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The devil in the dating apps
Modern technology does not encourage long-term relationships but a spiral of swiping
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The Diversity, Equality and Inclusion agenda promised a fairer form of policing, but has delivered a weaker one
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Feeling maximally healthy and productive is not the point of life
Joyless virtue signalling masquerading as scholarship
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