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Who drives the drivers?

5 comments posted | Published: March 3, 2006 A friend of mine once told me that he uses public transport in much the same way that a lesbian couple uses a dildo: “it’s the best thing available under the circumstances, but it’s hardly something to be proud about”... Read article

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Don’t make our history history 2 comments posted | Published: March 3, 2006 When I was a kid I used to find England painfully mundane. I spent a large part of my childhood in the Italian Alps and when in England, the old adage that says the English built an empire to get away from ‘English food, English weather and English women’, rang true... Read article

Sketch Post a comment | Published: March 3, 2006 As a consequence of the recent spate of violent incidents on campus, the Union entertainment schedule is either going to have to move with the times, or get its fuckin’ ‘ead kicked in rah rah rah... Read article

Letters the Editor Post a comment | Published: March 3, 2006 Letter of the week Dear Editor, In last week’s article (‘Union cuts prices amidst threats to end Top B’) I was quoted as saying “We can’t continue to run an event that is losing revenue for the Union... Read article

Conning us with modern icons Post a comment | Published: March 3, 2006 Last month the government’s Culture Minister, the once-promising David Lammy, announced New Labour’s latest brainstorm. Icons Online is a website where members of the public can discuss and vote for their favourite ‘English icons’ - such as cups of tea, the red telephone box, and Punch and Ju... Read article

The 51st State Post a comment | Published: March 3, 2006 France may be America's official oldest ally, but today the land of the free is firmly wedded to our own land of the not-so-free-since-Blair. Sometimes, in fact, it seems as if they like us more than we like them... Read article

British Multiculturalism is working Post a comment | Published: March 3, 2006 The turmoil of recent weeks has come to highlight the ever-changing, ever-challenging relationship between groups, individuals, nation-states, religion and identity... Read article

Eimear Ballard Post a comment | Published: March 3, 2006 Here I am, kids, the voice of post-postgraduate reason. Hear me now: be cool; stay in school. Life after university isn't all playing Minesweeper and watching 'The Jeremy Kyle Show, let me tell you... Read article

Paul Valentine Post a comment | Published: March 3, 2006 Now you'll have to take my word for it, but I'm not a fan of Blink 182. I'm reliably informed though that such people do exist. Nevertheless it was during winks-forty that the very same Blink one-hundred-and-eighty-two, delivered me from sleep with their acute deconstructions of modern day dork-dum e... Read article

Chelsea Reay Post a comment | Published: March 3, 2006 I'm currently in the throes of a horrific head cold, which, besides inducing a streaming nose, watering eyes and voice resembling Barry White, has left me feeling decidedly sorry for myself... Read article