Earlier this year a social documentary workshop was held in Ougadougou, Burkina Faso by Cinema, Human Rights and Advocacy and the films made at the workshop – looking at sexual abuse, prostitution and health – have just been put on up on the internet. In…
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The twenty-first century has opened with a series of disasters closely associated with the United States: 9/11, Hurricane Katrina, the economic crash – disasters political, cultural, environmental and economic suggestive of the possibility that US power is on the wane. These ongoing…
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Tess Woodcraft writes: All over the world women and men are taking part in events to mark the UN’s 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence. I went to a windswept pavement outside Southall Town Hall in West London to…
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What would it mean to develop medical treatment for the core features of autism? Recent research has enriched our understanding of the biology of autism, as well as the social experiences of being autistic, but the core biological features of…
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Welcoming international students used to be one of the key ways that Britain developed long-term, soft power relationships to aid trade and wield political influence. One in ten current global leaders were educated in the UK. But according to independent…
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“People and their talents are two of the core drivers of sustainable, long-term economic growth. If half of these talents are underdeveloped or underutilized, the economy will never grow as it should “ So says the World Economic Forum this…
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Rife Magazine, the new online youth magazine, is now alive & kicking! Covering lots of different issues – What it means to be Black, 10 meals for a fiver, book and film reviews, a great upskilling section – it is…
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Colour trends are watched carefully in all sorts of industries – fashion,, paint manufacturer and web design to name just three. But how do you identify a trend? What data sources can give you a good idea of the popularity of colours?
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In October 2013, the British government gave a green light to the UK’s first nuclear power station in a generation. It will be built at Hinckley Point in Somerset by a consortium which is led by France’s EDF Energy and…
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Three weeks ago, well-known feminist gaming critic Anita Sarkeesian was forced to leave her San Francisco home due to an ongoing tirade of abuse and threats. Members of a vocal minority of online trolls had threatened to kill her parents, drink her…
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