Christmas is recognised across the globe as being the holiday of giving and of love. It is a time where people put aside their differences, come together and has quite literally paused wars in its honour. For this reason, it comes as a shock that in certain countries in Europe these traditions involve rather racist […]
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Ottery St. Mary
Bonfire Night celebrations are some of the best nights of the year. Something about being chilled to the bone whilst standing beside a blazing mass of wood as people set off small explosions for the sake of beauty gives an adrenaline rush like no other. If you want to take the thrill of inherent danger […]
Feminist Friday: abstinence for academia?
Recently it has been revealed that a mayor in South Africa is offering education scholarships to female students, something which should be fantastic news. There’s just one catch; the scholarship is only available to virgins. Not only must the girl reveal personal information about themselves to strangers in order to receive the scholarship, they must […]
Happiness can be found, if one only remembers to turn on the light
“Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light” – Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. This line captures the essence of the meaning of Diwali, a festival which celebrates the victory of good over evil through the metaphor of light; an image […]
Corbyn: Sing-song seems wrong?
Across the UK, headlines have been dominated this week by (judging from the uproar) the commission of a terrible, terrible crime: some man didn’t sing a song. Yes, as you’ve no doubt heard, Corbyn didn’t sing the national anthem at the memorial service of the Battle of Britain. Opinions have varied on this massively – […]