As Israel’s bombardment of the Gaza Strip – and more recently the occupied West Bank – continues with intense ferocity, hundreds of people gathered at one of London’s busiest train stations to call for a ceasefire. Yesterday evening, more than 500 protesters sat inside London’s Liverpool Street station during rush hour to call for an end to Israel’s bombardment in the Gaza Strip. People were seen holding Palestinian flags, some with...
On the one hand, Queen Elizabeth II was a constant presence in my life, a figurehead with which my understanding of British identity and history was shaped. On the other, her monarchy represents a colonial era of exploitation and human atrocity that shouldn’t be ignored. Queen Elizabeth II died on September 8th, 2022. No matter what decade you were born, the monarchy and Queen Elizabeth II have always been divisive....
The small Ukrainian town of Yahidne is being cleared of remnants of Russian invasion and rebuilt by young volunteers to the soundtrack of house and techno music. Since the last days of February, Eastern Ukraine has experienced unrelenting shelling and occupation by Russian soldiers. Even the country’s smallest and least populated towns have not been exempt from this reality. Located in the North East, Yahidne is home to just 300 people,...
Big cities offer exciting job opportunities, a glamorous social scene, and the convenience of a modern lifestyle. But are these things really what life is all about? Is city life draining you? Done with expensive commutes, high rent costs, low salaries, and being bombarded with up to 3,500 marketing messages everyday? Perhaps you need a break on a sweet potato farm. That’s what Chinese professionals had in mind when they joined a large-scale...
Perpetuating the toxic narrative that we need to alter our physical form for a season is having a serious toll on our mental health. Here’s why we should put the notion behind us once and for all. Trigger Warning: this article contains mention of eating disorders. Every year, as the warmer months roll in, an all-too-familiar phrase begins to permeate our conversations, our social media feeds, our television screens. Like clockwork, we’re...
New Zealand’s Laurel Hubbard has been selected for the Tokyo 2020 women’s weightlifting team after qualifying requirements were recently modified.
A revolutionary decision from Olympic officials is poised to make history and headlines at this year’s games – in addition to provoking significant controversy.
Laurel Hubbard, a weightlifter from New Zealand, has been confirmed as the first-ever openly transgender athlete to compete following changes to qualifying requirements.
The new IOC
New research shows that car tires are responsible for shedding around 100,000 metric tonnes of microplastic a year, the majority of which end up in the oceans. We’ve always known that cars were an environmentally inefficient method of travel, but a new study has put an emphatic exclamation point on the matter. Scientists have discovered that the friction caused by tires speeding across asphalt shreds plastic into microparticles on...
Following alarming reports that child gambling is on the rise, we examine the methodology behind luring forms of advertising and tell you what to look out for. A UK study from The Gambling Commission revealed that 450,000 children aged 11 to 16 are now betting regularly, with campaigners labelling the issue a ‘generational scandal’. Despite CAP failsafes (UK Code of Non-broadcast Advertising, Sales...
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