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The Americanisation of British politics is nearly complete
America is the great bogeyman of British culture. We are constantly afraid that we are too much like America, and thus are losing...


The fight against fast fashion
With the fashion industry generating a greater impact on the global climate than all international airline flights and maritime shipping...


Profile: Aung San Suu Kyi
Born to the revolutionary Aung San, Aung San Suu Kyi has single-handedly changed the course of history in Myanmar. Following intermittent...


Need to know: Hong Kong protests
How did Hong Kong get here? After the failed trial of a Hong Kong resident who murdered his pregnant girlfriend in Taiwan, the...


Russian aggression in Ukraine cannot be permitted or normalised
High hopes, weighed down by cautious cynicism, accompanied a December summit which saw Russian president Vladimir Putin meet with his...


Gentrification: Killing culture?
“Welcome to Fear City - A survival guide for Visitors to the City of New York”. This was the title of the pamphlet you were kindly given...


For and Against: Are terrorists beyond redemption?
Oliver Barsby argues against In November 2019, in the build-up to an election, the whole of Britain stopped to pay respect to victims of...


Greta Thunberg: too much power for a teenager?
Greta Thunberg has been under the spotlight for the past year. She gained immediate popularity after being spotted outside the Swedish...


The Poppy: a symbol of remembrance or war?
There was always going to be a stigma around poppies. The concept of war seems outdated in an age that prides itself on social...


Politicians facing climate change – incompetent or corrupt?
Considering that 71% of Britons consider the climate emergency a more pressing issue than Brexit, it would be expected that politicians...
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