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The following piece is written by 22 year-old Ken Livingstone who grew up in Manchester. Much like the previous piece uploaded to the blog, Ken provides a first-hand account of … Continue reading “You May Never Understand, But You Can Try”
The following piece is from Seun Odusanya, who shares her experience of growing up as a black British girl. She was made aware of her differences as a teenager, as … Continue reading “Am I Good Enough?”
Now, let’s talk about Donald J.Trump, the President of the USA. In Part 1 of this piece, we discussed the concept of freedom, which is a major strand of patriotic … Continue reading Land of the Free? (Part 2)
During this period, every one of us will have struggled at some point from a mental health perspective. The following piece comes from an expert in the field, Jeremy Clarke … Continue reading Health, Work and COVID-19: why we must avoid repeating the mistakes of the past
The following piece is from Lilia Sebouai, an aspiring newspaper journalist who recently interned with The Telegraph. The debate over ‘voluntourism’ is becoming ever more prominent amongst the younger demographics. … Continue reading How the pandemic stopped me from being a ‘voluntourist’…
Eloise Savill grew up in Bristol and works in the modern slavery charity sector. In this following piece she reflects on historical remnants of the slave trade here in the … Continue reading How can we dismantle the structures of slavery?
This is part 1 of a condensed version of episode 4 from our podcast series on racism. The focus is on racism in the US today. Now, it is often … Continue reading Land of the Free? (Part 1)
This is the second guest blog for TNS, written by the brilliant, budding young journalist Bea Tridimas. I’m sure many of us, including myself, have considered learning a new language … Continue reading It’s All Greek to Me… why learning another language is so important
This is the first guest blog for TNS, written by the wonderful Hannah Chappatte of HYBR. She details why she established HYBR and the solutions they provide for student housing. … Continue reading How a bad student rental experience led me to take on the lettings industry…
Now, for this part, I want to turn our focus over to the world of sport. Let’s examine the way many black footballers are treated in the media. Sky Sports … Continue reading Is the UK Media racist? (Part 2)
This piece is a shortened version of the first half of episode 3 in our podcast series on racism. So far we’ve looked at the meaning of the term white … Continue reading Is the UK Media racist? (Part 1)
The following piece is more or less a transcript of the 2nd episode of our podcast series on racism. I will look to put out shortened versions of each episode … Continue reading How bad was Winston Churchill? A False Idol?
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