‘Legacy.’ It’s said that George H.W. Bush never much liked the word. His son and heir to the throne said the elder Bush thought the word self serving, a politically loaded term bandied about to […]
‘Tis the Season…For Shocking Increases In Food Bank Reliance
Following a successful trial last Summer, supermarket giant Sainsbury’s are relaunching a new initiative designed to encourage increased donations to local food banks. The idea – coming from a group of teenagers in Exeter doing […]
We’re Not Doing Enough for Women Abused by Loved Ones
For thousands of women across the world, the men closest to them are the most dangerous. The 25th November marked the start of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence to combat violence against […]
The Rot Of David Cameron And The Tory Party
There has been a deluge of commentary as of late about David Cameron, who joins Tony Blair as one of the most widely reviled ex-Prime Ministers that Britain has ever had the misfortune to suffer. […]
Advocating For An “Uncivil” Politics
I’d like to start with the caveat that I don’t know whether opinion journalism is as important as news reporting. In order to have some kind of value, I guess this kind of journalism has […]
Why Half Of America Is So Worried About The Notorious RBG
For liberal Americans, the name Ruth Bader Ginsburg – known affectionately as RBG – is synonymous with everything in which they believe. At 85, she is one of the oldest judges on the Supreme Court […]
Is Patriotism An Antidote For Nationalism?
While addressing a ceremony at the centenary of the armistice at the Arc De Triomphe, French President Emmanuel Macron warned of the alarming rise of nationalism across Western Europe and the United States. He described it […]
Art And Communism
Communism is the economic and political belief that all property is owned by the community. In reality, this mutates into the notion that everything is therefore owned by the state. Its opposite ideology is known […]
Can Trump And The Democrats Work Together?
Now the midterms are over and the Democrats have regained control of one chamber in Congress, it seems more unlikely than ever that Republican and Democratic divides can be overcome. Just one day after the […]
Ozone Healing: Are We Doing Enough?
It seems miraculous to hear anything positive about the environment and global warming, but this week the UN published a report that managed to make me feel like lugging all my glass bottles to the […]
A 94-Year-Old Man Is On Trial: Justified?
On the 6th November, former Nazi guard, Johann Rehbogen, went on trial for his complicity in the murder of hundreds of people in Stutthof Camp, Poland. This is not the first trial of its kind: […]
Leeds Council Must Ban Cars To Take On Air Pollution
There was a fantastic article in last week’s Gryphon, outlining the unprecedented level of air pollution found in Leeds. Not only is the air quality in Leeds the third worst in the U.K. It’s also […]