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March 01, 2021

Gay British Tamil community: a double barrier to celebrating Pride

Gay Pride is synonymous with inclusivity and celebration. However, for people of colour, few safe and intersectional spaces exist. This is especially true within the British Tamil community, of...

Fashion Victims of Halloween

Emily Phillips  'All Hallows Eve', is the night when witches come together, giving licence for modern women everywhere to whore it up. For American starlet Lindsay Lohan (pictured left), this year is no exception. Hollywood's hussy is alw ...

An insult too far...

Marc WadsworthShould US rappers and others use the  'N' word? That has been a hotly debated topic during Black History Month. For me, hearing it spoken by anyone, Black or white, still sends shivers down my spine many decades after the racial ...

Don't Get Caught Napping

Chris GaynorHaving a sneaky snooze in the afternoon apparently can increase brain power and productivity among employees. Music to the ears of employer's? Maybe not. But I must confess that since finishing my journalism studies and venturing out into that ...

Shopping with your other half

There are many things we love about our hubbies, but shopping with them isn’t one of them. Lauren Rose-Smith investigates what separates the sexes when they hit the supermarket.     A pound in the slot releases the trolley. I ...

Super Scoops Are Facing Extinction

Phil Simms Like the muckrakers of America, investigative journalists have always been looked upon with scorn and distrust. At a time when journalists and journalism are facing an unprecedented level of attack in terms of public cynicism, Legal constraints ...

How Daddies Are Trading Places

Lara SleathA new breed of man has tip-toed into the home.   Rarely seen, often stressed, sometimes bearded, he is the stay-at-home Dad.   Nine percent of the U.K. male population are now house-husbands.   But this rare species faces extincti ...

Enemy Within Stalking UK Homes

Deborah Hobson Domestic violence against women and children is back in the news following a couple of  cases in Britain that have hit the headlines. It is a life threatening, pernicious reality in  households up and down the country - but al ...

'Race Profiling' Won't Defeat Terrorists

Christine Hosein   How do you work out who is a Muslim? Are police and the security services to target  every Mohammed, Ali, Hussein, Khan, Siddque?  Where does it end, or, worse,  has it already begun? There were disturbing media ...

Yoga For Bodies That Don't Bend

James Combes              Some people play team sports such as cricket or football. Others go running, even though buses are readily available. Still more indulge in swimming or gymnasti ...

Stress, What's That?

Christine Hosein We are living in a world of the S word. It never ceases to amaze me that, even in the current climate of employer 'care and concern' for the well-being of  workers, large corporations and smaller firms in the City of London can be ind ...

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