Category Archives: Current Affairs
Teenage boys fight for feminism
Pupils from an all-boys school in Australia have made a video about why feminism is important.
Read more...Ashes to art
I’m not sure how I feel about an artist turning human ashes into art… Artist Bea Haines uses gallstones…
Read more...Social media – does it increase or decrease loneliness?
New research has been revealed suggesting that social media is actually leading to people feeling more isolated than ever.
Read more...Who doesn’t love a good cringe!
Don’t you just love a good blunder! You know the one I’m talking about…
Read more...How did the animal cross the road?
No one likes the sight of roadkill splattered across the tarmac do they? So I was fascinated to see a story this week highlighting some ingenious animal crossings being built across the world to stop this happening.
Read more...Look at your windscreen not phone screen
Tougher penalties have been introduced for texting while driving and are very welcome in my opinion.
Read more...Annie, 99, in a police cell for her bucket list!
Do you have a bucket list? If so, what’s on it?
Read more...A tweeting bin, what next?
I have heard of cats, dogs and snakes with Twitter accounts and even inanimate objects such as the Mars Curiosity rover – but the latest takes the biscuit: bins.
Read more...Try a holiday 40 light years away
Fancy a trip to Planet Hop – voted best “hab zone” vacation within 12 parsecs of Earth.
Read more...Dogs and their owners are more alike than we think
They say dogs are like their owners, well now researchers think there may be more truth in that saying than we realise.
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