“Devil’s advocate”: undoubtedly one of the cleverest and most frustrating roles known to mankind. When discussing the upcoming French elections with my beloved father, he took it upon himself to play devil’s advocate by asking ‘why should people care about the French elections when there is enough drama going on ...
Behind the Scenes in a Chinese TV show
Is it Time for a Non Violent Approach to Terror
Clearly, the violent approach is not working. If we examine recent history, it is blindingly obvious to see that when terrorism is met with military retaliation, the result is often more terrorism. Surely, all we are seeing here is historical amnesia. Pacifism may seem like an impossible dream for many, ...
The Only Winning Move is to Stop Playing
Cultural Learnings from The Hermit Kingdom
Why David Cameron was right to Bomb Syria
Last Wednesday the news that Parliament had voted to extend UK airstrikes on IS to Syria was a momentous decision, and one that we cannot yet accurately predict an outcome to. The Syrian/Iraq conflict is an insurgency that has a produced a deep and incompressible network of smaller campaigns. For ...
Why Banning Donald Trump from the UK will Achieve Nothing
Brexit: Let’s Turn our Social Media Activism into Something Real
What Can Be Learnt from the Fuck Brexit Rally
Referendums- Democracy or Despair?
Conrad Kunadu discusses whether referendums are truly democratic or instead divide a nation. I always thought Switzerland did everything right. The food, culture, its picturesque landscapes and especially its democracy. In 2014 alone, there were 12 referendums. Few countries are so direct in their democracy, and with its ‘popular initiatives’, a Swiss citizen has a far greater individual ...