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Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Movie By Esme Bateson, MA Cultural Studies Comprised of a star-studded cast, Jingle Jangle has been heralded for portraying a Black family in all their glory. Inspired by Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, director David E. Talbert wanted to make a similar film which featured people like
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By Georgia Goddard, BA International Relations & Mala Dutta, MA International Studies & Diplomacy The birth of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, today the largest humanitarian network in the world, can be traced back to a battlefield in Solferino, Italy, in 1859. It is here that its
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By Artemis Sianni-Wedderburn, BA Politics and Arabic Northeastern China is home to the theoretically autonomous Xinjiang province, with a Turkic-Muslim Uyghur cultural and religious minority since the province’s 1949 incorporation into the People’s Republic of China. As one of the 55 nationally recognised minorities, they are legally endowed
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By Fakhriya M. Suleiman, MA Global Media and Postnational Communications The Russian doping saga was set in motion by the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games. The Games saw the host nation initially achieve 33 medals – 13 were later expunged amid the federation’s doping scandal. The following year, however, the
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Netball Society We’re the Netball Society! Before lockdown, we’d aim to meet and train twice a week, and we hope to be back on the courts when we can. We are an all-inclusive society and encourage students of all abilities to join us, whether you’ve played before
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By Anonymous *Names have been changed to protect the identities of the protestors. I have a lot of memories from Hong Kong’s year of chaos. I vividly recall the pang of being tear-gassed for the first time, and the surprise I felt when it induced nausea. I also remember
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By Destiny Adeyemi, BA African Studies Above is a word search featuring some ways in which people can engage with political conversations and educate themselves on current issues – beyond the rhetoric of voting. ANSWER KEY:
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By Elizabeth Edwards, BA English Cooking in lockdown can either feel like a chore or a comfort. I can’t be the only one who has found my days revolving completely around the three meals a day that offer such respite and gratification, as well as the simple joy of
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By Ella Dorn, BA Chinese and Linguistics Standard Zhuang is a language spoken by some of the Zhuang minority in Guangxi province, southern China. It is a member of the Tai family of languages along with Thai and Laotian. Since 1982, it has been written in an adapted Roman script
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By Lara Gibbs, BA Chinese (Modern and Classical) On 30 June, SOAS canteen staff were threatened with involuntary redundancy should they not take a voluntary severance offer. The deadline for accepting was 17 July. Although involuntary redundancy did not transpire, there is much anger over SOAS’s handling of the
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By Maliha Shoaib, BA English and World Philosophies Due to a projected increase in students struggling with mental health and wellbeing, SOAS has introduced additional support initiatives. These initiatives are being made available as England emerges from a second lockdown and the winter months arrive. Both events are predicted to
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By Katherine Brown, MA Chinese Studies The Students’ Union bar and shop normally generate 70% of the Students’ Union (SU)’s annual income. Government announcements on 1 November excluded universities and schools from closing during the National lockdown. However, the majority of on campus amenities, including the student union bar