Hydra was the student magazine of Hyde Clarendon College (formerly Hyde Sixth Form College), in Hyde, Greater Manchester. I wrote for it between February 1995 and April 1996. Copies of the articles can be found in The Hydra Files.
Bods goes off on one about America.
Part four in the intermitant series on supermarkets, and Bods explains what goes on behind the scenes.
It's 1996 and the internet has just arrived. And it was dead cool. Honest.
Why I write.
Sorted for E's and whizz? Sex? Yes please!
Hydra 'attempts' a sports section.
Not particularly subtle article relating to censorship in the October 1995 issue.
Answering non-existant letters, the Andrew Bowden way.
Student gormet delights.
High quality cartoon fun.
Europap music gets the R'n'R treatment.
The male obsession with the problem pages from womens magazines.
The joys of filling in for your boss.
The Hydra computer muses on life, online can machines and more.
Vanity, batman, Mark Tonderri and (amazingly) rag and bone men.
Opening up Hydra's buldging sack. Mail sack that is.
Diary entries from when I was 13. Real ones. Sadly.
Des Lynham and sex on a stick? It could only be the Corporal.
Top of the Pops - it's apparantly a good laff, but for some reason, I can't remember why.
More exciting correspondence on Hydra's letters page.
Deodrant stinks! When you get it for every birthday.
The guide to working in a supermarket continues with a look at how to answer those customer questions.
The Corporal returned for episode 2 - and was twice as big and twice as odd.
A tour of the odder end of the student social scene as Hydra revealed some of the odder clubs and societies.
More exciting correspondence on Hydra's letters page.
How do they do that? Do what? Make a TV programme that diabolical! (Hint: if you don't remember How Do They Do That? with Des Lynham, this article will probably make no sense at all!)
Learn the supermarket lingo of 1995 with Supermarket Speak. It's probably not changed much to this day!
Hydra's answer to... err... something... makes his very first appearance. And I'm sure the world rejoyced when that happened!
