The news that the sex-blogger and former call girl Belle de Jour was a PhD candidate at Sheffield University is quite surprising. The average PhD student is lucky if they’ve actually had sex at all – never mind having someone pay to do it with them.
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Facebook is everywhere. The social networking website recently passed the 300 million users mark, giving Facebook a population larger than any country, baring the USA, India and China. In the UK, nearly one in three have a profile. Due to its popularity, Facebook has become a ubiquitous part of everyday life. Similar sites, such...
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At the risk of turning into my Dad, I feel more and more alienated by the internet-driven society in which we live. Being twenty, I can remember a time when not every household had a computer (gasp!), let alone two or three, and when the Internet was something of a novelty whereby you could...
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A rather entertaining story in this fortnight's edition of the Forge Press at the University of Sheffield. Apparently, the Sheffield University Officer Training Corps have been involved in the publication of the wonderfully titled 'Slag Mag' - a periodical detailing the various sexual exploits of its members.
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Over at the Sheffield Uni Occupation blog they have a big long list of successful University occupations. I stand well and truly corrected. I was barking up the wrong tree with this post. It was simply a 'total lie' - something I realised when confronted with the overwhelming evidence offered by the Occupiers.
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The University of Sheffield has been occupied by students! How. Retro. Can. You. Get. A group of forty or so students are currently ensconced in the Hicks building’s lecture halls, snuggling down for the night. Sprinting after a bandwagon that is now quite far in the distance, they are protesting Israeli actions in Gaza...
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