KANYE WEST // MONSTERS UNIVERSITY GTA 5 // DRENGE // FESTIVAL FASHION JOSH OWEN DESIGN // ARTIST BARLEY BEAL. #0

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#0DENT. CREATIVESLauren ClarkRob ColquhounZoe CookeLaura CordenSimon GilbertIndia GumbleySioned Hope RoseJoe McWha

Ben NicklinRob O’ConnorSam PapworthJoey QuinceGino RenziParam SinghAdam ThompsonNed Wilson

CONTENTS.Josh Owen: Product Designer

Bartholomew Beal: Artist

Kanye West: Split Review

Drenge

Monsters University

The Walking Dead

5 Top Tips: Festival Fashion

Get the Grunge Look

Bales Big Come up

Fitness Guru

Grand Theft Auto 5

Video Wars

The Art of Speed Reading

Moving On Up: 1st year to 2nd

The Hungry Nag: Restaurant Review

Derby’s Best Butty

Discotech

Pub Quiz Probe

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MAKING AN IMPACT.Josh Owen:Product Design Award WinnerJoe McWha.

Look around you. Everything you can see, bar the sky and Mother Nature’s plant life, has been designed by a human being. This can be overlooked, as design often slips past the untrained eye. When someone says, “Design” people often think of designer brands. But when Product Designers like Josh Owen hears “Design” they think challenge, create and innovate. We talk with Josh about his success as a graduate at the most prestigious design student-showcasing event in the UK, New Designers.

Josh Studied Product Design at the University of Derby and graduated earlier this year with a final year project challenging sustainability. The project, ‘The Eco Paint-Pro’ is a clever devise that cleans paint rollers efficiently. The initial spark was created when experience the problems of decorating products first hand with his dad, little did he know where he would be now. Developing this idea into feasible outcome meant months of research, prototyping, testing. Josh lead focus groups and analysed the market with existing products, all equating to a final design. His hand-on experience at the university meant he got stuck in with every last detail. “I am very passionate about design, it is what I enjoy.”

New Designers is an annual event hosted in the Design Business Centre in Islington (London), which hosts Graduates, and their projects in all disciplines of design. Amongst Fashion, Interior and Graphic Designers Josh’s work shined bright. There are several awards in which Josh was chosen by Wilkinson as their number 1 designer. His rewards entails £1000 and an internship at the Wilkinson Design Studios, which as you’ll agree is pretty exciting straight of his degree. At his internship he will be looking into taking his project into manufacture and working on a varied range of Wilkinson products, adding great strength and depth to his growing portfolio.

Josh has also been offered a job at his previous work placement proving his is a Designer people want to get their hands on. However he has £1000 to spend and thinks his first year out of full time education deserves a holiday, now THAT is a good idea. Looking back over his experiences as a student a in a creative, work-heavy course he has nothing but satisfaction, “the success hasn’t come on a plate.” He has worked extremely hard to get the most out of his time at university and has enjoyed immensely, “It’s hard work but the outcomes have made it worth while.”

When asked to give advice Josh kept it simple…

Be prepared for hard work – but it’s enjoyable!

Design is a very enjoyable, satisfying and rewarding opportunity.

Without doubt look to take a works placement, experience is essential when applying for a full-time job.

Which is sound advice from someone who knows it first hand. University has developed Josh into a Designer and introduced to the professional world.

Check out his portfolio at www.coroflot.com/joshowen

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Bartholomew Beal:Artist Award WinnerWe dropped in on a busy Bartholomew Beal ahead of his eagerly anticipated Jonathan Vickers Fine Art Residency exhibition. In amongst wonderful clutter, upon two squeaking chairs, and whilst covered in paint, we rambled over being a former Jazz singer, the inspiration of Derbyshire’s mills, and a curious rivalry with the lady in his life. Must I call you by that name?Barley is fine. My friends call me B. Well I’m not yet your friend, so we’ll meet in the middle. Hello Barley.Hello reporter man. On the topic, your surname rhymes with “spiel” - gimme some spiel about Bartholomew Beal on the road to entering Derby...Nicely done. Well, I’m twenty four, from Cheltenham (that’s in Gloucestershire), studied Fine Art Painting at Wimbledon College of Art and then won a prize which places me here, now, at a Derby studio in front of your good self...

Clearly, you’ve made it. And what do you make of life in your adopted city?You mean, outside the hermit’s nature of an artist? You do not believe I haven’t been locked in here for the entire nine months to paint do you, with food and water brought to the door, and one visitor allowed a fortnight?

