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Letter from Editor
Hello lovely readers! Hope you've enjoyed the break over summer, we did (and goodness knows we needed it - this magazine doesn't write itself, you know...)
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Young and Living in Britain: A Black History Month Event
On the 15th October 2008, one of the biggest events of the year took place in London to celebrate Black History Month through entertainment. Celebrities like Tinchy Stryder and KAT B came from far and wide to take part in an incredible, and culturally significant occasion. Extra online content - read our exclusive interview with Tinchy Stryder. Back to the top
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I’m in the last year of my school career, and the most common question I probably ask or get asked is probably, ‘So, where are you going to university?’. But then one person I asked turned the question straight back at me, asking, ‘What makes you think I’m going to uni?’
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The UK has one of the highest population percentages of redheads in the world, but words like ‘ginger’ and ‘ginga’ still roll off the tongue towards those gifted with this follicle rarity. Is it all just a bit of red-blooded fun or has Britain got ginger phobia?
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Festivals are brilliant! Happily, this is a fact that is slowly winding its way through society. Over the past few years, events like Glastonbury and Reading have become more and more popular and widely publicised. But it seems that sometimes the smaller festivals are forgotten, which is a shame.
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Stretch marks, as horrible as they are, are natural and there is little you can really do about them. Although here I have kindly listed ways in which you can seek to get rid of or at least make these dreaded marks less noticeable.
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Feet are to me, like weird looking hands and are, to be frank; EWWWW. Although I hate to admit it, I don’t really want to be walking on stumps so I should pay attention to my feet even if they do look really weird…
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Throughout November, Kingston Youth Council, better known as KYC, asked students in every secondary school in the borough to vote for their new Member of Youth Parliament (MYP). Maybe you, or someone you know, was running for this position. But why bother? What is the point of an MYP? We called in Kingston's current Deputy MYP (DMYP), Albert Simango, who attends Coombe Sixth Form, to find out more.
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Not feeling so good about you? Would rather be like someone else? Have a look at our top ten tips for improving your self esteem!
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In the UK there is no such thing as a size zero; it’s an Americanism. Here we associate size zero with size four, and yes, you have to be tiny to fit into it!
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Over the last year, 9 young people aged between 14-17 and 3 youth workers united to create ‘MAP’ - Making Adventures Possible. Young people came from around the borough, and together we prepared ourselves for a two week trip to Romania, in August 2008. Why? To explore the differences between young people in the UK and those in another part of the world.
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With today’s headlines of child obesity and school dinners not being healthy enough we decided that it was well worth the effort and the risk of food poisoning. Fruit smoothies contribute to our 5 a day, as well as getting us into the kitchen and taking some initiative into healthy eating. So we thought we’d give you tips on how to and how not to make them and thus ‘The good, the bad and the just plain ugly’ was born!
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People who aren’t of a mixed race often label mixed race individuals with a variety of different terms, such as coloured, half-caste, or mixed. However, do these labels really mean anything? Or is being mixed raced much more personal than just a label?
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Surely 18 is too young for a transplant!
A few months ago I was at a festival and, well, you know how these things go, you get chatting and you make friends. One of the friends I made was called Lawrence and, at the age of 18, he’d already had a heart transplant – without which, he probably would have died.
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Boys! Why do they sometimes act like such idiots? They act really sweet with you and then next thing you know they change their entire attitude to you. What is it with Girls? “Why are you so immature? Why can’t you express emotion?” Chances are that at some point in your life a girl has asked you these questions.
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Have you ever wondered what Police Officers are like off-duty? Have you wondered what they are like when they are not at work and what they do in their free time? Believe it or not, once the hat comes off and the cuffs get shut in the locker, they’re not much different to you and I.
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Do you have a friend or family member who you just can’t buy for? Have you spent weeks up until Christmas trying to come up with the perfect gift, only to have to grab something at random from the shelves on Christmas Eve? What do you get for the person who seems to have everything?
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What are you like when you see the girl or boy of your dreams across the room? Personally when someone catches my eye I become ridiculously smiley and giggly around said bloke, alerting my friends and probably most people around us to my target.
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REMEMBER the whole point of using condoms is to protect yourself and to be safe. Even if you have sex once without using a condom, you still can get an STI or even get pregnant.
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Do opposites attract? Or do opposites exist just to confuse each other? We had a good natter about boys and girls, and then asked each other to answer our questions.
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What does the stereotypical Englishman do in any film, book or play? He sits down with a nice cup of tea, of course! Loads of people in Britain start the day with a cup of tea, or maybe have one at work, or even held tea parties with their toys when they were younger. Let us celebrate that great English tradition: the cup of tea.
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