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Eat Pray Love

As a reviewer, I feel obliged to point out that this film is… only alright. So-so. Watchable

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The Town

The Town was bound to do well. Boasting a series of star names, a bombastic trailer and a big budget, this could have had no substance whatsoever and it would still rake in unjustified millions. What a relief, then, that it’s a great film

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Lee Westwood will hope that, alongside partner Martin Kaymer, he can get Europe off to the perfect start on Friday morning. Image: Eugene Goh via Flickr Creative CommonsExperience should give Europe the edge on first day

With the talking now over the captains have announced the pairings for Friday morning’s fourballs, Jake Farrell runs the rule over their selections

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Will American captain Corey Pavin taste success at Celtic Manor this year? Photo: James Marvin Phelps (mandj98) via Flickr Creative CommonsTwenty Ten course set to shine at Ryder Cup

Nouse’s man at Celtic Manor, David Ambrozejczyk, sums up his experiences of the Ryder Cup so far and previews what’s to come over the next few days

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Vince Cable MP. Image credit: say_cheddar via Flickr Creative CommonsPolitical Edge

Peculiar Vince Cable

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The captains' picks are always a pivotal part of the Ryder Cup. Padraig Harrington is one of this year's more controversial choices. Image: cmiked via Flickr Creative CommonsThe Ryder Cup – The captains’ picks analysed

Nouse’s Ryder Cup coverage continues as Sam Morgan discusses the wildcard picks of captains Colin Montgomerie and Corey Pavin.

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Tiger Woods, pictured here in happier times, might be smiling again if he can help the USA to victory in this year's Ryder Cup. Image: Keith Allison via Flickr Creative CommonsThe Ryder Cup could reignite Tiger Woods’ career

David Ambrozejczyk kicks off Nouse’s coverage of this year’s Ryder Cup with an assessment of Tiger Woods and the possibility of him getting his career back on track at Celtic Manor

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Product Review: Max Factor Miracle Touch Foundation

How many words can one write about foundation? Well, my product orientated friends, let’s find out…

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How to…survive the red eye

Long-haul plane journeys can be fun because they are one of the few times in life when you are encouraged to eat constantly, radically limit your movement and get drunk at every meal

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Colin Montgomerie, pictured here at the 2004 Ryder Cup, will hope to captain the European team to success this year. Photo: James Marvin Phelps (mandj98) via Flickr Creative CommonsThe Ryder Cup is coming

The Ryder Cup is on its way and, as Jake Farrell explains, our sports team will be here to offer their views and opinions throughout the tournament

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York nominated for ‘University of the Year’

York has been nominated for ‘University of the Year’, and ‘International Collaboration of the Year’, at this year’s Times Higher Education (THE) Awards

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Hear ye, Hear ye…

Welcome, to campus’s first mostly frivolous and entirely superficial beauty product blog written by me, the Beauty Queen of University of York

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The Other Guys

A cop movie whose cast boasts Mark Wahlberg, Michael Keaton, and Eva Mendes doesn’t sound like the latest Will Ferrell/Adam McKay film; but maybe if you’d been in serious police dramas like The Corruptor, Desperate Measures and Training Day, then you’d be happy to jump onboard with the duo behind Anchorman and Talladega Nights to show audiences that you still had a sense of humour

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Image credit: pennycsa via Flickr Creative CommonsWhy Labour needed the other Miliband

Unless you have purposefully dodged all forms of media, then you will know by now that Ed Miliband is the new leader of the Labour party. Ed scrapped to victory by a minuscule 1% margin over his brother David, following heavy support from trade unions

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James Corden, the host of "an astounding spectacle of guffawing witlessness" during the World Cup is part of a new, and not overly popular, breed of football pundits. Photo: alun.vega via Flickr Creative CommonsThe Age of the Idiot

Sean Cole looks into the art of football punditry and lambasts the “generic brand of laddish tedium” currently on our screens

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