I saw you outside returning with pizza like 20 minutes ago...Rumbled. I’ve been to the Wonky

Table like fifteen times, the food is amazing. Listen, I won’t rundown with namedrops, I actually do box myself in and paint till late, hence the takeaway pizza. But The Greyhound is a favourite, on Ashbourne Road I believe, with wonderful ales and burgers. More recently I just ventured to the Derby Rugby Club in Darley Abbey to watch the Lions. I love how differing timezones mean a pint of beer at 10 o’clock on a Saturday morning is perfectly acceptable. For many that’s just a regular Saturday morning – rugby or otherwise. Was Art always the calling?Not terribly. I just gave everything a go really. Let’s see: I sang in a Jazz band... erm, I was the captain of my local rugby club, I’ve written poetry... So in sum, not really. Until I took the plunge and came under the guidance of some wonderful teachers at college, it was all very uncertain.

But earlier on, a certain painting of one of Derby’s most famous sons did inspire a young Barley Beal did it not?Sure did, Joseph Wright’s An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump. From when I was like 6 years old and first waddled up to it in the National Gallery, I was pulled in.

I understand that before enrolling at Wimbledon College of Art, this too big an array (or lack of) passion led to you packing a bag and fulfilling a more common cliché of ‘finding one’s self’?Yea, luckily I worked in a rather well-to-do restaurant back home in Cheltenham as a temp job and

the clientele that frequented it were generous with their loose change. Essentially, tipping took me to South America and South East Asia and many months of blissful backpacking. So I guess if the painting goes t*ts up you’ve always got a well paying career in waiting back home?Haha! *laughing, he raises finger*

Now the residency carries with it, alongside prestige, the princely sum of how much?£29,000. I’m really very lucky to be awarded such a glorious award to paint something of such importance and to be paid for it.

But I understand you know intimately the runner-up?Yes... my girlfriend.

Cringe.Indeed, however, she has won a prize in Amsterdam to which I was the runner-up.

Karma. The child springing from this union will be of frightfully talented stock, no?Let’s stick to the Art.

I’ve noted that the dynamic of your painting process is not a closed book. That you tend to work your way into the painting, try to find drama: much like novelists write their way in. Was there a similar process when attempting to unearth moments from the folk stories of the mills?I did initially struggle with the material. But having always used imagist poetry to prompt my work; (the haikus of Ezra Pound

for instance), it was just a case of flooding my consciousness over time with the environment.

And did you find this diaspora of folk tales was what merited best the residency title: A Sense of Place? I note that very few, if any of your paintings, actually depict the mills.Lots of bus rides up the A6 into Derbyshire led me to meeting people in and about the mills. Its loneliness, its stillness, was all very contrary to the bustling factories of Strutt and Arkwright’s day. So in talking to the locals in the villages, their generational ties to the people of the time that lived, breathed, worked in these places, it was easy to finally find what I was after: which was the people.

Emerging from a first class degree on toward a renowned residency, has your young experience as yet been sought?It has. In rather a daunting transformation, I’ve taken some lectures and mentored some students at the University of Derby’s Arts department. Seeing them learn and grow....... Some still communicate. One chap actually yawped up to my studio window late one night last week, “Baaaaatholomeeeeew!” Clearly, he was under the influence...

And presumably for this admirer of your work, as a mentor, you gave him a meaningful moment or two of your time?

Catch Bartholomew Beal’s exhibition at Derby Museum and Art Gallery from September 6th.

Joey Quince.

MUSIC.YEEZUSKanye West

Reader, guess what I’m not...? A Kanye-devotee! What – you ask – is a ‘Kanye-devotee’? A fan that claims to understand why North West (the improbably named child) is called North West. A Kanye-devotee is a fan that two years on, remains “averse” to admitting that “his verse” on H.A.M. (that crazed duet record with Jay-Z that brought us ‘N’ words in Paris and No Church in the Wild, Watch the Throne) is trash. But most of all, a Kanye-devotee is a fan who claims to enjoy the self-indulgent, flaw-ridden, Yeezus.

To the record itself: New Slaves is enjoyable, Black Skinhead is fun, the other eight tracks? I don’t know where to begin. The repetitive, borderline – bordering on annoying beat on On Sight – is only matched by Kanye’s Lil Wayne level rhymes (“Get this b**** shaking like Parkinsons”). “I Am A God,” he urges. No Kayne, you are not a God.

However, there’s always some genius in madness. It’s probably necessary here to point out that Yeezus isn’t a poor album because I expected more from Kanye; it’s a poor album because even through its tenth, hundredth, thousandth

listen, you can hear the album struggle. You can hear the production fail to mimic the sound it’s trying so desperately to better, and you can hear Kanye struggle to keep up with the beats he throws his lack-lustre rhymes over like a badly drawn fishing-net.

Ultimately, Yeezus isn’t groundbreaking. It isn’t fresh, moving etcetera, like so many – my DENT. Mag rival opposite for one – claims it to be. It doesn’t explore undiscovered territories or touchstones. It all just feels so rushed. There’s no substance here, no stand-out beats, no rhapsodic lyrics.

