The best of daytime TV
Raheem Rashid looks at the enduring popularity of daytime TV and what makes the perfect daytime line-up...
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Ben Howard’s aptly named Noonday Dream is almost hypnotic
Ben Howard’s career began with the release of his first EP in 2008, entitled Games in the Dark, and he then hit mainstream charts with his double-platinum Every Kingdom LP in 2011. Howard tasted immediate success and continued to do so, winning a Brit Award for Best Male Solo Artist...
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How is Orwell’s 1984 relevant today?
Orwell’s 1984 is a dystopia, depicting a society under constant surveillance under authoritarian regime which even imposes a new language, ‘Newspeak’, on its citizens to restrict their freedoms. The ruling party in Orwell’s novel, Ingsoc, have created a world in which every member of society is watching and simultaneously being...
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Forfeited strike wages reinvested in student funds and new study spaces
The University of Warwick’s Student Union (SU) has announced that £400,000 from forfeited strike wages will be invested in the university hardship fund and building new study spaces. The move came after “sustained lobbying” by the Sabbatical Officer team, whose duties include opposing fees and cuts, as well as increasing...
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The government cannot afford to turn a blind eye to sexual health
With a rise of over 25% of people using sexual health clinics in England since 2012, the government continues to cut local authorities’ public health budgets, leaving clinics struggling to meet the demand and needs of the public. Sex remains a taboo topic, and will do for the foreseeable future....
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The problem with home genetic test kits
Pablo Sandomingo Adams explores the problems with home genetic test kits.
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A Critique on ‘Superhero Films’
As someone who enjoys cosying up under a blanket and catching a late repeat of Shutter Island, “superhero films” are really not my cup of tea. The faulty and impractical storylines, unnecessary make-up and costume, needless drama and a predictable finish are only some of the aspects that push me...
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Is graffiti vandalism or art?
Last month, three graffiti artists were found dead near Brixton, south London. Their bodies had been found on a train track, a few hundred yards away from their last piece of work – they had all been hit by a train. These deaths have brought the issue of graffiti back...
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A woman in Saudi Arabia
Last June, a decree in Saudi Arabia, issued by the king, allowed women to drive. Before this, Saudi Arabia was the last and only place on earth that did not allow women to do this. Women are still banned from independently doing many things such as travelling abroad and applying...
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The importance of the manager in the age of the individual
This World Cup has seen some incredible things. As well as witnessing Russia make it to the last eight, Kylian Mbappé’s performance against Argentina and Kieran Trippier, it’s also observed Leo Messi instructing Jorge Sampaoli who to bring off the bench, Diego Costa eye-rolling and speaking out at manager Fernando...
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Major Ivy League universities no longer require SAT and ACT writing test scores
Ivy League universities Stanford and Princeton have dropped their requirement for prospective students to submit writing test scores from the SAT or ACT on 5 July 2018.
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10 billion trillion trillion tonnes of ‘space grease’ exists in the Milky Way
Ashleigh Chester reports on space grease which exists in the Milky Way, the amount of which corresponds to approximately 40 trillion trillion trillion packs of butter.
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A nanny state should regulate large corporations, not punish consumers
Britain is now the most obese country in western Europe. Two-thirds of Britain is now overweight, with obesity establishing itself as the leading cause of premature death. One of the biggest costs to the NHS is obesity, and things are getting worse. Yet the British government’s half-hearted reforms are not...
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