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5 November 2017
What will become known as the sexual abuse uproar of 2017
There's a lot of news and comment ground to cover here. First, I'll try and fail to summarise the events briefly.
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4 November 2017
Boys in the performing arts
Ever noticed the large gender gap between the amount of boys and girls in amateur performing arts? Well I think that it's an issue that needs to be addressed and here's why.
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3 November 2017
11 words died on the internet and what happened next is shocking
Welcome to the Museum of Dead Words
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31 October 2017
Fighting fake news with literacy skills
Creating a curriculum to fight misinformation
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31 October 2017
The nine best worst Halloween family films
Films are a huge part of the Halloween experience but it's not always satisfying for the right reasons! Here we go through the Halloween films that families hate to love...
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31 October 2017
Finding the frames in news, together
Global Voices are creating software to better help journalists think about how they frame their stories
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30 October 2017
Is it worth talking about the rise of US holidays in Britain?
Everyone loves a knees-up, but with Halloween growing in its popularity and the sheer effort it warrants here in the UK, we ask if the growth of it and Thanksgiving is worth questioning.
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28 October 2017
Thor: Ragnarok - Review
Since when did the Thor franchise become so hilarious?
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26 October 2017
HISTORY OF SOME OF MY FAVOURITE ARTISTS.
A HISTORY OF SOME OF MY FAVOURITE ARTISTS.
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26 October 2017
Child stars are not performing monkeys, when will we learn?
Goodbye Christopher Robin reminds us once again of the cautionary world of children in the entertainment industry.
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25 October 2017
The Always Campaign
Help us put an end to dangerous restraint being used in hospitals
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24 October 2017
Can you read too much into art?
If you've ever been the person blankly looking at your textbook puzzling how to connect a dying lamb to the death of innocence, you're in the right place.
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23 October 2017
Dance Workshop
For the arts leadership section of my silver arts award, I choreographed a dance to 'Shape of You' by Ed Sheeran with a friend. Then we taught this to around sixty people. This blog explains what happened and what I learnt from it.
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23 October 2017
What to expect at Mozfest 2017 with Is That Real?: Preparing Students to Outfox Fake News
An exciting workshop coming from the USA for attendees of Mozfest 2017 - hear from two of the facilitators helping to put this workshop together.
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23 October 2017
EDM Artists Aren't Real Musicians
I am looking into the issue of whether EDM is real music and the artists that create it are real musicians for my Gold Arts Award Unit 1:Part D.
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23 October 2017
Who's ready for Comic Con?!
October is coming to a close and that means one thing for some of us, no not Halloween, COMIC CON
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20 October 2017
A lighter take on the news
Another week, another lighter take on the news!