Kanye’s simply out of his depth. But of course, neither he nor his trusted backers will admit to it. If you’re a Kanye-devotee and you like this and claim it’s not just because it’s Kanye, but because you really dig the sound, put yourself to the test. Get yourself a copy of Death Grips’ The Money Store, you’ll love it just the same, but obviously no more than you love Yeezus. Kanye’s not on it, duh!

‘It brought tears to my eyes,’ declared rock star musician

Lou Reed. ‘Dementedly contrary,’ reported The

Guardian’s Alexis Petridis in an early review. Clearly, Kanye’s

Yeezus has had an impact, supreme or not.

In one of the most (to borrow the phrase) ‘dementedly contrary’

albums of all time, you can almost feel the meaty thwack, the swinging fist of classically ancient

string orchestra land freely on upon the new, the liberal,

technological, hardwired cheek of robot synth. They all do it

nowadays. Hip-hop is pregnant of it. Will.I.Am has always been the

daddy of sonic, but Kanye has taken it to a whole new level.

It is the reason why this is an album to be nurtured with more

care than falconry. You can’t simply crack open the record

case – (proverbially of course, for we now live in an electrical world)

slot in, kick back, endure the thing and then make judgments.

Hell, if I did that I would be on the other side of the page like

my likewise long-necked friend Param here.

Thing is: he doesn’t care if you

knock him. Political judgment aside, Kanye adores the very

hypocricism we love so dearly to mock him for. That’s his gig.

Providing more chipper than a lumberjack, Kanye’s coy barbs

on Yeezus as to the state of a world, place him as fulcrum to

a western-cultural leverage. He has his fashion, his art, his

high-brow reckonings of society. But he pales it anew with some

of the most wittily exquisite – if not a touch politically opaque

– bars to come out of a twenty first century mouthpiece. Take

the appropriately named I’m In It: “Eating Asian p****, all I need

is sweet and sour sauce.” Whoa! Oddly tender in its simplicity and

play on cultural cuisine-come-cunnilingus. . .

These are awe-inspiring lyrics. So much, that if Byron – another

social maverick of his time – were to come to define all of

Romanticism, K.West and his equally spare indictments of

wealth tapered with synths and thick, grainy electric bass must

be some sort of icon for our financially flustered capitalist

backbone. Well, Kanye, to me it’s just beautiful.

Two of our resident writers, Joey Quince &

Param Singh, go toe-to-toe tackling

the latest album of a guy more

“marmite” than Russell Brand on

a slice of toast, give it up for

Kanye . . .

or not!

Team JOEY.

Team PARAM.

WHAT WE ARE LISTENING TO

WHAT WE ARE LISTENING TO

Do I Wanna Know?Arctic Monkeys

Blurred Lines (ft Pharrell and T.I)Robin Thicke

Can’t Hold Us (ft Ray Dalton)Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

Bad HabitFoals

Ya HeyVampire Weekend

BLKKK SKKKN HEADKanye West

DrengeIndia Gumbley.

“We’re Rock and Roll music that your parents don’t want you listening to.” Laughs Eoin Loveless, one half of new indie-rock band Drenge.

When DENT. catch-up with Eoin, he’s taking some time off. The band have spent the past month touring and recording, and now they’re writing again. Anything but lying around. The punk blues-rock duo from Derbyshire’s Peak district have already conquered Sheffield, and now they’re moving nationwide.

The Guardian have heralded them as ‘Derbyshire’s Black Keys,’ a comparison the boys are keen to shake off: “[The Black Keys] stuff is a lot more mellow. They like their ‘oohs’ and their ‘laaa’ and their ‘heys’ – they don’t write about the morbid stuff we do.”They snatch inspiration from all around them, YouTube, on the bus, on the street. “I try and obscure it and make it seem less real, or attempt to be funny about it.” Explains Eoin: “I don’t know though, no-one’s ever said our songs are funny.”

Their first single ‘Bloodsports’ cover artwork is a blood-splatter plughole. Funny maybe, only to the Anarchist. The single was released March 4, and received airtime on Radio One. The boys’ celebrations were low-key, hitting the recording studios, taking photos of bus seat covers and eating tuna pasta. Hardly the rock’n’roll bash you’d expect, but then fame has never been something the brother’s have hungered for.

Having a bandmate for a brother has its bonuses: “Music isn’t ever something we have to sit down and talk about.” He smiles: “We talk about it openly between conversations about Twin Peaks or Games of Thrones. We’re always coming up with ideas on the spot.”

