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Photo credit: Andra VeraatSmashing Pumpkins

Corgan’s voice in recent years has often veered into a nasally whine that spoils some of the Pumpkins’ older songs, tonight it sounds as ethereal as it did on those early albums.

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Al Murray: An Interview

Pint-pulling comedian Al Murray talks to James Harle about getting political, the importance of history, and the joys of being a student.

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Photo credit: Com SecToday’s sentence shows Sri Lanka is in the grip of a dictator

Laura Hughes questions Mahinda Rajapaksa’s de facto dictatorship as his opponent is handed another three-year sentence for making allegations against the President’s brother.

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The Good The Bad and The QueenThe Good, The Bad, and The Queen

The Good, The Bad, and The Queen differs from your run of the mill supergroup.

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Last year's winner Roger Federer, Image: mirsasha via Flickr Creative CommonsATP World Tour Finals: Djokovic, Nadal, Murray or Federer?

Luke Gardener looks ahead to this year’s ATP World Tour Finals.

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V for Victory in renovation plans

The revamp of Vanbrugh bar should be celebrated as a great achievement, as long as Commercial Services deliver during the summer

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Men’s water polo inflict Grim defeat on opponents

York’s men’s water polo team secured a close win against Grimsby Town on Wednesday evening, in a tightly fought and fast-paced match.

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Photo credit: Jen WallerOff-campus accomodation sees increase in theft

University of York students have been warned about the need to keep their homes secure, after it emerged there had been an increase in burglaries and thefts from off-campus student accommodation.

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Ferrari's Fernando Alonso, Image: Gregory Moine via Flickr Creative CommonsButton and Rosberg pen multi-year deals: Have Ferrari been stood up?

Andrew Derlien brings us up-to-date with goings on in the world of Formula One.

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Unknown Ritual

The Norman Rea Gallery’s new exhibition blends ancient myth and human calamity to explain the phenomenon of ritual, and to ultimately question: What is death? What comes after it?

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Women’s firsts dominate in comfortable 10-0 victory

In a massively one-sided affair, the York women’s firsts took the game in hand, relaxed, and dissected a clustered and confused Newcastle thirds side.

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Women’s footballers suffer narrow defeat

The women’s footballers’ winless start to the league season continued as their spirited display was outdone by a persistent Northumbria side.

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York scrape through in Cup clash

The men’s football firsts produced an uninspiring display as they edged a narrow cup tie against Newcastle thirds.

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Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers, Image: avinashkunnath via Flickr Creative CommonsMonday Night Lights: Beazley-Long on American Sport

Alex Beazley-Long is back to deliver your fix of all things American Sport.

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Our National Treasure

After a summer of ‘wedding fever’, the Royal Collection has been given a re-vamp. With the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee approaching in 2012, what new artistic direction will the Collection take to celebrate it?

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