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George W. Bush: A tale of two terms

George W. Bush: A tale of two terms

As he enters the dying days of his presidency, George Bush's legacy is out of his hands

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24-hour Farsi people »

Outside Tehran’s hulking, grey Azadi national football stadium a riot was fermenting. A mob, 70 strong, with whistles, drums and banners, pushed on the crush barriers and screamed slogans in strangulated Farsi. I hadn’t expected my first ta...

Wed 05 Nov 2008 by James Montague | Read more »

YouTube, you choose »

Senator George Allen calls campaign volunteer S.R. Sidarth "macaca"

Something new is happening in American politics. It all began when a Republican senator, George Allan called a man of Indian American descent a macaca monkey. The comment was made in a rally speech during Allan’s 2006 senate bid and the recipie...

Mon 27 Oct 2008 by Helen Walker | Read more »

Coming home to muse »

Irvine Welsh

Irvine Welsh needs no introduction. He is a familiar name even to those who have never read any of his half-dozen works of fiction or numerous short stories. The startling success of Trainspotting, the 1996 film adaption of Welsh's novel of the same na...

Mon 27 Oct 2008 by Chris McCall | Read more »

Room for Manuva »

Roots Manuva

If a decade as the only hope for UK hip-hop has got to Roots Manuva, he's certainly not letting on. “I'm just like a kid in a sweet shop,” he grins, reclining backstage at the Liquid Room with an adoring redhead and a mountain of Guinness. ...

Mon 13 Oct 2008 by Simon Mundy | Read more »

Securing the future »

"Buses are getting better:" Transport For London use the language of security in their campaigns

We live in security-conscious days. Our political language and culture have become saturated by "security" and the related idea that we are living in an increasingly insecure world. This has generated more than its fair share of absurdities. Take the f...

Mon 13 Oct 2008 by Mark Neocleous | Read more »

The rise of the majority »

Just when it feels as though the last nail had been hammered into multiculturalism’s coffin, another public figure appears with an anvil. The latest celebrity critic of everyone’s pet ideological hate is Anglican Bishop Michael Nasir-Ali. N...

Thu 02 Oct 2008 by Pathik Pathak | Read more »

Dawkins' Delusion »

David Robertson

The ordinary man on the street might be forgiven for thinking that he is somewhat of a rarity in modern society. He doesn't hold extreme views on religion or politics; the foreign worlds of Al-Qaeda, Creationism and militant atheism are presented...

Thu 02 Oct 2008 by Chris Williams | Read more »

Getting under your Skins »

Skins

In a small central London room a fiery debate has just erupted. “I just think it’s not that simple”, says Lucy Kirkwood, 24, “female friendships are more complicated than that”. The rest of the group she is sat within sits...

Fri 19 Sep 2008 by Miles Johnson | Read more »

All manner of mayhem »

Buster Bloodvessel

Buster Bloodvessel was in a fix. His 30 stone of pure energy was sailing far over the heads of the conservative Italian audience, who were already looking forward to the arrival of subsonic-voiced crooner Barry White. The gargantuan Bad Manners frontma...

Fri 19 Sep 2008 by Simon Mundy | Read more »

Reflections on the Union »

Early proposals for the Union Flag, circa 1604

Today, the future of the Union is a hot and controversial political topic. A century ago the outlook could not have been more different.On the eve of the Great War, it must have seemed a rock of stability in an uncertain world. It was such a fact of li...

Wed 17 Sep 2008 by Tom Devine | Read more »

Networking your way through the recruitment minefield »

Looking for a job as a recent graduate – a task that a university education does not necessarily prepare you for – can be fairly daunting. Having recently been through the process of deciding where I wanted to work, applying and intervie...

Thu 24 Apr 2008 by Phaedon Gourtsoyannis | Read more »

Ascending the Ivory Tower »

Sam Freidman

Coming from a family of academics, one of the earliest promises I made myself was never to follow in the dreary footsteps of my parents. Locked up in a darkened room for most of the day and wheeled out only for the occasional conference or lecture, mos...

Thu 24 Apr 2008 by Sam Friedman | Read more »

Consider teaching first »

Are you looking for a challenge? Do you want to give something back? Do you want a job with direct responsibility from day one? Do you enjoy your subject? Do you want to develop business skills? If you have said yes to any of these it is worth c...

Thu 24 Apr 2008 by Katie Mort | Read more »

The catacombs of Paris »

Parisian Catacombs

This May marks the 40th anniversary of the radical student riots of 1968, when thousands of students backed by ethnic minorities rebelled in a series of anti-government protests worldwide. Whilst student movements led to varying degrees of politic...

Thu 24 Apr 2008 by Demian Hobby | Read more »

Extra-curricular activity »

“Procrastination is the art of putting off until tomorrow what should have been done the day before yesterday”. Of the many conventional images that we find leveled against students, few are as widely observable amongst the glut of things...

Thu 24 Apr 2008 by Devon Walshe | Read more »

Students in a smarter Scotland »

Smarter Scotland

Albert Einstein once said we should never regard study as a duty, but as an enviable opportunity. It’s a statement that is undoubtedly true, and to university students battling to cram in lectures, tutorials, essays and other study, it must be ...

Thu 24 Apr 2008 by Fiona Hyslop MSP | Read more »

How hairy armpits can get you a job at The Guardian »

Helen Pidd

I am pretty sure I have my armpit hair to thank for my journalism career. If I hadn’t decided to let it all hang out during my second year at Edinburgh – and write about it in a double page spread in Student, complete with photos – ...

Thu 24 Apr 2008 by Helen Pidd | Read more »

Living on the brutal edge of society »

The difficulties and dangers that our homeless face are the harshest bi-products of our society. Drug addiction, alcoholism, housing problems, violence, unemployment and discrimination are all issues that are concentrated amongst the homeless. Their pl...

Wed 26 Mar 2008 by Sarah Clark | Read more »

Tony Benn: The glorious revolutionary »

Tony Benn (Lewis Killin)

According to Tony Benn's passport—issued last year—he is still a Member of Parliament. In fact, he last sat in the House in 2001. Of course, for Benn, this provides a perfect illustration of the fallibility of the government's invasive data...

Wed 26 Mar 2008 by Evan Beswick | Read more »

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