| The Con Of The '60s : A Look At The Reality Behind The Decade Synonymous With Peace And Love by Samantha Gilmartin |
| Today the 1960s are viewed with the warming sparkle of nostalgia: Hendrix, The Beatles, peace, love, drugs, flowers and freedoms. However, with the decade also heralding the gruesome Vietnam War, numerous political assassinations, the Altamont Concert and the Kent State Massacre, we may question just how legitimate this rosy tint really is. |
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| Worst Case Scenarios : Zombie Outbreak by Samantha Gilmartin |
| A tongue in cheek guide to surviving a zombie outbreak this Halloween. All you'll ever need to know to escape the shambling undead hordes should they rise from the grave on October 31st. |
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| Gossip or Gospel: Are Women the Real Victims of the Celebrity Culture? by Samantha Gilmartin |
| Following Kerry Katona's disastrous interview on This Morning last week, a group of British academics claim that the harsh backlash she received was fuelled by a sexist bias found at the heart of 'bitchy' gossip programmes and magazines aimed at young women. |
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| Brand New Second Hand: How Big Brands Help A Flailing Music Industry by Samantha Gilmartin |
| With UK album sales on the decline, musicians are constantly striving to find the next best way of marketing their music. Enter the big named brands to help out. |
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| BANNED ADS: A Look At Some Of The Most Risque Ad Campaigns Ever by Samantha Gilmartin |
| With the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) ruling to outlaw the 'Cactus Kid' Oasis commercials this week, we look at some of the most famous banned adverts in history. |
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| LIFTING THE BAN: Celebrating 40 Years Since The End Of Theatre Censorship by Samantha Gilmartin |
| Theatre censorship was abolished 40 years ago this month. Here's a look back at the playwrights and the people that overturned centuries of artistic stuffiness, and how their rather fruity new productions managed to pave the way for the liberated theatre we enjoy today |
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| The History Of Halloween: The Facts Behind The Fiction by Samantha Gilmartin |
| A brief history of Halloween, from the folk beliefs of Europe to the commercial candy-bonanza of the modern holiday. This article explores the where the traditions of modern Halloween came from and those beliefs and practices long forgotten. Discover where Jack'o'lanterns came from and why we wear costumes just in time for the holidays! |
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| Les Enfants Magnifique: A Look At Some Of The Most Influential Young Artists Of Recent Times by Samantha Gilmartin |
| Often culture seems to be driven by the youngest and most dynamic artists in the field. Proof, it may be argued, that 'experience is often just the name everyone gives to their mistakes'. |
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| Special Brew Supernova And Marvellous Musical Marketing by Samantha Gilmartin |
| You can't just release an album today without employing some clever marketing strategy. Radiohead released their latest work of art through the medium of download whilst Oasis have taken to the streets of Manhattan with a band of burly buskers to promote their own. Does it pay to give music away? |
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| Real Monsters: Five Of The Scariest Creatures Of All Time by Samantha Gilmartin |
| A list of the five most terrifying creatures to have ever walked/crawled/swam the earth. |
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| The Large Hadron Collider: Making Physics (Almost) Interesting by Samantha Gilmartin |
| The end of the world, black holes, and anti-matter: it's all exciting stuff but how much of it is actually true and how much should be consigned to the pages of an Arthur C Clarke novel? |
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| RFID - More Interesting Than You Realised by Samantha Gilmartin |
| Radio Frequency Identification technology has been around for years but now it is starting to be used in new and exciting ways. RFID could soon replace barcodes, track parcels and livestock and even be implanted into human beings to replace keys, passports and to provide vital medical information to doctors in emergency situations. |
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| From Stanford To Chrome: Ten Years Of Google by Samantha Gilmartin |
| After ten years of search engine supremacy, Google has entered the realm of web browsing with the release of Google Chrome. Take a brief look back in time and see how they became potentially one of the biggest companies in the world. |
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| From Decadence to Dissonance: The Aesthetics That Shaped The Late Victorian Era by Samantha Gilmartin |
| The 19th Century's penchant for aesthetics helped define one of the most vibrant and vital periods in modern history. But the highly eroticised works of Klimt, Wilde and Beardsley would come crashing down through the courts, the irons, the fire and the brimstone of the impending 20th Century. |
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| England 'Til We Die: The Future Of English Football Management by Samantha Gilmartin |
| First we had the "Iceman" that was Sven, then the nonentity that was McClaren now we've got an Italian who might not be here after 2010. Can we as true England supporters be blamed for feeling pretty low this summer? I don't think so. This article will look at the recent past of the English game and see if there's really any chance of football coming home! |
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| Foetal Alcohol Syndrome: The Dangers of Drinking During Pregnancy by Samantha Gilmartin |
| You can't smoke, you can't drink, you shouldn't do too much heavy exercise and yet you shouldn't sit around doing nothing all day long. Oh, the joys of being pregnant. |
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| Assisted Performance: The Who, What, Why, When And How by Samantha Gilmartin |
| Assisted performance is a means by which blind or partially sighted people can attend the theatre, the cinema and sporting events independently. Audio description originated in the theatre and was first used in the USA in 1981 and nowadays is even available for TV programmes. AD is used so people with sight difficulties can gather an accurate understanding of events around them. |
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| Reforming At The Mouth: The Rise Of The Lost Bands by Samantha Gilmartin |
| We are currently witnessing a number of comebacks from bands we all thought were dead and buried. From Take That to Rage Against the Machine, it would seem that everybody is doing it. But why? |
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| Let's Get Fiscal : Relaxing The Fiscal Rules by Samantha Gilmartin |
| In the cool and positively gloomy light of the current financial forecast, the government are considering relaxing the "fiscal rules" that had shaped economic management since Brown invented them in 1997. |
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| Allah, Yamn al-Qayamah And Jannah: The Beginner's Guide To Islam by Samantha Gilmartin |
| Islam is the second most popular religion in the world with approximately 1.5billion followers worldwide. In this modern world we live in, it is amazing how little people know about the faith. This article intends to outline the basics of Islam. |
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| Kings Of Calamity: English Heritage Search For Britain's Worst Ever Monarch by Samantha Gilmartin |
| In the run up to this year's Festival of History, English Heritage have composed a shortlist for the public to vote for who they think takes the crown as Britain's worst monarch. |
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| Spring-Heeled Jack: A Great Mystery Of London by Samantha Gilmartin |
| Legend has it that in the flickering gaslight of early-Victorian London a monster named Spring-Heeled Jack roamed the city, attacking citizens apparently at random. This villain of the sepia-toned age became somewhat of a celebrity, appearing as a regular character in the 19th century equivalent of Stephen King novels - The Penny Dreadful. |
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| The Fundamentals Of Scientology by Samantha Gilmartin |
| Control over space and time, everlasting happiness and a sense of Clear are all achievable through the wonders of Scientology. But how much truth is there in L Ron Hubbard's theory of Dianetics? |
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| Christopher Marlowe: Heady Murder, Spoil And Villainy by Samantha Gilmartin |
| Born in the same year as Shakespeare and every bit as popular with audiences at the time, meet Christopher Marlowe, the drunken, homosexual hell-raiser that is too often England's forgotten literary genius. |
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| Eyes In The Dark: What Do Feral Children Mean In A Urban Society? by Samantha Gilmartin |
| Almost since storytelling began there have been whispers of strange creatures in the wilds, in the mountains, forests and caves. These monsters are neither animal nor human but something in-between, or so the stories go. When these odd creatures are further investigated a disappointingly earthly conclusion is drawn. |
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