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‘We Can’t Even Get Basic Care Done’: What it’s Like Doing 12-Hour Shifts on an Understaffed NHS Ward

by Carolyn Wells January 5, 2023January 5, 2023

“When I started as a healthcare assistant on a hospital ward for older patients, it was clear how bad things had got.”

Posted inEditor's Pick

14 Hours in The Queue to See Queen Elizabeth’s Coffin

by Carolyn Wells September 23, 2022October 19, 2022

“Stood among strangers in search of history, I had a strange epiphany.”

London town houses
Posted inNonfiction

Selling Mayfair: The Very Different World of Prime Central London Realtors

by Carolyn Wells February 14, 2022October 14, 2022

On the fascinating world of London real estate.

A man dressed as an ugly sister from the show Cinderella
Posted inFeature

The Big, Bonkers, British, Christmas Pantomime

by Carolyn Wells December 15, 2021October 20, 2022

Oh, yes I did! An attempt to explain the bizarre tradition of the British Christmas pantomime.

Posted inNonfiction

The Great British Reading List

by Carolyn Wells November 11, 2021October 19, 2022

A reading list on the weird and wonderful culture of Great Britain.

Posted inEditor's Pick

The Reckoning: Rape Culture and the Crisis in British Schools

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands October 19, 2021October 19, 2022

“After Scarlett Mansfield collated 200 accounts of sexual harassment, inspectors put her former school on notice. Could it be the first of many?”

Posted inNonfiction

Graded by an Algorithm

by Carolyn Wells February 24, 2021October 14, 2022

“Algorithms…don’t go on mutant rampages, they only sometimes reveal and amplify the cruddy human biases that underpin them.”

Posted inFeature

Tea, Biscuits, and Empire: The Long Con of Britishness

by Laurie Penny June 18, 2020November 25, 2022

The soft-focus Britain of Downton Abbey bears little resemblance to the real Britain collapsing under the weight of racism, austerity, and COVID-19. As Brexit plods on, it’s time for an honest reckoning of the history and future of this outsize little island.

Posted inFeatured, Nonfiction, Quotes

Mining Britain’s Recent Past to Save Our Future

by Katie Kosma June 20, 2018October 19, 2022

If the historically coal-reliant United Kingdom can come off the black stuff, can the United States?

Posted inBusiness, Current Events, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes

England Is a Giant Russian Money Washing Machine

by Aaron Gilbreath June 1, 2018October 19, 2022

Russian money is parked in English real estate and other assets, but is it too late to purge its influence on Britain?

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