Post Tagged with: "UK"

Chinese F1 Grand Prix Preview – Why Mercedes can win

April 15, 2013 2:05 pm0 comments
Chinese F1 Grand Prix Preview – Why Mercedes can win

12 months ago, Formula One welcomed Mercedes, ‘The Silver Arrows’, back to the top step of the F1 Grand Prix podium as Nico Rosberg secured the first victory for the historic marque in over half a century. As F1 2013 rolls into Shanghai for the tenth year in a row, [...]

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Class – why bother?

April 9, 2013 12:47 pm0 comments
Class – why bother?

I haven’t quite yet finished my degree – I’m just about to finish my second year reading Welsh and Politics at Cardiff University – but I am educated. I got 460 UCAS points, thank you very much. I’m the type of person who listens to Classic FM when I’m writing [...]

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Is the law to blame for the UK’s high teenage pregnancy rate?

March 31, 2013 6:00 pm0 comments
Is the law to blame for the UK’s high teenage pregnancy rate?

Yes, as bizarre as it may sound – the over-criminalisation of all sexual activity between minors, is almost wholly responsible for the UK’s high teenage pregnancy rate and high teenage sex rate. Why? S.13 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (by virtue of s.9) criminalised ‘sexual touching’ between minors, however [...]

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Were the Sixties Swinging?

March 30, 2013 1:39 pm0 comments
Were the Sixties Swinging?

It’s not difficult to see why the 1960′s remains as popular as ever amongst this generation, with its rebelling youth, free speech, music, and fashion. Sixties swinging nostalgia is becoming a new phenomenon with many youngsters today, just like Britpop was in the nineties. However, more youngsters are becoming fascinated [...]

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10 Reasons Why George Osborne Shouldn’t Be Chancellor.

March 8, 2013 3:10 pm4 comments
10 Reasons Why George Osborne Shouldn’t Be Chancellor.

I know we shouldn’t blame all of our economic woes on the haughty George Osborne, but someone’s got to own up: 1. He told us that the most important thing is that we keep our triple A credit rating and now we have lost it. So he has failed. For [...]

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Foals’ ‘Holy Fire’ Review

February 15, 2013 5:47 pm0 comments
The album cover of Holy Fire, by Foals

As suggested by the two singles released at the end of last year, Oxford quintet Foals have shed their math-rock shackles as their third release once again shows them taking a new musical direction. Foals can no longer be seen as the jagged, artsy group whose audience liked to dance [...]

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Can Rory McIlroy ever truly win wearing the Union Jack or the Green and Gold?

January 28, 2013 8:00 pm1 comment
Can Rory McIlroy ever truly win wearing the Union Jack or the Green and Gold?

Freshly unveiled as highest earning golfer after Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy is currently the number one player in the world and regarded by many as the future of the sport over the next decade. With apparel and clubs emblazoned with the ubiquitous swooshs of Nike, McIlroy has the financial security [...]

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Words From The Streets – Interview with Tony Thorne

November 4, 2012 5:20 pm0 comments
Words From The Streets – Interview with Tony Thorne

Slang is created with the use of informal words and expressions, which are not expected to be part of a standard dialect or language. It’s used in different contexts, including SMS messaging, social networking sites, and spoken communication. Has slang changed in London since the early part of the 20th [...]

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