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Editor’s Picks

The best articles of the week, picked by our Editor-in-Chief

Deserted football goal
Comment Editor's PicksRory RebbeckJune 17, 2020June 17, 2020

The great distraction returns

The great distraction. The preserver of health. For decades, centuries even, sports have been a constant.

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Comment Editor's PicksLiza KuninaApril 13, 2020

Watching and waiting: Milan from my window

I don’t want to describe my experience from the point of view of things you see on the news.

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Arts Editor's Picks MusicSabrina ParkourApril 1, 2020April 1, 2020

Quarantunes to groove (alone) to

Feeling the lockdown blues? Here are five albums to add to your quarantine playlist now, and in a few days.

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Januhairy
Beauty Comment Culture Editor's Picks WomenMarlena SegarFebruary 4, 2019

Going beyond the “Januhairy” movement: Wave your arms in the air, if you’ve got underarm hair!

If the ‘Januhairy’ movement is to succeed, it must go beyond the first month of the year.

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London Trump Protest
Editor's Picks In Depth Quick ReadsClare ClarkeJuly 14, 2018September 11, 2018

#StopHate: the London Trump protest in pictures

An estimated 250,000 people hit the streets of London yesterday to protest President Donald Trump’s visit to the United Kingdom.

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Editor's Picks In Depth Quick ReadsBilly PerrigoJune 1, 2018June 1, 2018

Marichuy: the indigenous woman who tried and failed to become Mexico’s new President

Mexico’s first indigenous female presidential candidate failed to get on the ballot for the July 2018 election, shining a light on structural discrimination in the troubled country.

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Bach
Arts Editor's Picks In Depth MusicDaniel GoldsteinMay 24, 2018May 24, 2018

The Musical Descendants of Johann S. Bach

Baroque-era composer Johann Sebastian Bach is arguably the most influential composer in human history. These days, his music, more than any other composer’s, is still being studied, analysed and performed – setting the stage for the constant evolution of classical music for centuries to come.

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Month of Masturbation
Editor's Picks Lifestyle SexMarlena SegarMay 5, 2018May 5, 2018

Happy Month of Masturbation: promoting positive attitudes of masturbation

In 1995 the sex shop Good Vibrations in San Francisco did us all a favour by declaring May as the Month of Masturbation.

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theatre in a world
Comment Culture Editor's PicksMaryhee YoonApril 11, 2018April 11, 2018

theatre in a broken world

august 2017 sitting in my new home in london, i read about my old Home in Korea and my old old home in america and leaders of one Korea and leaders of one america fondling each other’s dicksegos as foreplay to a very.scary.dark.post.apocalyptic.fifty.scary.shades.of.fifty.scary.darker.nuclear.wars. it’s not “Really stupid”. it’s Really terribly clever and evil and scary…

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University of Exeter, Racism
Editor's Picks In Depth RaceClare ClarkeMarch 20, 2018March 21, 2018

Exeter Law Students exposed in ‘vile, twisted’ group chat

Five male students from the university of Exeter have been exposed trading racist and sexist slurs on a WhatsApp chat, leading to a major investigation by the university and police involvement.

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