The youth of today: the Conservatives’ latest scapegoat
Illustrations by Hannah Robinson The Tories seem to have found their scapegoat for the seemingly “inevitable” second wave of Covid-19. Young people. Matt Hancock, the Health Secretary, has said that the…
Is it time to decriminalise drugs?
Illustrations by Hannah Robinson Drugs have long been the subject of heavily divisive debate and a polarising issue between those on the left and the right. Conservatives in the UK and…
COVID-19: the great leveller myth
Illustrations by Hannah Robinson When Boris Johnson tested positive for Covid-19 in late March, Michael Gove reminded us that “the virus does not discriminate”. The UK government spread the myth of…
Systemic racism: the true legacy of empire?
Illustrations by Hannah Robinson It is very easy to look across the pond to the United States, see the deep-rooted societal issues around race relations and say: ‘that is tragic, but…
Systemic racism in British sport: not such a level playing field
Illustrations by Hannah Robinson British Sport is a long way off from truly being equal to all. Sport is a universal language that connects people regardless of their background and has…
Wilfred Owen warned us of the dangers of war rhetoric – lest we forget
Illustrations by Hannah Robinson Never has a work of literature so accurately articulated the profound dangers of war rhetoric than Wilfred Owen’s World War I poem Dulce Et Decorum Est. Owen…
We’ve never been in the same boat, COVID-19 won’t change that
Illustrations by Hannah Robinson I’m fed up of people saying things like ‘we’re all in the same boat’; COVID-19 has not suddenly caused inequalities to disappear. We have never been in…