How Our Tea Industry Sustains the Ghost of Colonialism
Every day, the British public consumes roughly 100 million cups of tea which amounts to 36 billion…
GameStop: Autopsy of a Movement
Without question, history books will remember the GameStop short squeeze that lasted from January…
Patents and the Covid-19 Vaccine: The Price of Human Life
CAN VACCINE DIPLOMACY SAVE MILLIONS OF LIVES?The pandemic is many things but being over is not…
Reforming the High Street Means Catering to Every Type of Shopper
'Newsflash! Latest High Street Brand To Go Into Administration!' On a slow news day — when it…
The WFH Revolution! Working from home must become the new ‘normal’
We were told the internet revolution would bring about working from home (WFH), but as time passed…
What’s eating the EU?
The EU clearly made a boo-boo. The bloc’s failure on vaccines has left British holidaymakers…
Can Boris Johnson PLEASE put a shovel in all this talk of ‘levelling up’?
'Levelling up' is an empty catchphrase. I can't be the only one who, upon hearing or reading…
TipStart: The light at the end of the tunnel for young people
TipStart is an organisation that leverages technology and innovation to connect young people…
Discovering community spirit through social work
Lockdown was a chance for me to try my hand at volunteering; an experience that led me to ask many…
In defence of ‘abhorrent’ capitalism
Capitalism has been asked a fundamental question by coronavirus: Is it still the best way forward?……
Brands that promote fake activism
For years, brands have shied away from publicly voicing their political opinions out of fear of…
How Corona has given disaster capitalism the green light
Disaster capitalism, vulture capitalism, crisis capitalism, misery profiteering, or just: human…
Lockdown unwinding, but who’s gonna pay for it?
Since the UK went into lockdown, the UK economy shrank by almost 6 per cent, the Chancellor has…
Lessons in diversity from the Bon Appétit scandal
The Bon Appétit scandal says something very real about our society: that racism largely remains…
Why the Tories’ Third Way is a good way
While special advisor Dominic Cummings’ likely breach of lockdown rules has done some damage to the…
Shapeshifting to Survive: Lockdown business success stories
We may be under lockdown but human ingenuity is not out the window. Quite the opposite, in fact.…
Property Guardianships: Should we all be jumping on the latest renters’ trend?
A new vogue is sweeping London: Property Guardianships. Two months ago Katrina, a friend of mine…
UK lockdown puts spotlight on workers’ plight
Workers’ rights have been brought to the forefront of public discussion during the Covid-19…
Rishi Sunak’s ‘unprecedented’ rescue pack: But is it enough?
Chancellor Sunak's announcement of a historic bailout that would be implemented to combat the…
Coronavirus infects markets, economies and politics
Coronavirus first presented itself in December 2019 and has since reached 50 territories from its…