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    Obituary: Alice Herz-Sommer (1903-2014)

    24th February 2014 By 0 203

    By Natalie Carragher On Sunday 23rd February, Alice Herz-Sommer passed away in London, aged 110. Alice was the oldest Holocaust Survivor. Her grandson, Ariel Sommer, broke the news of her death, saying, “Alice Sommer passed away peacefully this morning with her family by her bedside. Much has been written about her, but to those of…

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    Whips and Tear Gas: Pussy Riot Attacked in Sochi

    22nd February 2014 By 0 197

    Earlier this week, six members of Pussy Riot – one man and five women – were attacked by Cossacks after protesting in Sochi, where the Winter Olympics are currently being held. In the video below you will see the protestors dancing and singing the Pussy Riot song Putin Will Teach You to Love the Motherland. They…

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    At Home with the Lower Middle Class

    21st February 2014 By 0 231

    At Home With the Lower-Middle Class: Business, Family and Households in the Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Century North West, Professor Hannah Barker, Geoffrey Manton Building, 19th February 2014 Words by Lisa Burns Sexual politics, family feuds, religious tensions, secret love affairs between master and servant; it sounds like the stuff of soap operas, but it was all…

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    Ruben The Clown

    21st February 2014 By 0 257

    Written by Malachy O’Neill This man is a clown. Not in a derogatory sense. Not an idiot or a fool but an actual bona fide, fully qualified clown. During his formative years at Clown College he dreamt of entertaining the masses with juggling tricks, squirting daisies and hijinks. He was top of his class. He contributed…

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    Actress Ellen Page Reveals Her Sexuality: Should It Be News?

    20th February 2014 By 0 149

      On Friday 14th February, actress Ellen Page gave a speech at the Human Rights Campaign‘s ‘Time to Thrive’ conference in Las Vegas. As part of an inspiring talk on the problems of intolerance toward homosexuality, she came out as gay, the video of which you can see below. After the initial and predictable reactions…

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