Working as brothers was a natural choice for Eoin: “I could never work on music in a serious way with other people apart from Rory so we just started playing together.” Music has been key to their lives since childhood, and they list their father, a saxophonist, as their greatest musical influence. Eoin’s first song’s were experimental, and a far cry from the heavy-lyrics Drenge is so recognised for: “My first song was about counting sheep or something. It was awful. I imagine myself being 12, but I was probably more like 15.” ‘Drenge’ fell together quickly. The word is a harsh-sounding translation for the Danish ‘boys,’ and these boys are infatuated with Denmark (“It’s got bacon, Lars Von Trier and Hans Christian Anderson”) and the Cribs, who they recently supported at Brixton Academy: “It was a dream come true. For me, they’re one of ‘those’ bands, they pulled me through my teens and summed up everything I thought about the world back then.”

They’d be forgiven for imbuing a sense of cockiness after already playing with their idols at such a premature point in their career, but the boys remain humble. Fame is not a driving factor in their career: “It’s a miracle that anyone’s given us a moment of their time in the first place, so we’re pretty honoured to be doing this full-time.”

The futures looking bright for the Loveless brothers.

FILM & TV.

It’s been twelve years since we were introduced to the loveable Monsters Inc duo, Mike Wazowski (Billy Crystal) and James P. Sullivan (John Goodman). Now Pixar’s latest prequal takes us back in time to discover how the unlikely pair first came into contact.

Since Mike’s school visit to Monsters Inc., his one ambition has been to become a professional scarer. Mike studies hard at Monsters University to be in with a chance of succeeding, unlike his fellow student and natural-born scarer, Sulley. With the threat of expulsion from Dean Hardscrabble (Helen Mirren) the rivals have no choice but to work together with a team of mismatched underdogs in an attempt to win the Scare Games and gain a place on the programme.

Dan Scanion and co-screenwriters Daniel Gerson and Robers L, Randall successfully provide a charming, witty and heartfelt story offering an unusual and sobering message that our ambitions are not always fulfilled.

Monsters University

Lauren Clark.

A monster of a movie... ...no matter what your age.

8/10

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Breaking Bad

Rob O’Connor.

ALL HAIL THE KING. Walter white and co. return on the Sunday the 11th of August for the final episodes of Breaking Bad season five.

There’s one thing the makers of the superlative HBO drama have PROMISED it will be, and that’s... conclusive. Episodes are available on Netflix from the following Monday. We’d recommend catching it within minutes of its upload or else banishing yourself from all social media platforms to reserve the viewing pleasure and avoid any brainless simpletons excreting spoilers onto your news feed!

The Walking

DeadSam Papworth.

Season 4

Season 5

With the first half of Season 3 setting the bar so high, and the second half coming to a

very anti climatic end, I for one am hoping for a more balanced run throughout. And after watching the new season 4 trailer, it looks

like we won’t be disappointed.

The trailer shows a lot of action (the more the better) and new people, with the introduction

of a new main character from the Comics, Bob Stookey. Walkers are shown as more of a threat with the previously seen ‘herds’ (end of season

2) becoming a regular problem.

The meaty trailer raises a lot of questions, who is sabotaging the prison? And when will we

be seeing the Governor? Around the 2 minute mark, we see Tyreese looking pretty distraught at something out of shot, could it be his sisters

zombified corpse? For me thats too obvious.

This trailer creates a lot of speculation and too many questions to discuss but one thing is for sure it looks awesome. Now all we have to do is hibernate for the next 3 months so we don’t have to bare the wait. The Walking Dead Season 4 returns (in America atleast) on October 13th.

Watch the trailer on our websitedentmag.com/magazine/filmandtv/trailers

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FASHION.

Footwear

With the occasional unpredictable thunderstorm,this is definitely “welly-wearing” season. If it’s Hunters chic, funky pattern, or just your old gardening wellingtons, all you need is the right socks! (Just make sure they’re longer than your boots . . . to add that flash of colour)!

Layers

Pair those long socks with dresses, shorts, skirts. These are the spine, the bread ‘n’ butter, the starting point for your festival attire. Add to it with simple accessories like denim gilets, crocheted vests, beaded necklaces, parkas... Anything to get that V-Fest or Glasto look!

WaterproofsWhat’s the good in that super cute outfit when it decides to pour. Despite this tropical climate you’ll be sorry if you don’t pack a mac when its thundering above your favourite band. Pick up one of them ponchos, macs, raincoats and umbrellas (this also adds another layer) Waterproof? Check!

HairNow festivals are THE place for you to experiment with your updo’s, plaits and buns. No shower or hair dryer in sight, this calls for re-enforcement – and I’m not just talking dry shampoo! Floral headbands, bandannas, flower clips, feathers, coloured hair sprays are all fab festival must haves... And they cover the area!

Mix & Match!SAAimply take a handful of clothes and jumble em’ up. Add a new accessory or layer to create a whole new look. Use that main garment and accessorise around it – for instance, that patterned playsuit you’re taking? Match it with a pair of Hunters, a gilet, some sunglasses and a floral headband for a real two-fingered, “peace, man”, John Lennon look!

1 2 3 4 5 5 TOP TIPSFestival Fashion Sioned Hope Rose.

