The court-martial of PFC Bradley Manning began on Monday the 3rd of June, three years after his initial arrest. Manning, who is responsible for one of the biggest leaks of classified documents in history has already pleaded guilty to 10 of 22 charges. Bradley Manning, Whistle-blowing hero or law-breaking traitor? […]

As human beings, we are constantly striving to explore space and widen our knowledge of the universe. This natural inquisitiveness has led to vast developments to life as we know it, dramatically so in terms of technology and the methods of implementing it into science. The ability to look into […]

If you have ever scrolled down your Twitter feed you would have most likely seen something very offensive towards someone or something. So offensive, in fact, that it may have shocked you! But have you ever realised that the person who wrote this hateful comment would never say it to […]

  Long gone are the days when you could make a clean break from your dog of an ex and you would never see or hear their name (which is now a swear word) again. We could screw up the memories and toss them into the bin but unfortunately your […]

Rational means exercising reason and sound judgment. In international relations theory the rational actor model is that when making a decision the rational decision maker takes into account the foreign policy goals of the nation and determines which one takes priority over others. Then the decision maker weighs up the […]

The latest fashion must dictate our lifestyle, whether it is an iPhone 5 or the new Macbook –  but is technology really a good thing? Sure, it may save lives and help people, but at the same time, isn’t it making the human race lazier and duller than we need to […]

Should children today even have to learn how to spell? With text language ever dominating the way of communication when it comes to emails and letter writing too, one could perhaps be brave enough to say not. This shortened way of writing, such as ‘C U TMRW’, is quickly becoming […]

The War and Peace show held at the Hop farm in Kent is the worlds largest military vehicle ‘festival’ and it doesn’t disappoint. I was five minutes early of my alarm this morning, an unusual scenario but one that was met by a fair amount of pride in the fact […]