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Why We Should Look Beyond Instagram

On July 16, 2018 By Amber WilkinsonIn Article3 Comments

Instagram was launched in October 2010. Originally, it was just a sweet little app to upload photos of your dog smiling, or a cake you made for your nephew's birthday. No one cared too much if you just uploaded it, or put a cute 'Nashville' filter over your photo. When I joined Instagram in 2013, …

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Britain First

On June 6, 2018 By Amber WilkinsonIn PoetryLeave a comment

Britain First! Britain First! Drilled into our brains from birth Is the notion that We. Are. The. Best. The best culutre, The best food, Oh wait, did I hear "Indian takeaway?" Sorry, too rude? The same Indians who Fought for Indepedence From..........................Us, Who we denied for the sake Of Empire and glory, Who blames them …

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On ‘How many millennials does it take to change a lightbulb?’

On June 6, 2018 By Amber WilkinsonIn ArticleLeave a comment

Earlier today, I went onto the BBC Radio 4 page to see if there would be any clips useful to me as an BA English Literature student. However, what I found instead was a clip labelled 'How many millennials does it take to change a lightbulb? Many.' As it was only almost 4 minutes long, …

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Contraception and the NHS

On June 6, 2018 By Amber WilkinsonIn ArticleLeave a comment

The 1960s in Britain and America was a great time of change for women. Contraception came in, and in 1967, the Abortion Act was introduced. It was also a time when the oral contraceptive pill emerged on the market for public availability. This was to allow people to get contraception readily and easily, and even …

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Loneliness at University

On June 6, 2018 By Amber WilkinsonIn ArticleLeave a comment

When it comes to starting university, it is both exciting and nerve-wracking. Unless you know someone from home who is going/goes there, you will pretty much have a blank slate in terms of friends. This is hugely different to the school environment, where there's a mix of people that you went to nursery with, people …

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London is Cracking

On June 4, 2018October 4, 2018 By Amber WilkinsonIn PoetryLeave a comment

I sit on Hampstead Heath Reading a book I bought In a stylish London bookshop From the top 10 list. Looking down at the ground, There’s a split in the earth A crack, seeping with ants Turning it into their underground den. I’m struck at the metaphor hitting me Straight in the face... London is …

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