Photograph by Laura Corden.

Get the Grunge Look

We all know the cool, quirky style Madonna had during the 80’s right? All them ripped jeans, studded boots, bed hair, bandannas, vests, shirts... to be honest she always looked like she had just chucked anything on....

That’s the look we want!

Grunge has become a huge fashion statement, years ago it was seen as very ‘anti fashion’ , it rebelled from all other trends, consequently creating a new one. Grunge isn’t uncool anymore... It’s more in demand now then it was 30 years ago!

I want to fill you In on how to create this look within the boundaries of our high-street! New Look, River Island and Topshop... Normal shops? Not grungy? Think again. I’ve been checking out their websites, search grunge into any of these shops and a whole fashion range will appear! Use this as a staring point for your new look!

My top tip today is to layer. Your going to need tights, shorts, vests, shirts, jackets, socks, boots, bags, belts, headbands, dresses and jeans. To be honest all you’ll have to do is jumble them up!

Get that look of just chucking it on, unstuck your shirt, back comb your hair, mix and match, wear oversized items - Doesn’t sound the nicest does it? Check out my pictures to see what you can do with your Everyday Wardrobe to make it grungy’

My favourite look is simply a dress with a cool jacket, a pair of studded ankle boots and bed hair!

Jacket Topshop £35 Dress Asda £8 Boots All Saints £40

Sioned Hope Rose.

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Photograph by Joey Quince.

SPORT.PremiershipPreviewTransfer Window Turmoil!With every team looking to bolster their squad from the upcoming season many faces will arrive and depart from the twenty clubs in the Premier league. Rumours will persist over the coming weeks and months but nothing can be certain until it actually happens. If we are to go on rumours alone then here are some of the biggest incomings and departures to the Barclay’s Premier League.

Possible Incomings:

Csec FabregasEdin Cavani

Gonzalo HiguainRobert Lewandowski

Possible Outgoings:

Gareth BaleWayne Rooney

Edin DzekoJuan Mata

Luis Suarez.

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Bales Big Come Up

Ben Nicklin.

Are you 24, Welsh, and being subjected to a multimillion pound bid to Spain? Well if you are then you’re most likely Gareth Bale. Yes the on-going story of Tottenham Hotspur’s star player potentially moving to European giants, Real Madrid, is all sports fanatics are talking about. The Professional Footballers’ Association player of the year and young player of the year could make history in the days or weeks to come as Real Madrid look to break the world record transfer fee in order to land their top target this summer.

The details of what has been offered or considered have been somewhat sporadic in the news as reports have claimed fees of £85 million, £87 million, £50 million plus current Madrid players, Ángel di María and Fábio Coentrão, have all been put forward as payment for the left winger. Furthermore,

latest reports are claiming Spurs are holding out for £86 million with Álvaro Morata thrown in (most likely arriving in a kitchen sink). Certainly whatever is going on behind the scenes it seems everything is been hurled at Tottenham in an attempt convince them to sell their prized asset.

Now some of you may be thinking “£80 million for a Welshman to kick a ball into the net to then conjurer a heart shaped gesture with his fingers in celebration?” Well maybe not all of you but this certainly is a perspective one has to consider. For some time there has been the debate that footballers get paid too much and that the wealth that is pumped into the sport is nonsensical. There is no denying that football is the biggest and most followed sport in Britain and possibly the world; but does this justify such an absurd amount of money that is thrown around the place?

To put it in retrospect instead of purchasing Gareth Bale Real Madrid could instead purchase.

- 160,680 IPhone 5s - 7 cruise ships - 8 islands in Dubai - Seth Rogan, James Franco and Jason Segal with 5 million to spare.

So when you look at it that way, all that money for one Welshman with a good left foot seems a bit steep but arguably the rewards and success he could potentially bring would see his investment, in terms of sporting revenue, be a profitable one. So whether you think the money is worth the entertainment or you think paying £85 million for one footballer makes as much sense as a book on how to read there certainly is cause for both sides of the argument.

Fitness GuruGino Renzi.

If you’re reading this, then keep at it you champion, you’re in for a surprise! Now is the time for DENT. Magazine to teach you how to take a handful of effort, combine it with some healthier lifestyle choices and hold your hand as your shown how to look and feel incredible (but mainly look sexy as hell with no clothes on) - Without making you miserable because you’re having to miss out on all of the good stuff in life!

I hear you saying “Shut your face, that sounds ridiculous”? Well let me tell you - it’s ridiculous what a little bit of extra hard work can achieve! That’s the main point of this particular article: to get the ball rolling and help you to realise the potential you’re wasting which you could be putting to good use!

Being healthy or in good shape isn’t just for a select few gym boffins, meat heads or professional athletes who have the spare time, money and minerals to keep up a strict training and diet regime ... BEING FIT IS FOR EVERYONE, but only if you want it.

