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• Eat Chocolate, Get Thin? Perhaps

  

  Could scoffing this really be good for you? Photo credit: peter pearson http://www.flickr.com/photos/peterpearson/2359015164/ A new study, conveniently publishe... Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2012 CURRENT, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, SOCIETY

• As First Footage is Released, What Have We Learned from James Cameron’s Voyage t...

  

  Fingers crossed for krakens, giant squid and other assorted sea monsters. Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Are the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge Expecting a Baby, Trying for a Baby, Or...

  

  Prince William and Catherine, now the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, on the balcony at Buckingham Palace. Speculation is mounting that Kate Middleton is pregnan... Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• UK Prime Minister David Cameron Announces Funding Boost for Dementia Research an...

  

  Elderly people: Dementia fears. Photo credit: Brian Auer UK Prime Minister David Cameron has pledged million-pound funding to tackle the “national crisis” of... Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Is Social Media to Blame for ‘Twitter Monster’ Joey Barton’s Poor Form and...

  

  Joey Barton, QPR player, Twitter enthusiast. Photo credit: Joey Barton (Twitpic) Fans of relegation-haunted Queens Park Rangers will be mostly mightily... Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Mad Men’s Fifth Season: Civil Rights, Sexy Secretaries and a Mixed Reaction...

  

  Joan Harris AKA Christina Hendricks, Mad Men Season Five Mad Men has returned to US screens after a 18-month break that left fans fearing for the show’s future. Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2012 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• My Love Affair in Beirut

  

  Barbar in Hamra. Gabrielle's in love. Photo credit: Gabrielle Jackson I’m going to be brutally honest. I am going to expose myself and confess my mortal sin.... Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2012 DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK

• BBC’s The Voice: The Future of TV Talent Shows Or a Little Too Worthy for Its Ow...

  

  The Voice judge Jessie J performs: but is The Voice more important than image in today's music industry? Photo credit: Official Blackberry Images... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2012 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT, SOCIETY, TV & VIDEO

• Liverpool Football Club: Cup King Kenny Dalglish Under Pressure Due to Lousy...

  

  Kenny Dalglish watches on from the sidelines. Photo credit: Kong Niffe Liverpool’s back-to-back defeats at the hands of relegation threatened Queens Park Ranger... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• English Premier League: Have Manchester City Blown Their Chances of Winning the...

  

  Has too much been made of Roberto Mancini's mini-meltdown at the Britannia Stadium? Or are the wheels really coming off Manchester City's title charge? Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2012 CURRENT, SOCCER, SPORTS

• The Magic of The Master and Margarita is Mostly There in the Barbican Production

  

  Patriarch's Ponds in Moscow, where the Devil arrives "one hot spring evening, just as the sun was going down." Photo credit: Jose Miguel Calatayud... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2012 CULTURE, CURRENT

• Rick Santorum Wins Louisiana Primary but Mitt Romney is Still Ahead in the...

  

  Rick Santorum. Photo credit: Gage Skidmore via flickr Social conservative Rick Santorum has come back from a disappointing result in the Illinois Republican... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Can We Actually Talk About the Polemic Can We Talk About This?

  

  DV8. Photo credit: Oliver Manzi The term ‘brave’ is overused in theatre, and it is usually deployed by way of euphemism. Can We Talk About This? Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2012 CULTURE, CURRENT, THEATRE & OPERA

• Mariana Trench: James Cameron’s Titanic Deepsea Challenger Voyage

  

  Hollywood director and deep sea explorer James Cameron. Photo credit: Jurvetson Visionary Hollywood director James Cameron has returned to the surface after... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2012 CURRENT, SCIENCE, SOCIETY

• Top Five Similarities Between The Hunger Games, Twilight and Harry Potter

  

  Jennifer Lawrence in The Hunger Games Sci-fi thriller The Hunger Games has made a record-breaking debut at the US box office, taking $155 million on its... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2012 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, SOCIETY

• Cash for Access Scandal: Is It Time for Radical Party Political Funding Reform?

  

  Chancellor George Osborne with PM David Cameron. Photo Photo credit: Andrew Parsons/Conservative Party British Prime Minister David Cameron is at the center of ... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2012 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• It’s Always Sunny in San Francisco: Spend a Weekend in the City by the Bay

  

  The Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco - but there's more to the city by the bay than civil engineering. Photo credit: http://www.flickr. Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2012 TRAVEL

• Demonstrators Call for Arrest of George Zimmerman Over the Death of 17-year-old...

  

  The killing of the unarmed black teenager has sparked protests across the US. Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Scoped Out: The Daily Otter, for All Your Otterly Needs That Occur Daily

  

  Otters! Photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fatedsnowfox/5987729927/ We love otters. Who doesn’t, really? Otters re-exploded into our consciousness this... Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• David Miliband: The Voice of Experience Addresses the Israeli-Palestine...

  

  DAvid Miliband, former UK Foreign Secretary. Photo credit: World Economic Forum, 2010 David Miliband addressed a fund raising event this week in aid of OneVoice... Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY