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  • The relevance of the BBC class survey

    Earlier this month, I sat down at my computer and took part in the BBC’s Great British class survey. As a politics student, I was interested not only in my classification, but the way in which the survey would assess my lifestyle to create the result.

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  • OMG, the mobile phone is 40 years old

    April 2013 sees the 40th anniversary of that modern day essential: the mobile phone.  Invented by the softly spoken Martin Cooper of Motorola, he dreamt of assigning "a number not to a place, not to a desk, not to a home, but to a person."

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  • Does class still exist in the UK?

    The most important thing to ask, is not how much do I have but how happy am I? As my tattooist once said, “sometimes more is less.”

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  • Think before you tweet

    Myths and legends abound about the dangers of social networking – we’ve all heard about people losing their job or getting kicked out of university for saying the wrong thing on Facebook, Twitter, their blog or the comments section of a newspaper website, combine that with ...

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  • Looking good this summer

    Here are a few tips and tricks to keep you looking good this bright and (hopefully) sunny season.

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