Thousands of women will take to the streets next month as the “SlutWalks” anti-sexism movement hits the United Kingdom.
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SlutWalks come to the UK
A strangers wedding; my morning with the masses in Hyde Park
It was a cold and damp morning; it seemed the sun had forgotten to shine. For a week the BBC forecasted rain, while Sky News anticipated sunny weather- it was an endless debate for me the night before on whether to wear my wellies or wear fancy flats and a fascinator. I wore neither,...
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The Referendum made easy
Are you a “First Past the Poster” or will you be backing in the ‘alternative vote’ at the historic United Kingdom referendum on 5 May.
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Working for free: the trouble with internships
Since the Lib Dem’s move to crack down on unpaid work this week many Britons are paying greater attention to the internships young people are going for and what the arrangement entails. Multiple rounds of interviews, reality-TV style challenges and poorly paid placements are just some of the trials graduates experience across Britain’s professional...
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Green Issues, An Interview
Times have changed across the UK. Nowadays even the least environmentally sound person can get it together to recycle. It’s not a huge problem to carry plastics or paper to a bin slightly further down the road, we’re all saving the planet hurrah! Some of us though are going significantly further than others in...
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Over the Hills and Far Away. Is a Cambrian Revolution Underway?
Every day the British underclass heartedly voice their travails and cry of the angst that tears from within, cruelly orchestrated by Master Kyle on national television. The tumultuous goings on of love, heartbreak, passion and infidelity may not inspire the individual as much as old Bill’s sonnets or capture the inner turmoil of a...
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Graduates Doing It For Themselves
Newspapers are not making positive reading material for the scores of graduates about to embark on the soul destroying search for “a proper” job. For the thousands of would be professionals, the fun and games are now over and the battle to wedge a foot in the door of their chosen career path begins....
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Electoral Struggle or Electoral Reform?
In an occasional feature, political researcher and gin-drinker Rhys Bowen offers his thoughts and views on a variety of political topics. This time, the rugby playing Welshman discusses Electoral Reform. Winston Churchill famously said “Democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.” It is globally and unequivocally...
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