researchers say they cannot ensure
of human embryo is one of the few his team and seek approval from these experiments, the US based team human eggs, although there was no total safety without clinical trials.
regulators to do so. After 18 months, claims to have significantly improved sign of carry-over in the first stage
December Issue 2016 | Seren 9
BREAKTIME
THE SEREN
WORDSEARCH
SUDOKU!
EASY
HARD
BELLS SEASON GREETINGS
CANDLES SLEIGH HOLIDAY
CANDYCANE STOCKING JOLLY
CARDS TREE JOY
CELEBRATE WREATH MERRY
CHIMNEY ELVES MISTLETOE
CHRISTMAS FROSTY NOEL
RUDOLPH GIFT NORTHPOLE
SANTA GIVING REINDEER
10 Seren | December Issue 2016
ARTS & CULTURE
IT’S CHRISTMAS TIME
booming market of films, music vehicles festooned with lights, tinsel it in a religious way or not, you can’t as the brief window of opportunity
by ALEXANDER POLANSKI and cultural events formed around and other accoutrements of this deny the joy this holiday brings for these shows leaves them sold
C
hristmas has always been a it. Things like Santa’s Grotto, the season. The frozen, huddled masses people, especially with the charity out in moments.
time of celebration. Going christmas cinema season and make their way around christmas events like Operation Christmas So, pull your blankets up around
back thousands of years to concerts drawing millions of people markets and black friday sales Child, amongst others. you, pour your hot drink of choice
the earliest Pagan celebrations, we a year worldwide to see the big man trying to find the perfect thing for Theatres around December are and sit back, rewatching the same
have always held this time of year himself, Santa that is, who was that special someone. Trying to fit usually filled with the laughter films and shows we know have
as one of family, remembrance and originally garbed in green, before a christmas tree in a car, while still of children and parents as the been and will be on every single
togetherness, with relatives you’ve the Coca-Cola company decided to being able to drive it, only to have Pantomime and musical season year. Long live the Two Ronnies,
never heard of or met before appearing make him red, which then became the cat pull it down on Christmas rolls on, with tours of “Cinderella” Morecambe and Wise and Only
on the doorstep on the 23rd and not his default colour. eve. (Currently featuring Paul O’Grady Fools and Horses. And with this, I
leaving til the new year. The air is filled with the sounds These are just some of the things and Julian Clarey), “Aladdin”, bid you all merry christmas, happy
It hasn’t gone without changes of cheesy music round this time, we’ve come to know and love about “Oliver Twist” and the classic “A holidays and have an extra mince
though, as we can see with the buildings, gardens and even some this season. Whether you celebrate Christmas Carol” and many more, pie for me!
MACBETH imaginative ways, along with a cabinet
and other pieces of the cluttered yet
P
clean staging.
roduced by the Swansea-based The performances from Mairi and
Volcano Theatre company, di- Alex were spectacular, embracing the
rected by Paul Davis and star- madness of the piece while perfectly
ring Mairi Phillips as Lady Macbeth encapsulating the feel and flow of this
and Alex Harris as Macbeth, this most unique of adaptations, going
creative and gripping take on a classic from original lines of the shakespeare
piece is both evocative and enthralling, text, to much more contemporary dia-
fusing aspects of a number of theatri- logue, breaking the fourth wall repeat-
cal styles including the works of Ber- edly but still maintaining character, all
tolt Brecht and Antonin Artaud. while filling the stage with the energy
This show features ingenious use of of a cast ten times larger
audience participation, from opening Volcano Theatre made a truly mem-
with a conversation with the audience orable performance with this, and I
to calling up audience members for the hope they continue their work at this
infamous feast, this show kept viewers level of expertise.
engaged the whole way through.
