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Over the past century or so, humankind has made leaps and bounds in the field of medicine. Our understanding of illnesses has vastly improved, infant mortality rates are the lowest they've ever been, and life expectancy has increased overall worldwide. And yet, that doesn't mean we are completely invulnerable to…
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From romantic notes passed across the lunch room to whispering with your friends about whether to go to first base or not, to be thirteen and in love is a beautiful thing. We can all remember those nervous butterflies we felt when turning up to a Saturday-afternoon cinema date and…
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It is often said that "not all heroes wear capes", and that was proven to be true this weekend when a seemingly ordinary man scaled a building in order to rescue a boy that had somehow become stuck hanging over the balcony. Mamoudou Gassama, a 22-year-old originally from Mali, was…
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Despite enjoying an illustrious acting career spanning over 30 years, to Harry Potter fans the legendary Alan Rickman will always be Hogwarts' genius Potions Master, Professor Severus Snape. Now, two years after his death, it seems that Rickman still has a few more Potter secrets to reveal, as a new collection…
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When this week disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein was officially charged with the rape and several counts of sexual assault, many said that it seemed like the #MeToo movement had taken a massive step forwards. Finally, predators were being held accountable for their actions, amid a backdrop of women and…
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Over the past few months, US President Donald Trump and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un have had the kind of on-again off-again relationship that makes Ross and Rachel's tumultuous Friends love affair look tame. One minute they're extending the hand of friendship, the next, they're slinging insults half way…
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For most of us, our 16th birthday consisted of receiving a few cards, a present or two and maybe going out for a nice meal at Outback Steakhouse with our parents. If you were really lucky, you might have had a few friends round for a (totally sober) party, probably…
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From infamously snapchatting a list of her enemies to hitting back at people who accused her of photoshopping her Insta snaps, Kim Kardashian isn't exactly someone known for keeping schtum when it comes to what's on her mind. And it's fair to say that that's even more true when it comes to…
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Kim Kardashian has come a long way from being Paris Hilton's assistant. In the span of ten years, she has not only been credited for "breaking the internet", but also as the proprietor of the "belfie". Further, over the past year, she has been following in the footsteps of the…
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What would you do if you won the lottery? I don't know about you, but I've asked myself that question before, and had the same conversation with friends. It's fun to imagine what luxuries you could afford with that much money, where you would draw the line, and figure out…
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China is setting up a ranking system which will monitor the behaviour of its 1.379 billion person population, and judge them all based on their "social credit". According to a government document, the "social credit system," which was first announced in 2014, is designed to enforce the belief that "keeping trust is glorious…
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You may know someone who quotes their favourite movies all the time, but did you know you're probably doing the same, just without knowing it? Once you look into the origin of certain words, you can discover that simple phrases you can say in your day-to-day life weren't part of the…
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From time to time, there will be a scandal coming out of Hollywood, where an actor is revealed to be difficult to work with, or some other star has stepped over the line. Yet over the last eight months, we have seen more and more instances of sexual misconduct being…
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Meghan Markle achieved the most one could hope to get out of social mobility: becoming a member of the royal family. The erstwhile Suits actress snapped up Britain's most eligible bachelor in a beautiful ceremony that was held at St. George's Chapel in Windsor last Saturday - and naturally -…
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Out of all the things that we have to go through in this thing called life, breakups are right up there with the worst. In the beginning, it always feels as if you'll never get over the person whose quirks you grew to appreciate, and whose complex past you got…
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On Friday we learned that there had been a shooting in an Indiana middle school, in which two people were injured. The news was confirmed by Sergeant John Perrine, the Public Information Officer for the Indiana State Police. The suspect, whose identity hasn't been revealed, was taken into custody, after his…
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Back in October, Gwyneth Paltrow spoke to the New York Times on the record about her experience with disgraced film mogul, Harvey Weinstein, and how her then-boyfriend, Brad Pitt, intervened to keep Weinstein from sexually harassing her again. The actress explained that before filming commenced on the 1996 adaption of…
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On Thursday, CNN revealed that multiple women had come forward to accuse Morgan Freeman of sexual harassment on set, on press tours, and in the office of his production company, Revelations Entertainment. Their investigation found 16 people that opened up about Freeman's "pattern of inappropriate behaviour" that created a "toxic" workplace,…
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The release date for Game of Thrones' final season hasn't been confirmed, but we do know it will be coming in 2019. There were some quotes attributed to Maisie Williams (who plays Arya Stark on the show) where she seemed to imply that we'd be seeing the first episode in…
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Meghan Markle has been the Duchess of Sussex for an entire week now, can you believe it? A mere year ago, she was Rachel Zane from Suits, and now she's veritable royalty - and for all intents and purposes - a princesses in my mind. The nuptials, naturally, incited all…
