The Terror: A Journey into the Darkness of the Self
How do you get a boat load of 19 th century young men to agree to risking their lives (real big time) for nothing but a state salary and a pat on the back? You make them believe in something; in their country’s goals, in the knowledge and the power of the British empire, in En…
Puppies for Sale: The Truth About the Global Pet Industry
It's 2017, the age of social responsibility, mindfulness and environmental awareness. Supposedly, we treat animals better than we've ever done before. At this point, over half of all households in the USA own a pet and the pet industry now nets over US$60 billion a…
TTIP Stands For Corporations Not People
TTIP could be the corporate Trojan horse of the 21 st century, giving more rights to self-interested international corporations, and less to those in favour of a future Britain that isn’t shit and reliant on mindless consumerism. So you should be taking notes. Opinions on T…
Millennials Have No Time For Thinking
Ice caps are melting, tuition fees are rising, health services are privatising, arts funding is diminishing, attention spans are shortening and no one cares. Except perhaps for the 30 or so minutes they’re trending on Facebook. Activism on social media goes as far as a o…
UK Junior Doctors Strike: It’s not about money, it’s about ideology
Quite rightly, there’s a lot of talk about the junior doctor’s strike currently ongoing in the UK. On social media, in national and international news, and on the mouths of anyone with an invested interest in their nation’s health, we’re not short on things to say. But the di…
