by Ellee Seymour | Nov 17, 2010 | Blog, News, university
A week after violent protests by students over the proposed tripling of university tuition fees, Nick Clegg was cornered by Oxford graduate Portia Murray who asked him to defend the promise Liberal Democrats made not to increase fees in their 2010 election manifesto....
by Ellee Seymour | Nov 16, 2010 | Blog, News
So Waity Katy has bagged her Prince Charming and will one day be our Queen following today’s announcement that the couple plan to marry next year. We are told that they became engaged last month during a private holiday in Kenya after dating for eight years. I...
by Ellee Seymour | Nov 14, 2010 | Blog, News
What a breathtaking weekend for releases from captivity. First, the Burmese demure pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi was freed yesterday by her country’s dictators after spending more than 15 years under house arrest. And now British couple Paul and Rachel...
by Ellee Seymour | Nov 12, 2010 | Blog, News
We need an urgent political debate in this country about “mercy killings” following a decision by the Court of Appeal today rejecting a mother’s conviction of murder after she fatally injected her brain-inured son with a heroin injection to end his...
by Ellee Seymour | Nov 12, 2010 | Blog, Politics
This is terrific news. There are reports that military authorities have signed an order authorising the release of Burma’s jailed democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, a woman whose dignity in adversity and oppression has won her worldwide admiration. The Nobel...
by Ellee Seymour | Nov 12, 2010 | Blog, updates
With student protests in the headlines over rising tuition fees, I thought I would delve back and see which issues fired up Cambridge students in the past, particularly the 1960s and 70s. Since then, student life in Cambridge seems to have been much quieter, barring...
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