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26 August 2020
Some of my favourite photographs
Photography is becoming a passion of mine. You can learn all the tricks and techniques in the book, buy the most expensive camera, but if you're not in the right place at the right time, it won't matter. These people were.
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25 August 2020
Dear White People is inclusion done right
Sienna and Tayo talk about how the Netflix show Dear White People gets inclusivity right.
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25 August 2020
Can the news be objective?
"If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear. In times of universal deceit, telling the truth will be a revolutionary act.”
George Orwell
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20 August 2020
The Last of Us Part II joins a proud musical tradition
Players are using the game to play popular songs, joining a pantheon of games with a small dedicated fanbase devoted to recreating their favourite songs in-game
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15 August 2020
What Can We learn from Covid-19?
Dan and Tayo cover what the New Normal could look like, and veer dangerously close to Doomsday prepping!
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14 August 2020
The Viability of the Arts in the Virtual World
For my arts issue, I decided to weigh up the pros and cons of the arts existing in the digital world if theaters and galleries could not reopen due to the pandemic.
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12 August 2020
“Oh, I do like to be beside the seaside!”
The school holidays have officially started and while we may not be going abroad on holiday, many of us are looking forward to short breaks or days out in this country.
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11 August 2020
Emma Purshouse- First Wolverhampton Poet Laureate
Interview (over email due to social distancing) with Wolverhampton Poet Laureate Emma Purshouse on her experiences and involvement in the poetry 'industry'. Published here with full permission from Emma.
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10 August 2020
Truth and Trust: the Rise and Fall of the Expert
“Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'”
Isaac Asimov
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10 August 2020
Masks: The low-down
With horror stories, fake news and armchair scientists all weighing in on the mask debate, I’m here to bust some myths and talk about the right way you can mask up to save lives.
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10 August 2020
Mutual aid - the new normal?
What is mutual aid and why is so important? I take a deeper dive into this emerging trend and ask whether they should become the new normal?
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8 August 2020
Art and culture in the era of BLM
Saskia and Tayo talk about art, culture, and whether there has really been any change as a result of the Black Lives Matter movement.
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6 August 2020
Nature and Climate Change
We're all familiar with the plight of the polar bear as our planet warms, but how is nature as a whole likely to react to a changing climate?
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5 August 2020
The Art of a Good Cover
Here’s a list of some of my favourite cover versions of songs that I love, and why I love them!
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1 August 2020
Decolonising the climate movement
Sadhana and Tayo dissect white environmentalism, discuss the intersection of anti-racism and climate movements and highlight the importance of solidarity
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29 July 2020
Challenge Accepted: The Crisis affecting Turkish women
Some of you may have seen the hashtag #ChallengeAccepted going round on Instagram - accompanied by a black and white selfie. This trend was actually originally intended to raise awareness of the growing violence against women in Turkey.
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29 July 2020
'Are we attracted to Fascism?'
An essay that seeks to answer whether the human species inherently craves Fascism, by analysing the works of key political sociologists, pyschologists, and philosophers.