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On 5 July, a statement made by the Tajik border authority through the state-run news outlet Khovar announced that 1,037 Afghan soldiers had fled for t...
On Thursday 24 June, Chief Cadmusn Delmore of the Cowessess First Nation announced over 750 unmarked graves had been discovered at one of Canada’s for...
Proponents of women’s rights in Nigeria are facing multiple barriers in their fight for equality. Gender-based violence, a lack of economic opportunit...
Members of the UN Security Council have warned of a famine currently affecting 400,000 people in the Tigray region of Ethiopia. A further 1.8 million ...
President of China Xi Jinping has warned that any foreign power attempting to bully China would “find themselves on a collision course with a great wa...
‘Over 25 years old? Grab the jab today.’ Not me. ‘21-24 years old? Use the NHS website to book your vaccine now.’ Still not me. ‘Hi Dolly, you have be...
It’s weird to be a queer person who doesn’t have a coming out story. I grew up in Brighton, with very left-wing and accepting parents, so when I start...
SolidariTee is the largest entirely student-run charity worldwide, endeavouring to increase awareness of the scale of the injustices faced by refugees...
The Covid-19 pandemic has impacted the world in more ways than we can count, from lives lost to job issues and having to adapt to an entirely new life...
Why does grief feel different in 2021? Death has been a discussion of two sides since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. On one hand it is a stat...
After the recent government announcement, the question on everyone’s mind is: to mask or not to mask? We will soon see a palpable divide between those...
In a bizarre video interview from 2019, Boris Johnson announced in the face of no-deal Brexit fears that “under any circumstances, this country will b...
As 19 July bears closer and closer, cases and hospitalisations are rising. Although we will never be in the position the government was in last March ...
The end of lockdown and the return to freedom is finally on the horizon. As part of the government’s plan to return to normality, they will be introdu...
Worldwide government responses to the Covid-19 pandemic have been starkly varied. Where some populations suffer in overcrowded hospitals desperately i...
A new software, CADU, developed by world-leading AI experts shows incredible promise in its ability to revolutionise the diagnosis of oesophageal canc...
Cone snails are often recognised by scientists as dangerous and deadly animals as a result of their venomous spikes, used to harpoon their prey, paral...
The recent surge of over 40,000 new COVID-19 cases in the United Kingdom has led the public to begin raising several questions, ranging from vaccine e...
A heatwave in the Pacific Northwest has led to record-breaking temperatures, wildfires, and loss of human life in the United States and Canada. Temper...
Analysis of a skull found in north-eastern China in the 1930s has raised questions about the very nature of human evolution. The skull, which has been...
Abroad The moment of excitement when I looked down from the aircraft to the Lego-sized Hong Kong was hard to forget. Up in the wisps of clouds and piv...
This time last year, I was a different person. Not only did I naively anticipate the obliteration of the Covid-19, but I communicated my fears and anx...
In these uncertain times, you’ve probably set your sights for your next trip a little closer to home. As one of our closest European neighbours, how a...
For many people, travelling alone can seem daunting, scary, and anxiety-inducing. For others, it produces a sense of liberation, self-confidence, and ...
Incredible picturesque landscapes, clean fresh air, peaceful and tranquil; the mountains are full of unmatched beauty. They offer you the chance to di...
The postponed Tokyo Olympics were never going to run smoothly during a global pandemic, Olympics rarely ever do. The times we live in are unprecedente...
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The UEA Sport Awards will take place as a virtual event on 16 July and will end a university sports season like no other. The nominations have already...
Until Euro 2020, England men’s football team had won every final they’d been in since 1966: The team’s famous World Cup win against West Germany remai...
The incredible effort demonstrated by UEA Sport and all who were involved in the Pride in UEA Sport campaign has been recognised at the 2021 BUCS Awar...
In Grayson Perry’s eyes we, as university students, are the epitome of social climbers. The tapestries which form his exhibition ‘The Vanity of Small ...
Attention is a commodity for all providers of service. Where restaurants rely on customers buying their food, and where musicians rely on listeners bu...
The source of the monosyllabic and contentious slogan ‘Live, Laugh, Love’ derives from Bessie Anderson Stanley’s 1904 poem Success: “He has achieved s...
Written and performed by Alasdair Lindsay, Tom Rowntree, Alexander Wiseman, and Jack Oldcorn, ‘Drown Your Sorrows’ is a chaotic depiction of the tragi...
Spring Awakening is an emotional rollercoaster. In early December, The University of East Anglia’s Drama and Musical Theatre Society made the decision...