Marvellous use of props and lighting
brought an element of the bizarre, with
a musical horn being used in multiple,
SIWAN Siwan (Johanna Vilay) suffered from
problems with diction; her accent
P
making it hard to understand some
roduced, directed and starring
of her lines and breaking the flow of
the Bangor English Drama Soci-
conversation. This had the effect of
ety (BEDS), this piece was origi-
making the story somewhat difficult to
nally written and performed in welsh.
follow properly and her motives hard
It is a tale of a french princess, Siwan,
to understand.
living in Wales and falling for a noble-
The flow and tempo of this piece was
man while still married to a prince,
good, with the pace keeping steady
The production of this show was
until the climactic moment of Gwilyms
quite good, with set, staging, props and
death and the aftermath of Siwan
costume all working well within the
trying to piece together why, with all
narrative shown onstage.
her questions answered by the rather
The acting was strong from most of
disappointing finish.
the cast, with Gwylim (Byron Dean),
Prince Llewelyn (Ryan Proudlove) and
Siwans handmaiden Alis (Hannah-
Marie Hailes) performing well and
expertly delivering the story. However
the titular character ofSeren | December Issue 2016 11
COMMENT
CHRISTMAS DISMAY
by EMMA JEWKES In reality, the best we can hope for are even worse than the originals.
I
is a scattering of snow followed The lack of musical originality at
t’s Christmas! The time of snow, by days of sludge. When all that’s Christmas means that we are forced
music, food, spending time with required for someone to win a White to recycle the same songs we’ve
family and all manner of good Christmas bet is for a single flake been listening to for the past fifteen
cheer...or is it? Let’s take a closer of snow to land on the roof of the years. Sure, on the 1st December
look because if we’re all being hon- meteorological center in London you they are great but by the 10th they
est here, Christmas is just plain pants. curry, turkey surprise, all manner the thing and don’t get me started
know the authorities are with me on are just plain annoying. Of course of taste bud destroying culinary on Mince Pies!
While many claim to smell chestnuts this! True White Christmas’s just don’t they’ll have been playing on a loop
roasting on an open fire, the only delights. Brussel Sprouts are another So, Christmas is a disappointment.
exist anymore, if in fact they ever did! in the shops since the beginning of staple of the Christmas Roast and An over-commercialised money
smell filling my nostrils is that of un- Then the music. Once upon a time, November!
fulfilled promise. Call me a scrooge why? They taste like actual garbage pit of despair with a soundtrack of
the Christmas number one was an So now we turn our attention to from the bowels of hell and make you awful covers and a diet of dry meat
but you all know I’m right. Christmas actual Christmas song. These days, the food. Honestly, who loves Turkey,
sucks big time. Let’s have a closer produce smells which Satan himself and green stink bombs of death. As
there are no new Christmas songs. the ugliest of all the poultry birds. It’s would be proud of. The desserts are I leave you with that assessment,
look if you don’t believe me. Yes, we might get another rehash of such a tasty meat that we only eat it
First the weather. Honestly, when just as bad. Christmas Pudding, a have a merry Christmas and a Happy
Last Christmas or yet another update once a year, if we’re lucky. If not, we
CALM YOUR T*TS
have we ever had a Christmas scene dessert in which Chefs have to bake New Year. I’m off to spend December
of Band Aid but let’s be honest, those are then force fed turkey pie, turkey money into it to get people to eat hibernating!
resembling that of The Snowman?
by EMILY RIMMER women, especially when we our- was sitting next to a woman who
selves can stand in their shoes at was wearing a low cut top that re-
I
n the past few months or so breast- some point in our lives. It’s fair to say vealed a lot of cleavage. The major-
feeding in public has become a that I am still young and don’t plan ity of people that stopped where the
hot topic amongst people, espe- on having children anytime soon but two women were sitting called the
cially through social media. There I do not judge a woman for breast- woman breastfeeding ‘disgusting’!
has arisen strong opposing views feeding her child in public as I under- The man conducting the experiment
that women should not breastfeed stand why she is doing it. If people asked the members of the public
in public as it makes others feel ‘un- look past the fact that a woman has that stopped “why is it ok for this
comfortable’. I am always one to lis- her chest out you will see that breast- woman to have her chest out but not
ten to both sides of a story and take feeding is a natural human function this one”, pointing to the lady breast-
on other people’s views but when it that cannot be helped. The woman feeding. One man had the audacity
comes to pure ignorance I am whole- is not getting her chest out to annoy to reply “cause that is hot”, pointing
heartedly against these people. you or offend you but to simply feed at the lady with revealing cleavage,
Forgive me but I haven’t been in her child when it needs it: would you “and that’s not hot or attractive”. Well
cryogenic sleep for 50 years, and it rather her baby go hungry for hours at this point you can imagine that I
is 2016 right? Well then why we are and you having to listen to it cry be- was fuming with hatred for human-
still stuck with the view point we had cause it is hungry? I get that people kind. I just ask myself how we can still
back in the 1960’s that women should are not used to seeing breasts out live in a world where men scrutinise
hide away and keep themselves re- in public but let’s be honest it’s not women for the way they look and
served. Most of the opinions against like many of us haven’t seen a pair of not be educated enough to know the
breastfeeding you would think come breasts for god sake, get over it! implications of having to breastfeed.
