Tag Archive: Kirstie Newman

University: Tips for Freshers

Heading into her final year at University, somethingyousaid.com’s Kirstie Newman feels adequately qualified to deliver some useful tips for freshers. Here goes… Get involved with as much as you can handle. Join societies you wouldn’t… Read More

What would you spend last $1.20 on?

If you’re anything like us, your occupation is hardly the most lucrative. So we were wondering, what would you spend your last $1.20/£1.20 on? We asked our contributors that very question. Here’s what they… Read More

Why Easter is my favourite holiday

Easter is Kirstie Newman’s favourite holiday. For multiple reasons. Mainly because of the chocolate though: Reason one: It symbolises the end of Lent. Not that I regularly give up anything. Although I once… Read More

Things that shouldn’t be awesome but are

Last week, we told you the things that shouldn’t annoy us but absolutely do. To counterbalance this and to illustrate that our contributors aren’t merely a bunch of miseries/moaners/haters, here’s a collection of… Read More

Things that annoy us more than they should

The other day, a couple of our contributors were having a conversation about the little things that absolutely shouldn’t be annoying but are. Like how self-service checkouts arbitrarily don’t use pronouns sometimes (“Unexpected… Read More

Rudimental Live in Manchester

Kirstie Newman checks out Rudimental Live in Manchester and attempts to fashion a one-handed hand-heart: Arriving at the venue half-an-hour after doors opened, I was surprised to see how empty the front of the Manchester… Read More

The 1975 live in Birmingham

Joining the ever-growing line that caused inconvenience across multiple Birmingham pavements, I waited patiently for The 1975. Okay I didn’t wait patiently. It was a really long queue, it was freezing cold and… Read More

Rizzle Kicks live at Nottingham Rock City

Kirstie Newman checks out Brighton’s Rizzle Kicks in Nottingham for somethingyousaid.com: I’ll admit, I’ve previously been one of those people that you curse at as you trip over a sleeping bag or as… Read More

Valentine’s Day Mixtape – 11 love songs

Somethingyousaid.com contributor Kirstie Newman tells us what’s on her perfect Valentine’s Day mixtape: With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, the radio is going to be bursting with sentimental love songs and their… Read More

Album review: Canterbury, Dark Days

This month sees the release of Canterbury’s third album, Dark Days. Throughout their career the band have matured, they have stripped back to reveal themselves with this album and have ditched the youthful… Read More

Chlöe Howl is steak and kidney pop

Starting the New Year with nominations for both BBC Sound of 2014 and the Brits Critics Choice Awards, Somethingyousaid.com favourite Chlöe Howl is set to be a household name this year. Kirstie Newman tells… Read More