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Image description: Blenheim Palace grounds Filipe Salbany, a self-described ‘bee-sultant’ with over 50 years of experience working with bees in Africa, Europe, North America, and the United Kingdom, has recently discovered 50 colonies of rare bees in Blenheim Palace. What makes these bees rare is that they exhibit particular behaviors which Salbany believes are more […]
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Image description: An area of deforestation A 2021 report by the World Wide Fund for Nature Cymru (WWF Cymru), the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds Cymru (RSPB Cymru) and Size of Wales titled “Wales and Global Responsibility: Addressing Wales’ Overseas Land Footprint” emphasizes the ways in which Welsh imports of cocoa, palm oil, […]
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Image description: An image of Broad Street, Oxford I always find advice on how to maintain a work-life balance and how to manage your time kind of pointless. How can someone give general advice to a group of people about managing time when the workloads of the students within that group are incredibly diverse and […]
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Image description: Houses of Parliament and Big Ben Since the Brexit referendum British politics has become more volatile. Increasingly, it resembles a Shakespearean play; there is betrayal and tragedy. The electorate has been the patient, dutiful audience, witnessing the many stage characters arrive and disappear: Corbyn, the Brexit Party, Change UK and Theresa May. Yet […]
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Image description: As is usually the case, the protest’s effects were felt before it could be seen. Longwall Street was filled with the cacophony of car horns blaring, a steady drum beat and the faint hum of brass instruments. Once on the High Street, the source of this noise could be determined: Thousands of people […]
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Image description: Chickens being farmed in battery cages Last December a new strain of avian flu caused concerns at a Russian factory farm. Chickens started to collapse and die, and over the course of a few days 900,000 birds were quickly killed to prevent the spread of this strain known as H5N8. While avian flu […]
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Image description: An aerial view of Glasgow, where the COP26 Summit is being held Often described as Earth’s last best hope to limit the effects of global warming, pressure begins to mound as state leaders, climate experts and activists prepare for the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26). The summit, already a year postponed, will […]
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Image description: a London tube approaching a platform The London Night Tube service momentarily paused operations on Friday 20 March 2020, citing the lack of use over the various Coronavirus lockdown periods. However, the reluctance to reopen these services due to funding concerns has showed a serious need for such services now London’s nightlife is […]
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Image description: A view of the Radcliffe Camera from University Church of St Mary’s “So what college do you go to?”. Those fateful words that spark the most tedious conversations for those who attend one of Oxford’s Permanent Private Halls (halls founded by particular Christian denominations that are often smaller than colleges). “The one with […]
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Image Description: Jamie’s head superimposed onto an image of a man sitting in front of a camera. Yes, I know: of course, a student journalist is arguing that student journalism is important in a student newspaper. But seriously, it is important – I invite you to read on and see why. If you disagree, please […]
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Image description: A dam holding back a body of water In the past month alone, flash floods and torrential rain swept through Spain, Mexico, Colombia, Guinea, Pakistan, Nigeria, Thailand, and Slovenia. Two hurricanes hit the United States this summer and left devastation in their wake. Flooding events turned deadly in China and Germany late this […]
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Image description: A full lorry park The revolution of the shipping container is one that has been well-documented and stands as the pinnacle of modern trade. Standardisation of moving goods around the world, coordinating every port and every shipping vessel by this one model specification allowed for the whole world to get what they wanted […]
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