June 2007
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Get a second life →
I’ve just read about an extreme example of serial bullying. First, the victim was chucked around by her tormentors. Then it escalated. The poor woman’s house was burnt down. Even worse, the bullies started shooting guns at her. I couldn’t help but laugh.
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Sex, porn and a discreet taste for the bizarre →
With 6,000 brothels and 80,000 prostitutes in London, sex was an 1857 obsession. John Sutherland charts expression and repression of the dirty-book trade of the day.
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Psychologist Explains Teens' Risky Decision-making... →
But now it’s Gerrard — an Iowa State University psychology professor — who has tried to answer that question scientifically through analysis of research from the last 12 years on adolescent risk-taking. She was invited by the Association of Psychological Science to deliver a presentation titled “A Dual Process Approach to Adolescent Decision-Making: Applications to Cancer...
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The champagne overdraft →
Everyday folk are trying to buy into the celebrity lifestyle of swanky nightclubs and £5,000 bar bills and plunging themselves into penury as a result. Why? We’ve all seen pictures of footballers, singers and soap stars stumbling out of “exclusive” clubs and into waiting taxis, label-clad and dripping with jewellery, illuminated by popping flashbulbs. But what of those who try to...
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The hidden brain drain →
Five years ago, Sylvia Ann Hewlett terrified women with her book Baby Hunger, a warning against leaving motherhood till too late. Now she’s back with another shocking message: employers are writing off women once they’ve had children.
How British reality shows killed the US sitcom →
For more than two decades the US sitcom has reigned supreme. But the genre is suddenly out of favour with the networks. And the culprit? Those cheap British reality shows.