from men (excuse my judgement) I recently watched this video on There is no law against it and it is a
but shockingly young women feel Facebook that conducted a social human right. When you think of all
that this action is inappropriate as experiment to shine a light on peo- the other aspects of the world that
well. This has to anger me the most ple’s attitudes to women breastfeed- are falling apart, women breastfeed-
as women we should support other ing in public. What made it interest- ing their child is not one of them.
ing is that the women breastfeeding12 Seren | December Issue 2016
WHAT’S ON?
DECEMBER What: Fara
Where: TBT
Time: 8pm
Price: £13
28. What: Jimmy Carr Time: 7:30pm
09 What: Blodeuwedd Time: 10/12:45pm Where: Venue Cymru Price: £27.50
Where: TBT Price £10
What: Meet Fred Time: 7:30pm
What: Music Society Christmas Concert Time: 7:30pm Where: Galeri Price: £9
Where: PJ Hall Price: £3
What: BEDS – Romeo and Juliet Time: 7:30pm
10 What: Magical Caban Time: 11am-4pm Where: JP Hall Price: £4
Where: Caban Price: FREE
29. What: BEDS – Romeo and Juliet Time: 7:30pm
What: BU Dance – Winter Showcase Time: 1:30 & 7pm Where: JP Hall Price: £4
Where: JP Hall Price: £3
What: Meilyr Jones Time: 8pm
Where: TBT
11. What: Bangor University Symphony Orchestra
Where: TBT
Price: £10
Time:7:30pm
Price: £5
FEBRUARY
01. What: Bromance Time: 7:30pm
What: Soda Variety Performance Time: 7pm Where: TBT Price: £12
Where: Powis Hall Price: £4
02. What: Bromance Time: 7:30pm
15 What: Raslas Bach a Mawr Time: 6:30pm Where: TBT Price: £12
Where: TBT Price: £9
What: Ensemble Cymru Coffee Concert Time: 10:30am
What: TONIC Dolig: Rhys Meririon Time: 2:30 pm Where: Venue Cymru Price: £10
Where: Galeri Tickets on waiting list
03. What: Solo Guitars like Never Before Time: 8pm
16 What: Raslas Bach a Mawr Time: 12:30 & 6:30pm Where: TBT Price: £13
Where: TBT Price: £9
04. What: Ensemble Cymru Coffee Concert Time: 10:30am
17 What: Raslas Bach a Mawr Time: 1 &6:30pm Where: Venue Cymru Price: £10
Where: TBT Price: £9
05. Ensemble Cymru @ Pontio Time: 3pm
18 What: Llafn o Wawl Time: 7:30pm Where: TBT Price: £5
Where: TBT Price: £10
06. What: Lady Chatterley’s Lover Time: 7:30pm
JANUARY Where: Venue Cymru
09. What: The Hollow
Where: Theatr Colwyn
Price: £13
Time: 7:30pm
Price: £9.95
10. What: My Body Welsh Time: 8pm What: Seann Wlash: One for the Road Time: 7:30pm
Where: Studio Price: £8 Where TBT Price £14
11. What: My Body Welsh Time: 8pm 10. What: The Hollow Time: 7:30pm
Where: Studio Price: £8 Where: Theatr Colwyn Price: £9.95
12. What: Elin Fflur Time: 2:30pm 11. What: The Hollow Time: 2:30 & 7:30pm
Where: Galeri Price: £5 Where: Theatr Colwyn Price: £9.95
14 - 18. What: Sunny Afternoon Time: 2:30 & 7:30pm
14. What: A Night in Vienna Time: 7:30pm Where: Venue Cymru Price: various
Where TBT Price: £5
18. What: Bangor Music Festival All Day
20. What: A Regular Little Houdini Time: 7:30pm Where: various locations Price: mixture of free and paid events
Where: Galeri Price: £11.50
20. What: Mike and the Mechanics Time: 7:30pm
24. What: I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue Time: 7:30pm Where: Venue Cymru Price: Various
Where: Venue Cymru Price: £26
21. What: Comedy Central Live Time: 8pm
What: Comedy Central Live Time: 8pm Where: Studio Price: £8
Where: Studio Price: £8
22. What: Kaiser Chiefs Time: 7pm
25. What: Ross Noble - Brain Dump Time: 7:30pm Where: Venue Cymru Price: £29.50
Where: Venue Cymru Price: £25
