-By which I mean that beauty is subjective. (But also that it is objective). When I was in school – year 11 or 12 I think, which would make me 16 years old – a friend of mine informed me that a sibling of hers had overheard a conversation on […]

It appeared in the tabloids today that David Bruce, a 22-year-old salesman, was moved from being a shop floor assistant to a stock room worker because of his 80 tattoos, which meant both arms, hands and his neck were covered in body art. He felt his position at Next was […]

Whilst the mainstream media has recently been bombarding the average viewer or reader with war stories from Syria, Libya, Iraq or Afghanistan, the war in Yemen is hardly getting any attention. Indeed neither are any of Washington’s other proxy wars, which also include operations in Pakistan, Somalia and Sudan[1]. However, […]

What is a gap year? Why should I take one? Does it have to last a year? How do I organise one? Where should I go? These questions will all ring familiar in the minds of anybody who has considered taking time out of their normal lives to do something […]

Ask the majority of people and you’ll hear them reply that music is an important part in their life and it normally will be true. However, has the importance been molded over the past two decades into something different from what it was in the 19th and early 20th centuries? […]

Saturday night has come and gone and as I now sit here typing out this article, there seems to only be one thing on my mind. This self-inflicted, stomach-churning, head-splitting hangover. I’ve gone through the motions; the sore head, the nausea, the regret, the aversion to light, the ‘I’m-never-drinking-again’ and […]

On the 15th March 2012, 30,000 students aged 11-16 took part in BBC’s News Day. They covered a range of stories which included the Queens diamond jubilee, the forthcoming London Olympics, bullying and even Ofsted reports. They also got the chance to quiz Health Secretary Andrew Lansley and the Prime […]

“The hate continued exactly as before, except that the target had been changed.” – Orwell Fun is fast becoming an extreme sport. It seems that although it’s not illegal just yet, if you are suspected of being in conspicuously good humour, you are going to be closely watched and at […]