As the world wrestles with a global pandemic, it’s very easy for other news items, to bypass our attention completely. For example, as of May, the country of Hungary is no longer a democracy and Hong Kong is still struggling to maintain political autonomy from China. However, one ongoing conflict...
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Following the viral Black Lives Matter movement, Alice Standen talks to the Black Travel Alliance about their campaign #PullUpTravel.
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Who says horror needs realistic graphics?
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In honour of Pride Month, Alice Standen celebrates and traces LGBT love and dating throughout history.
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“You can’t win a championship without gays on your team – it’s never been done before, ever. That’s science, right there!” Megan Rapinoe gleefully told reporters, after the USA had beaten France in the quarter-final of the 2019 Women’s World Cup. Rapinoe, who captains the United States national team, is...
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Alice Standen explores how indie devs will be the worst hit by the coronavirus crisis.
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Since George Floyd’s death, there has been a flurry of awareness for the inequality that black people face both in the United States and around the world, thanks to the Black Lives Matter movement. In the United Kingdom, the statue of Edward Colston was finally toppled in Bristol after years...
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In the colourful and campy world of K-Pop, you may be shocked to discover that South Korea, the country from which the genre originated, is not as liberal as you would expect. What is life like for openly LGBT stars like Holland in a nation that pretends they don't exist?
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Several univerisites have announced that disruption due to COVID-19 is not a valid reason to defer by a year.
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Hinds is not your regular girl-band. Why is it even important to call them a girl-band, at all?
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Alice Standen discusses the 2002 Japanese horror film Ju-On: The Grudge, and the thrilling nature of the threat that the ghosts created.
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Despite often being treated as novel diseases, eating disorders can be dated back as far as the 13th century. The oldest form of the illness is widely recognised as anorexia mirabilis, or holy anorexia, in which women or girls would self-starve in the name of religion. Many of these women...
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Lo-fi is certainly one of the more avant-garde genres to emerge from the technological age: combining distortions and errors in music tracks, it recycles these flaws into a palatable and study-friendly stream perfect for late-night cramming sessions.
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