Blaming young people for…well, everything, has become a national pastime. House prices? Gen Z should stop buying avocado toast. Mental health issues? We’re just snowflakes refusing to toughen up. Wanting to actually live rather than slowly wither behind a desk in a lifeless open-plan office? Lazy. Unpatriotic. Disgraceful. Except, now, it turns...
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International Women’s Day has long been a time for both celebration and reflection. In 2025, the theme ‘Accelerate Action’ calls for urgency in tackling gender inequality. Yet, it can be argued that globally, women’s rights are not accelerating forward but are being reversed — often under the guise of protection....
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This month, the German Bundestag passed a resolution titled ‘Never Again is Now: Protect, Preserve, and Strengthen Jewish Life in Germany,’ signifying a notable legislative response to combat rising antisemitism following the Hamas attacks on October 7, 2023, and subsequent, arguably genocidal Israeli retaliation. Despite the resolution’s apparent support for...
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When Luigi Mangione’s chiselled jawline first graced the collective consciousness of the internet, it wasn’t in a Calvin Klein or luxury fragrance advert, but on grainy security footage accompanied by an announcement from the NYPD (New York City Police Department). The Ivy League-educated 26-year-old was arrested for the murder of...
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Following a string of inflammatory and misogynistic posts on X, Sorcha Eastwood, MP for Lagan Valley, filed a lawsuit against Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan Tate on January 10, 2025. As a survivor of abuse and recipient of rape threats, Eastwood has consistently worked to raise awareness of how...
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On December 8 2024, Ahmed al-Sharaa, also known as Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, addressed a gathering at Damascus’s Umayyad Mosque. Having led the coalition that overthrew the Assad regime, he now stands at the centre of Syria’s uncertain future at the age of 42. He called for introspection, solidarity, and progress...
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The tragic events at the Magdeburg Christmas market on December 20 2024, in which five people, including a nine-year-old child, lost their lives and over two hundred others were injured, were met with an immediate media and political response that followed an all-too-familiar pattern. In the tumultuous early hours after...
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Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter, rebranded as X, was supposed to mark the beginning of a new era of free speech and open dialogue. Rather, the platform has reverted to a political manipulation and censorship quagmire. Musk, the self-proclaimed ‘free speech absolutist’, has revealed himself to be anything but. Under...
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