By Daisy Handscomb On 11th January, photos emerged online of the Chartwells food parcels delivered to parents of children eligible for free school meals. Provided through third-party catering services, mainly Chartwells UK, the parcels replaced […]
Category: Social Affairs
Instagram’s nudity policy reveals racism and fatphobia is rife on the platform
By Zazie Atkinson Instagram and Facebook recently announced a change in their nudity policy, allowing them to differentiate between art and expression and pornographic content. What brought this on, however, is what many assert is […]
The looming exams crisis caused by COVID-19
By Noah Keate Although schools remain open during the second nationwide lockdown, questions have been raised over the looming exams crisis casting a shadow over the state of GCSE and A-Level exams next summer. The […]
Could Rishi Sunak’s ‘retraining’ advice cause more harm for the arts and performance industry?
On Monday this week, “crass” Cyber First adverts surfaced on Twitter, sparking outrage in the creative industries. It followed the initial outcry from those working in the arts, after Chancellor Rishi Sunak apparently stated that they should […]
Hands off my NHS: Who is Dido Harding and what is 1828?
Last week, Matt Hancock announced that Public Health England would be abolished, citing its failure to handle the coronavirus pandemic as the reason for its replacement. In its place, the new National Institute for Health […]
Fast fashion is a bad look worldwide – so why do we only care about UK workers?
By Abigail Howe This must be an age of reckoning for fast fashion. Except we already knew about Leicester. National fast fashion retailer Quiz has dropped its Leicester supplier after allegations that factories are forcing […]
Privileged, fatphobic and blame-shifting: Boris Johnson’s obesity plan
By Rachael Shabetai Obesity has hit the headlines recently, with the government announcing its plans to tackle the so-called ‘obesity crisis’. Johnson has said these plans have been designed to protect ourselves against COVID-19. Disappointingly, […]
Windrush Generation: What has happened since the 2018 scandal?
By Giorgia Vittorino It has been two years since the Windrush scandal came to public attention in 2018. The scandal, which surfaced during Theresa May’s administration, resulted in hundreds of Caribbean immigrants falling victim to […]
The latest on Pornhub’s sex trafficking allegations
Everybody’s favourite porn site? Or is the friendliness just a veneer? Pornhub was created in 2007 and has supposedly allowed illegal and exploitative content to exist on the site ever since. Christian anti-sex trafficking organisation […]
Glasgow stabbings reveal how the UK fails asylum seekers
By Iona Holmes Just a few weeks ago, reports concerning the appalling conditions that asylum seekers were being subjected to in Glasgow hotels started to trickle through media outlets. When a stabbing occurred at the […]