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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 week in hashtags: #BoycottStarbucks, #Parklife, #FutureJohnLewisAds, #AlexFromTarget
From picking up a penguin to ditching our PSL, here are the hashtags you need to know about from the past week. #BoycottStarbucks It's a hashtag that rarely dips far below the radar, but this week Twitter is mostly boycotting Starbucks because of the company's new employee dress code, which now allows tattoos but bans…
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…
New John Lewis Christmas advert launches, Twitter obsesses over #MontythePenguin
Love it or hate it, the John Lewis Christmas advert has quickly become a festive tradition, with a focus on cuddly animals, family togetherness, and of course, a touch of magic. And, call me a stupid sap whose emotions can be manipulated in less time than it takes to say 'I want a penguin', but…
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…
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…
Kitten-filled parody Gone Purrl makes Gone Girl much less scary (plus five other films that need cute remakes, stat)
Forget about Amazing Amy, this week the internet’s all about the amazing kitties in The Pet Collective’s fantastic new video: an all-kitten remake of Gone Girl, called (naturally) Gone Purrl. ('The hallmark of a sociocat is a lack of empathy.') And rightly so – it might be the best thing that's ever happened. In fact,…
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…