Harlem has been classified as a historically African American neighbourhood, associated with the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s and years of racially divided districts.
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Brutalism’s revival: The forgotten ethics
Brutalism, identified by its chunky peculiarity and concrete oddity is both adored and loathed, understood and condemned. But as its national demolition is routinely being called for, an insurgence in its popularity has emerged, only to illuminate the current isolation between politics and architecture – a relationship once intrinsic to our fabric of life.
Read More #CARRYTHEMHOME – How England Rugby Wins Social Media
With a combined following of over 3,000,000 on ‘the big three’, England Rugby trumps the web presence of any other team competing in the Six Nations. If you’re living, working, or studying in the UK and haven’t liked the Facebook page, it’s almost a guarantee that at least 10 of your Facebook friends have. So…
Read More Is Capitalism to Blame For Our Health Anxiety?
Health anxiety affects 20% of the general population. In our fragile capitalist climate, analysing the relationship between systematic insecurity and biological insecurity may well be overdue.
Read More The people with chronic pain who fall through the cracks in the NHS
Imagine being in so much pain that you never left the house unless you had to. Now imagine you couldn’t make that pain go away. The charity Pain UK estimates that 14 million people in Britain are suffering from chronic pain, defined medically as pain persisting longer than three months. Others put that number much higher.…
Read More The devastating effects of American intervention in Guatemala
Installed in the wake of the coup were a series of military, authoritarian governments, funded and advised by the United States. These governments waged a brutal war of repression against not just the guerrilla opposition that sprung up to oppose them, but against the indigenous way of life in Guatemala as a whole. The US…
Read More #wearwhatyouwant: Islamophobia and Sexism in the West
UPDATE: France’s top administrative court, the Council of State, has now overturned a ban of the Burkini in the French town Villeneuve-Loubet. This decision is expected to set a legal precedent for other French towns which have similar bans. (As reported by the Associated Press) This ruling is part of a test case that resulted…
Read More Parliament debates student loans petition
A petition against the Government’s decision to retrospectively change student loan agreements was debated by Parliament on 18th July. The debate was prompted by the petition receiving over 10,000 signatures, however did not result in policy change. In 2010 the Government promised that, in line with average earnings, the Student Loans repayment threshold of £21,000 would…
Read More Reducing the harm of drug use at UK Universities
In May this year, Newcastle University’s Students Union became the first SU in the UK to offer drug testing kits to its students.
Read More ‘World’s worst terrorist’: Verdict and reaction, the Chilcot Report
Tony Blair labelled ‘the world’s worst terrorist’ by relative of British soldier killed in Iraq as Chilcot Report is released after seven-year-long wait.
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