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Russell Hughes

  • Content Coordinator, Dinniss Communications
Wellington
As seen in: Color Research & Application, ACS Publications, BioRxiv, War History Online, Star Courier, Rush The Kop, RUSHONROCK
Covers:  association football, rock music, rugby, cricket
Doesn't Cover: musc, pop
Freelance writer living in a country that doesn't exist. 🇿🇦🇬🇧🇳🇿 ✉️ rhjournalism@hotmail.co.uk

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Russell Hughes’s Biography

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I am a third year journalism student at Northumbria University, with an ambition to write or broadcast when I graduate.

Russell Hughes’s Journalist Portfolio

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REVIEW - ENTER SHIKARI

REVIEW - ENTER SHIKARI

@ Newcastle O2 Academy, December 9 2012 The start of the gig followed the pattern of A Flash of Colour as f…

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REVIEW - ELECTRIC SIX

REVIEW - ELECTRIC SIX

@ Newcastle O2 Academy, December 7 2012 When bands play gigs at the Academy on a Friday night they are alwa…

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One Signing Good But Two Or More Is Essential

One Signing Good But Two Or More Is Essential

The subject of Newcastle United and transfers have never gone hand in hand with much harmony. Under the often…

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REVIEW - ROYAL REPUBLIC

REVIEW - ROYAL REPUBLIC

Royal Republic may be from Sweden but this foursome are blistering hot. Launching straight into Save The Nati…

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REVIEW - BOWLING FOR SOUP

REVIEW - BOWLING FOR SOUP

This was the gig that nearly didn't happen - a miscommunication between booking agents and band management le…

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EXCLUSIVE - BOWLING FOR SOUP INTERVIEW

EXCLUSIVE - BOWLING FOR SOUP INTERVIEW

Bowling For Soup remain one of the best-loved pop punk bands on the planet and regular trips to the UK have h…

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Are Electric Six the greatest band ever?

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By Russell Hughes
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Electric Six @ San Fran, Wellington, New Zealand. Wed 25 March 2026. There’s a point in every Electric Six gig where you start to think: this might be the greatest song ever written. And then, very quickly, that thought escalates into ‘Electric Six might be the greatest band that ever existed.’ You consider that there might never be better music than this, so what’s the point in anyone else even trying?
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Electric Six are rock 'n roll genius

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By Russell Hughes
| RUSHONROCK
Does any of this make sense? Does Electric Six frontman Dick Valentine make sense, up there on stage, standing still with a grin on his face like a satisfied dad a BBQ? Do I make sense, down here, watching him up there, watching me with that grin on his face? Do legs make sense?
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Tuning the Properties of Hydrazone/Isosorbide-Based Switchable Chiral Dopants

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By Russell Hughes, Ivan Aprahamian, Brandon Balamut
| ACS Publications
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Have you ever used a typewriter?

No, but I wish I had.

Who's your favorite fictional journalist?

Paul Kemp.

What's your favorite social network?

That depends, Facebook for socialising but Twitter for finding out news and connecting with other people.