• Editorials Failed your New Year’s Resolution? Here’s why
    As with every new year, 2022 has brought with it an onslaught of hope and motivation for self improvement. Energised by this fresh start, 1 in 7 of us have decided to set ourselves a new year’s resolution or two. Right now, in the middle of January, we’re witness to the rare sliver of time […]
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  • Editorials Why do colours make us feel?
    Colour is everywhere. Aside from those who are legally blind or monochromatically colour blind, the overwhelming presence of colour may seem obvious. That is how light works after all. However, a lot of the colours we see in everyday life are not accidental – someone engineered them for a purpose. The bold, energetic colours of […]
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  • Editorials What is autism?
    It is more common than you may think to meet someone on the spectrum of autism. Yet, despite this, people find it hard to categorise, and I believe it is very useful to know the signs and how to approach it. Autism is a developmental disability that is defined by limited or repetitive behavioural and […]
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  • Editorials Dementia and Depression: Communication is Key
    It’s important to treat dementia patients with respect and care. The disease is unfathomably cruel and the least we can do while caring for them is be helpful and interactive. This is also true for those with early-onset dementia. The news at any age that this disease will overwhelm you obviously takes its toll mentally, […]
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  • Editorials Repealing the Dangerous Dogs Act
    The Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 has received public calls to be removed from all forms of UK legislation after 30 years. Animal welfare activists are campaigning for a review of the Act which prohibits ownership of certain types of dogs. The Scottish SPCA has accused the Act of discrimination against certain dog breeds, including the […]
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  • Editorials Bad friends: should you stay or leave?
    Friendships are a huge part of our lives and are often tumultuous things. Everyone has them; we fall in and out of them, and we’ll all remember our friends – good or bad – at the end of our lives. So, when it comes to bad friends, we usually feel quite conflicted. Bad friends cause […]
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  • News A Basic Overview: Bipolar Disorder
    Bipolar Disorder – otherwise known as Manic Depression- is a lifelong disorder that causes extreme episodes of mania and depression. A complex mix of physical and social factors are thought to cause the disorder, including a chemical imbalance in the brain, genetics and physical triggers, like an abusive relationship or another mental illness. Symptoms of […]
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  • News The Commercialism of the Goth Subculture
    In the ’80s, a subculture formed out of the Post-Punk scene; this was the foundations of Goth (with its inspirations from the 18th-century writing, artistic and aesthetic genre). Throughout the ’90s, the Goth scene would grow and grow more until it became a sensation. Goth clothing brands started forming and the dawn of the “Internet […]
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  • British Mental Health Awareness Week
    For those of you who didn’t know, it is currently Mental Health Awareness Week. Running from 13th-19th of May, it’s a chance for us to really consider where we’re at regarding the issue both individually and as a global community. Mental health needs to be addressed like any other health concern, and as long as […]
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  • Editorials Arguing: The Dos and Don’ts
    It may have gone unnoticed to you that part of life involves conflict. And with conflict usually comes arguing. While a lot of arguments often end up in tears, they don’t always have to and – surprisingly – there are ways to make your arguments efficient. So, without further ado, here are our dos and […]
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  • News Are Trans People more Prone to Heart Attacks?
    An American study has found that transgender men and women are significantly more likely than cisgender people to suffer from a heart attack. Transgender Men and Women The study was published in Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes and is the first of its kind to explore the connection between being transgender and having an increased risk […]
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  • Editorials A Better World: Plastic Waste
    It would be completely futile to delve into why we all need to reduce waste and minimize the impact we have on the environment. From a barely-discernible ocean covered in plastic waste to footage of a lorry-full of refuse being pulled from a whale’s stomach, these images, however often they appear on Facebook and Instagram, […]
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  • Editorials A Better World
    Finding a subject for your first weekly column is tough. After all, what follows is a struggle of sustaining a subject week in week out while maintaining a unique perspective. Heck, I’m already reiterating something Laura said in her first editorial. So, it would, therefore, make no sense at all to write about something so […]
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  • Editorials Self Driving Cars Programmed With Racial Bias
    There is a huge diversity problem in the technology sector and it doesn’t just affect revenue and creativity – it actually creates flaws in products that could have been avoided had more women and ethnic groups been involved in the designing. What do the statistics say? Let’s start with some statistics. In 2016, Google’s diversity […]
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  • News Why owning your problems is important
    Oftentimes in life, we seem to simply float through, never really pausing to evaluate our experiences – especially the bad ones. This very natural impulse of ours leads to a lot of repressed emotins and thoughts, meaning that our psychology is affected by our lack of dealing with things. In some cases, this can severely […]
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  • Editorials What Annoyed the Internet This Week?
    On a scale of one to a cis male explaining what a vagina is to a female gynaecologist, how much of a mansplainer are you? This week, the Internet was annoyed by Twitter user @paulbullen, who has since switched his account to private after he created one hell of a media storm. It all started […]
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  • Editorials Marriage: Keeping it in the Family
    There are very few parts of the world where incest is deemed to be a good idea, and this article isn’t going to embrace incestual practices either. I am sorry for any disappointment that causes. Attitudes and legislation regarding incest actually vary enormously around the world. Even in Europe legislation is split, with some countries […]
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