A petition calling for Theresa May to revoke Article 50 has picked up more than 500,000 signatures in the past 24 hours following a night of political chaos in Westminster. The Prime Minister took aim at her fellow MPs last night, saying they are responsible for the impasse over Brexit....
Othello returns to the London stage in a new adaption of the Shakespearean tragedy set in the Punjab region of India during the British occupation. With skeletons from Britain’s colonial years rearing their head in modern political discourse the show comes as a timely reminder of the horrors of the...
Boring canteen food, long hours and incompetent bosses are among the most common reasons why Brits quit their jobs, it has emerged. Researchers who polled 2,000 workers found employees start thinking about leaving a job an average of three years and six months after starting. The list of reasons for...
“What connects the vile and dangerous rise of Islamophobia in Australia, America and the UK?”, James O'Brien pondered on Twitter above a 2015 post by international media oligarch Rupert Murdoch which called on “Moslems” to recognise the “growing jihadist cancer” that is supposedly rising within their ranks. Although the national...
Last year saw a record low of babies called Donald in Scotland, according to the latest figures, although Corbyn is on the rise. Records of boys called Corbyn and Corbyn-Bleu were noted by the National Records of Scotland(NRS) which today released the full list of the names given to the...
An 11 year-old girl dropped a heartbreaking note at Labour MP Stephen Timms' surgery in East Ham, London, asking for help over the family's living situation. The handwritten letter, which is has received an outpouring of support on social media, described how her family of seven is crammed into a...
A major new exhibition was unveiled today by Tate Britain depicting the decline of British industry, infrastructure and the welfare state. The Asset Strippers by Mike Nelson was created for the annual Tate Britain Commission, supported by Sotheby’s, which invites artists to create a new artwork in response to the grand...
The Brexit Betrayal march got stuck in a bit of bother yesterday after attempting to cross the River Tees on the Transporter Bridge before realising it is closed on a Sunday. Protesters were forced to walk an extra five miles to get over the river at Newport Bridge, according to...
Johnny Lloyd has unveiled his latest single 'Rich and Poor' which questions whether the rise of the machines may be putting more between humans than just a screen. The acoustic artist is set to release a much-anticipated debut solo album ‘Next Episode Starts In 15 Seconds’ on 3 May via...