Category: What’s In The News
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We need to talk about ‘Cuties’
The depiction of one social issue the world was not ready to see. This review contains spoilers. New release films these days are little to write home about. With series taking the lead in interesting, previously unexplored storylines, all the films I’ve seen of late have left little to be desired. Then, amid protests about…
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Hyde Park Mass Gathering: The West doesn’t know what it’s like not to have freedom
There is no room for self-entitlement during a global pandemic. On Saturday 16th May 2020, masses of people took to Hyde Park to protest the nationwide lockdown. The general message of the protesters was that they say no to the ‘Coronavirus Bill’, no to the “new normal” and that the virus is fake, caused by…
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‘You Clap For Me Now’: the poem people aren’t willing to hear
Denying that racism exists, is just as bad as racism itself. Many of you would’ve seen the poem, penned by Darren James Smith, directed by Sachini Imbuldeniya titled, ‘You Clap For Me Now’, posted by the guardian. The poem celebrates all the NHS workers who have been risking their lives on the frontline, as well…
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The controversy surrounding Tik Tok’s ‘mugshot challenge’
Trigger warning: this article contains talk on domestic violence, abuse and potentially triggering images. How did you not consider that this could be triggering for those suffering from domestic violence, or abuse? The boredom surrounding lockdown is beginning to take its toll. Those of us who aren’t going insane from cabin fever, are doing our…
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The Merciless Nature of Humanity in a Crisis
From capitalising on people’s fear to buying in excess, how the threat of the coronavirus is bringing out the worst in everyone. I want to start by saying this was not a subject I was planning on covering. Since the only advice the government has issued is to wash our hands (which people should be…
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Rapper Dave vs. OFCOM: the latest attempt to silence the truth
How the British public need to redirect their energy to the people who are actually causing our society harm. It’s been almost two weeks since the Brit Awards, but it was unlikely that the British public was watching anything else that Tuesday night. Although the lack of female representation at the award show left many…
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Why only in death is ‘change’ a topic of discussion?
This article contains the mention of suicide. On 15 February, TV presenter Caroline Flack took her own life and was found dead in her flat in East London. Generally, with such an untimely death of a beloved celebrity, plenty of speculation follows as people try to piece together the last few months of their life…
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Racism In Britain Is Not A Myth
So, the start of 2020 has been an interesting one; only fourteen days in and there’s enough calamity rampant in the media to sustain us for an entire decade. There is one story that doesn’t seem to be subsiding, however, and that is the abrupt exit of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle from their royal…
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