Five Ways to Travel When You’re Broke
Travelling, especially long-term travel, is not a luxury for the rich. There are plenty of ways to travel on a budget and there are even ways to travel for free – or close to it. There is a big...
View ArticleUK Music Industry Outshines Entire Economy
Statistics supplied by UK Music, show the business grew by 5% in 2014. Meanwhile the country’s economy as a whole could only manage a 2.6% increase. The sector contributed 4.1 billion pounds to the...
View ArticleFive Reasons Why I Now Love The Gym
I have since read a wide range of fitness articles depicting what they believe to be the key to success. Most of them stand by the notion that 'anyone can do it, anyone can loose weight', which I agree...
View ArticlePoppy Pride
Had these brave British soldiers not put their lives on the line in the first and second world wars, our grandparents and parents would never have had the chance to come to Britain and make a better...
View ArticleLondon Zoo Unpaid Graduate Job: Is It Fair or Just Free Labour?
BY SOPHIE MCNAUGHTON | November 12, 2015 When embarking on a career, most students know that it could be a long time before they earn a decent salary. They know that along with further education and...
View ArticleCould you be an astronaut for NASA?
Put this date in your diary: 14 December is the day NASA will start accepting applications for its next Astronaut Selection Program! NASA Administrator, Charles Bolden, says 'This next group of...
View ArticleFox Hunting and The Hypocrisy of Facebook Activism
What is needed is a paradigm shift in the way society views animals. Perhaps fifty years from now people will look back in horror at how we treated animals in 2015 and wonder why we were so barbaric?...
View ArticleBook Review: ‘Prashad at Home’ by Kaushy Patel
Having spent many years as a vegetarian, I grew enormously frustrated with having to convince people that I was able to eat more than just salad. Indeed, there seems to be a strange belief floating...
View ArticleWhy ISIS Violates Islamic Beliefs
One of the key beliefs of Islam is that no Muslim can judge any other person (Muslim or not) on the matter of their belief and religion, so that only God can determine the strength of someone's...
View ArticleParis: We Stand with You
Refugees are, in fact, fleeing from the people we suspect at this early stage to be responsible, and to turn our anger inwards at those who are most vulnerable and in need of our aid would only further...
View ArticleDismantling Islamophobia after Paris Attacks: Get Involved!
We are appealing for Muslims and/or people who have studied the Quran to share their opinions with us to be included in a piece demonstrating what Islam truly stands for. The post Dismantling...
View ArticleA Continent Away, Paris Shooting Hits Close to Home
What is becoming strikingly clear is that there are increasingly less safe havens against terrorism and violence. We are now seeing terrorist organizations that operate on a global scale. What was...
View ArticleThe Interview: Frida Sundemo
You may recognise her single 'Snow' from FOX's latest phenomenon 'Scream Queens' or her face from a performance in Nicholas Hoult's new film 'How to kill your Friends', if not then you are about to...
View ArticleBook Review: ‘Beyond the Rest of Us’ by Andrew Man
Beyond the Rest of Us is described as a magical, mysterious and fast-paced action thriller. It follows the exploits of the protagonist James Pollack who has a dark past in banking, a difficult history...
View ArticleWhat It Means to Be a Friend
What it means to be a friend changes throughout life. When you are four years old, a friend is someone you share toys and run around the playground with. A key factor in adult friendships is honesty....
View Article10 Reasons to Love Winter
Today is the day you get to act out one of your favourite moments from Frozen by building a snowman, today is the day you can sled down a hill for hours upon hours of fun, today is the day you can lay...
View ArticleDismantling Islamophobia: The Qur’an According to Muslims
"'Whoever kills a human being it shall be as if he has killed all of mankind...' - Chapter 5; verse 32, Qur'an. This is the single sentence that cannot be emphasised, highlighted, shared and understood...
View ArticleHas The True Meaning of Christmas Been Ruined By A Price Tag?
To give a gift should be a selfless act, however, during the Christmas period, we exchange gifts because we are obligated to do so, thus, the joy of buying for loved ones is overshadowed by...
View ArticleA Letter to My Single Mother
Growing up, I was a normal child. I had friends, I enjoyed school and, most importantly, I was happy. However, my situation was very different to everyone else's: I was one part of a "broken family"....
View ArticleSingle Review: Tonight Alive – To Be Free
"To Be Free" is the second single off Tonight Alive's upcoming album, Limitless. A glimpse into the Australian quintet's presumably new sound, the track shows the band leaving their pop-punk roots...
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