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Top 10 firsts in Television History

August 27, 2012

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Being 1 of only 2 people ever to win 3 solo academy awards for Best Screenplay, Paddy Chayefsky had this to say about Television: “It’s the menace that everyone loves to hate but can’t seem to live without”.   After researching many quotes regarding television, it became clear that the majority of them were derogatory […]

Top 10 reasons Fairtrade is Unfair

August 27, 2012

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Fair Trade is defined as an organized social movement and market-based approach that aims to help producers in developing countries to make better trading conditions and promote sustainability. It actually has its roots in the 1940’s as various religious groups and Non Governmental Organisations (NGOs) set out to make the market place a more viable […]

Posted in: Uncategorized, World

Top 10 cases of Doping in Olympic history

August 6, 2012

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It seems that even though there is a monumental risk that they are going to get caught, athletes still “chance their arm” when it comes to taking illegal performance enhancing substances when competing in the Olympics. With the London 2012 Olympic Games well under way, it took just 4 days for the accusations of Doping […]

Posted in: Sports

Top 10 – Highest Grossing films of all time (adjusted for inflatiion)

July 16, 2012

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We all know that making movies can be incredibly profitable. In fact, the top 10 highest grossing films of all time, have brought in over $20 Billion US dollars world wide. As stated in the title, we are going to present you with a list of the highest grossing films of all time. However, with […]

Posted in: Film

10 Iconic photographs and the stories behind them

July 12, 2012

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They say a picture can paint a thousand words. This is certainly true for the 10 photographs listed in this post. It tends to be that the majority of iconic photographs are ones that depict scenes of sorrow and turmoil, so in this post we have tried to mix it up slightly by showing scenes […]

Posted in: Art

10 amazing things about the London Underground

April 3, 2012

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5 things that ‘Grind my gears’ when travelling on the underground I am lucky enough to work in Mayfair, one of the nicest parts of London. However, due to other commitments, I live outside of London and have a ridiculously long commute every day. On average it takes me about 2 hours to get to […]

Posted in: Travel

Top 10 health related documentaries that will blow your mind

April 3, 2012

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10 health related documentaries that everyone should see:   There are literally hundreds   Sicko  (Michael Moore – 2007) America’s medicated kids (Louis Theroux – 2010 The last cigarette ( Super Size Me Money Talks: Profit before Patient safety Hoxey: How healing becomes a crime The Future of food Food, Inc Flow – For love […]

Posted in: Health

Top 6 – List style sites

March 26, 2012

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Nowadays there seem to be a load of sites that a basically just lists. There are also sites that give you up to date news and lists. There are sites that write funny lists, serious lists, stupid lists, lists about lists etc

Posted in: Uncategorized

Top 6 – World changing events (What they changed

March 26, 2012

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World changes all the time…

Posted in: World