The Politics of Representation
Earlier this year, the former environment secretary, Michael Gove, spoke repeatedly of a ‘climate emergency’, trumpeting that the UK would be carbon neutral by 2050. This was before he trotted off to cut the ribbon on a gargantuan construction project which will see a third runway built at Heath
Waste Not, Want Not
Just over halfway through a ten-hour shift waiting tables at a fancy wedding, I tapped out for a few seconds in the men’s bathroom. Kneeling down on the tiles, I took a few deep breaths, counting them, and tried to stop retching. A glance into a green food waste bin had prompted my exit. It [&hell
WEEKLY ROUNDUP: HURRICANE DORIAN AND JOHNSON’S FIRST WEEK
Hurricane Dorian In the last few days, Hurricane Dorian has made its way through the Bahamas, leaving behind a path of destruction and devastation. Dorian travelled along the coast of Florida, leaving North Carolina also badly hit. Last Sunday, the hurricane hit Abaco in the North, and subsequentl
Cycling In Bohemia
For the first ten kilometres, I wondered why I’d embarked on this madness. My stomach heaved; twisting shoots of pain speared my legs and a film of sweat slid across my brow. I bit my tongue and pushed down on the pedals as I mounted the hill. Around me lay the vast, rolling expanse of […]
Sex work in the age of social media
“You’re posting naked pictures of yourself online… some people find it to be so scandalous or shameful. I don’t know why, but I don’t have that view of it. Everything I’m doing is legal so. . .how much does society really care anymore?” Sex work has diversified into a set of unique and
WEEKLY ROUNDUP: HONG KONG CONTINUES, THE AMAZON IS BURNING, AND FAKE TWITTER ACCOUNTS REMOVED.
Fires in the Amazon The Amazon rainforest is burning at the fastest rate since records began in 2013, pictures of the browned and smokey wasteland are rampant on social media. The smoke from the fires is so severe that Sao Paulo is getting dark hours before sunset. Meanwhile Jair Bolsonaro seems lit
Weekly Roundup: New frontiers for football, Notre-Dame, and Trump
Mesut Ozil and Sead Kolasinac pawns in gang war On the 25th of July, footage was widely dispersed of Arsenal fullback, Sead Kolasinac, chasing off knife-wielding carjackers in Golders Green, while Mesut Ozil fled from the vehicle. Kolasinac was heralded by Arsenal fans all over social media. And tha
WEEKLY ROUNDUP: FIRES, EXTINCTION, AND TONI MORRISON
Black man led through the streets by white policeman on horseback in Texas On Monday night, the police chief of Galveston Texas, Vernon L. Hale III apologised publicly after footage emerged of mounted police leading a black man along the street by a rope. He said: “First and
Moving Towards Architectural Forgiveness in Poland
Following the Second World War, when nearly ninety percent of Warsaw was reduced to rubble, the city was rebuilt according to the vision of socialist realism and Stalinist classicism. The architectural zenith of this vision was undoubtedly the central Pałac Kultury i Nauki (PKiN), which has since e