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The uncontrolled proliferation of AI-generated sexual abuse material — why regulatory promises...

Whilst the UK Parliament is focused on banning phones from schools for under-16s, a far more urgent dimension of digital safeguarding is being neglected and misunderstood: AI-generated sexual abuse material. In late December 2025 and early 2026, a pivotal moment in the fight against online sexual abuse emerged, not through a legislative breakthrough, but through…

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Responsibility laundering — how democracies outsource border violence

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The complexity and reality of mortality of the Peaky Blinders

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Cuba through time

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The crisis of school shootings isn’t only violence — it’s the redefinition...

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The uncontrolled proliferation of AI-generated sexual abuse material — why regulatory promises...

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After Roe — the fragmentation of American freedom

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The psychology of a revolution — why people do ‘nothing’ in the...

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Anti-progression as the first and absolute sign of progression?

Following new asylum reforms, England has witnessed an intense outbreak of anti-immigration protests since April 2025. Many of these demonstrations have resulted in harassing minorities and shouting racist slogans, which has instilled an atmosphere of fear and incertitude. These anti-progress movements have made people all across the UK despair and believe that, despite popular belief,…

Abolishing the monarchy through identity

Of all the New Year’s resolutions to have been put forward by various celebrities, I find Zarah Sultana’s message to be the most hopeful. Her short, sweet and simple tweet didn’t beat around the bush and got straight to the heart of the matter. It read: “My message of hope for 2026. Abolish the monarchy.”…

Responsibility laundering — how democracies outsource border violence

Border externalisation — the outsourcing of migration control to states beyond a country’s borders — has quietly become a defining feature of modern border policy. Marketed as “partnerships” and “capacity building”, it in fact creates a transnational system of delegated violence, where accountability evaporates and suffering becomes someone else’s problem. The EU–Libya arrangement reveals this…

Cuba through time

On 3 January 2026, US forces abducted Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro, claiming he was controlling drug operations through Venezuela. As the Venezuelan government changed hands, and the new leader complied with American interests in oil, one country was left to face devastating energy problems and ongoing threats: Cuba. Since Venezuela supplied most of Cuba’s crude…

The uncontrolled proliferation of AI-generated sexual abuse material — why regulatory promises...

HUŎ — fire, freshness and finesse

On Park Walk, tucked into one of Chelsea’s most quietly charming stretches, HUŎ Chelsea has the feel of a neighbourhood secret that has no real intention of staying secret. The restaurant presents itself as a home of fresh Asian cooking, drawing from China and Southeast Asia, and that sense of breadth is exactly what makes…

Bottarga — a culinary voyage to the Aegean heart on King’s Road

Bottarga, opened in late 2024 by the acclaimed Pachamama Group, is a heartfelt tribute to the vibrant cuisine of Greece—a true culinary love letter. Born from a series of idyllic summers spent wandering the Aegean, this restaurant beautifully encapsulates the warmth, familiar flavours, and cherished childhood memories that define true Greek hospitality, all while nestled…

Belvedere — a taste of Italy in the heart of Holland Park

Within Holland Park, lies the Belvedere, offering a dining experience that effortlessly blends historical grandeur with the vibrant culinary traditions of Italy. The building itself, dating back to 1638 and once a glamorous ballroom frequented by figures like Charles Dickens, exudes an air of timeless elegance. Recently reimagined under the leadership of George Bukhov-Weinstein and…

Deadly Floods in Valencia – Can the same Happen in the UK?

In recent years, Spain’s Mediterranean coast — particularly Valencia — has faced devastating storms known as DANAs (Depresiones Aisladas en Niveles Altos — or in English, Isolated Depressions at High Levels). These weather events bring sudden, torrential rain, flash floods and severe damage. As Europe (and the rest of the world) experiences more unpredictable climate…

The Origins and Evolution of the Illegal Ivory Trade

Elephants are the world’s largest land mammals, whose tusks and teeth have historically been considered a valuable commodity. The demand for ivory has led to continuous cases of elephant poaching, which has resulted in a large decline in the African elephant population. While ivory sales have been banned, African elephants remain listed as endangered on the IUCN Red…

The invisible invaders — how microplastics are polluting our water

Imagine drinking a glass of water and knowing it contains tiny fragments of plastic, so small you cannot see them, yet present everywhere around you. These microplastics, particles smaller than five millimetres, have silently infiltrated rivers, lakes and even tap water worldwide. Once considered a distant environmental issue, microplastics are now a tangible threat to…

The complexity and reality of mortality of the Peaky Blinders

I walked out of The Immortal Man grieving a character that never existed. The film beautifully presents us with the unwrapped gift of death. Of confrontation. Of full realisation. The immigrant circle of life, so to speak. And yet even with the finality of Tommy’s mortality, we as an audience are left with a sadness…

What would Ernest Hemingway make of the ‘Manosphere’?

“But man is not made for defeat”, says the eponymous old man in 20th-century American novelist Ernest Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea, “A man can be destroyed but not defeated”. While this is one of the most famous quotes of an author revered around the world over 100 years after the publication of…

The danger of knowing ourselves too well — when introspection turns into...

“I am my own biggest critic… But for the rest of my life, I am going to be with me, and I don’t want to spend my life with someone who is always critical”. Most of us, myself included, believe that one of the most valued qualities we can have is that of self-reflection. I’ll…

Responsibility laundering — how democracies outsource border violence

The psychology of a revolution — why people do ‘nothing’ in the...

“Give them bread and circuses and they will never revolt” — Juvenal The Bangladeshi Election On 12 February 2026, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) was newly elected in Bangladesh and the people echoed on internet halls and streets that “the Gen Z revolution prevailed”. Sheikh Hasina’s 15-year rule, which was marked with unruly bloodshed and…

Has the United States become an evil empire?

“At a podium in front of the National Association of Evangelicals on 8 March 1983, Ronald Reagan delivered a line which would become synonymous with the US’s view of the Soviet Union for the rest of the Cold War. Reagan called on the evangelicals not “to ignore the facts of history and the aggressive impulses…”…

After Roe — the fragmentation of American freedom

In political examinations and studies, the overturning of Roe v. Wade is often framed as a singular tear — an abrupt legal interference that removed a constitutional protection in response to shifting ideological pressures. Some present it as a decisive turning point, a moment in which the trajectory of reproductive rights was abruptly altered. Others…

You’re not in the manosphere — you’re a Marxist

Watching the Louis Theroux documentary, apart from the obvious shock of hearing slurs and misogynistic remarks so loudly and thoroughly that you might think these manosphere men and society as a whole are doomed, I couldn’t help but see a blaring subliminal message behind all of the offensive noise. The manosphere wasn’t just incel aggression…

Anti-progression as the first and absolute sign of progression?

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I accidentally joined a cult in Thailand

My horrific experience of doing a silent Buddhist meditation retreat Some stereotypes ring true. I am on my post-uni gap year, travelling through South East Asia, looking to find a better version of myself. And I am doing quite well so far. But the thirst for self-improvement is rarely quenched. So I decided to sign…

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Abolishing the monarchy through identity Of all the New Year’s resolutions to have been put forward by various celebrities, I find Zarah Sultana’s message to be the most hopeful. Her short, sweet and simple tweet didn’t beat around the bush and got straight to the heart of the matter. It read: “My message of hope for 2026. Abolish the monarchy.”…