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The week in hashtags – #BandAid30, #WeBackEd, #ChokingGirlsAroundTheWorld

Charity, equality campaigns and Princess Bride memes stick a band-aid on the broken internet... it's our round-up of must-see hashtags from the past week. #BandAid30 We all know it's Christmas now, because Band Aid's latest incarnation has landed. Featuring the likes of Ellie Goulding, Sam Smith and Ed Sheeran alongside One Direction (naturally) and Bono…

The Hunger Games is being turned into a London stage show

We’ve all heard of The Hunger Games right? If you haven’t, then you’ve clearly been living under a rock, as it’s already sold 80 million copies around the world, and taken over $1.5 billion at the cinema box office. If that wasn’t enough,it’s now set to come to London in the form of a stage…

Hipster, hippie or Kim Kardashian: what type of ancient phone user are you?

It's official: Kim Kardashian uses an ancient phone! Not two tin cans tied together with string, but pretty damn close – a Blackberry Bold, which they don't even sell anymore. So devoted to her favourite B'berry is Kim that she even buys spare handsets on eBay and hoards them for future use. 'I like to…

It’s Equal Pay Day 2014: Sorry women, you’re working for free until January

Unhappy Equal Pay Day! Yep, as The Telegraph reports, today marks the point in the year after which women are effectively working for free thanks to the gender pay gap. (Thanks, gender pay gap. You’re too kind.) What’s more (or as it turns out, less), the gap has widened since last year, adding three more…
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The week in hashtags: #BeenRapedNeverReported, #Catcalling, #iStandSunday, #NaNoWriMo

From raising awareness and hijacking hate to moustaches and writer's block, here are the biggest hashtags from the past week... #BeenRapedNeverReported One of the most powerful hashtags of late, #BeenRapedNeverReported was started on Thursday night by Antonia Zerbisias, a writer for the Toronto Star, as a defence of Canadian actress Lucy DeCoutere, one of nine women…

Minister criticises Halloween costumes that ‘demonise’ mental illness

If you’re dressing up for a Halloween party this weekend, or perhaps a spot of trick or treating (I’m going to give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you have young children), you might want to leave the straitjacket at home. Care and Support Minister Norman Lamb has spoken out about the proliferation…

Cadbury to discontinue iconic chocolate coins #ChocCoinGate

Cadbury has discontinued production of its famous chocolate coins, in an announcement dubbed #ChocCoinGate by crestfallen tweeters. The confectionary giant today admitted via Twitter that the Christmas favourite is no longer in production: @hwallop Chocolate coins have been discontinued however we have lots of other chocolatey treats to try. https://t.co/myMnKqvG7m — Cadbury UK (@CadburyUK) October 27, 2014…