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The start of my student struggles
Last September I headed off to start my first year at uni knowing something wasn’t right. However, unwilling to admit this and delay a year (not only due to the rise in tuition fees this summer but all...
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Facebook News Articles
The other day I was just scrolling down my facebook newsfeed when I noticed they’d added ‘trending’ articles. It’s as if the fact that the issues on twitter described as ‘trending’ are deemed important...
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The Storytelling Ape
Reblogged from madgeniusclub: Regular readers have probably seen several posts on the topic of humanity as storytelling animals – stories are so much a part of human life that there’s no way to escape...
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No Entry and No Exit – the struggles of opposite generations
I heard on the BBC the other day that people continue working after they retire. The news reader discussed this in a state of surprise, as though they didn’t think this was necessary. But think about...
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On a Mission to Become a ‘Geek’ – why do we stereotype?
Recently my friend, Isabella, proclaimed she wished to pursue a new venture; that of becoming a ‘geek’. This idea first came about when a fellow uni student took her into a comic book store in the...
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God Save the Queen
The olympic opening ceremony is long awaited by many in the country (primarily those luckily enough to aquire tickets). However, one who may not look forward to the event with the same excited...
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My New Favorite Cookie Recipe: Chewy, Crinkly Chocolate Chunk Rolo Cookies
Reblogged from Modern Alice: Everyday people do amazing things, and far too often their actions go unnoticed. While being fully aware of every single thing that every person does is next to impossible,...
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Euthanasia – murder or a human right?
Recently a stroke victim, has challenged the euthanasia law in front of three High Court judges. Mr. Nicklinson, 58, previously worked all over the world as an engineer and enjoyed sports such as...
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Plans for the Future
Does everyone know what they’re going to do when they grow apart from me? With the exception of a fellow student, Sarah, who is planning on taking a leaf out of Peter Pan’s book and staying a child...
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Our Garden
It’s not very often I actually enjoy the garden for what it is. Usually, since I’ve grown up anyway, the garden is where the parents disappear to once the weather improves in the spring/summer. So, the...
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A trip to the Lakedistrict: Woolfest
This weekend I visited the Lakedistrict to attend the Woolfest, just outside of Cockermouth. http://www.woolfest.co.uk/ The Woolfest has been orgainised by Woolclip since 2005, it involves many...
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Irritable Bowel Syndrome...life...doing the best that we can with what we've...
Reblogged from happystitching: IBS as it’s called in it’s short form…terrible “illness” this… I was reading my favourite blog/website (“needled” – Kate Davies) about to type a comment when a comment...
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Seven Pounds: Will Smith
“In seven days God created the world. And in seven seconds I shattered mine.” – Seven Pounds (2008) Yesterday my brother was doing his PRE (Philosophy, Religion and Ethics) homework and said he needed...
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Thunderbolts and Lightning, very, very frightning! Me! Galileo!
Is it wrong to scared of being home alone at eleven o’clock in the morning when it’s as dark as midnight, it’s tipping it down with rain, there are big crashes of thunder and the blinding flashes of...
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A Rainy Trip to Chester
My best friends and I left the railway station near our homes in brilliant sunshine. However, somewhere along the two-hour train journey, the weather took a turn for the worse. When we finally arrived...
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Equal Pay
Gilles Simon commented last week at Wimbledon that women shouldn’t get paid the same as men in prize money. This was firmly rebuked by the female players and sparked discussions in the commentary box...
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The Loss of Culture
I’m sure you remember the news a year or so ago about the closure of libraries? Well now it seems other public cultural spaces are also to suffer with museums and galleries under threat. Almost a...
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A Worrying Time to be Alive
Last week James E Holmes terrorised a cinema in America showing the latest batman movie, shooting dead twelve people, including a six-year-old girl whose mother is still fighting for her life in...
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Phoenix Child – a review
Phoenix Child by Alica McKenna-Johnson I came by this self-published author via hpfandom, where her story ‘Gypsy Caravan’ was one of the top ten. I’ve gone off fanfiction sites now but amongst the...
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