As the editorial team works late into the night the day before deadline for the new edition of The Inquirer we have good news to spread.

Editor Fran Singh got the calculator out and we’ve reached our target for this issue. In fact with all donations, fundraising and advertising we’ve raised a massive £697.

FRAN RAISED £70 FOR THE INQUIRER

The Inquirer’s editor, Fran Singh, is doing a sponsored silence today to help save the Inquirer. She’ll be walking around with flash cards to communicate for the day and to ask for money.

Being silent for 24 hours is no mean feat for our effervescent editor and…

MATTHIAS RAISED £66 FOR THE INQUIRER

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The day I became a Panda was a Monday. I had picked up the suit on the Saturday before and tried it on once, realising that the holes for the eyes were roughly the size of 1p coins (rendering visibility very low) and the breathing holes were the size of an atom (rendering breathing nigh on impossible).
Despite these drawbacks, I was kind of looking …

KAT AND IONA RAISED £90 FOR THE INQUIRER

Further fundraising efforts will be going on later this week. The Inquirer Features Editor Kat Lewis will be walking into City on Friday morning. With her first lecture at ten o’clock and starting from her home in Tooting, south London, google maps estimates the eight miles will take 2hrs 47 minutes.
Allowing for congested road crossings and general traffic Kat will be looking at a three hour yomp across town to get to City University . To make it for her first lecture on …

Inquirer reviews editor Matthias Scherer is leading the way as he becomes a panda for the day.
On Monday from eight o’clock in the morning until late into the night, Matthias will be travelling into City on the bus, pacing round campus and heading to lectures in his black and white outfit. So when you see him, please support him and us by donating whatever you can, or use the donate button at the top of the page.
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