The Soundtrack Space: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Emily Gibbs, contributing to 'The Soundtrack Space', discusses the soundtrack from 'Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban'.
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Leamington vs Marine: Brakes hit rock bottom as winless slump continues
On a day when wings of an edible form were visible all around Your-Coop Community Stadium, Leamington were hoping their season could experience some lift-off. Their winless stretch in the league extended to two months prior to kick-off, and they occupied one of the relegation spaces that Paul Holleran’s side...
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Putting down the mask and embracing yourself: All it takes is an initial first step
When I started university, I came with the expectation that no one would like the real me. This had been my experience throughout school; why would university be any different? I realised very quickly that the people I met were much more interested in getting to know the real version...
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The hidden psychology of paying more for less
Duru Merey discusses the rise of shrinkflation, and why businesses prefer it to raising prices.
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British Airways faces backlash for withdrawing sponsorship of Louis Theroux podcast after Bob Vylan interview
“I would do it again tomorrow, twice on Sundays,” said the frontman of punk duo Bob Vylan, Bobby Vylan, on The Louis Theroux Podcast, in response to his chanting of “death, death to the IDF [Israel Defence Forces]” at this year’s Glastonbury. This move caused major waves across the entire...
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‘Boys These Days’ are as idiosyncratic as ever: Sports Team at Birmingham’s O2 Institute
Joakim Mol-Romero reviews Sports Team's gig at Birmingham's O2 Institute as part of their 'Boys These Days' Tour.
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Risky travel takes on a whole new meaning: The rise of war-zone tourism
While most travellers tend to avoid destinations steeped in political conflict and violence, some purposefully fly straight into them. Over the past decade, this has grown so rapidly that it is now termed “war-zone tourism”, “dark tourism” or “risk tourism”. War zone tourism has multiple definitions but the overarching meaning...
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You’ll Never Walk Alone: Review of MTW’s Next to Normal
For a show featuring a bleak story, coupled with an indie rock score, Next to Normal sounds like it would be a tough sell. However, it has shown, over the years, it’s staying power. Brian Yorkey’s 2008 family drama musical has hopped from off-Broadway, to tours, to West End runs, to...
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Working while studying: How modern day students juggle study, work, and social life
There was once a time, long ago, when being a student meant some very simple things: lectures by day, pints by night, and a desperate scrabble to produce academically legible work at some point in between. Today, it means the cold drudgery of updating your CV, buying LinkedIn Premium, praying...
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Can ‘life’ be considered a form of code?
There are countless similarities between computational programming and biological life, as both mathematicians Alan Turing and John von Neumann proposed over 70 years ago. Von Neumann proposed a model of a self-reproducing machine that identified and gathered the materials needed to replicate itself, akin to what cells do during division....
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How much damage do cyberattacks actually cause?
As we enter the digital era of the 21st century, the role of cyberattacks on state infrastructure has become increasingly effective. From disruptions at Marks & Spencer (M&S), to breaches in the NHS and UK secondary schools, cyberattacks have been a major news source this past year. And yet, despite...
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Mamdani shows the Democrats how to win – and how to lose
Zohran Mamdani, the new Mayor-elect of New York City, has something special. He’s a campaigning marvel who has mobilised social media in a way few politicians ever have, and in that sense, he is a trailblazer. He’s also far more left-wing than the average Democrat, yet he defeated the more...
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The benefits of scents
Everyone, on occasion, enjoys a nice scent in their bathroom, bedroom, or workplace. Whether it’s a calming, invigorating bath salt on a cosy night in, or a confidence-boosting perfume before hitting the club, our choice of scent has a bigger impact on how we feel than we think. Truthfully, I...
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