Unlike a lot of sports that require bags of genuine talent, training and technique (all of which can take years to develop and a lifetime to perfect) - getting in shape will never ask anything more from you than the DESIRE to want to better yourself, which is something that everyone is capable of! I can promise that there’s no way you’ll regret it once you’ve got going either! No talent necessary. No skill or special coaching needed. Sound good to you? Well it’s still not going to happen on it’s own ...

The first and hardest thing to do is start! Don’t sit around and use the same old ‘I’ll do it tomorrow’ excuse!! Whether you work 7 days a week, go to university, have lots of coursework, don’t drive or have to make sure your boozy Nana is put to bed by 7 o’clock so that she isn’t arrested blah blah flippin’ blah - you need to get a gym membership and grow a pair of stones!

What I’m trying to tell you is that: If you want something done then GO AND DO IT!! You want to be in shape for your summer holiday that’s just around the corner - then what are you waiting for? Whether you already gym but don’t know what the heck you’re doing, you’re lacking motivation, you just don’t know what or how to eat properly or whatever your reasons for not being in shape already, DENT. Magazines fitness guru is here to show you how to replace FAT with FIT in a maintainable way to suit your lifestyle - and you’re going to love it baby!

At times - it will be tough, it will take extra effort, you will sweat and ache and make weird noises as you struggle in the gym but you can’t make a cake without cracking eggs I’m afraid. You just have to take the rough with the smooth, be consistent, dig deep and the results will be phenomenal!

Get started today and stay tuned for heaps of tips, advice, guidance, motivation, and LOLs as we fuel your fire, get that engine revving and makes you hot to trot!

For daily advice and tips follow @gfitness92 on Instagram.

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TECHNOLOGY.

Grand TheftAuto: V

Adam Thompson.

An “ultimate, open-world game” claim GTA V’s phenomenally successful creators: Rockstar Studios. They’re right! The new mechanics in the franchise’s frolicking follow-up allow the gamer the chance to assume control of not one, but THREE characters. This cast of vagabonds include: Michael (a former bank robber), Trevor (a sleazy, trailer park criminal) and Franklin (an ex-street gangster). This new feature will not always be possible, but will be sure to play an important role in mission cohesion. So you’ll have no trouble guiding these avatars through the murky depths of San Andreas; enjoying its hallmark attractions of carjacking, contract killing, and strip-club owning. Get this, you can even scuba dive! So if you’re hell-bent and always wanted to fly a fighter jet or a cropduster, just wait till September and the release of this baby. In sum, GTA 5 is BIG. So big, it’ll make even the capacious World of Warcraft look like a mere jam-jar stuffed full of bellybutton fluff in comparison. Await online-multiplayer and mission based madness this September, we at DENT. simply cannot wait!

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In the application world there is a fight for supremacy. A fight to control the Video based social media market, but who is winning?

First there was Vine, a simple app allowing the user to take 6.5 second cinematic stabs at what ever they could see. This brought about #Remakes, #Loops, #Selfies and even the #JustPlainStupid, entertaining the Home feed up and down your screen. It has found new international comedy talent with the likes of Brittany Furlan and Rudi Mancuso racking up a 3 million followers between them. With the ability to record and pause with the tap of a finger it has allowed user to create snappy shots to keep you amused for hours.

Not too long ago, the infamous Instagram introduced its video function causing a stir amongst users of both apps. It boasts longer time limits and filters to get your videos looking as good as your photos. You could say that Instagram has taken all the minor faults of Vine and turned it into their own, offering video editing and image stabilization. However, some may argue that Instagram have tried to copy Vine, some say that it’s the harsh world of business. Furthermore I feel that there probably wouldn’t be Vine without the original success of Instagram. Both have their influences.

Despite Instagram videos having more functions, like posting your creation on more social media platforms, it just doesn’t feel right. Instagram is by far the most commonly used photography app across the world and it should stay like that. Flicking between stills and shorts on its feed can become too much to handle. You know where you stand with the application when they do what they do best. And if you want both… then just buggar off to Snapchat.

Video Wars:Vine Vs InstagramJoe McWha.

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STUDENT.The Art of SPEED READING

Lauren Clark.Retaining information can be a frustrating task when thirty books sit waiting to be read and there are a million other things you’d rather be doing. We’ve all read something only to have to read it again… and again just to get the gist of what we need to know. Reading should be enjoyable, it should be interesting and informative but often there is just too much excessive information on the page and our brains decide to give up, pack up and go on holiday.

Well, fear not, there are techniques that can help you to read information quickly and make it stick.

