At 10am on a Saturday morning, the last thing you’d expect to be confronted with is the phrase ‘killer robots’. Despite this, it is the topic Angela Kane, former UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, chose to so poignantly dissect to kick of day 2 of WES 2019. During her...
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Despite the stigma that still surrounds mental health, it’s a topic that’s increasingly being brought up in daily conversation. However there’s still a lot to be done. Mental health affects us all. One in four people suffer from mental health problems each year, so it’s likely that either you or...
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The 1975 have finished the UK leg of their world tour and there was so much to take in at this show. Not only was it bigger and brighter than ever before, but it contained more easter eggs to the band’s career than a Marvel film. The show promotes their...
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For us humans, it’s difficult to imagine a world in which monogamy is not the norm. However, this is not the case for much of the animal kingdom. In fact, monogamy is a rather rare trait in nature, as only 3-5% of mammal species form monogamous, lifelong bonds. So why,...
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Lord Andrew Lansley CBE, former Secretary of State for Health gave a talk which focused on what is “important to be achieved to deliver better value health care”. During his time in the coalition government, he characterised the healthcare service “he had inherited” as being a service which “had grown...
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1) Be early Punctuality has been drilled into us as the key to success in life since we were mere children. Never has this been more true than when travelling. Although the suggested arrival time of two hours prior to your flight may be a bit unnecessary, avoiding stress while...
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Yusuf Ali investigates University of Vermont research which reveals that AI can be used to predict an individual's tweets
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Adam Appich, one of the central characters in Richard Powers’s The Overstory, says: “Humankind is deeply ill. The species won’t last long. It was an aberrant experiment.” As a phrase, it captures the inescapability of our condition, and of our deeply problematic, almost pathological relationship with the environment. In climate...
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The thing about Endeavour is, even in its comparatively weaker episodes, you’re always guaranteed an extremely well-acted and well-written piece of television. But I don’t know if it has ever been as good as ‘Apollo’ – this is a fantastic episode in which everything just works perfectly. On the eve...
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It is not uncommon nowadays to hear calls for the abolition of private schools. It is often claimed that they perpetuate inequality and elitism and widen social and economic divides, but such arguments ignore the flaws of state schooling. On top of this, they deny parents the freedom to choose...
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Mikayla Marriott-Smith writes about the stressful reality of studying and the difficulty in balancing self-care with productivity. Through this realisation, Marriott-Smith offers some advice on self-care and studying.
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A student has started a petition to induce a vote of no confidence in Democracy and Development Officer (DDO) Ben Newsham.
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JS Bach – Suite No. 3 in D Major (~1730) Any piece from a myriad would be a good gateway to Bach. The well-known Suite No. 3 was likely written during the final period of Bach’s life in Leipzig. It is not of Bach’s usual style, which is heavier, more...
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