February 2012
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Feb 7th
December 2011
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Dec 27th
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“Come inside out the snow We’ll keep you warm, we’ll clear the edges”
Dec 17th
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“maybe if the global timeline’s less cluttered we’ll start to focus...”
– Charlie Brooker : The Guardian
Dec 13th
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Dec 13th
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Dec 9th
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An antiquated society : Same-sex marriage debate...
BACHMANN: Well, No. 1, all of us as Americans have the same rights. The same civil rights. And so that’s really what government’s role is, to protect our civil rights. There shouldn’t be any special rights or special set of criteria based upon people’s preferences. We all have the same civil rights. JANE SCHMIDT: Then, why can’t same-sex couples get married? “BACHMANN: They can get...
Dec 1st
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November 2011
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Nov 21st
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Nov 12th
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Nov 12th
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Brendan O'Neil is worse than Topman Tshirts, and...
Rather typically, anger has inspired  me to once again put fingers to keyboards after a quiet spell on tumblr. I’m about to be one of those moaning internet bloggers for five minutes. I’ll try to post something artsy-fartsy afterwards, or something astoundingly hilarious. Failing that i’ll just reblog a mildly amusing meme like everyone does…. In a piece about...
Nov 12th
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September 2011
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Sep 23rd
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A show about pastry, pies, cakes and biscuits, will almost always score high on my tele viewing.  The Great British Bake Off. 
Sep 14th
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Oh God, oh God, Anne Hathaway's awkward face is...
Please Note: This is NOT a review, it’s a rant.  First of all, I think it is vital to point out that the only reason I went to see the film ‘One day’ is because i read and loved the book. I do not like rom-coms, in fact i despise almost all ‘Hollywood’ romances. Consequently, I was acutely aware of the distinct possibility of disliking the film. (Un)Fortunately...
Sep 13th
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July 2011
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Jul 22nd
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Cosmeston Archaeology →
Just finished digging the manorial complex at cosmeston medieval village and it was a massive success. Check out our blog for post excavation updates as well as reading about what went on and what we found. I bloody love digging. 
Jul 22nd
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Listenleftatarmslength: Hugh Grant makes a bold...
Jul 8th
June 2011
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“Virginity funerals Great for teens. Let’s turn this milestone in life...”
– One of David Mitchell’s suggestions of other occasions for gift giving that could stimulate the economy. 
Jun 19th
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“Unless your relationship with your parent is genuinely communicative – a rare...”
– David Mitchell on father’s day.
Jun 19th
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Chivalry is "benevolent sexism"
I was just watching the BBC news channel and was amazed that this information was branded as surprising new research. This has been on the feminist agenda for years. Just a quick note on the subject: It’s the intention, not the action that matters. If someone assumed i needed helped because i’m a woman, i would be offended. If someone offered to help me because it was clear i needed...
Jun 15th
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Stewart Lee: If five portions a day are good, why...
…Perhaps our ancestor the monkey’s failure to evolve is directly linked to his fondness for fruits? The very name of the fruit fly speaks of a distinct lack of dietary ambition. The peach potato aphid likewise. Our enemy the slug is happy to live on purloined lettuce, dying cloaked in shame with little to show for its life. And a dedication to the cause of the carrot seems to have done...
Jun 12th
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Jun 12th
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Jun 12th
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Jun 11th
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Jun 11th
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“It was very different then, comedy in the 80s. What the comedy was in the 80s...”
– Stewart Lee, in Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle, s.2 e.4, BBC2, 25 May 2011
Jun 11th
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“Observational Comedy: Hey everyone, I gotta tell ya. I was watching TV...”
– Uncyclopedia I’m almost totally intolerant of observational comedy. Ugh. (Channel 4’s comedy gala is on)
Jun 10th
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“So what can the women out there do to protect themselves from these predators?...”
– So foxnews columnists suggest that you snoop on the internet, read a potential partners texts and facebook messages, and hire private detectives to make sure you are not the victim of a cheating partner. Maybe not the best basis for a relationship if you feel this is necessary…. (I only look...
Jun 10th
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Jun 10th
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The Ed Balls file database is overwhelming. Political nerd-out trawling through these…
Jun 10th
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Jun 10th
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“…I do not want to lose the ethical, political, and also ideological at...”
– Zohra Moosa, On the need for ideology to enter the debate for the pro-choice camp in abortion debates.  Pro-choice groups aren’t morally deficient. They need to embark on a debate of morals, ethics and ideology too. 
Jun 10th
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Jun 6th
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“Deputy PM’s office ineffective The deputy prime minister’s office...”
– It’s simultaneously hilarious, sad and worrying that this is how the coaltion is ‘working’. Source.
Jun 6th
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“I don’t have kids, but I know enough about parenting to state the following with...”
– Charlie Brooker http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/may/30/why-idolise-footballers (via offensive-monkey)
Jun 5th
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Jun 5th
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May 2011
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May 11th
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May 11th
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May 10th
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“There were only 11 articles written about tuition fees in national newspapers...”
– http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/blog/2011/may/09/politics-live-blog Well, that does suprising me given the only political issues of the coalition that many around me seem to even know about is related to tuition fees. That probably has something to do with the fact i’m a student.
May 9th
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May 7th
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May 6th
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Nadine Dorries MP wants more sex education for...
Specifically, abstinence lessons.  Source. Ridiculous. Sex education in schools already teaches the ‘benefits’ of abstinence and the importance of saying ‘no’ if you don’t want to do something. I’m appalled at her targeting young girls. It suggests that boys are both more able to, and expected to, make firm decisions about their sexual activities. ...
May 5th
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May 5th
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May 5th
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May 5th
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Happy 190th Birthday 'The Guardian'
May 5th
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Daily Mail readers reaction to pre-watershed...
Admittedly, this is not at all representative of the comments left by daily mail readers online, but i thought some of them were ‘classic Daily Mail’. Good and about time. Now what’s next on the list? Hopefully violence, drug promotion and excessive swearing. - sophie, belfast, 1/5/2011 10:15 Good, we all know it goes on but why do soaps etc feel the need to shove it down...
May 3rd
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May 3rd
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