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How Advertising Conquered British and Global Culture

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British television advertising is amongst the most creative in the world and is generally considered a market leader. For a generation raised on linear broadcasting, the ad break was not merely a convenient interlude to […]

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Chris Smalls Emerges as a Leading Voice in the Future of Labor, Advocating for Workers’ Rights and Fair Treatment in Corporate America

Critical Overview: Chris Smalls is the leader of the Amazon Labor Union, an organization that emerged as a response to Amazon’s fiercely anti-union stance. Smalls, along with his friend and co-organizer Derrick Palmer, managed to [...]
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The UK Pendulum Shifts Further to the Right?

A quiet unease has settled across the United Kingdom, a low hum of discontent that, for many, has become the dominant chord in a national contrapuntal moment. Is the the UK is becoming more racist? [...]
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The Great Unravelling: A Three-Decade Post-Mortem of the Small Screen

There was a time, back when the ‘90s were still smelling of teen spirit and optimism, that television was a polite guest in our living rooms. It wore a tie, it told jokes with a [...]
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A Web of Illusion: Is the Internet Still the Internet?

The internet was once a digital playground, a boundless frontier for exploration and fun. The dream, born from military research by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), was of a decentralised network that could [...]
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Meet singer-songwriter Seymour, her enigmatic lyrics and her journey in the music industry

Author: Anastaseea Author’s IG: https://www.instagram.com/itsanastaseea/ Photographer: @jamieleeculver In the diverse London music scene, Seymour, an emerging singer-songwriter and artist, is slowly but surely carving her space with her poignant lyrics and pop melodies. At 23, [...]

Martin Creed, Hauser Wirth

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21 January 2011 Comments Off

Hauser and Wirth, 21 January – 5 March 2011, London, UK Mothers, 21 January – 5 March 2011 On view: ‘Work no. 1092, 2011’ – an oversized rotating neon sign of the word ‘MOTHERS’. The […] […]

Spice Up Your Life

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To better understand the fire cracker that is the humble chilli one needs to look at its origins and how it came to be an essential part of the global diet. Human migration, colonialism, and […]

Bridget Riley, National Gallery

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24 November 2010 -22 May 2011, London, United Kingdom Situation Running from 24/11/10 – 22/05/11, the exhibition features a strong collection of Dame Riley’s recent work plus one retrospective piece, ‘Man with a Red Turban […] […]

Lichtenstein A Retrospective

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21 February 2013 Comments Off

A scintillating exhibition capturing a diverse collection of paintings and sculptures by the pop artist Roy Lichtenstein (1923-97) active between the 60s and 90s who reached prominence during the mid 60s and ever wider acclaim […] […]

We’ve Always Had Strong Female Leads

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8 July 2026 0

Right, let’s get into it. There’s a lazy conversation that’s been doing the rounds in film. The well-meaning but ultimately reductive chat about how we finally have strong female characters. It’s usually framed like this: […]

Rising cost of living strains household budgets

Critical Overview: The unclaimed benefits, tax discounts, and food vouchers in the UK have reached a staggering £15 billion annually. This figure is derived from online benefits calculators as the government does not track how [...]

UK House Prices Reach Six-Year High in 2020

29 July 2021 0

Critical Overview: According to the building society Nationwide, UK house prices experienced a growth rate of 7.5% in 2020, the highest in six years. The prices were 5.3% above the level prevailing in March, indicating […]

Experts Announce Best Diet for 2021

29 July 2021 0

Critical Overview: Every year, the U.S. News & World Report publishes a list of the healthiest diets to follow based on the opinions of a panel of health experts and nutritionists. In 2021, the Mediterranean […]

Revolutionize Dessert with this Cupcake Recipe

29 July 2021 0

This recipe provides instructions for making cupcakes with buttercream frosting. The recipe specifies the required ingredients and steps to be followed to create the cupcakes. The instructions include a step-by-step guide, including preheating the oven […]

Covid-19 and May 2021’s Impact on Mental Health

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29 July 2021 0

The pandemic has had a significant impact on the UK, with widespread health, economic, and social consequences. In particular, the pandemic has led to a sharp increase in mental health needs in the population, with [...]

Did the Markets Just Turn on AI?

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26 June 2026 0

For the past eighteen months, global equity markets operated on a singular, almost religious conviction: that the expansion of artificial intelligence was an infinite revenue engine. Tech giants and hardware fabricators rode a wave of [...]

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UK House Prices Reach Six-Year High in 2020

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Spice Up Your Cooking with the Nigerian Suya Meat Recipe

28 April 2022 0

Exploring the Nigerian Street Food – Sizzling Beef Skewers Introduction: Nigerian street food is famous for its mouth-watering taste and aroma. The sizzling beef skewers are one of the most popular street foods in Nigeria, [...]

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Newchip Liquidates Under $4.8 Million in Debt

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Critical Overview: Newchip Liquidates Under $4.8 Million in DebtNewchip Accelerator, a startup creator in Austin, Texas, rebranded as Astralabs, declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy, due to accruing some $4.8 million in debt, reportedly exceeding its $1.7 [...]

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Cannes Film Festival 2021: Highlights and Controversies

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Cannes Film Festival 2021: The Good, the Bad, and the Saliva Tests Despite the pandemic, the Cannes Film Festival drew in a larger number of film stars for obligatory photo opportunities. One particular photo of [...]

How Advertising Conquered British and Global Culture

Chris Smalls Emerges as a Leading Voice in the Future of Labor, Advocating for Workers’ Rights and Fair Treatment in Corporate America

The UK Pendulum Shifts Further to the Right?

The Great Unravelling: A Three-Decade Post-Mortem of the Small Screen

A Web of Illusion: Is the Internet Still the Internet?

Meet singer-songwriter Seymour, her enigmatic lyrics and her journey in the music industry

Just who is Andy Burnham?

The Gigawatt Question: Is Meta’s AI Mega Data Centre Proposal a Leap Forwards or Backwards

The State of Racism in Modern Britain: Analyzing the Evidence.

A Web of Illusion: Is the Internet Still the Internet?