Current Affairs
PM hosts UK’s first Girl Summit to end FGM and forced marriage
Prime minister David Cameron is holding Britain’s first Girl Summit to address the issues of female genital mutilation…
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Current Affairs
Scientist Stephen Hawking backs assisted dying
Professor Stephen Hawking, who branded assisted death as “a great mistake” in 2006, has changed his stance dramatically…
By Francesca LaidlawCurrent Affairs
A third of Alzheimer’s cases are preventable finds research
One in three Alzheimer's cases worldwide can be attributed to issues that can be modified, according to the…
By Francesca LaidlawCurrent Affairs
Sex and drug addicts share similar brain activity finds research
A study executed by researchers from the University of Cambridge - funded by the Wellcome group - has…
By Francesca Laidlaw
Album
Manic Street Preachers – Futurology
Since their first EP release in 1988, the Manic Street Preachers have gone no more than a few…
By Francesca Laidlaw
Live music
Chantal Claret at Barfly
Hosted in the Barfly in Camden, and tucked away in the dimly-lit top room of the venue with…
By Francesca Laidlaw
Movie
Tammy
Tammy (Melissa McCarthy), the namesake of this rather gratuitously plotted film, is about as irritating and two-dimensional a…
By Francesca Laidlaw
Album
David Gray – Mutineers
Most artists come to a point where they grow bored with themselves and seek a return to basics,…
By Francesca Laidlaw
Play
Fashion Victim at the Cinema Museum
“Pay attention!” half squawks, half drawls Jake Spangles, as though he and his skin-tight leggings are commanding anything…
By Francesca Laidlaw
Live music
Rivington Street Festival comes to Shoreditch
Located in the heart of Shoreditch, the Rivington Street Festival has the theme of Carnival this year –…
By Francesca Laidlaw