Two weeks on, questions about the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi are yet to be (Read More)
I’ve condemned racism my entire life. I’ve been a human rights activist for as long (Read More)
When talking about climate change, Sealey-Huggins (2017) observes that the common discourse reduces the issue to (Read More)
“Although Catholicism doesn’t seem to be going anywhere, the diverging ways of how Catholicism is progressing shows how institutionalised religion is becoming increasingly disorganised. People are finding new ways of doing religion and that doesn’t involve the institutional beliefs on issues such as abortion and same-sex marriage”. (Read More)
“The centenary of the Representation of the People Act provides an important moment to reflect on the position of women in politics. We have a female Prime Minister, but only 32% of MPs are female, and sexist culture in the Commons is still a big issue. How can we ensure that practical change happens fast enough?” (Read More)
“This is what’s happening to Macedonia and Macedonians. We are being rebranded as “Northern Macedonians” and our country as “North Macedonia”, thus relinquishing the terms “Macedonian” and “Macedonia” to our biggest oppressor, Greece, and we get to read about this “victory” in the Western media every day. Our name and identity is being given away to the very country whose primary foreign policy objective is our eradication.” (Read More)
“The centenary of the Representation of the People Act provides an important moment to reflect on the position of women in politics. We have a female Prime Minister, but only 32% of MPs are female, and sexist culture in the Commons is still a big issue. How can we ensure that practical change happens fast enough?” (Read More)
“Political decisions around housing currently help some people but harm others by perpetuating existing problems, fuelling division.” (Read More)
“Whilst it has undoubtedly been the case for several years the NHS appears to be something of a sacred cow within the realm of British political discourse. It’s the closest thing we have to a state-sponsored religion and this reveals itself in the way we talk about and relate ourselves to it.” (Read More)
“Brexit’s is perhaps the most divisive issue ever to befall British politics. Everyone has their own take on the advantages, or pitfalls, of this leap into political uncertainty. It necessitates that Britain re-write its relationship with the European Union, requiring parliament to legislate on areas of policy that once came under the EU’s purview” (Read More)
“Trump is content blackmailing his closest allies, holding them to ransom in a modern incarnation of ‘Gun-Boat diplomacy’, despite the supposed positive relations and shared values of our two nations” (Read More)
“For Machiavelli, the people are the moral universalism at the heart of The Prince. Across 26 chapters, he directs princes to pay their attention to the limits and tolerances of the populace. Whether in hereditary, mixed, ecclesiastical or new principalities, Machiavelli attempts to achieve a delicate balance of protecting the people, protecting the prince and protecting them both from the other.” (Read More)
“Winter, the second of Ali Smith’s Season Quartet, is a contemporary novel of the best kind. The novel’s timespan covers decades, but its critical eye is focused very much on the last few months: Brexit, Immigration, Twitter, Trump.” (Read More)
“They’re more emotionally compelling, and, for this writer, Rocky Balboa is the most compelling of them all.” (Read More)
It’s become too easy to call something ‘Orwellian’. We all know what it means. ‘Big (Read More)
“The expert amateur, wherever they are and whatever they write about, will always have just cause to put pen to paper if they’ve got something to say that is worth reading. ” (Read More)
“Morrowind has a rich atmosphere stuffed with cultural diversity, history and a sense of place. An often alien world, unlike many other RPGs since; the foreign strangeness of the land is palpable. Wizards live in giant mushrooms that they have magically nurtured and have carved homes from. Middle Eastern, Japanese, and nomadic cultures are also prominent in the visuals, ranging from the architecture to the armour design” (Read More)
In November, the World Health Organisation hosted in collaboration with other international organizations, the first (Read More)
Two weeks on, questions about the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi are yet to be (Read More)
“This is what’s happening to Macedonia and Macedonians. We are being rebranded as “Northern Macedonians” and our country as “North Macedonia”, thus relinquishing the terms “Macedonian” and “Macedonia” to our biggest oppressor, Greece, and we get to read about this “victory” in the Western media every day. Our name and identity is being given away to the very country whose primary foreign policy objective is our eradication.” (Read More)
“The latest ploy (and Macedonia is the toy) is to get Macedonia into NATO. Why not get a country that doesn’t need it and can’t afford it into an obsolete organization that should’ve died alongside the Soviet Union, yet only exists to fulfil the goals mentioned above?” (Read More)
I’ve condemned racism my entire life. I’ve been a human rights activist for as long (Read More)
