Category: Notes on News

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    Sam Pegg

    Notes on News: Christmas controversy for ‘The First Temptation of Christ’

    Netflix’s latest release has been met with a petition to have it removed immediately – find out why.

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    Morgan McMillan

    Notes on News: Celebrity Big Brother named most complained about TV show of the decade

    The now-axed reality show has a new accolade to add to its legacy

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    Maddie Lock

    Notes on News: Billboard ‘Woman of the Year’ Controversy

    Maddie Lock challenges Billboard to think outside the box when nominating artists for this prestigious award.

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    Becky Davies

    Notes on News: Our favourite Christmas Adverts of the decade

    It’s the most wonderful time of the year, and our writers are feeling nostalgic over classic Christmas adverts.

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    Zarah Akhavan-Moossavi

    Notes on News: ‘Joker’ becomes the first R-Rated film to surpass the $1 billion mark

    After becoming the most profitable comic book film earlier this month, Joker is breaking even more records.

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    Jack Nash

    Notes On News: Music for Thought – Tackling the Climate Crisis

    With The 1975 coming under fire for their new single featuring Greta Thunberg, Editor Jack Nash looks at how music can be a platform for tackling climate change.

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    Maddie Lock

    Notes on News: RuPaul’s Drag Race season 12 and All Stars 5 announced – are we shocked?

    Maddie Lock weighs in on the debate as to whether our excitement over Drag Race USA is starting to sashay away.

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    Amy Penn

    Notes on News: Are Love Island producers doing enough to protect contestants’ mental health?

    Amy Penn explores how we can all help to protect the mental health of contestants on ITV2’s most popular show.

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    David Mitchell-Baker

    Notes on News: The direction of the new Star Wars trilogies

    With the news that Game of Thrones creators David Benioff and D. B. Weiss will be producing a new series of Star Wars films, Film Editor David speculates as to what the future of Star Wars holds.

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    Bruno Russell

    Notes on News: Why were Sam Smith, Katy Perry and Camila Cabello snubbed in 2018 Brit Nominations?

    Do the recent Brit nominations show the awards have lost touch with how the public consume music?

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    Katja Stout

    Global Swarming: How low budget horror is taking the world by storm

    Katja Stout discusses the rise of modern disaster and comedy horror like Sharknado.

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    Josh Harris

    Notes on News: A response to the backlash at Jodie Whittaker’s Doctor Who role

    Writer Josh critiques the disappointing nature of mass media’s responses to Jodie Whittaker’s casting as the new Doctor Who.

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    Sophie Jones

    Notes on News: Should the young Dumbledore be openly gay?

    Writer Sophie Jones examines the importance of representing Albus Dumbledore as gay in the next instalment of Fantastic Beasts.

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    Laura Woodhouse

    Notes on News: Can diversity really be to blame for falling comic-book sales?

    Writer Laura examines whether Marvel can realistically blame diversity for recent declines in comic-book sales