Mental Health Awareness week: ex-footballer discusses media bullying
Luke Chadwick's retrospective candidness on the effects of bullying has drawn attention to how our times have changed. If you don’t know who Luke Chadwick is then I can hardly blame you. If you weren’t a big fan of football or born before 1995 (neither of which I was)...
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‘A people’s vaccine’ – 140+ global leaders call for virus vaccine to be free
Global leaders pre-empt efforts of the wealthiest corporations and governments to privatise the eventual coronavirus vaccine. Over 140 global leaders and experts issued an open letter on Thursday this week urging all world powers to unilaterally guarantee that, once scientists discover a cure for the COVID-19 virus, it will...
COVID-19 will transform the workplace Gen Z is entering
As humanity comes to redefine its social structures in the wake of a global shakeup, the concept of a 9-5 adulthood might be blinking out of existence. Throughout history there have been pockets of time where people have unwittingly become part of a social experiment. In ancient Sparta, society...
Quality of life indicators more important than GDP, says UK poll
Economic indicators have fallen out of step with our lived values, and according to a recent poll the UK has noticed. This week the UK’s latest GDP figures will be published, covering the period from January to the end of March. GDP is calculated by taking the sum total of...
Meet ‘The Twenty Minute VC’ that has shaped the industry since his teens
Harry Stebbings has managed to crack into the world of venture capital and create the field’s biggest podcast, ‘The Twenty Minute VC’, at just 23-years-old. You may not have heard of Harry Stebbings, but he’s a big deal in the world of venture capital. At 18 years old he set up...
#DrawFor: the new charity helping artists and key workers
Spun out of the coronavirus pandemic, DrawFor is a new non-profit organisation that’s giving back to NHS key workers through artist donations, and anyone can get involved. Do you fancy yourself as a bit of an up-and-coming artist? Have some work you’d like to share on social media? Would...
August’s March on Washington: will the world follow suit?
On the anniversary of the ’63 March on Washington, America will rise up once more. Will the rest of the world follow suit? Well-known preacher and black activist Al Sharpton has announced that he’s organising a March on Washington this August 28th to protest the recent death of George Floyd, as well as years of systemic racism and police brutality in the US. Sharpton issued...
Hungary pushes to end legal recognition of trans people
Hungary’s right-wing government continues to use emergency powers granted during the pandemic to further their anti-LGBT+ agenda. In a move being described by independent MPs as ‘evil’ and ‘a step back in time’, Hungarian PM Orbán looks likely to drive legislation through his predominantly right-wing parliament that will end the legal recognition of trans people in Hungary. The bill will officially redefine gender as ‘biological...
Is COVID-19 causing a mental health crisis?
For millions of people who struggle with their mental health, lockdown heralds a huge and unplanned challenge. But some medical experts argue that depression and anxiety during a pandemic are features of mental wellness, not mental illness. Understandably, the physical health of the world is currently at the forefront of everybody’s minds. During the COVID-19 outbreak we have to heal our bodies and ensure the safety of our fellow...
Young women have found their niche in climate activism
Thanks to a cohort of inspiring females, climate change looks fitting to be the first issue of international importance shaped by the female gaze. The other week I wrote a piece on how climate change disproportionately disadvantages women, and how we are likely to be the most disenfranchised by the process of global warming. It stands to reason, then, that in the fight against climate change,...
