Today’s Britain has been made poorer, less tolerant and less safe by the passing of the Police and Crime Bill. Its a piece of legislation noted for its largeness, its contentious section restricting the right […]
Greta Thunberg: “You are never too small to make a difference”
“Is the microphone on? Is it really on? Is my English ok? Because I’m beginning to wonder.”
Pick up a non-fiction book every once in a while!
Non-Fiction is not everybody’s favourite. Particularly during term-time, when so much of your reading is dedicated to dense, academic texts, reading a book for pleasure can be the last thing we want to do. When […]
COP25: Discussions In The Face Of A Climate Emergency
At the 2015 Paris Agreements, it was decided that the planet could only survive a 1.5 degree rise in global temperature. Any higher and experts warned of the catastrophic impacts. Five years later, as world […]
Coldplay or Not to Play?
To celebrate the release of their much anticipated new album Everyday Life, Coldplay, one of the world’s biggest bands, has decided to travel back in time to the days when sell-out world tours were a […]
Should He Stay or Should He Go? Should Piers Morgan be Given a Platform?
Twitter has been divided on the issue of Piers Morgan being given a platform to voice his controversial views on national television. Morgan has always been known for causing controversy and is frequently criticised for […]
We’re Not Scaremongering. This Is Really Happening.
So goes Radiohead’s ‘Idioteque’, from 2000 album Kid A. An album that Rolling Stone ranked as the best of the noughties, an album which, upon release, charted at number 1 in the UK, the US, […]
Trump, Children, Hacktivists: 2019’s Nobel Peace Prize Nominees
It’s not uncommon for the Nobel Prizes to be surrounded by controversy. Last year, the Nobel Literature Prize was postponed due to one of the committee members, Jean-Claude Arnault, being imprisoned for two counts of […]
Systems Change, Not Climate Change: The Discord Between Young Climate Strikers And Our Political Systems
Young people are more politically active now than ever before. The climate action movement sweeping across the world has created a platform for youth to have their voices heard and demand governments to prioritize tackling […]
12,000 Protesters at Climate Change Strike in Leeds City Centre
An estimated 12,000 people of all ages protested against climate change in Leeds today. Participants gathered in Millennium Square at 11am to listen to speeches, before a 1 hour march around the city centre, finishing […]