Lewis Hamilton sealed the 2020 World Championship with a win at the Turkish Grand Prix, matching Michael Schumacher’s record tally and becoming the most successful F1 driver of all time. It was a difficult win for Hamilton, who qualified in a season-worst sixth position and made a series of mistakes...
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If the UK has one iconic dish, it must be fish and chips. And yet, the dish has a comparatively short history, only celebrating its 150th birthday a few years ago. So how did this classic combination come about, and why is it so intricately linked with British culture?
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Reece Goodall analyses the aftermath of the 2020 US election, looking at the different winners and losers across the Presidential and Congressional races.
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Scientists have challenged the Westminster government’s claim that in-person teaching is essential to protect student wellbeing.
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Reece Goodall reviews the third episode of the mini series Roadkill. Once more, he praises Hugh Laurie's performance which he feels is the only highlight in a show that's rife with 'non-existent characters' and 'poor writing'.
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For a long time, the spectre of a flying car seemed as if it belonged in the world of fiction – we saw Doc Brown take to the sky in the Back to the Future films, and Francisco Scaramanga famously had one in the 1974 Bond film The Man with...
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Formula One has announced a 23-race calendar for the 2021 season, the longest in F1 history if the schedule is completed. The season is scheduled to begin in Australia on 21 March and will end in Abu Dhabi on 5 December. The British Grand Prix at Silverstone will be on...
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The university complaints watchdog is set to announce changes that will enable students to bring forward complaints as a group.
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Reece Goodall reviews Geoff Johns and Jason Fabok's new Batman comic trilogy exploring who the Joker really is.
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Over the past twenty years, social media has become a constant presence in our lives. Facebook and Twitter are giants, boasting nearly 3 billion active users between them. It should be a good thing, connecting the world like never before, but social media’s sheer level of power has proven hugely...
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Reece Goodall reflects on his favourite horror TV show, 'Courage the Cowardly Dog', and its dark humour, visual inventiveness and its will to push the boundaries of children's TV.
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Neuroscience is hardly the most controversial of fields, but a 2019 paper published by Alysson Muotri has recently drawn considerable scrutiny. It reports on the creation of human brain organoids, which are grown from human stem cells, and the fact that they were producing coordinated waves of activity. This akin...
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It's been 100 years since Agatha Christie released her first novel in 1920, and Reece Goodall celebrates the author, drawing on some of his favourite reads and her history
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