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    Sometimes Opposition Is What We Really Need
    • May 20, 2020
    • 4 min

    Sometimes Opposition Is What We Really Need

    The current pandemic has seen Northern Ireland’s political parties come together like never before. The five main parties have in recent...
    Climate Change, the Coronavirus and the Columnist
    • Apr 18, 2020
    • 8 min

    Climate Change, the Coronavirus and the Columnist

    I have tried to remain alert to the fact that the people, events, and forces described … carry in them the seeds of other, perhaps less...
    Zero Sum Hours
    • Apr 17, 2020
    • 6 min

    Zero Sum Hours

    Three weeks into UK Lockdown and no exit strategy is in place. The economic and mental health effects are beginning to surface with an...
    A Message of Hope for Victims and Survivors
    • Apr 14, 2020
    • 6 min

    A Message of Hope for Victims and Survivors

    To the women and men longing for hope. A message for fighters and survivors. As the world is fighting to embrace and fight the global...
    My Postcode Doesn't Define Me
    • Apr 13, 2020
    • 4 min

    My Postcode Doesn't Define Me

    BT63 5XX, three numbers and four letters can’t really decide your future; or can they? That series of characters are a postcode and that...
    Consensus, Not Coercion
    • Apr 10, 2020
    • 4 min

    Consensus, Not Coercion

    We may well have a new Executive that is barely three months old yet already it has been proven once again why our system of government...
    Coronavirus Vindicates Austerity
    • Apr 9, 2020
    • 4 min

    Coronavirus Vindicates Austerity

    Over the last few weeks, the government has announced spending commitments worth tens of billions of pounds in order to counteract the...
    Coronavirus Crushes Its First Constitutional Democracy
    • Apr 8, 2020
    • 4 min

    Coronavirus Crushes Its First Constitutional Democracy

    In political terms, Hungary was already immunocompromised. A decade under the leadership of the self-proclaimed ‘illiberal nationalist’...
    Art Under Attack
    • Apr 7, 2020
    • 4 min

    Art Under Attack

    “I honestly feel let down by the University” A final year Fine Art student's response to the news that her University is cancelling, as...
    A Unionist Argument Against A United Unionism
    • Apr 5, 2020
    • 4 min

    A Unionist Argument Against A United Unionism

    I’m an unapologetic unionist, who if cut, may possibly bleed red, white and blue. However, I am fundamentally against an idea which has...
    Pandemic Pregnancies
    • Apr 5, 2020
    • 4 min

    Pandemic Pregnancies

    The 1st of April 2020. A day that was expected to be historic, freeing and equal for the women of Northern Ireland. Instead it appears to...
    A Letter To Those With Mental Illness In Quarantine
    • Apr 4, 2020
    • 4 min

    A Letter To Those With Mental Illness In Quarantine

    Dear anyone suffering with mental illness during this pandemic, this is for you. To the people suffering with depression, I see you. I am...
    Stacking Shelves On The Front Line
    • Apr 3, 2020
    • 3 min

    Stacking Shelves On The Front Line

    A few weeks ago, the thought of supermarket workers being the holy grail of society would be madness. Now, these are the key workers on...
    Will the Coronavirus Change our Lives Forever?
    • Apr 2, 2020
    • 4 min

    Will the Coronavirus Change our Lives Forever?

    Quick, time to grab a glass of wine and hop on FaceTime with my girl pals! This is something that has had to become a normality since the...
    The Toughest Challenge Yet
    • Mar 31, 2020
    • 5 min

    The Toughest Challenge Yet

    At the start of 2020, NI had the pleasure (some may disagree) to witness our Executive return to government, just three years after...
    Tumble Outta Bed And I Stumble To The Zoom Call
    • Mar 30, 2020
    • 4 min

    Tumble Outta Bed And I Stumble To The Zoom Call

    As the Coronavirus pandemic continues to spread across the globe, many of us find ourselves having to work from home for the first time....
    Fitness from a Distance
    • Mar 28, 2020
    • 4 min

    Fitness from a Distance

    Coronavirus does not discriminate. Both in terms of who it infects and who it impacts. Aside from the public health risk, the virus has...
    Listening In A Time Of White Noise
    • Mar 28, 2020
    • 4 min

    Listening In A Time Of White Noise

    In times of global panic, it can almost seem that instead of news on the television and radio, all we hear is white noise. The...
    Please Won't Someone Think Of The Landlords
    • Mar 27, 2020
    • 4 min

    Please Won't Someone Think Of The Landlords

    In these trying times, social solidarity is what will hold the fabric of our communities intact. That’s why I’ll be thinking of our...
    Childhood On Lockdown
    • Mar 26, 2020
    • 4 min

    Childhood On Lockdown

    I’m sure that many, if not all of you are aware that as of the 23rd of March, the UK is essentially on lockdown. This is a stressful and...
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