I Am Undoubtedly a Chocolate-Loving Anorexic
'"Just eat." "How could anyone not like food?" "I wish I could have the self-control like you." "But I saw you eat at that party last week. Surely you can't have an eating disorder. " "You have a...
View Article'Ana' Is Not My Friend
Many of us with eating disorders, like to personify the illness as a separate person or voice. 'Ana' for Anorexia and 'Mia' for Bulimia. Don't get me wrong; Ana is definitely not a 'friend' even though...
View ArticlePC Andrew Ott, Who Knocked Out Protesting Student's Tooth With Riot Shield,...
A policeman who knocked a man's tooth out with his riot shield during the 2010 student protests has been jailed for eight months. Pc Andrew Ott, 36, struck Royal Holloway student William Horner as he...
View ArticleColumbia University's Emma Sulkowicz Carries Mattress To Graduation To...
Last September, US student Emma Sulkowicz vowed to carry her mattress everywhere with her, until the man she accused of raping her was expelled from Columbia University. On Tuesday, Sulkowicz stayed...
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Meet The Under 30s Injecting Life Back Into Local Businesses
Thanks to Mary Portas and her eye-rolling exasperation on BBC Two, the fact that Britain's local businesses are struggling is hardly a secret. Initiatives such as Portas' Mary Queen of Shops series,...
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Why You're Probably Not 'So OCD'. Here's What It's *Really* Like To Have It
"I'm so OCD about cleaning," is something we've all heard before. But, let's face it, they're probably talking about having a mean cleaning streak, rather than actually suffering from obsessive...
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Louise Mensch Denies Bullying #Milifandom Teen Abby Tomlinson In 4,000 Word Blog
Louise Mensch has written a 4,000+ word screed denying allegations she bullied a 17-year-old Ed Miliband loving teenager. The Sun columnist was accused of harassing #Milifandom leader Abby Tomlinson...
View ArticleBush Is More Hated Than Stalin, While Einstein Is More Inspiring Than Jesus,...
George W Bush Jr is the world's fourth most evil person, beating Stalin and Mao, while Albert Einstein is the number one hero, pipping Martin Luther King, Mother Theresa and even Jesus Christ to the...
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This Guy Eats Beans On Toast. Nothing Else. And Doctors Say He's Perfectly...
Beans on toast are a great can't be bothered to cook/run out of money/hungover fix, but can you imagine eating them every single day? For breakfast, lunch and dinner? Because that's what 25-year-old...
View ArticleSynthetic Cannabis Drug Spice 'Leads To Five Lancaster University Students...
Five university students have been taken to hospital after apparently taking a synthetic cannabis-like drug. Lancaster University has issued a warning about Spice, a former legal high reclassified as a...
View Article22 Things Only Students Will Understand
Swapping Berocca for booze, snaffling toilet roll from work and confusing your food pyramid with pizza, you can't get away with this kinda shizz when you're a grown up.
View ArticleWhat's Missing From the Labour Leadership Race
Stories win elections: Labour lost because they didn't have one. Battle lines are now being drawn for its soul (or rather, who will lead the hunt to rediscover the elusive chimera) and again it is the...
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Security Guard And Student Protester Arrested Over Confrontation Outside...
A security guard and a student protester have been arrested over a confrontation outside a university building. The alleged incident happened outside an Edinburgh University building which a group of...
View ArticleLess Than 20% Of Young Adults Will Own Homes In 2020 If Housing Crisis Goes...
Less than 20% of young adults will own homes in 2020 compared to 60% a decade ago if the current housing crisis goes unchecked, a leading housing charity has warned. The number of 25 to 34 year olds on...
View ArticleVideo Emerges Of Bouncer Refusing Students Entry To Leicester Ghost Nightclub...
A video has emerged of a bouncer at a Leicester nightclub seemingly telling a group of students they would not be allowed entry because they were black. Kosi Orah, a 19-year-old University of Leicester...
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We're Well on the Way to Becoming a Nation of Renters
The housing crisis affects people in many ways, but one of the most obvious shifts we've seen is the number of us who can't afford a home of our own. The large deposits required to buy are only a pipe...
View ArticleStudent Nurse Jodi Eyre, Who Couldn't Leave Her House Due To Panic Attacks,...
Jodi Eyre was once so crippled by anxiety attacks she was unable to leave the house. Now, however, she is beaming with pride after being crowned Miss Manchester 2015. The 22-year-old student nurse...
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'Human Poo' Rains Down On Jacinda Cambra's 16th Birthday Party
In terms of things you don’t want happening at your 16th birthday party, a torrent of human poo raining down from the sky is pretty high on the list. Sadly for Jacinda Cambra, that’s exactly what she...
View ArticleHow BB King Inspired a Generation
BB King's passing last week had the world of rock in deep mourning. King was the last of the great bluesmen, the soul survivor of the gang who, along with Muddy Waters, Chuck Berry and Howlin' Wolf,...
View ArticleThe Greatest Threat to Our Planet - Youth Unemployment or Global Warming?
'O wonder! How many goodly creatures are there here! How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world that has such people in't!' At Regent's University London's annual Jean Monnet lecture, titled 'Youth,...
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