Martin Day

news editor 2024–
slamming the wasps from the pure apple of truth

The haunting inevitability of Donald Strangelove Trump

Stanley Kubrick’s 1964 black comedy Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, is widely considered one of the greatest works of satire in cinematic history. Telling the story of a rogue American general who kickstarts a chain reaction of events that ultimately culminates in...
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Posted Feb. 24, 2024

Young people lack basic workplace skills, warn businesses

A generation of young workers do not have the basic skills needed to survive in the workplace, a Conservative business leader has warned, because of the legacy of pandemic lockdowns. Baroness Ruby McGregor-Smith said that the disruption caused to education by the coronavirus pandemic had left students without the necessary...
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Posted Feb. 19, 2024

International students turning away from Britain, Birkbeck Vice Chancellor warns

International students are being dissuaded from studying in the UK due to recent government actions, a university Vice-Chancellor has warned.  Professor David Latchman, Vice-Chancellor at the University of Birkbeck, said that an “unfavourable atmosphere” created by the British government was causing students from abroad to pull out of university courses. ...
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Posted Feb. 15, 2024

The Opposing Irish Case

This letter is written in response to a letter titled “The Irish Case” written in November 1973: The Irish Case Dear Sir, and Fellow Students, Many British citizens- ask “what does the IRA want- why don’t they come out in the open and fight etc?” This is understandable. However, so...
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Posted Dec. 8, 2023

Unexploded WWII bomb found in Leamington river

Warwickshire Police have carried out a controlled explosion after an arsenal of Second World War weapons, including an unexploded bomb, was found in a river in Leamington Spa. Officers were alerted on November 5 after the Peaky Dippers History Hunters, a magnet fishing group, pulled grenades, anti-aircraft bullets, unexploded ordnance,...
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Posted Nov. 19, 2023