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Paramilitaries still cast shadows over lives of young people in Northern Ireland
'They f**ked my life up completely.'

Iceland Christmas ad: banned, but it will help 2018 go down as the year of 'corporate caring'
The ad tells the story of a young girl who tries to help a baby orangutan whose home has been destroyed to create palm oil.

Dot and Billy: how love letters document the stories of lives torn apart by World War I
Billy and Dot’s love story was a complicated one.

Social media: is it really to blame for young people being lonelier than any other age group?
Does snapping the day away bring us closer together or push us further apart?

Warrior women: despite what gamers might believe, the ancient world was full of female fighters
Women's role in war have shifted over the ages.

Fat people do not need your concerns about their health
Unless you're getting such as angry about crash diets, binge drinking or stress.

Why the sexual objectification of men isn't just a bit of fun
Concerns are being expressed about the potential objectification of male actors in drama series such as Bodyguard and Poldark.

University students with mental illnesses are falling through the gaps
The number of first year students arriving at university who report a mental health condition is five times what it was ten years ago.

Lad culture and sexual harassment in universities: it's about more than a 'few bad apples'
Sexual harassment is widespread and affects the lives of women and girls, in particular, every day.

Freshers' week: how to make a good first impression
The prospect of living with complete strangers is enough to make anyone nervous – especially if their culture is alien to you.

Killing Eve: twisting the spy genre with comedy, tragedy and strong women
A whirlwind spy tale of murder, obsession, betrayal and resilience.

Freshers' week: how to resist the pressure to drink (if you don't want to)
Rather than leaving home, the biggest worry for freshers is fitting in with new flatmates.

World Elephant Day: What it takes to move 200 elephants 1500 km
The elephants are being moved from South Africa to a new home in Mozambique.

Burqa comments like Boris Johnson’s are pushing Muslims to reassert their identity
Boris Johnson’s inflammatory remarks about women who wear the burqa have sparked outrage and fierce debate.

Lady Gaga’s Twitter blunder and why speculating about suicide after a celebrity death is problematic
Lady Gaga’s apology about the tragic passing of Zombie Boy highlights how difficult it can be to talk about sudden and unexpected deaths.

Why the UK needs its own Black Lives Matter moment to wake up to police racism
Gang culture, social media, drug violence, funding cuts to policing and youth clubs, poverty - they've all been blamed for knife crime in London.

Why the mainstream media should stop giving extreme views a platform
In recent weeks, a number of quite astounding articles have appeared in the British press.

Brexit: champagne, parmesan, prosecco and feta could soon be at the centre of negotiations
They're coming for our bubbles and cheese.