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In the capitalistic western world that we live in, nearly everything we do is mandated by how much money we can get out of doing it. Rising inflation has pushed the cost of living to astronomical heights, and companies, in their endless pursuit for profit, rarely have any sympathy for…
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It's fair to say that Netflix, along with the countless streaming service imitators it has managed to inspire, has changed the way we watch TV. No longer do we have to wait until the broadcast time to watch the shows we enjoy the most, and binging box sets all in…
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Can you imagine Will Smith as Neo in The Matrix? How about John Travolta as Forrest Gump? Or Sean Connery as Gandalf in Lord of the Rings? Believe it or not, those actors were the first picks for the roles, but turned them down. It's a shame, because I love…
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In recent years, we've seen a positive improvement in the representation of LGBTQ characters in movies and on TV - especially with shows and films aimed at younger audiences. Steven Universe, Legend of Korra and the 2017 remake of Beauty and the Beast all feature canonically queer figures. However, even…
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A line of thousands of women, all dressed in white, snakes through the arid desert. For some of them, the march began weeks ago in Sderot, near the Gaza border. Now they are approaching the Dead Sea, the lowest point on earth, hand in hand. A mix of Israeli and…
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Halloween, as we all know, is a time for celebration; an occasion where kids and grown-ups alike are given carte-blanche to explore the spooky side of life, with costumes, scary movies, candy and decorations. Personally, it's one of my favourite holidays of the year, since I have a preference for…
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Would you risk your health for £1000? What about for £10,000? Well, here's something my mum doesn't know - throughout university I took part in psychology trials and studies for a little extra cash. Mine didn’t exactly pay well, but I was confident they wouldn’t be harmful and, let’s be…
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A teenager who beheaded a man after he sexually assaulted his girlfriend has been handed a "lenient" jail sentence of six years for his crimes. Nikita Rasskazov, 17, repeatedly stabbed Artyom Shustov, 19, who was his friend at the time, before decapitating him with a barbecue knife. Rasskazov claims that…
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Three years ago, Jeremy Meeks shot to fame after his mugshot went viral. Despite being convicted of grand theft and illegal possession of a firearm, the then 30-year-old managed to win the hearts and minds of the internet after being dubbed, "the hot felon". While he was still in prison,…
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You have probably heard of Rodrigo Alvez by now. If you don't recognise him by that name, you may know him better by his oft-used moniker "The Human Ken Doll". After spending over $500,000 on surgeries over the years, he is virtually unrecognisable from his original self, making alteration after…
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Do you ever get that annoying problem when you go to bed? You lay down after a hard day of doing nothing but sitting on your office chair staring at listicles all day, and suddenly your brain goes into overdrive. As you lie there, you ponder all the annoying facets…
