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To say Trump’s wall is controversial is like saying leaving the EU has been a minor nuisance. The associated government shutdown has been wreaking havoc across America, including the science sector, where data has been lost, researchers are struggling without pay, and science as a whole is losing out. However, conservationists and environmentalists are worried […]
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The Democrats are in urgent need of a reality check. They did fairly well in last November’s mid-terms, but this guarantees nothing. With a crowded field of candidates seeking to receive the Democratic nomination for the presidency, the party must unify around a strong candidate. However, if they are not careful they could easily facilitate […]
Continue ReadingImage Credit: Flikr On Tuesday 6th November, I had something of a heavy night. I stayed up drinking into the small hours of the morning, became quite emotional and then incoherent, before stumbling into bed drunk and exhausted at 3am. This was not, however, the fallout from a standard student club night, but the far […]
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In the past few weeks there has been an influx of American-influenced clothes on the high street. There is suede fringing, double denim, cowboy boots and plaid. So, why is there so much plaid? Why are there cowboys and stars and little neckerchiefs everywhere? Well, to try and answer this question I have scoured runway […]
Continue ReadingA lone gunman fires into a public space, killing innocent victims caught in the wrong place at the wrong time. The next day the nation mourns the victims. ‘Never again’ people say; never again will families have to wake up to the news that their loved ones have been taken away from them. Sound familiar? […]
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In the UK, we’ve come to accept that American culture is dominating our lives. From our cuisine and to our literature, to our fashion and our music, there is no escape from the beast that is the United States of America. As a result, it’s not strange to think that we’re similar to those people […]
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On November 8, 2016, Oxford grew eerily quiet. My study table in the History Faculty had a window view of weak morning sunlight, which illuminated a room full of glum stares, sniffles, and tearful exclamations. One young woman padded across the carpeted floor, stifling sobs just loud enough for me to hear: “I can’t believe […]
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Senator Bernie Sanders addressed the Oxford Union this afternoon, in a surprise event only announced a few days previously. He gave a characteristic stump speech, focusing on income and wealth inequality both in America and around the world. Many in the audience had been queuing for hours, and when finally the Senator arrived in the […]
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It’s difficult being an American in Britain. Every British movie or TV show I watch, from A Fish Called Wanda the to the Oxford classic Inspector Morse, is sure to include at least one stereotypical American, who is without exception overweight, loud, and characteristically rude. These Americans fail to appreciate the subtlety of British habit […]
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When you hear the words ‘fashion week,’ typically the first image to pop into your head is one of the long catwalks of New York, London, Paris and Milan, featuring beautiful, tall, and thin women dressed exquisitely in the newest designs. For the most part, this image is true. In recent decades, fashion has been […]
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There is an incredible amount of crazy energy brewing in a lesser-known corner of the local LA garage rock music scene – and it’s being led by girls. Being an LA-native myself, I’ve had the fortunate opportunity to witness first hand the impressive female empowerment fests exploding out of those sweaty pockets of clubs and […]
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Needless to say, the US presidential election dominated most headlines in November of last year – but the media furore swept another significant decision almost entirely under the rug. At the same time as voting for their next president, the citizens of California, Nevada and Massachusetts also voted to legalise recreational marijuana in their states. […]
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Most hostile commentators have laid the blame at the feet of white, working class Americans who feel they have been left behind by globalization; and have directed equally fierce criticism at a Democratic establishment which made them feel unwanted. Undoubtedly there is force in this argument, but it does not explain why millions of well-off […]
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As an American going to school in the UK, I believe that the big picture of my university experience isn’t so different from that of my peers in America: we have lectures and classes of varying size, we eat cafeteria food, we consume copious amounts of cheap, questionable alcohol which (let’s face it) more often […]
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Shrouded in the bleak darkness of winter, on January 1st 2015, an armed gunmen snuck into premise of the UNC Wellness Gym Centre in the affluent suburban haven of Cary, North Carolina. Like many others that evening, I was simply squeezing in an intense workout, in an attempt to burn off my New Years Eve […]
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Underneath the controlled exterior, Hillary Clinton’s team must be frantically redesigning their strategy in a way that they could not have imagined almost a year ago. In the ten months between the announcement of her candidacy and the Iowa caucuses, the White House has predominantly been seen as hers for the taking – for some […]
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Jada Pinkett Smith, Charlotte Rampling, Matt Damon, Lupita Nyong’o are all people who have had their say about what some will label the Oscars controversy. For the second year the Oscars have shown how little diversity matters to them, with not one single non-white person being nominated for any acting category. Some will argue […]
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‘I came to slay, bitch.’ And slay she did. Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past 24 hours, you won’t have missed Beyoncé’s surprise release of her new track ‘Formation’, on the eve of her hotly anticipated Super Bowl performance. The track, along with its video, has generated a lot of hype […]
Continue ReadingYes – Claire Simms: Ever since the launch of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign in June 2015, he has dominated the headlines in both the USA and the world at large. For a man whose commercial empire has been built upon publicity, Trump must be thrilled – exposure, both good and bad, can only aid his […]
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