Tag: UK

The Broken Mirror

By Josh White
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Bosnia cover projection, Holocaust Memorial Day 2018.

Tabloids are synonymous with terrible journalism. This reputation is more than deserved, yet the story of one tabloid shows that the press can be so much more than it is. (More…)

Taking on the Tabloids

By Josh White
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Enemy of the people. London, December 2020.

Britain’s tabloids have always been infamous for their gutter-level coverage of life. They were always the lowest of the low. (More…)

The COVID Excuse

By Duncan Simpson
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Framing the crisis. Pandemic messaging, Berlin.

As vaccination programmes in Europe and America accelerate, there is increasing clamour for their benefits to be fast-tracked through the use of vaccination or immunity passports. (More…)

Up Close and Privileged

By Natalie Sarkic-Todd
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Three cheers for me. Brexit trade deal signing, December 2020.

Recent political events in the UK have shattered preconceptions and questioned our values. Who are we? What do we stand for? Where do we belong? (More…)

The Meaning of Brexit

By Josh White
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No lipstick on this pig. London, August 2019.

I keep trying to forget about Brexit, but the Leavers won’t let us. Brexiteers are triumphant, though not all of them feel so victorious – despite getting almost everything they wanted. At least the Tories will have to own this failure. (More…)

Brexit and Racism

By The Battleground
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Political projection. Referendum graffiti, London.

Nationalism is a synonym for prejudice. It’s a throwback to a time when citizenship was equivalent to ethnicity. If you look different or speak a language that’s hard to understand, you must surely come from somewhere else. (More…)

Brexit Above All Else

By The Battleground
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London knows its place. March for Europe, July 2016.

Brexit is nowhere near being over. Regardless of whether a deal is concluded between the UK and EU, the process of disentangling the two will be felt for decades to come. Mostly, in the British Isles. (More…)

Breaking the Law

By Keith Kahn-Harris
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Homo Metallus. Rob Halford, 2015.

Rob Halford is from Walsall, situated in the UK’s Black Country. Of that, there can be no doubt. (More…)

Civil Rights Sounds

By Charlie Bertsch
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Always in earshot of America. BLM protest, London.

It’s hard to imagine a more incongruous setting to hear the music of Sault than the one I found myself in this week. As I drove the unfamiliar streets in and around Salt Lake City, international capital of the Mormon religion and one of the most stereotypically white places on the planet, they provided the soundtrack. (More…)