A new report evaluating the Media Freedom Coalition (MFC) has called for an increase of funds and support. The MFC is a partnership, established in 2019 by the UK and Canada, of 50 countries working together to advocate for media freedom and the safety of journalists. Supported by the Foreign Policy Centre, a team of…
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Covid-19 has highlighted the absence of media coverage of women’s sexual and reproductive issues
The most common symptoms of Covid-19 (we all know them by now): a high temperature, dry cough, and loss of taste and smell. For those without underlying health conditions these last for a maximum of around seven to ten days. Then, an endless list of long-term effects, including fatigue, shortness of breath, and chest pain…
Film
Cinema v home streaming
It’s lockdown three and cinemas are starved of customers, but does streaming deserve to survive as our main method of movie consumption? Is cinema or home streaming superior? For me, the lack of buffering is a colossal advantage of the cinema; who wants to have their film interrupted? But should that mean that cinema’s best?…
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…
Fashion, Venue
Online Shopping: Are we obsessed?
Do you hide your purchases so that no one sees them? Do you have trouble keeping track of your budget? Are you running out of room to store all your purchases? If you answered yes to the above questions, you might have an addiction to the 21st century’s latest trend: online shopping. It is not…
Music, Venue
YouTube Musicians
YouTube is the platform with something for everybody. Whether you’re into gaming and tech, fashion and make-up, or those weird ASMR videos that I don’t quite understand, the video-sharing site has content to offer. Music videos are among the most popular on the platform. 2017’s hit ‘Despacito’ is the most viewed YouTube video to date,…
Gaming
Don’t rule out Rule of Rose
You’ve probably never heard of ‘Rule of Rose’. The 2006 survival horror game didn’t see a release over here due to a series of unfortunate circumstances, caused by media outlets and government officials denouncing the game based on incorrect claims and assumptions of its content. Unlike other survival horrors of its era, or any era…
Gaming
A return to gaming
For as long as I can remember, the best days of my childhood were my summers. Filled with days off school, the lush green grass and walks by the beach, there was always something beautiful about the season. However, more than the beauty in full growth around me, summer held great memories because I knew…
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,…
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