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Upon the Thames

Freya's article was the runner up in this years Creative Writing module - we wish her all the best in the future.   London heaved with swarms of people that hurried down to its river banks to gaze upon the fantastic sight that lay before them. For the last month, the Capital City had been [...]

By | July 31st, 2015|Brunel|0 Comments

Brunel Creative Writing Prize 2015 Winner – Animal Cafe

Animal Cafés have started to appear in London over the last couple of years and have proved a huge hit as people across the capital are flocking to cat, dog and even bird cafés and going crazy for this new trend. Enjoying delicious food, tea and coffee with a cat on your lap sounds perfect [...]

By | July 30th, 2015|Brunel, Food & Drink|0 Comments

The Love Boat Along The Thames

Congratulations to our winner, 2013, for the Brunel Creative Writing Prize sponsored by Living Along The Thames magazines, Geeta Edwards. We really enjoyed this short story and hope you do as well. The last, sun kissed Saturday of August, twenty five years ago. Sultry air, red sky and three hot girls out on a hot [...]

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Eel Pie Island: A Tour

Congratulations to one of our Runners Up: Richard Gilbert-Cross.  We hope you enjoy reading this as much as we did  With human habitation on the banks of the Thames dating back to Neolithic times, as you can imagine there have been a multitude of changes over the years. Buildings have developed and evolved, advanced technology [...]

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Success of British Film

Charlotte Allenby is the first winner of the Along The Thames Creative Writing Prize at Brunel University. From high brow Oscar winners such as The King’s Speech to the more coarse comedy of The Inbetweeners Movie, British film has something to offer everyone. Over the past few years the British film industry has witnessed success [...]

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Secret Shops – Boutiques

Kieran is one of our runners up in this years Along The Thames Creative Wrting Prize at Brunel University   Mrs Jones Stylist and designer Fee Doran is better known by her alter-ego (and fashion label) Mrs Jones, dressing the likes of The Scissor Sisters, Florence and the Machine, Cheryl Cole and Paloma Faith. Her [...]

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When the Olympics came to Wembley

Nuruz Zaman is also a runner up in this year's AlongTheThames Creative Writing Prize at Brunel University Football’s coming home…Well, not quite the world cup we all hope and dream for, instead, the Olympic football finals will be played in England and our beloved national stadium (local for some of us), will be hosting a [...]

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