The BBC does most things well. My father is a proud lifelong employee having travelled the globe on behalf of the public broadcaster. But the newly released documentary “The Restaurant That Burns Off Calories” – featuring actress Zoe Williams and chef Fred Sirieix – embodies everything wrong about our values as well as the organisations…
TV, Venue
Watching Trigonometry as a polyamorous person
Trigonometry, the BBC polyamory drama, not the mathematical concept, was always going to mean a lot to me regardless of its overall quality. But as surprisingly powerful as representation can be, a show must be more than just the words ‘relationships with more than two people are a thing’ on the screen for 40ish minutes…
News
Universities accused of ‘silencing’ students
Up to a third of UK universities have used ‘gagging’ clauses to prevent their students going public with complaints ranging from sexual assault, to poor teaching since 2016, according to research done by BBC. Students have felt pressured into signing non-disclosure agreements (NDAs), a move which Universities UK, an organisation which represents 136 higher education…
Fashion, Venue
2010’s: a fashion retrospective
The sartorial habits of our fashion forebears from decades past can often be visualised in the form of a handful or so defining garments. When one says 1920s, one thinks of flapper dresses worn to Charleston in and a penchant for bobbing one’s hair. When one says 1980s, one visualises luridly bright leg warmers, and…
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Prince Andrew let go of royal duties after Jeffrey Epstein interview
On Wednesday, November 22 the Queen sanctioned her second son, Prince Andrew’s retreat from royal duties after a BBC interview on his friendship with late financier Jeffrey Epstein. The interview showed the Duke of York’s lack of regret over his friendship with the disgraced banker and televised his apparent lack of empathy for the victims…
Features
Entrepreneurial, Action and Us: Enactus empowers Norwich
So, you want to make an impact on the local Norwich community? Look no further than Enactus, a global non-profit organization that aims to create a better, more sustainable world. The catch, Enactus takes the form of a UEA society in this university; filled with a community of students dedicated to using entrepreneurial action to…
News
Conservative election candidate Nick Conrad has said he is standing down over “ill-judged comments” he made on the radio about a rape case.
The former BBC Radio Norfolk presenter had been chosen as the party’s candidate for the Broadland seat in Norfolk. However, he withdrew because of the media attention surrounding his previous comments on-air. During an on-air radio discussion in 2014, Conrad said that women should, “keep their knickers on” to avoid rape and ever since then,…
Deputy Editors' Column
Journalism awards and coffee cups
What a pleasure to have won ‘Best Student Programme’ at the BBC Radio 4 Today Student Journalism Awards! I’m also so pleased Concrete came runner up for ‘Best Student Publication’. The award ceremony was such an experience – I was so nervous and shaking the whole time. Everyone I met there was lovely, including Nick…
TV, Venue
The return of Peaky Blinders
Looking now at Steven Knight’s passion project, sold to the BBC as a four-season presentation of the gritty violence of 1919 Britain, ‘Peaky Blinders’ is now in its fifth season with no signs of an end close; but I honestly wished it had. What, in the past, came off as good writing depicting Birmingham’s underbelly…
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