There’s a common sentiment amongst many bookworms that they miss that childhood feeling of reading book after book, undistracted, watching the pile of...
There is an unexpected and overlooked connection created by people when they bond over books. It’s time to bring that to light. I fall into the ...
The Royal Society of Literature has appointed four of UEA’s own LDC academics. On Tuesday 6th July, the RSL announced 44 new appointments, celeb...
“Love is fatal for a woman”. As talking heads everywhere predicted a post-Covid “Summer of Love” and the BBC’s adaption of ‘The Pursuit of Love’ came ...
The pandemic has given me the chance to diversify the types of literature I’m reading. As a bookworm, I can’t remember the last time I didn’t have a b...
The Library is situated on the landing. It took six men to get it into position on September 13th last year. My uncle had bought the phone box for me ...
Boxes. Cardboard ones. Plastic ones. All around you. Your bedroom becomes a breeding ground of bubble wrap and clothes to pack. Suitcases pile up in t...
Your life is a Netflix series, and everyone knew it. The love of your life plays the part of the love of your life. It’s not really her. It’s Ho...
Dolly hadn’t exactly been glad to see them go but she wouldn’t miss the noise of thundering footsteps up and down the stairs outside her flat. When sh...
I hear them now as I heard them before, Like winter’s raindrops, whistling past my ears These hymns pour through my spirit And they fall, through dens...
“What goes around, comes around”. This famous saying is no truer than when speaking about the realm of fashion trends. It’s no secre...
You’re a young person in 2021 browsing through your TikTok ‘for you’ page. Perhaps it isn’t your ideal time-eater, yet the visuals generate a sense of...
Have you ever been really into a scene in a game, and then noticed Lara Croft is wearing earrings? Or a necklace that could certainly get caught on a ...
In the last few years, e-commerce images have become less photoshopped and more realistic. We are starting to see the human form represented on a rela...
Last week an unfiltered image of Khloe Kardashian posing in a bikini was accidentally posted online. Her response: to get lawyers involved. Anybody wh...
In the world of corporate enterprise, problems normally arise when demand lessens and spending tightens. And yet for the film industry, the problem is...
‘When I first saw La Dolce Vita, I didn’t like it at all – too long, too meandering, too lacking in plot – but then again,’ I said, staring at a frien...
If you love Lin Manuel Miranda’s musicals, you’re going to love In The Heights. The film is based on the musical of the same name by the creator of Ha...
Bo Burnham’s new Netflix special Inside holds, at its core, a self-reflexive commentary on film-making in a world that has changed dramatically in the...
The past three national lockdowns have been hard on everyone. Families have been separated and countless people have been faced with redundancy, resul...
Like many people, I fell into the trap of buying a Nintendo Switch during the first lockdown. At the time, this seemed like an excellent purchase. How...
Super Mario and Sonic the Hedgehog are some of the most iconic video game characters from across the globe. As someone who grew up predominantly playi...
The Mass Effect: Legendary Edition is launching May 14th, remastering the original trilogy with all DLCs and new elements to bring the older games int...
Pokémon FireRed Every Friday, if I’d been well-behaved that week, my mum would drive me to The Game Zone, a video game rental shop not far from our ho...
Gambling can be a slippery slope and in the gaming industry it is commonly linked to online poker, or slot machines. But gambling is so intrinsically ...
2020 brought hardship to all live music venues. Music festivals however, were particularly hard hit, with all scheduled events last year having to be ...
An interesting question, and one I’m sure many have an immediate answer for. Are lyrics more important in certain genres rather than other...
Earlier in June, Muse’s sophomore album Origin of Symmetry celebrated its twentieth anniversary. This marked twenty years of the futuristic, dystopian...
Squid are easily one of the most exciting bands in the UK – probably the world – so the chance to see them in such an intimate setting as The Halls is...
Reality Distortion Field is the debut album from Halifax four-piece Casino Rockets, and it’s been a long time coming. The first single for the album, ...
LGBTQIA+ representation on TV is growing, but it still has a long way to go. For decades, queer characters have either been completely lacking from ou...
Although ‘Ew, David’ is the phrase spoken by many fans, Schitt’s Creek is anything but a revolting show. Created by father and son duo Eugene and Dan ...
Being dissatisfied with our lives is a part of the human experience. We have all, at some point, felt inadequate when compared to other people around ...
A beloved American sitcom following the ups and downs of love, friendship, and adulthood, ‘How I Met Your Mother’ triumphed in charming fans for more ...
After being cancelled last year, Eurovision is rising like a phoenix in 2021 to bring us some quality tunes! Here are five to look out for: Malta: Des...
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