“When I started as a healthcare assistant on a hospital ward for older patients, it was clear how bad things had got.”
United Kingdom
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14 Hours in The Queue to See Queen Elizabeth’s Coffin
“Stood among strangers in search of history, I had a strange epiphany.”
Posted inNonfiction
Selling Mayfair: The Very Different World of Prime Central London Realtors
On the fascinating world of London real estate.
Posted inFeature
The Big, Bonkers, British, Christmas Pantomime
Oh, yes I did! An attempt to explain the bizarre tradition of the British Christmas pantomime.
Posted inNonfiction
The Great British Reading List
A reading list on the weird and wonderful culture of Great Britain.
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The Reckoning: Rape Culture and the Crisis in British Schools
“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
“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
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
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
Russian money is parked in English real estate and other assets, but is it too late to purge its influence on Britain?