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Sejal Shirgavkar While trying to figure out what to do with my degree and perhaps my life, I found myself thinking about something we rarely treat as serious: loneliness. Not dramatic loneliness, not the kind that announces itself loudly, but the quiet kind that hides behind the busy lecture...
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Amelie Halliwell Cheap flowers, a box of Lindors, and an inflated meal – a perfect way to say, ‘I love you’. Love confined to a day, with banners being plastered up as soon as Boxing Day, a capitalist stopgap between Christmas and Easter, what truly is Valentine’s Day?...
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Nura Bentata On Sunday December 14th, the Jewish community around the world prepared for the first night of Hanukkah. Over eight nights, Hanukkah commemorates the biblical story of the victory of the Jewish people over their oppressors after the desecration of the Second Temple. It is celebrated for...
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Nancy Riley When Nicki Minaj expressed support for the view that Christians were being persecuted in Nigeria, it ignited a heated online debate. It underscored the question of what role do (often politically uneducated) celebrities play in discussing delicate political matters? And, furthermore, should there be a crossover between...
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Ella Nugent The four-week University and College Union (UCU) strike at the University of Nottingham is by no means isolated or exceptional in its nature. With classes cancelled ahead of a critical vote on possible further industrial action later this month, the current climate of higher education in the...
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Emma Burgess ‘Welcome to the race Sleepy Joe’ – a direct quotation from United States President Donald Trump’s 2019 tweet about his opponent, Joe Biden, when he announced his presidential candidacy. ‘But if you make it, I will see you at the Starting Gate!’. From the introduction of Biden’s...