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12 June 2017
How the election went down
The election proved farcical from start to finish, and no-one is better off for it.
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12 June 2017
Interview with Cristina Fray
13-year-old Matilda star Cristina Fray sat down with me to talk about her experiences in professional theatre from the age of seven
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11 June 2017
The pressures and challenges for male dancers
This blog is about the pressures and challenges that male dancers go through in the industry of dance.
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9 June 2017
GE17: A victory for progressive politics
Little might actually change but yesterday's vote was a huge achievement for progressive politics.
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8 June 2017
GE17: Generation Rent
Young people face astronomical costs for house deposits preventing us from being able to by property like our parents did, if at all. Paired with rocketing rent costs and other financial barriers, we are making young people too dependent on their parents - for those who are lucky enough to get that support.
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8 June 2017
GE17: Hands off my Human Rights
Human Rights protect us all - changing them is the first step down a slippery slope to a dystopian nightmare.
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8 June 2017
GE17: Why do we hate talking about politics?
It sounds perfectly simple: just bash it out with people willing to listen. At the same time, I understand people feeling reluctant about or bored with political chat.
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7 June 2017
GE17: Food for thought
Free school meals have been compulsory for over 100 years. In 2017, are we really going to vote to take a guaranteed meal out of children's mouths?
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7 June 2017
GE17: What’s most important to me in this General Election?
To be considered healthy is to be in good physical and mental condition. So why do we only focus on one half of that equation?
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7 June 2017
Parkour: is it an artform or a sport?
These are my views on whether parkour is an artform or a sport.
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7 June 2017
Why Performing Arts subjects should stay in the curriculum
In this essay, I discuss the for and against arguments for last years debate on whether Arts subjects should remain in the curriculum. I am very passion about the arts and believe that these subjects will help to enhance and enrich the learning of young people. This is to help with my Gold Arts Award.
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7 June 2017
Why is it seen as wrong for males to wear makeup?
My own point of view on how it is seen as right and wrong for males to wear makeup in the 21st Century.
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7 June 2017
Why are women so sexualised in music videos? And what impact does it have on the audience?
my views on how I feel about sexualised women in popular music videos and the impact is has on the audience, especially the younger generation.
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7 June 2017
Is UK Contemporary Dance Up To Scratch?
Is UK contemporary dance up to sctratch?
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7 June 2017
Does the performing arts have to break the bank?
As someone who's only form of training being from a high school, I feel passionate about the fact that making it in the business shouldn't be about how much money you have. Money doesn't equal talent but to pay for higher education it doesn't matter ho talented you are if you don't have the money to pay for it, you are not getting in. I feel passionate about getting underprivileged kids into the performing arts, but what's the point if they can afford to take their talent into a career.
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7 June 2017
GE17: What Matters To Me
There are many issues that matter to me but in the upcoming General Election I'm going to vote based on the future I definitely don't want to see.
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7 June 2017
GE17: Why your vote counts
'It doesn't make any difference'…'They're all the same'
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6 June 2017
GE17: Empathy matters to me
With the General Election looming political policies are now, more than ever, a point of constant discussion, but my vote comes down to empathy.