It is a rite of passage in our academic lives to pull an all-nighter in the pursuit of finishing up an assignment or revising for a test. Chances are many of us have downed a cup of coffee before taking the infamous 15-minute-power nap which apparently many of the world’s...
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Would you rather drink vodka from a pig’s head or apple bob in a barrel of urine? For those who were willing to participate in the initiations hosted by Newcastle University’s Agricultural Society, it was not an option. Initiations, also known as adoptions, are social events that involve games and...
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‘Fika’ is the Swedish word for workplace coffee breaks with colleagues. For Scandinavians, coffee is symbolic of relaxation and compliments the congenial company of colleagues. For the frantic financial analyst, the Venti-10-shots-skimmed-milk Americano comes with a side of eyebags and deadline anxieties. Even so, coffee is just one of the...
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Passports have hit the headlines in recent months with the Home Office confirming that navy blue passports will be rolled out after Brexit to replace the current European burgundy ones; with immigration minister Brandon Lewis claiming that the move will “restore national identity”. This raises the questions: what is in...
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