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If you’re anything like us, you may be struggling to get back into the swing of things after your lovely holiday break. Work to do, bills to pay, perhaps you’ve got essays to write or a gym membership to make use of. Doesn’t sound like much fun, does it? Luckily, there are plenty of exciting things to do in London all year round - you don’t have to wait until Easter! The novel ‘War Horse’ came...
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You’ve probably noticed that a lot of people are sporting red poppies this week, and there’s a good reason for it. This Friday will be a very significant date: 11/11/11. Aside from it being the birthday of Leonardo Dicaprio, Demi Moore and my own dear mother, it’s also the day when we remember those who lost their lives in World Wars I and II. In 1918, the guns of the Western Front fell silent on...
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Unbelievably, this Saturday 8th October marks the 10 year anniversary of the start of the war on Afghanistan. It doesn’t seem that long ago that Tony Blair sent thousands of British troops to fight “the war on terror”, but even after all this time, millions of people across the world argue that this war has never been justified. Nobody could have anticipated that this would go on for so long, and the country has been...
