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
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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
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The January Blues and How to Beat Them
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Stine Marie Engerbråten
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Style vs Trend: How Fast Fashion is Erasing Identity Amongst Young People
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Lydia Dickinson
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Britain is Becoming a Police State
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Georgia O'Brien
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Lydia Dickinson
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Is a Mandatory Vaccination Programme Really a Good Idea?
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Madison Challis
Dec 22, 20217 min read
A (Muppet) Christmas Carol (1992) and it’s Social Change for Children
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Morgan Forbes
Dec 20, 20213 min read
Where are all the new Christmas Songs? Why we can’t stray from the Classics.
After the Halloween festivities are over, at the turn of each November, we expect to see the same classic Christmas hits climb up the...
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James Hall
Dec 19, 20214 min read
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The holiday season is here, and you know what that means; everyone is about to start dressing like it! Are you tired of all the ugly...
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Lydia Dickinson
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These Are The Books You Should Read This Christmas
Christmas is a time for reading. Here are the top books that you should read this Christmas.
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Madison Challis
Dec 15, 20215 min read
Capitalist vs Egalitarian Robots. Robots (2005)
How the films we watched as kids shaped our political positions today. Robots (2005) Perhaps without realising it, the films and TV shows...
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Morgan Forbes
Dec 13, 20213 min read
Are British Universities Doing Enough to Support Their Students During the Pandemic?
The UK saw its first national lockdown in the face of the COVID-19 Pandemic in March 2020, and at least to some small or larger degree,...
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RachelKauzeni
Dec 11, 20214 min read
'That Girl' Trend: Self Love or Harmful?
The latest Gen- Z trend to have taken over social media is 'that girl'. Since April of this year, videos with #thatgirl have garnered...
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William Walden
Dec 9, 20215 min read
Parasocial Relationships in the Age of COVID-19
The 2020s are a complicated era to live in. The COVID-19 pandemic continues to define everyday life, even after mass vaccination and...
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Hannah Taylor
Dec 8, 20214 min read
Quantitative Queering – Performing Economic Consumption and Identities in the LGBTQ Community
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Sally Dobie
Dec 6, 20213 min read
Generation of Waste: Textile waste at COP26
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Charlotte Lewis
Dec 4, 20213 min read
The Masculinisation of Dark-skinned Women in the Media
Marginalised communities have long been subject to caricature and negative portrayal in various media forms, particularly evident in...
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Lydia Dickinson
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“I’ll Get Older, But Your Lovers Stay My Age”: Taylor Swift’s Red On Exploitation &Age-Gaps
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