Growing up through secondary school, the school library was my favourite place to be. I’d tear through books a week at a time and come out with the highest read word count in my class every term, but it wasn’t until I moved schools during sixth form that I realised...
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Well-known for his beautiful, animated movies, Hayao Miyazaki has dedicated himself over the years to creating worlds of incredible warmth and poignant humanity that have haunted childhoods internationally. But, floating within the whimsical wonder of his films, Miyazaki’s politics can be felt, woven into the very fabric of his storytelling....
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In 2024, 31 year-old opera singer, Chen Lijun and her opera partner, Li Yunxiao exploded across China’s web platforms when a clip of the two actresses spinning across the stage in each other’s arms took C-net by a storm. The clip was taking from the two actress’ performance of the...
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On Wednesday 26 March, Chancellor Rachel Reeves unveiled the government’s Spring Statement. In the face of growing “global uncertainty”, Reeves promised an increase in defence spending to 2.5% of the GDP from April 2027. The decision to ramp up defence spending is framed throughout Reeves’ statement as a way to...
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On Friday 7 February, Secretary of State for Energy Ed Miliband confirmed the government’s commitment to the introduction of carbon capture technology. This commitment was announced despite concerns raised by the House of Commons’ Public Accounts Committee regarding its effectiveness and its impact on taxpayers. The plan to invest in...
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In light of the recent Californian wildfires that razed almost 35,000 hectares of land in just three days, it is difficult to imagine the level of destruction and the utter upheaval of so many individuals’ lives. But with the major underrepresentation of women in the most recent COP28 last November,...
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On Wednesday 8th of January, wild lynx were spotted roaming the Scottish Highlands. Lynx vanished from Britain around 1300 years ago, after being driven to extinction by hunting and habitat loss, so their sighting certainly sparked some frenzy. Talk of reintroducing lynx back into the Scottish Highlands has been circulating...
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