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 […]

One of the most detrimental actions you can take if you’re attempting to speed up your metabolism naturally is to significantly decrease your calorie intake. If your carb ingestion drops below roughly one thousand to two thousand five hundred caloric on a daily basis (depending on whether you are male […]

“In the Year of our Lord 1314, patriots of Scotland – starving and outnumbered – charged the fields of Bannockburn. They fought like warrior poets; they fought like Scotsmen, and won their freedom.” So ended Braveheart which provoked strong reactions worldwide, not least because it starred an Australian as one […]

It goes without saying that Fabrice Muamba, the 23-year-old Bolton Wanderers Midfielder, has taken over the news and is at the forefront of topics of conversation worldwide over the past few days. Whilst on the pitch, the young dad suffered a cardiac arrest four minutes before half time of Saturday’s […]

Robert Bales, the married father of two, murdered in cold blood 16 innocent Afghans including nine children, and then set their corpses ablaze. He has been transferred to Fort Leavenworth military prison where he will be psycho-analysed by doctors who have experience of working with people like this. John Henry Browne, […]

A country boy’s completely unwarranted take on pop psychology. Under great duress I’m writing this frustrated and desperate letter and I’m urging you readers not to take it seriously. I am heavily under the influence of several drugs as well as alcohol and television, so I’m legally covered by temporary […]

Nowadays, you don’t even need to check the weather forecast or actually feel the sun on your face to know that there’s been a change in the weather. All you have to do is look at what the British public are wearing, and you’re set. As soon as the rainclouds […]