Why there is nothing hypocritical about feminists twerking or dancing in the streets at Carnival  Apart from the worst bank holiday weather since 1986, the lead news story from last week’s Notting Hill Carnival was that of Mary Brandon, the student who pushed away a man after he groped her and was badly beaten up […]

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It’s 2005. I’m thirteen years old. Spotty, puppy fat ridden and nerdy to boot, I’m watching Sin City for the 5th time. Armed with the original graphic novels by Frank Miller, I go through the movie comparing the original art to Robert Rodriguez’s adaptation. I discover it is mind bogglingly similar and rush to tell […]

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  In light of two excellent recent articles by an Oxford student who was raped in her sleep, I thought I’d make a few notes about drunkenness – my drunkenness. I am not proud of any of these incidents, and especially ashamed to look at their totality in writing them and know that there are […]

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Condé Nast Boardroom, three people sit discussing the potential covers for the GQ ‘Men of the Year’ issue. Person 1: So I say: five guys in black tie. Holding puppies. Person 2: No puppies, Nigel. Person 3: Should we put a lady in? Person 1: Instead of the puppy? Person 2: No one’s going to […]

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…oh yeah, they also happen to be women. This year we had the biggest Fringe Festival to date. There were more university choirs, circus acts and funny women. We’ve scoured the streets to bring you some of the best underground female comedians who rocked the Fringe this year. They’ll stick their hands up animals, perm […]

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First thing in the morning and he rose like a shot, pushed the sleep moodily from his eyes and stood by the window gazing into the rising sun of a bold new day. He showered, shaved, dressed and moisturised. He plucked the errant hairs from the bridge of his nose and admired the effect. He […]

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