Who in politics, both domestic and international, among any of the G8+, can honestly say they were motivated by anything other than power…
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The Authentic Writer – Authority and Control
Can writers be authentic or is the control they have a paradox?
The Will to Write – A Fiery Re-entry
First of all, Welcome! My name is Chris and this is my blog. I was/am a writer and have been for nearly three years (astonishingly). I used to create for an Automotive journalism company but now work in a sushi company. The reason for this blog has always been to inform, educate and entertain using …
A University Epilogue: Where I am and What I’m doing
Life has a strange habit of bringing opportunities you didn’t think you’d ever get, at some of the most unexpected moments of your life. In many ways, when I look back, the past twelve months have been incredibly kind to me. I’ve completed my studies with flying colours, I worked a lil’ shop job for …
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Resting in Power: Oluwatoyin Salau and Robert L. Fuller – victims of the new American police state
George Orwell in his best-known title “1984”, describes a police state in turmoil, a populous constantly under surveillance and constantly under pressure from the totalitarian rule of the upper classes. The images of poverty and dystopian disfunctionalism that, upon a viewing today, are startlingly similar to the images we see broadcast out of America on …
Our 2020 Revolution: The big brands that promote inequality
Limitations to free-speech, the introduction of the national guard against peaceful protestors and the protection of problematic police officers… The American riots epitomise the failure of a self-proclaimed first world state and its attempt to uphold civility and humanity for its people. A number of articles and journals have already been published in the shadow …
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Coronavirus – Diplomatic Detachment and Decline (Or How I Learned to Love the Isolation)
Cover Image Source: NY Times The phrase ‘Since the war’ has been thrown around a lot recently. It exemplifies the British attitude to times of crisis. It illustrates the country’s opportunism and ambition. In its way then, it’s very Johnson-esque… vastly overplayed to undermine the tragedy not just of human life but the gross and …
A January Best Forgotten?
2020. What a start we’ve had. From wild bush fires to the death of a basketball legend, January has been a broiling pot of tensions, fears and unfortunate issues that have culminated in a perceived public desire to escape and return to simplicity. I was sat on the Tube yesterday, on my way back from …
Politics of Problems: General Elections and Social Issues
Society is as society does. People are set in their own way and some are unable to change. There is often a clear mandate by the people: to humiliate and manipulate, gender and discriminate, isolate and chastise anyone person or perspectives introduced to them. by those in the Whether this is down to human nature …
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Thamesmead: A Cross-section of London’s future or an attempt at self-promotion and manipulation by its owners?
As a set of seemingly bland concrete blocks that have embodied and shaped London’s urban culture over the past half a century, the Thamesmead development has become the victim of social and economic abandonment with the opportunity for change only now being taken advantage of in light of greater advancements in social welfare funding. Visiting …
72° from Chippenham 