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Cameron: Playing God

“For centuries, religious faith has been invoked at the limits of our moral and scientific understanding – but, more recently, at the threshold of political legitimacy.” More than a decade ago, at the height of the bizarre alliance of Labour and Republican governments that would typify the last…

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Friday 27th January 2012

A Very Peaceful Problem – Why the Dalai Lama remains one of China’s biggest Issues

The Dalai Lama: for many a Nobel Peace Laureate and a peaceful ambassador; for others, notably Beijing, “a wolf in a monk’s robes”, a dissident determined to undermine and overthrow Chinese rule in Tibet.  Either way, the 76-year-old Tibetan monk has been the figurehead of a struggle that…

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Wednesday 21st December 2011

Mind The Gap

“Fairer Society’? As the cuts continue, will the gap in educational attainment keep growing?” “Just 16 per cent of pupils who are eligible for free school meals progress to university in comparison to 96 per cent of young people educated in independent schools.” This may sound like a…

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Thursday 15th December 2011

In Defence of Christmas Consumerism

Starbucks’ red cups, Advent chocolate calendars and, of course the Coca Cola advert; these collectively announce the start of the Christmas season to our nation long before Mariah Carey is heard five times a day on the radio. As the festivities arrive, the high street and our televisions become…

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Thursday 15th December 2011

Can We Ever Cancel Shopmas?

Something magical and extraordinary may be happening this winter; it seems that the Christmas consumerism monster is being tamed. It has been predicted that we will spend £200 million less this festive season and with it may come a whole different way of doing Christmas. Of course that…

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Wednesday 14th December 2011

Prostitution: The Secrets of the Streets

Just 3 miles from University Park and a 30 minute walk from Lenton, lies Nottingham’s Red Light District. Based on Mapperley and Forest Road, Nottingham’s Red Light District is a well known hive of prostitution and unsolicited activities. Back in 2004, the Kerb Crawling Taskforce, part of Nottinghamshire…

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Monday 12th December 2011

Should we allow controversial speakers on campus?

“In the fight against extremism and the spread of misinformation, we need more voices, not less.” Hearing the word ‘student’ inevitably gives rise to a number of well-established stereotypes. These range, of course, from old-standards (the trouble-makers, the militant-politicos, the overachievers etc) all the way to the fledgling…

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Monday 12th December 2011

The Power of Petition

Amongst the excitement of fresher’s stalls, on-campus gliders and Domino’s staff dressed as pizza boxes, one may find a few who use the hullabaloo of Fresher’s Week to draw attention to a situation they are eager to change. As crowds flock to them, they simply ask you to…

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Monday 12th December 2011

Lights, Camera, Order!

Last week Kenneth Clarke announced that the 85-year-old ban on filming in British courts is to be lifted, allowing judges’ sentencing to be broadcast, starting with the court of appeal with further scope to include the crown court. Jurors’, witnesses’, offenders’ and victims’ remarks are not to be…

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Monday 12th December 2011

The New Sexism

I was in a bar, having a nice drink with my boyfriend when a man looked at me from across the room. Suddenly, I exploded into a tirade at my boyfriend about how men are sleazy, stupid, ignorant and how women are by far superior. I eventually stopped and realised that I’d been ranting like this for a good twenty minutes. My boyfriend blinked at me, bewildered. Poor bloke; he’d only come out for a pint.

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