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Ctrl.Alt.Shift @ Emmanuel Jal

With Easter fast approaching, the first sun of spring in the sky and a regretful hangover in mind it seemed like a good time to go church and ask God to forgive and forget my sins from the night before. But that wasn't the only reason I decided to go to church on Sunday March 15th; that other reason has a name - Emmanuel Jal.

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Ctrl.Alt.Shift @ Baltic

On Friday, Ctrl.Alt.Shift hit the BALTIC to cast an eye over the art created by Graham Hudson, Matthew Stone and 12 students and recent graduates from Newcastle University's LifeWorkArt programme, around conflict.

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Ctrl.Alt.Shift @ The Age Of Stupid Premiere

Mark Sunday March 15th 2009 in your diary as the day climate change was fully, and unquestionably put into the public eye as celebrities, politicians and Joe Public all gathered together to witness history in the making... Climate change film The Age of Stupid had its premiere at London's Leicester Square, along with 65 venues around the country,...

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Ctrl.Alt.Shift @ The Jesmond Festival

Ctrl.Alt.Shift hit the ground at this year's Jesmond Community Festival in Newcastle. In the heavily-student populated region, we gathered up the foot soldiers to indicate how young people are ready and willing to play a big part in global development.

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Blog: Bibi van der Zee

Ban flash mobs? The whole point is that you can’t! News through this week is that the authorities in San Francisco have finally had enough of this anarchic flashmob business, after a pillow case involving somewhere between 1500 and 3000 people went completely crazy, got rained on, and sent several tonnes of feathers down the drains,clogging...

Submitted by Bibi van der Zee

Ctrl.Alt.Shift @ The Jesmond Festival

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Feature: Luxmi's Story

"He was holding my baby and punching me. I didn't know what to do. I was shouting, 'Can you just see what you are doing to my baby, my baby's gonna fall!' He was just holding my baby like you would hold a rag doll. She was barely two months old." The man Luxmi is talking about is her husband, the man who had promised to love and protect...

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Blog: Bibi van der Zee - Flash Mobs

Ban flash mobs? The whole point is that you can’t! News through this week is that the authorities in San Francisco have finally had enough of this anarchic flashmob business, after a pillow fight involving somewhere between 1500 and 3000 people went completely crazy, got rained on, and sent several tonnes of feathers down the drains,...

Submitted by Bibi van der Zee