The Chinese state has censored televised depictions of homosexuality and of other “abnormal” activities as part of several reforms to its broadcasting. In the light of several conservative reforms to Chinese […]
Category: World
The Middle East: is there a way forward?
At the time of writing, France is sending the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle (above), the French flagship and the largest Western European warship, to the Middle East to join Russia’s bombing campaign. […]
Syria: What, and Why
Check out your Facebook news feed. You will see a photograph of a young boy lying face-down in the sand. There are really no words to describe the agony of […]
Giving up smoking should not be a source of profit
It was in 2007 that it became illegal in the United Kingdom for people to smoke in enclosed public places. Accompanied by campaigns led by the National Health Service and […]
Islamic State: the complexities of military action
The extremist attack in Tunisia last month has expanded the debate over Britain’s approach to Islamic State. Military action has again been raised as a solution, but we must remember […]
The religious motivations of ISIS
Following the multiple catastrophes in France, Tunisia and Kuwait, there has been plenty of discussion on the topic of the perpetrators of these acts of inhumanity, the Islamic State. In […]
A look at 2015 so far
2015 has so far seen the media dominated by one particular event, the Islamist attacks in Paris that left 17 dead. This single act of terror has united millions […]
How fair is Oscar Pistorius’s sentence?
On Valentine’s Day 2013, Oscar Pistorius, world famous paralympian, killed his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp. However, he was only charged recently. The verdict of Judge Masipa, who resided on […]
Are the Hong Kong protests a 21st century Tiananmen Square?
I would like to start with a bit of background on the Hong Kong protests. In September, Occupy Central, a democratic activist group, launched a civil disobedience movement in […]