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Ched Evans, a professional football player (soccer to you Americans), left prison last week. Having served half his five-year term for raping a 19 year-old in a hotel room, it’s not yet known whether...
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What do we do when we are sad? How do we cope? Whether it’s heartbreak, loneliness, stress or desperation; whether you’re an action bunny, soulful artist, or beleaguered professional, here are a smattering...
Conceptual art meets electro dream waves. Talk In Colour’s latest single The Cell fuses haunting vocals against pulsating electronic textures in a video that’s raw, intimate and unsettling at the same...
Have I grown up too fast? Ahalya: I seem to have taken the “traditional” route: “settled down,” achieved financial stability, married, and bought a house by the age of 30. In many...
What are our expectations for public displays of affection, and have we established a universal etiquette? It’s all about context, obvz. In certain places, such as in a nightclub, concert, big open space,...
Covert warfare “Nothing is as it seems”—a phrase that I’d associate more with James Bond than the modern US army. A recent trip to visit a family member in the Marines reframed my understanding...
What do the words alpha male conjure up? Dominant apes beating their chests and swinging from trees showing off their brute strength and agility? Or the super earners who can keep their lovers in yachts...
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