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Beer is there to unite us in times of joy, turmoil and really any other cause for celebration or commiseration. Whether you're just having a weeknight sojourn to the pub with your mates, or you're cracking open a cold one to help get you through the many twists and turns…
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Women have been dealing with creepy guys since the dawn of time. It's a fact of life, much like 'the sky is blue', or 'catcalling is disgusting'. Before the internet, however, the worst of these encounters were mostly limited to bars and clubs - usually when the creepsters were in…
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If you've ever had the opportunity to speak in depth with a medical professional, you'll know they've got some pretty amazing stories to tell. While the rest of us just go about our lives, they're out there saving people - sometimes in more extreme ways than we can imagine. One…
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Whenever celebrities get vocal about a cause, people are quick to point out their hypocrisy. Particularly when it comes to immigrants and refugees, wealthy movie stars who advocate for limitless immigration are accused of not putting their money where their mouth is, leaving common people to deal with housing and…
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We have all grown up aware of the fraught relations between Russia and The United States. Studying The Cold War is not only part of our mandatory schooling but is also a form of advocacy, enacted by both sides in order to secure our allegiance to this day, where the…
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In Hollywood, any screenwriter will tell you that the process of getting a movie made is one hell of an uphill struggle. While critics and cinephiles alike always enjoy bemoaning the fact that modern movies seem to be getting less and less original, focusing on endlessly rebooting and updating easily-marketable properties…
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In July this year, the world was shocked by the death of 41-year-old Linkin Park frontman, Chester Bennington. The musician, who had suffered from depression and addiction problems throughout his life, died by suicide at his home in Los Angeles. In the wake of his death, Bennington's wife Talinda has…
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Not all heroes wear capes - some of them just work for Patty's Piece of Cake. A bride found that literally one day before her wedding, on a hot car ride to the Berry Head Hotel, her extravagant lemon and buttercream cake had just simply melted. The bride, Millie Maltby,…
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Anyone who has visited Auschwitz will remember the feeling of passing through the gates, knowing that over a million people walked to their death in the exact same spot. Reading the history books is one thing, but seeing the physical evidence of the largest genocide in history is hard to…
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It feels as if Game of Thrones is extremely eager to end. The choice to green-light a seven-episode season meant, inevitably, that some corners would be cut. Some things would be rushed. The pieces would fly across the chessboard, not always in rational ways. I'm not here to nit-pick. I hope,…
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We've pretty much all seen the film Up, right? The unbelievably sweet, but sad, story of an old man who ties thousands of balloons to his house in order to take off and follow the dreams of his late wife? It's a simply brilliant film, with an incredible story and…
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In the novel Neuromancer, there is an ancient Chinese businessman who has his genetics reset every 100 years, to keep himself permanently alive. He will live forever, so long as he keeps hitting refresh on his decaying genetic code, rebooting that frayed and exhausted DNA. We always suspected this day…
