Beirut after the explosion: is it safe to travel?
A week ago, a momentous blast shook Lebanon, in more ways than one. Many tourists and travellers will add Beirut to the list of no-go areas. The explo…
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Charity shop donations: Be mindful of the deluge
After 4 months of lockdown, charity shop donations continue to rise. Businesses may be scraping around for funds, personnel, and volunteer hours, but …
Learning from Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race
Amidst the pandemic, Reni Eddo-Lodge became the first Black British author to top the UK book charts with Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People Ab…
Lock-down showed me the beauty of the slow life
I am, and have always been, a self-confessed control freak and have had this fact confirmed by many people over the years. This means that a situa…
Don’t zap the Zip: Zip card petition wants to save kids’ free travel
Don't zap the Zip: a recent Zip card petition wants to ensure kids' free travel scheme doesn't get scrapped.
The Arts sector is innovating to survive the pandemic
The Arts sector as we knew it is unlikely to return, even after the pandemic.
SUVs are the new cigarettes
If we can ban cigarette advertising, we must now employ similar tactics on gas-guzzling SUVs.
Covid-19 has brought out a bad version of Americans
Every time I speak to someone in the US, which is multiple times daily when you consider WhatsApp, iMessage, FaceTime, and social media, the topic of …
Life is well worth living with a stoma bag
A man who did not wish to live with a stoma bag was recently granted the right to die. The patient, who was in his thirties, had a long history of ser…
World Tiger Day 2020: the trouble with Tiger Kings
Joe Exotic or Carole Baskin? Who did you root for? The Netflix docuseries, Tiger King, is full of larger than life characters you can love or hate – o…