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Mangrove review: a dazzling start to Steven McQueen’s new film series

by • 22nd November 2020

George Cochrane reviews Steve McQueen's latest work, 'Mangrove'...

Trailblazers: Sidney Poitier

by • 17th August 2020

Geordie Rivett-Carnac looks back on the unparalleled career carved out by Sidney Poitier in post-war America...

Why Bernie Sanders would not be a good president

by • 2nd March 2020

Alex Walker considers American presidential history, and concludes Sanders may not be the best thing for America...

Religious conservatives’ protests curtail teaching of values of equality and LGBTQ rights

by • 8th March 2019

A primary school in Birmingham has become gripped in the midst of a row which has pitted the LGBT community against religious conservatives. Parkfield Primary School has come...

Human Rights: a cold Turkey?

by • 4th December 2017

Since World War One and the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire, Turkey has set its roots firmly in secular values. Kemal Ataturk, the first president of the Turkish Republic in...

The Lyrical Vigilantes of the Civil Rights Movement

by • 24th October 2016

“There is no noise as powerful as the sound of the marching feet of a determined people.” A strong notion from the key figure, Martin Luther King, that echoed throughout the...