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On the 23rd August, Jacob Blake was shot in the back seven times by the police. This sparked protests across the US state of Wisconsin and further afield as people came to terms with this brutal act of violence....
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Good days are coming’, this was the slogan of Narendra Modi, the unabashedly populist maverick who took the Indian subcontinent by storm in 2014. Never before, or since, has the appeal and allure of populist politics been so acutely presented in a single phrase, perfectly encapsulating the vague promises...
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The above quotation (the origin of which is much debated) may just sound like an intellectual’s replacement for knuckleheadedly screaming “FAKE NEWS!”, but, in reality, what the quotation touches on is far deeper than that. It spawns the question, is ignorance more desirable than delusion and whether knowing nothing...
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Rising boredom during lockdown contributed to a surge in time spent on the video-sharing app TikTok. However, with the app potentially compromising consumer privacy and promoting problematic behaviours, is it time for TikTok to be...
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With the gradual easing of restrictions and lack of daily briefings, it’s easier to fall into the trap of letting social distancing slide because you don’t really know what the rules are anymore. This reasoning is something I can totally empathise with, only two households can mix indoors (at...
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TikTok is everywhere right now, with its massive rise over the last year it has one of the biggest user bases on the internet. Millie Thomson reviews how some of TikTok's users have taken to the app to share fun quick and often quirky recipes!...
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On March 11 2020, the World Health Organisation declared COVID-19, aka coronavirus, a pandemic. In order to reduce the spread of the virus, the government has ordered social isolation, and here at the University of Nottingham, and many other universities across the country, learning has been moved online. Many...