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Sadly, the achievements of British Muslims are often trivialised. History is often a subject that seeks to whitewash the past. In some cases this is intentional - a form of political suppression by which the populace is kept ignorant via control of information, much like Orwell's famous pronouncement in 1984:…
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When I was a young boy, I took a real liking to drawing. Whether it was a bunch of flowers, an awesome monster truck or just a portrait of my family, I used to take a pencil to paper with real gusto. When I was finished (or more likely, when…
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The concept of celebrity has come to trump reality in our modern society, a glossy fiction that renders the trials and tribulations of day to day life nebulous by comparison. From the filtered corridors of Instagram to the effervescent covers of magazines, we are constantly confronted with images of glittery…
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On London’s South Bank, in what we think of as Waterloo but what is in fact only a small sliver of this district, are an array of attractions. You can generally tell how touristic an area is by how many businesses use the place name in their own. With the…
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Whether you choose to chalk it down to humankind's inherent narcissism or pure creativity, you can't deny that we, as a species, are obsessed with the future. The fantasy and sci-fi genre has dominated popular culture since its very conception, and some seminal works of literature, film and television have…
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It's often said that if you want to know what a woman will look like when she's older, simply look at her mom. Case in point, Twitter user @shipilkins, who recently shared a picture of her remarkably youthful-looking mother. [post_page_title]Her Mom's 43?![/post_page_title] This inspired other users of the microblogging website to…
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Like it or not, emojis have taken over the world. The cute little ideograms are now a feature of everyday life. They even have their own movie now - albeit a critically-panned one - and people seem to have a great sense of attachment to these symbols. Maybe it's because their…
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I've said it before, and I'll probably end up saying it many more times before the end of my life: dating is hard. In theory, finding someone you don't despise to cuddle up and spend the majority of your time with should be pretty simple, but in practice, countless time…
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It's a fair to say that Instagram has now become a central part of our vacations. With the rise of social media, and the simplicity of taking a photo these days, we all go on holiday and aim to take the perfect photo for "the gram". Travel accounts are some…
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A trip to the circus is often seen as a fun day out but anyone who attends an event like this needs to be aware of what life is like for circus animals. For them, rather than a fun day out, it is a lifetime of confinement where they are…
