"The word 'Zio' was part of the club’s lexicon, despite its connotations eventually becoming widely known." Alex Chalmers on why he resigned as co-chair of Oxford University Labour Club.
Andrew Allen says the government should forget the idea of an trans-Pennine road tunnel.
Sarah Mills looks at the way the Girl Guides' evolving badge programme reveals wider changes in society over time.
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"I don’t think I have ever wanted something to happen more in sport in my entire life than for Claudio Ranieri’s side to win the Premier League," says Gary Lineker.
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Garth Stahl writes: "During my time teaching in South London, I became interested in how white working-class boys – the UK’s lowest performing ethnic group – came to aspire and regard themselves as valuable individuals within a neoliberal expectation of social mobility."
It's a cracking good essay from Garth, except when he used the expression "neoliberal".
Perhaps Garth has a few thoughts about "meritocracy"? Whatever Michael Young expected us to think in contrary ways.
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