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Emily Bird
Mar 12, 20222 min read
Euphoria: Art Imitating Life?
Euphoria’s season finale left me emotional, confused and conflicted. One of the biggest shows right now, Euphoria follows the lives of a...
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William Walden
Mar 11, 20224 min read
Joe Rogan and the Tolerance Paradox
The recent Joe Rogan controversy has branched into a vast number of debates regarding political correctness, the limits of artistic and...
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Charlotte Lewis
Mar 11, 20222 min read
The Self-made Fallacy: Kim K and Molly Mae
When will we stop promoting capitalism under the guise of feminism and personal growth?
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Morgan Forbes
Mar 9, 20225 min read
Goddesses in History: The Powerful Women of the Ancient World
There are an estimated and staggering 10,000 distinct religions in the world, with Christianity in all its variants being the largest,...
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Morgan Forbes
Mar 2, 20225 min read
How seriously should we take HBO’s Euphoria?
[WARNING: Spoilers for season two of Euphoria!] Whether you’ve stumbled across fan edits on Instagram, read spoilers on Twitter, or have...
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Stine Marie Engerbråten
Feb 26, 20223 min read
2022 in Fashion
January marks the start of a new year. Promises to read more, waste less, eat better, and exercise are made, and then forgotten. The joys...
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Hannah Taylor
Feb 7, 20226 min read
Did We Get Our Hoarding Tendencies From The 1920s?
The pandemic has had so many influences on the way that we live our lives and I’m sure these ramifications will emerge over time and...
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Stine Marie Engerbråten
Feb 5, 20224 min read
Gender in Fashion and Pop Culture
Binary opposites have existed within human societies for decades. These opposites range from the divide between oppressor vs oppressed,...
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Morgan Forbes
Feb 4, 20226 min read
Plant-Based Diets vs. The Environment — An Unbiased Take
In recent years, the term ‘Veganuary’ has been coined for the first month of the year to encourage people to go vegetarian or vegan, or...
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Morgan Forbes
Jan 14, 20224 min read
The Rise of Creative Industries during COVID-19
Here in the UK, we are very lucky to have access to a multitude of different degree paths at university — you can study hard and achieve...
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James Hall
Jan 12, 20224 min read
Tory Trouble: How's the Conservative Party Handling a Self-inflicted Environment of Severe Scrutiny?
The UK Conservative party has been a subject of controversy since Boris Johnson became Prime Minister in July of 2019. Despite the...
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Hannah Taylor
Jan 9, 20225 min read
Review: Hadestown and the Importance of the Understudy
In a world increasingly dominated by Covid absences, how can the show go on?
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Stine Marie Engerbråten
Jan 8, 20224 min read
Book review: “Acts of Desperation” by Megan Nolan
“The first time I saw him, I pitied him terribly”. The words of a “wounded woman” as the narrator of the story describes herself moments...
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Georgia O'Brien
Jan 5, 20223 min read
New Year, New Reads: Books to Diversify your TBR
A New Year means new beginnings, but in a post-COVID world what does this mean for our customary goals for self-improvement? The pandemic...
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Morgan Forbes
Jan 3, 20223 min read
The January Blues and How to Beat Them
As the fabulous food and presents from Christmas are left in the past, and the New Year’s Eve partying is well and truly finished,...
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Stine Marie Engerbråten
Dec 30, 20214 min read
Style vs Trend: How Fast Fashion is Erasing Identity Amongst Young People
Clothing is described by behavior theorists as an “artefact of extended self” (Haller, 2021). The morning ritual of dressing, which we...
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Lydia Dickinson
Dec 29, 20215 min read
Britain is Becoming a Police State
Under this Conservative government, Britain is slowly but surely beginning its descent into a police state.
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Georgia O'Brien
Dec 27, 20214 min read
The Rise of ‘Spicy’ BookTok: What is SmutTok and why is it taking the book world by storm?
It’s June 2021, you’re scrolling through the Amazon bestsellers lists when you see it, snuggled in between the likes of John Grisham and...
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Lydia Dickinson
Dec 23, 20215 min read
Is a Mandatory Vaccination Programme Really a Good Idea?
Boris Johnson proposed a future "national conversation" about mandatory vaccinations. This article explores if this is actually a good idea.
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