Opinion Panel

With every piece of fly-infested “journalism” Samantha Brick publishes on the Daily Mail, she digs herself a deeper hole. I’m beginning to think that she might be doing it deliberately for the attention – because surely no one really has such terribly backward opinions as she. The latest turd to spill from Brick’s mouth is [...]

Writing future world history, Jack Staples Butler investigates the rise of the New Order, the influence of the charismatic despot Anthony Hammond and the shadowy corporate cabal Manifest, and the rise of global fascism.

Wandering the streets of east London at 1am last Friday after finishing work, my friend and I searched desperately for a bar to sit down and have a drink in. Unwind after a stressful nights work of serving deranged, drunken City types. But this was to be to no avail. The only places open were [...]

I have run Gamespaceuk since its launch back in March 2008. I jumped into an industry that interested me just enough to try my own hand at becoming a web master. I wanted a low maintenance project – an online service that required no manual skill. I thought a games site would be perfect. I [...]

Work experience has it’s pitfalls – especially if you’re a graduate being forced by the government to work for free at ‘poundland’. This academic year I’ve completed three work placements. Previously, I’ve worked for free at everywhere from Sainsbury’s, to horse stables, to large media production companies. So, how does working for free benefit you? [...]

I’ve heard so many people slating tattoos recently, but I am one of those ‘young adults’ that is completely for tattooing. In my opinion, everyone is entitled to do what they wish with their body, whether it be getting a quirky haircut, covering yourself in piercings or tattoos, or dressing in any way that is [...]

It has developed. Last time, I mentioned the danger of students being overcome by the tirade of nightlife gimmicks and the twisted expectations of the adult world. Now, several months later, I see as if through the distorted mirror of a macabre funhouse, a more fully-fledged version of these fears, and the havoc they have [...]

Some of our recent research revealed that 4 in 5 young people have read at least one of the Harry Potter books. So, to help sharpen your trolling skills, Catalina Albeanu shares the best ways to wind up Harry Potter fans. If you’re reading this, you probably know at least one Harry Potter fan. So [...]

Love Ben Elton or loathe him, you would be hard-pressed not to appreciate the message in his shockingly underrated and sparsely-read 2007 novel, Blind Faith. In the form of a darkly comical and disturbing update to Nineteen-Eighty-Four, the book envisages a society which has voluntarily surrendered its freedoms of privacy and conscience – as well [...]