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06/6/2011

Desperate Dating

Attention! Do you seem to find yourself surrounded by happy couples wherever...

10/10/2011

A Walk On The ‘Slutty’ Side

A new phenomenon has hit our shores all the way from Toronto, Canada. The...

11/11/2011

‘Ashun’ Restaurants

I derive a particular pleasure from dining at Asian restaurants. As I walk...

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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

On the University’s New Parking Policy

Nottingham has always been one of the few universities that doesn’t charge staff and students for car parking; however, September this year saw the introduction of a new car parking policy across the University’s campuses. Students once eligible for a free parking permit will now be charged and …

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Monday 12th December 2011

And in other news… An Ass of a Mayor

The election for mayor of Varna, a Bulgarian seaside resort, is heating up. The Society for a New Bulgaria Party caused a stir when they announced that their candidate to challenge the incumbent mayor, Kiril Yordanov, would be a donkey. Angel Dyankov, head of the campaign headquarters justified …

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Monday 12th December 2011

Good News / Bad News – December 2011

Good News for… Potatoes Astonishing news has surfaced from the Liaoning Province in North East China, where 64-year-old farmer Mr Ma Xiuling was catapulted to stardom after digging up something rather unique. Whilst farming vegetables, Xiuling unearthed a dog-shaped potato, the size of a two-week-old puppy, in his …

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Monday 12th December 2011

The Twelfth Man

“I’ve played here as an opposition and a home player”, Jon Walters explained after Stoke City’s defeat of Besiktas at the Britannia Stadium in this season’s Europa League, “The fans really get behind us…that cliché about them being the twelfth man is true”. Lauded as the ‘lifeblood of …

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Monday 12th December 2011

“What do you think of Chinese girls, Sir?”

It was early in the morning, and I had heard a quiet knock at the hotel room door. Haggardly rising from a jet-lagged slumber, I opened it and was confronted by a small Chinese woman who barged her way into the room. She told me in quick, heavily-accented …

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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

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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