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The End of an Era for Croydon’s Home Grown Bakery

7 July 2026 Business Editor 0

The sudden and dramatic collapse of Coughlans Bakery into voluntary liquidation is a stark reminder of today’s economic fragile realities. For decades, the high street retail sector has been treated by successive governments as a […]

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    Toshiba Stuck in Never-ending News Cycle from Hell

    Critical Overview: The Japanese conglomerate, Toshiba, has experienced a difficult week due to a series of unfortunate events, starting with the announcement that the Japanese government would not bail them out to prevent falling share [...]
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    Green Spaces Boost Mental Health Alongside Nature

    Critical Overview: Access to Nature and its Link with Mental Health The coronavirus pandemic has highlighted the importance of green spaces for city dwellers’ mental health and well-being. Ecologists and psychologists are currently investigating the [...]
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    Which Billionaire is Winning the Space Race?

    Critical Overview: Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Richard Branson are three billionaire entrepreneurs who have a combined net worth of $400 billion, equivalent to the GDP of Ireland. They have decided to invest a significant [...]
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    EU chief rejects Boris Johnson’s plea to renegotiate Irish protocol.

    Critical Overview: The current dispute over the Northern Irish protocol between the United Kingdom and the European Union (EU) has escalated after the UK proposed changes to the Brexit deal. However, Ursula von der Leyen, [...]
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    Celluloid Inception: Ways In Which the Sci-Fi Imaginary Foreshadowed the Future

    We are currently hovering in that awkward, static-filled silence between the “Big Bang” of Generative AI and the inevitable heat death of the hype cycle. If 2023 and 2024 were about the novelty of a [...]

Unraveling the Mystery of the Caribbean’s Enigmatic People

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28 April 2022 0

Critical Overview: Discovering the pre-Arawak past in the Caribbean The Dominican Republic’s Samaná Peninsula holds a rare archaeological discovery that could potentially solve the mystery of the pre-Arawak people of the Caribbean. Anthropologists have been […]

Viola Davis Faces Backlash for Her Portrayal of First Lady Michelle Obama, Sparking Debates on Race and Authenticity in Hollywood

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28 April 2022 0

Critical Overview: Viola Davis, the renowned actress, recently received criticism over her portrayal of former First Lady Michelle Obama in Showtime’s “The First Lady.” Viewers of the series claimed that Davis exaggerated Mrs. Obama’s mannerisms, […]

Notting Hill Carnival 2021: Celebrating Culture Amidst a Pandemic

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29 July 2021 0

Critical Overview: Rio de Janeiro’s carnival is known for its resilience against wars, diseases, and political turmoil, but the pandemic has forced its indefinite suspension, greatly affecting the city and its residents. Since its inception […]

The Alchemist’s Kitchen: A Millennial Odyssey Through Moroccan Cuisine

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8 April 2026 0

From Argan Groves to the Berber Hearth—The Science and Soul of the Maghreb Moroccan cuisine is not merely a collection of recipes; it is a sprawling, multi-layered history book written in saffron, cumin, and the […]

The Architecture of Awe: My Neighbour Totoro and the Industrialisation of Wonder

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8 April 2026 0

How Studio Ghibli’s Pastoral Dream Conquered London’s Concrete Jungle At the Gillian Lynne Theatre, the air doesn’t just feel different; it feels filtered through a 1950s Japanese summer. As of April 2026, the Royal Shakespeare […]

Saying No Last Orders on The Great British Pub an Institution and Icon We Should Protect

The Great British Pub is not merely an exercise in hospitality; it is a canvas of national identity, an architectural subculture, and arguably one of Britain’s finest contribution to the art of social infrastructure. For [...]
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Is Football Truly Coming Home For English Football in 2026?

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If you’re an English football fan like me, you’ll be used to the range of emotions, the highs and the lows like the vintage and vignetted memories of 1966 World Cups of England beating West […]

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The Sound of Silence: Success, Slurs, and the BBC’s BAFTA Blunder

8 April 2026 0

When Involuntary Tics Meet Institutional Failure The 79th British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs) were supposed to be the coronation of Sinners. Ryan Coogler’s Southern Gothic masterpiece, a film that deftly navigates the trauma of the […]

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A Tragic Quake Hit Twice in Venezuela

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On the evening of Wednesday, 24 June 2026, Venezuela was violently disrupted by a rare and catastrophic seismic event. What began as a quiet national holiday commemorating the historic 1821 Battle of Carabobo rapidly turned […]

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Google/Alphabet Do no evil?

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18 July 2025 Comments Off on Google/Alphabet Do no evil?
I find this latest update from Google & Alphabet quite interesting if not a little unsettling. The famous motto, later downgraded to mantra of, ‘Do No Evil’ has been removed in a recent update to [...]

Rising cost of living strains household budgets

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28 April 2022 0
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 [...]
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The 2026 Petro-Shock: War in the Gulf and the Fragile Global Ledger

8 April 2026 0
A High-Stakes Gambit in the Strait of Hormuz—Can Diplomacy Avert a Multi-Trillion Dollar Collapse? The geopolitical fault lines of the Middle East finally ruptured on 28 February 2026. What began as coordinated strikes by United [...]
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French Election Results: A Harbinger of a Contentious Second Round and Implications for the Left

28 April 2022 0
Critical Overview: Emmanuel Macron’s re-election victory marks a historic moment in French political history, as he is the first French president to win re-election while still leading his own government. However, despite his convincing victory [...]
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The War in Ukraine: A History, Putin’s Strategy, and Global Causes and Effects

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The War in Ukraine started in 2014, when pro-Russian forces annexed Crimea, which was previously part of Ukraine. This sparked the ongoing conflict between Ukrainian government forces and pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine. The conflict [...]
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UK High Street Lost 11,000 Shops in 2020

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Critical Overview: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the retail sector in Great Britain has been significant, with over 11,000 outlets permanently closing their doors in 2020. Independent retailers and villages fared better than [...]
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