You cannot discriminate on age grounds - if anything you have grounds for threatening to sue!

Mud wrestling

Not phobia level, but I'm freaked out by baked beans

katq - if a user called 'mooncup' appears on the forum we'll know it's DanB!

Ummmm I wasn't actually being gracious...I was on hol in the States for two weeks and din't have internet access...but I like the assumption that deep down I'm a mature and sensitive person LOL!!!!!!

I'm social science so anyone who does more than sitting around drinking coffee and watching Judge Judy all day is a real keener LOL

I'm annoyed that the government is so intend on 50% of people going to University, but you start accruing a shortfall during your undergraduate degree. If you want people to stay in education, give them the support necessary

I've acquired an exercise bike recently...great clothes rack

I wasn't asked to prove anything

HA HA HA if they'd seen my bank account they would have thought twice about that offer

Luigi - not all areas of research are well funded so there simply isn't the money available to fund every PhD student.

If it's relevant to your topic then yes, but it will primarily come down to your grades and proposal.

Depends on the proposal although it helps if you got a first

They've just cut the number of places allocated to Unis so it looks like it will be getting even more competitive

It is very difficult to get into the LSE so I second making other applications as well to less prestigious institutions. I know someone who applied for less popular courses in the same department in the hope that he could transfer onto that course (as it turns out he loved the original course so he stayed on that!)

All the girls have their 'first day of school outfits' fresh from TopShop on - it'll be all T-shirts and sweat pants soon!

My days of leggings, puffball skirts, baseball boots with dayglo quiggles on (plus matching swatch watch and those stringy dayglo bracelets) all with a hair scarf are well and truly over

My rule is you should never wear a fashion craze if you're old enough it have worn it the first time around