Okay, I’ll confess, I was never really into Greek mythology as a kid. Perhaps that is because it was so popular in my school (and I had a friend who had pretty much become a scholar in the works of the Ancient Greeks by age 10) that the curse of...
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For better or for worse, I decided to live on campus this year, and by far the main reason for this was the commute – I fear few things in life, but the U1 to Leamington on a weeknight terrifies me. In all seriousness, another reason for this decision was the...
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In 2019, I downloaded Battlefield V, DICEs World War Two themed first-person shooter. While it was a fun and graphically/musically stunning game (like its predecessor Battlefield I), something felt off. What had worked in Battlefield I’s favour was that it was set in World War One, hence there was no...
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Conservative leadership candidate Robert Jenrick has suggested he would cut student loans for “low-value degrees”. The candidate revealed that he would aim to cut funding towards the worst performing 10% of courses in a speech delivered on Wednesday to the Thatcherite Centre for Policy Studies. Jenrick is one of...
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is one of the cornerstones of American literature. Penned (or rather typed) by Mark Twain and released in 1876 in the United States, it is hard for many people to have not heard the names of Tom Sawyer or Huckleberry Finn in the cultural zeitgeist,...
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