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Tomorrow, the 9^th of May, thousands of Malaysians will cast their vote in the 14^th general election. Many consider this election to be one of the fiercest political battle between the ruling coalition, Barisan Nasional (the National Front) and the opposition party, Pakatan Harapan (The Alliance of Hope).

Year 3 project marks can be collected from Nicola's office any time after 2.30pm this afternoon.

I like to think of myself as quite a forward-thinking kind of person. But one thing I only discovered last week was that of the polyamorous relationship.

Have you ever done something you’ve regretted? Said something you wish you could take back? Or even had a controversial thought that doesn’t reflect your beliefs?

(If you answered no to all of these, I don’t believe you.)

Well I’m part of the first generation of guinea pigs whose regrettable comments from my younger and less mature self are documented. In public. Forever.

I’m talking about the medicine and poison that is social media. The magic tool that has connected people all over the world, transformed lives in so many tremendous ways, but also ruined many too.

I used to be so enthusiastically in favour of referendums. I admired the Swiss system of semi-direct democracy. I naively thought it could be adopted here in the UK one day. Now I believe that referendums hurt our democracy much more than they help it.

As I’m sure all of you will know, May started on Wednesday. What less of you may know, however, is that May is World Mental Health Month, or MHM for short.

This is a month in which everyone comes together to promote advocacy for mental health support, share their stories and raise money for charities such as Mind and CALM. Millions of pounds are raised every year in the UK alone and thousands of people share their stories and pitch in, whether that be doorstep work such as asking for donations or volunteering at their local Mind charity shop.

Steve Adler is the Mayor of Austin, Texas. He is Jewish but his advocacy for the rights of Muslims and immigrants and his vocal resistance against the exclusion of minorities from important social and political decision-makings have made him a popular politician and lawyer nationally and internationally.

I’m not sure how exactly to review the ultimate “you had to be there” activity, but I emerged from The VOID’s fully immersive Star Wars VR experience with a burning desire to scream about it from the rooftops, so here we go.