Read with SpeedYou may have been told in the past that in order to remember and understand information sufficiently you should read carefully and slowly but in actual fact the general consensus among researchers is the faster, the better. The brain works its best at 400 wpm and above - interestingly this is the speed we tend to move our fingers along the page at. Reading with speed also prevents back skipping, which is what happens when you find yourself reading the same sentence thirteen times. To stop yourself back skipping try making a concerted effort not to re-read sentences - even if you think you’ve missed something out, keep ploughing through.

Expand your Visual CapacityUsually when reading we use less than 20% of the visual capacity available to us but it is possible to train your peripheral vision by allowing yourself to use the full range of your brains visual skills. Try holding the page further away than

normal, allowing your peripheral vision to see the page clearer, to review what you’ve already read and preview what’s to come. You may also find that holding the text further away doesn’t tire your eyes as much, making you able to read for longer.

ConcentrateMany of us have become accustomed to having the radio, television or Facebook on while reading. Though it may seem suspiciously quiet when it’s all turned off, get yourself used to dedicating time just for reading. You may find the material uninteresting or find it expresses views that contrast to your own; maybe the language is hard to follow and naturally your mind begins to go off on a tangent… what’s for lunch… where shall I go tonight? Even if you don’t agree with what you’re reading, question it, think of counter arguments – become the critic focusing on what the author has got wrong. If there are words you don’t understand, highlight them, keep reading and come back to them later if their meaning hasn’t become apparent.

Though it may seem a simple method, having a comfortable chair, clear desk and a switched off phone can dramatically improve concentration. It’s also been proven that working in daylight or with a bright lamp – no iPhone lights under the sheets – also encourages the brain to focus.

It’s true what they say – practice makes perfect. It’s possible to train your brain to read two lines, small paragraphs and even pages at once but even if you manage to save yourself just that extra bit of time, it’s worth a go.

For further reading: Tony Buzan’s, ‘The Speed Reading Book,’ is full of exercises and useful tips.

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Moving On Up...September is drawing closer and those graduating from their ‘fresher’ title are filled with anticipating horror of what their second year will bring. Now we actually have to think about life post-university, which, last September, seemed a lifetime away. There may be anxieties concerning inevitable social life bumps but the slightly more important question dominating our thoughts is what if I can’t cope?

The first year allows you a settling down period, which is why it does not count towards your degree. Leaving this lovely protective bubble can of course be hair-risingly daunting. First years’ all-nighters in the library

are sneered at by the red-eyed third year, who has just spent the last 36 hours drinking coffee, finishing their dissertation and hating everyone and everything. The collective thought, “You only need 40%, what the hell are doing here taking up space?” lingers silently in the air. But now that shield of comfort has broken, so what happens? There are many bright sides to this. With the amount of negative press students get in the news, you’d be forgiven for thinking that all first years are moral vacuums whose only interest is to gulp several buckets of Jagerbombs to the tune of “down it fresher”. But this is exactly why some are looking forward to hanging up their ‘fresher’ hat and escaping the stereotype. It becomes

expected to capably balance work and play, to transition from that naïve, albeit drunken, Bambi-like ‘fresher’ into an (almost) proper adult.

Asking those around me what their own expectations of second year are, I am given resolutions such as ‘full attendance at uni, get a job, eat less pizza and get a gym membership’. It sounds like tentative New Years resolutions made in a powerful moment of resolve. But will they fall at the first hurdle, as admittedly most resolutions do, or will they create the dynamic and capable student that is envied in seminars everywhere? This time around, my own resolution is to budget accordingly. Yes I think this every time my student loan appears

magically in my bank account but this time I. Will. Do. It. The harrowing experience of having to steal toilet roll from the library will not soon be forgotten. Nor will silently crying at cashing in several years worth of accumulated change just to afford milk.

But mistakes such as these are forgiven in your first year because everything is a new and bewildering experience. First year students are essentially bright-eyed explorers embarking on their new life, which is why starting as a wise second year is empowering. You may be losing your ‘fresher’ title but you’re still a student, which keeps justifying just about all the stupid things you will do.

Zoe Cook.

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FOOD & DRINK.

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‘Come to The Hungry Nag,’ a board outside Derbyshire’s newest restaurant persuades, ‘and experience the most sumptuous nosh in town.’

The Hungry Nag, nestled delightfully along the cobbled street of a soft-lit Derby at dusk Tuesday, will offer an alternative kind of pub grub. From mini duck canapés to Toad in the Holes the size of an Umpa-lumpa’s fez, The Hungry Nag is bringing ‘posh’ to ‘nosh’ – and all at a reasonable price!

On entering, the sight of waitresses skimming smoothly to already populated tables at an early evening hour is a comforting start! The food then served – an expertly created mushroom risotto for me and tenderly grilled medium rare sirloin for my plus one – were equally impressive.

2 for 1 Wednesday evening offers will prove popular to the more prudent of you, while a selection of Jazz bands that cycle throughout the month and fill Friday night air are already pulling in those after more port than pork. There are even Tuesday evening quiz nights to earn an extra penny or two, alongside an iced bottle of Moet.

