Liberty Belle: TV Tuesday - Life Story

He's back. The supreme ruling nature documenter, the actual king of the jungle, the BBCs answer to Doctor Dolittle (maybe ignore that one) - David Attenborough has returned with a new series, Life Story.

Science Nutshell: Climate Change Will Make Lightning Strikes 50% More Frequent

As global warming continues, the frequency of lightning strikes over the United States will increase at a rate of 12±5% per degree Celsius.

Liberty Bell: New Music Monday - Fryars, Walking On Cars, Tanya Tagaq

Cool Like Me - Fryars

Fryars, the solo artist turned Lily Allen collaborator, has released another song from his forthcoming debut album, 'Power'.

Cool Like Me is a wonderfully sophisticated synth-pop track. The slightly tongue in cheek lyrics (You owe it to yourself / You could be cool, cool like me) are layered with vocoders and set amongst house-esc strings and piano, making the whole effect incredibly chic. Think Justice meets Pheonix, that level of chic.

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As you could probably guess from the url, my name's Jamie. I'm a final year physics student at the University of Sheffield, who seems to spend the entirety of his free time running the entertainment section of Liberty Belle Magazine.

Liberty Belle: The So So Glos

Does anyone else miss punk bands? In my teenage years they were everywhere, yet it came as a shock to recently find a punk album in our inbox – such is the current musical landscape. The band were Brooklyn’s The So So Glos, and I had to meet them. Luckily enough for me, they were in town supporting The Hold Steady.

Liberty Belle: Chit Chat With Florrie

As part of the ‘Coffee House Sessions’ tour, Sheffield University was treated to an acoustic performance from Florrie recently. The singer, who has also played drums for Girls Aloud, showcased her new single ‘Little White Lies’ alongside reworked versions of songs by George Ezra and Imagine Dragons. We caught up with her afterwards for chit chat.

Science Nutshell: Ocean Temperatures Higher Than Expected

Temperature readings from the southern hemisphere suggest that previous measurements dating back to 1970 may have been inaccurate, leading to the full extent of global warming to be underestimated.