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8 February 2022
Common People: Class appropriation in music
An investigation into the battle between class appropriation and appreciation within the music industry
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8 February 2022
Jennifer’s Body isn’t really a high school horror
Yes, our perceptions of Megan Fox have changed after her 2019 interview, but what does the 2009 horror comedy really mean? Warning: spoilers ahead and discussion of content made for mature audiences!
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7 February 2022
LGBTQ+ History Month: Five influential disabled LGBTQ+ people throughout history
LGBTQ+ disabled people throughout history and their impact on society.
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7 February 2022
The 94th Academy Awards: predictions and personal favourites
In advance of the official announcement on 8 February, we take a stab at predicting both the nominations and likely winners in each of the major categories
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7 February 2022
No Kirstie, we can't "just move somewhere cheaper"
As young people, we chime in on the recent inflammatory comments made by Kirstie Allsop of ‘Location, Location, Location’.
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4 February 2022
The music industry’s problematic relationship with sexual assault and power dynamics
It is well known that the worldwide music industry is rife with instances of sexual assault, mainly perpetrated by men in positions of power. Women in music are too often subject to misogynistic behaviour, what is being done to combat the issue?
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4 February 2022
New Music Friday: Arlo Parks, The Linda Lindas, Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard and more
Our picks for the past week’s best music releases for you to get your ears around. Check out what we have to say and give them a listen.
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3 February 2022
Voice Retrospects: Random browser games
Time for a throwback and a half. If you've ever been bored in school, the office, or life in general, chances are you've turned to one of these random browser games for some relief.
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3 February 2022
‘Gray Day’: Sue Gray’s inquiry into Boris Johnson & No. 10
Sue Gray has finally published her inquiry into the highly publicised lockdown parties hosted at No. 10. So; what does the report say, what has the response been and is it not as final as we may have hoped? We take a look in this article.
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2 February 2022
Queer coding: a fine art and a load of old fart
Once used as a secret code by closeted filmmakers to elude censorship, queer coding has a long and complex history that has both benefitted and harmed the queer community.
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2 February 2022
Review: Wombo Dream
A quirky mobile app that lets you give prompts to an AI art designer. It's limited, but fun to tinker around with.
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1 February 2022
UK Government abandons mandate three days before deadline
The UK government’s obscurity regarding Covid-19 laws has once again triumphed in disorienting the British public
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1 February 2022
Diversity in dance training with IRIE! dance theatre
IRIE! dance theatre is creating dancers for the global community
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31 January 2022
How Jamie T’s Panic Prevention changed the way we viewed mental health
15 years after its original release, we discover how Panic Prevention helped normalise mental health for generations of fans.
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31 January 2022
Tax the people, but spare the wealthy: a tale as old as Tory Britain
The Conservatives' hike to national insurance would be utterly baffling - if it wasn't coming from the Conservative Party.
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31 January 2022
Nusrat Ghani reopens old wounds for the Conservatives around Islamophobia
Conservative MP Nusrat Ghani has recently come out and accused her very own party of Islamophobia. We explore the claims and how racism is an endemic which crosses partisan lines and will continue to, unless concerted action is taken.
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31 January 2022
Have your cake and eat it too: Boris Johnson's lockdown birthday party
Sue Gray’s investigation into the prime minister’s lockdown parties is set to be published any day now. The PM however has managed to find himself embroiled in yet another political scandal in the interim, surrounding celebrations for his 56th.
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30 January 2022
Six lockdown parties attended and counting. Is Boris Johnson’s time running out?
The subject of this blog post is the parties that Boris Johnson attended whilst the rest of the county was in lockdown. It also addresses the pressure on the Prime Minister to resign.