Why Are the Christian Right So Ready to Hate Beyoncé?
We all know people who act as though their music taste is inextricably linked to their superior intelligence – an assertion that’s bound up...
Amy Curran
Amy Curran
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I Replaced My Make-Up With Cheap Products: Here’s What Happened
Make-up used to mean whatever I could find in the Miss Sporty section of Superdrug, with occasional luxurious ventures into Rimmel...
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5 Moments From ‘House of Cards’ Season 4 That I’m Still Freaking Out About
There will be spoilers, but hopefully you’ve done the right thing and binge-watched ‘House of Cards’ so quickly and voraciously that...
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#LifeGoals: What Your Bizarre Childhood Idol Says About You
Think back to the people you looked up to when you were a kid. For most of us, it wasn’t Barbie or David Beckham – it was a lot, lot...
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Top 5 Non-Cringey Movie Romances
Forget the cheesy couples. Here are the unusual romances you're better off rooting for this Valentine's Day... 1. Butch and Fabienne: ‘Pulp...
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Why David Bowie and Mick Jagger’s ‘Dancing in the Street’ is the Boost You Need to Kick Start this Semester
If you’re having a bad day and you know you’re not really giving 100%, seek inspiration from Bowie and Jagger's ‘Dancing in the Street.'...
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5 Weird Things Deadline Stress Makes You Do
Whether it’s coursework or exams, the pressure of demonstrating that yes, actually, you HAVE learned something in the last semester can get...
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This Is What It’s Like Working Christmas Eve in a Supermarket
This is what it's like working Christmas Eve in a supermarket. 10am: I’m here, I’m tired, and before I’ve unlocked the till and detagging...
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A Love Letter to YouTube Beauty Gurus
Dear Youtube Beauty Gurus, How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee more than all the Urban Decay NAKED palettes and Korean...
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Final Year: It’s the End of the World as We Know It (and I’m Not Fine)
When I graduate, I want to be someone who doesn’t get asked what they’re going to do when they graduate. As Christmas approaches, us final...
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Review: Titus Andronicus at The Bodega
3.5 STARS Titus’ noisy, layered punk songs had The Bodega riotous this Monday night. At the start of the set, Titus Andronicus' frontman...
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How to Get Over Your Breakup in 7 Songs
Relationships can start in mysterious bits and pieces – texts that need to be analysed, looks that confuse you for days – but their ending...
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Review: Lauren Aquilina at The Bodega (Supported by Chløë Black)
With angelic vocals and powerful, driving melodies, Lauren Aquilina made The Bodega feel like Wembley Stadium. 5 STARS There is a moment in...
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Scaring is Caring: Why Horror Films Should Be Watched with Your Best Mates
Halloween is approaching and Hollywood wants you to know about it. Whether it’s the terrifying ‘Paranormal Activity: Ghost Dimension’...
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HCN Ranks Your Favourite Ways To Procrastinate
Welcome Week is over: the introductory lectures are out of the way and your seminar tutors have started to get pretty liberal with all the...
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Review: Cracked at Nottingham Lakeside Theatre
3.5 STARS ‘Cracked’ is a tale of two states of mind: the coherent and its opposite. They clash against each other from the moment the...
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The Beginning of the End: Freshers' Week as a Final Year Student
Our third-year welcome back lecture wasn’t particularly welcoming. “It’s normal to cry,” we were told. “It’s normal to not be able to sleep...
