Much of the current political discussion is dominated by economic matters and the election that offered little more than a limited array of bad, worse or truly awful outcomes. However, the course of education policy is worthy of a great deal of attention and tells us much about the prevailing ideology that grips the [...]

Gold: the chemical element with the atomic number 79, the precious metal used for jewellery… And the colour which sends third years into a frenzy in the final weeks of their three-year holiday. The Gold Rush; a phenomenon which engulfs the country’s student population sending sex drives off the scale and competitive spirits into [...]

With the end of my degree approaching and the prospect of a journalism course to follow, it seems I have reached a crossroads in my life; it’s finally time to complete the transformation into fully-fledged adult. It’s time to replace Neighbours with The Archers, Heat with the Spectator and orange squash with cappuccinos. As I [...]

Ethics and morality are peculiar without God
It is not hard to find two people with differing views on what is right and wrong. Perhaps it may only be in trivial matters, such as dinnertime etiquette or why it’s immoral to support Manchester United. But what if the issues at hand are more serious, such as [...]

You are - I assume - reading this hastily assembled article from the comfort of your free Lenton hopper bus. Sitting in a neat pile on your lap are all your essential course books for next year, bought with a hefty discount second hand from the SU second hand bookshop. Of course you didn’t go [...]

Dick and Dom first burst onto our screens in a giant splatter of gunge back in 2002, rising to fame and irreverent notoriety on the CBBC Saturday morning show Dick and Dom in Da Bungalow. Since then they’ve moved into the wider world of entertainment with a year-long stint on Radio 1’s Breakfast Show and [...]

X-Factor, Britain’s Got Talent, Pop Idol, and a plethora of shows looking for future beaming stars of West End shows – as the franchise grows, you’re able to sing, dance, mime or shriek your way to fame, without the need for contacts in showbiz (or talent). After careful study of the pulsating beast that is [...]

Although one Guardian reporter lovingly referred to the Eurovision Song Contest this year as ‘The Gay Olympics’, it is perhaps not too outlandish to assume that this is sadly an affectionate nickname used by few in the UK. ‘The Busty Eastern-European Women Bellowing Terrible Pop Songs and Acting as the Acceptable Face of Mutual Political [...]

On 26th March, it was announced that Iceland had banned stripping and lap dancing, and had done so for feminist reasons rather than religious reasons. The politician who first proposed the ban, Kolbrún Halldórsdóttir, told the national press: “It is not acceptable that women or people in general are a product to be sold.” [...]