24 - 25. What: The Odd Couple Time: 7:30pm
26. What: My Body Welsh Time: 8pm Where: Theatr Colwyn Price: £11
Where: Galeri Price: £8
27 - 28. What: Thriller Live Time: 7:30pm
27. What: Brendan Cole – All Night Long Time: 7:30pm Where: Venue Cymru Price: Various
Where: Venue Cymru Price: £30
TBT – Theatr Bryn Terfel - Pontio Blue - Music
Studio– Pontio Light Blue - Dance and Circus
PJ Hall – Main Arts, Bangor Pink - Drama
Powis Hall – Main Arts, Bangor Green - Welsh
JP Hall – Theatre next to Management Centre Red- Comedy
Black - anything else * all prices are based on student admissionDecember Issue 2016 | Seren 13
WHAT’S ON?
O
n the 9th and 10th December, Christmas finally comes to Bangor in the form of Bangor Christmas Cracker. With a festive christmas market, outdoor Ice Rink, all day and
evening entertainment as well as the big man himself (Santa if you didn’t know), this years event is sure to be a fun filled day what ever your age. If you’re still not sure what
to expect, here’s a handy guide to whats on at the Bangor Christmas cracker this year!
The city centre will be transformed into a bustling mar- Band Jazz Ysgol Tryfan will be performing on Saturday 10th Syrcas Cimera will be performing on the Saturday 10th
ket place on the 9th and 10th December at the Bangor December. December!
Christmas Cracker! The Jazz Band has appeared on various stages over the years They are a fantastic local community interest company,
Most of the products on sale will come from each stall including numerous performances in PJ Hall, the Symphony Hall sharing circus skills and performing. They specialise in stilts
in Birmingham, the Luxembourg Gardens Paris, the performing characters for all occasions, fire shows, acrobalance, pa-
holder’s region, where they are produced by small or-
stage at Disney Land Paris and the opening concert at the National rades, carnivals and festivals..you name it, they have some-
ganisations such as, family businesses, farms or small Urdd Eisteddfod held in Glynllifon in 2012. The band was also thing to amaze, inspire or include you.
factories using traditional methods, maintaining a high invited to perform at a special ceremony to lay the foundation They are looking forward to entertaining you with some
standard of quality! stone for PONTIO in 2013. glow juggling and weird and wonderful christmas characters
at the Bangor Christmas Cracker
The main feature of the Bangor Christmas Cracker will be an The Castle, Bangor are providing a BEER TENT at the Ban- No Christmas event would be complete without the main
outdoor synthetic ice rink situated on the old bowling green gor Christmas Cracker! man himself paying a visit. Father Christmas wil be taking
next to Storiel and opposite Pontio. They will be serving: a quick break in his busy schedule to attend the Bangor
The ice rink opening hours will be: Christmas Cracker.
- Real Ale
- Friday 9th December 2pm - 10pm
- Saturday 10th December 10am - 6pm - Mulled Wine
SANTA will be in his grotto within the Deiniol Shopping
- Pick a time slot - Warm Cider Centre
- 30 mins skating time - Coffee Friday 9th December: 3pm - 5pm
- Skate shoes included in the price - Much more! &
£4.50 per person when booked online Open all day Friday and Saturday until 10/11pm! Saturday 10th December: 10am - 5pm
£4.00 per person for a Family/Group booking of 4 when Price: £4 a child
booked online
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