Articles for Hydra
Hydra was the student magazine of Hyde Clarendon College (formerly Hyde Sixth Form College), in Hyde, Greater Manchester. I wrote for it between February 1995 and April 1996. There's more on my Hydra articles in The Hydra Files.
Articles List
- Rant 'n' Rave: America
Bods goes off on one about America.
- On The Shop Floor
Part four in the intermitant series on supermarkets, and Bods explains what goes on behind the scenes.
- Get Wired
It's 1996 and the internet has just arrived. And it was dead cool. Honest.
- Rant 'n' Rave: Why... (I write that is)
Why I write.
- Corporal Punishment, edition 5
Sorted for E's and whizz? Sex? Yes please!
- Sport
Hydra 'attempts' a sports section.
- In the Cutting Room
Not particularly subtle article relating to censorship in the October 1995 issue.
- The Mailbag, Christmas 1995
Answering non-existant letters, the Andrew Bowden way.
- The Student Cookbook
Student gormet delights.
- The Inner Circle, edition 1
High quality cartoon fun.
- Rant 'n' Rave: Europap
Europap music gets the R'n'R treatment.
- What A Problem!
The male obsession with the problem pages from womens magazines.
- Supermarket Fun
The joys of filling in for your boss.
- Data Bytes Back
The Hydra computer muses on life, online can machines and more.
- Corporal Punishment, edition 4
Vanity, batman, Mark Tonderri and (amazingly) rag and bone men.
- The Mailbag, October 1995
Opening up Hydra's buldging sack. Mail sack that is.
- The Rather Sad Diary Of Andrew Bowden
Diary entries from when I was 13. Real ones. Sadly.
- Corporal Punishment, edition 3
Des Lynham and sex on a stick? It could only be the Corporal.
- Rant 'n' Rave: Top of the Pops
Top of the Pops - it's apparantly a good laff, but for some reason, I can't remember why.
- The Mailbag, May 1995
More exciting correspondence on Hydra's letters page.
- Rant 'n' Rave: Deodrant Free Zone
Deodrant stinks! When you get it for every birthday.
- Supermarket FAQs
The guide to working in a supermarket continues with a look at how to answer those customer questions.
- Corporal Punishment, edition 2
The Corporal returned for episode 2 - and was twice as big and twice as odd.
- Clubs and Societies
A tour of the odder end of the student social scene as Hydra revealed some of the odder clubs and societies.
- The Mailbag (Easter 1995)
More exciting correspondence on Hydra's letters page.
- Rant 'n' Rave: How Do They Do That?
How do they do that? Do what? Make a TV programme that diabolical! (Hint: if you don't remember How Do They Do That? with Des Lynham, this article will probably make no sense at all!)
- Supermarket Speak
Learn the supermarket lingo of 1995 with Supermarket Speak. It's probably not changed much to this day!
- Corporal Punishment, edition 1
Hydra's answer to... err... something... makes his very first appearance. And I'm sure the world rejoyced when that happened!
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