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The Music is Dead. Long Live the Music.
If we are to believe the popular press, Simon Cowell and Co. have killed music. It is stone dead and beyond resuscitation. Should we believe that this is the case? Last week, Radio 1 ran their annual...
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Stigma – the escape prevention plan
Ah, stigma. Our old friend. This is a subject that those of us who take an interest in mental health politics are constantly banging on about, but the message still doesn’t seem to be getting through...
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Pirates! In…An Adventure in Public Relations
Har! Har! Me hearties. So, here we have the tale of a perfectly satisfactory humour novella turned into global Hollywood hype non-conformist style, thanks to the genius (or is that genii?) of Aardman...
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You Are Not Alone
According to research published by the University of Maryland, students in over 10 countries had a problem. An addiction, in fact, with hardly any social stigma attached. Except if the number of...
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Mums vs Business
I belong to an online group for photographers, and recently the conversation turned to starting to charge . The comments were supportive and fun until somebody decided to butt in and tell us what he...
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Very Moving…
Buying a house is weird isn’t it? The whole system is unlike any other purchase you’ll make. You get to see probably the biggest purchase of your life, about twice, for about half an hour, before...
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The ‘No Offence, But…’ Pandemic
‘No offence, but…’ is a phrase which is slowly but surely sweeping the globe. An increasingly common method of insult which allows an individual to guise deeply personal criticisms as casual...
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In Defence of Mumsnet
Mumsnet, one of the major British parenting network sites, has always come in for a lot of flak, most of which comes from two points of view: Those who think it is the same as the other fluffy pink...
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A Book or eBook?
I used to believe in the humble book. There was a time I was certain that nothing could come between us and our fistfuls of musky scented yellow pages; that undeniable sense of character imparted by...
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Watching All Of Shakespeare: Ground Rules and Confessions
Confession first: I haven’t seen much Shakespeare. Lots of people have probably seen less, but they’re probably not very bothered. I feel like I really should have. I’ve studied English Literature at...
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