So get yourself along to The Hungry Nag, and like us at DENT. – a rather picky bunch – uncover some glorious grub!

Joey Quince.

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The Hungry Nag THE DARK AND STORMY...

...is our cocktail of the month, and it’s incredibly simple to make. This drink is the signature to your summer. To make this cool concoction , simply fill a tumbler with ice then squeeze a slice of lime over the cubes. Add a spiced rum of your choice and fill to the brim with fiery ginger beer.

Enjoy in the sun and please drink responsibly.

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DerbysBestButtyBen Nicklin.

Joe McWha.

Illustration by Ned Wilson.

The hunt for Derbys Best Butty continues finding itself at one of the oldest pubs in Derby. Arguably the best burger can be found inside the kitchen of the central Cautious Horse Inn where they have an amazing build your own burger theme. Not only do they taste outstanding but you also have the choice of creating your own masterpiece of a burger where the possibilities are endless. We personally went for the classic chicken burger and accompanied it with delicious brie cheese, caramelised red onion with honey mustard garnish. Yum!

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NIGHTLIFE.

“It just started off as a bit of an experiment.” Laughs James Davison as he sits down to meet with DENT.

The ‘experiment’ is Discotech, a monthly night curated by Davison and his DJ-partner Jordan Diston. A play on the classic ‘Discotheque,’ the venture is the brain-child of the two whose aim is to bring House music back into Derby.

Standing out from the usual House nights, Diston - a Derby University student – explains their vibe; hedonistic, ethereal, a euphoric space for revellers to wile the night away: “Discotech’s set goes from light, to deep, to techno through the night. It’s not just random, it flows well.”

The boys are part of a four-strong resident DJ team, which includes Steve Blackshaw and Jim Hutchinson. Davison and Diston play regularly together, whilst guest DJ’s fill prime-time slots.

Discotech’s manifesto is simple: To get the word of House out into Derby.

“Derby’s a weird one.” Diston explains: “There are some really good nights and free parties, but you need to know about them.” The world of free-parties is something the Midlands is famed for. Secret raves at undisclosed locations (“We only find out a few days before ourselves!” laughs Diston,) its organisers remain tight-lipped on all details until mere hours before. Through regular appearances at these events, Discotech’s creators have developed strong links with two of the Midland’s largest free-parties – Wireless and Smokescreen.

“The past year has been just as much about building [The Shakespeare] up.” Explains Davison: “It’s been a slow process, but what’s good for the Shakespeare is good for our night.”

For-the-greater-good is an attitude that has nurtured a strong bond between the boys’ night and some of the Shakespeare’s other events like 52/50, who secure big names like Huxley and Adam Shelton. Diston and Davison are grateful to the support from the Shakespeare, as its owners vie to gain a Monopoly on the City’s House movement.

“There’s no house scene in Derby and the Shakespeare’s key to changing that.” Recognises Davison. “But that’s all changing. We’ve got big plans.”

And as for the future? A quickly-scribbled six-month plan shows the potential for Discotech. There are distant plans to get involved with festivals, and an idea in the pipeline for ‘Sunday Sessions’ – an open-invitation for budding DJs to bring their mixes down and experiment on the decks.

Discotech, however, are always on the look-out for new talent: both for their monthly Saturday-night sets and the accompanying weekly radio show, hosted by Diston and broadcast 7-10pm online on Mixlr every Friday. The show’s success is just another sign that Discotech’s mission statement is creeping ever-closer to completion.

Finally, the message seems to be trickling out: House nights in Derby are there, if you look for them.

DiscotechIndia Gumbley.

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PUB QUIZ PROBEBen Nicklin.

The Derbyshire bar, Nomads, is one of the freshest bars currently around and has everything perfect for an evening

out. With their homemade style of cuisine and huge range of drinks, not to mention their phenomenal happy hour, the bar is

truly building an impressive reputation.

The plus points don’t stop there as Nomads have a pub quiz like no other. They incorporate everything you would imagine

in a pub quiz such as trying knowledge, musical madness and new news. However, what makes it different to the norm

is bonus questions such as the “draw the answer” round as well the prizes. If your team manages to secure first place in

the quiz not only do you get a free round of drinks but also the prize of the night which has varied from free meals to shopping vouchers at the Westfield. Not too shabby hey?

All in all Nomads bar is simply in a league of its own.

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Lew E. Thomas Band8th // The Victoria Inn£3

Teenage Cancer trust/Help the Heroes Gig9th // The Victoria Inn£5

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Scott and Charlene’s Wedding15th // The hairy Dog£6

These Mortal Cities15th // The Victoria Inn£3

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Fontana Instincts17th // The Flower PotFree

Less Than Three Festival17th – 18th // The Victoria Inn£5

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Woolley and Archer28th // The Flower PotFree

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