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Unless you’ve been living in a cave underground (and by now you probably wish you were, right?) you’re aware that
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If 2016 was the year of post-truth, then perhaps 2017 will be the year of fake news. After all, what
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There’s always room for pi, even though it has an infinite number of digits, and March is the month of
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What a difference a month makes. And in this case, that difference is zero. The same topics that dominated the
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If 2016 was the year of post-truth, perhaps 2017 will be the year of alternative facts. That’s the term the
On 28 December 2016, an independent comedy production company called Friend Dog Studios produced a mock-trailer of the year 2016
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On Tuesday, 8 November 2016, the world witnessed an unanticipated disaster of the highest possible magnitude. Toblerone, the beloved triangular
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As if Brexit wasn’t bad enough, we now have something worse to look forward to: hard Brexit. Although we’re all
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