Eleanor Longman-Rood
30 October 2024
The B-word the Budget will ignore
Rachel Reeves will neglect the fact that Brexit and being outside of the single market costs the UK “more than £40 billion a year”
Read the full article25 October 2024
“My life has been screwed”: Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s fight goes on
Over two years after her release, the former detainee on stolen time, hostage diplomacy and the lessons to be learned from her case
Read the full article16 October 2024
Why can’t Kamala Harris win over the female vote?
The vice president went on the Call Her Daddy podcast to reach out to her core support – but why does she need the help?
Read the full article29 September 2024
A woman’s right to food
Many shows come with a content warning, but the poignant and bold My English Persian Kitchen comes with an allergy warning
Read the full article17 August 2024
Could you beat Usain Bolt?
One in four Brits believe they could qualify for the 2028 Games if they started training today. It’s endearingly delusional
Read the full article27 July 2024
Vlad Ilich laughs away the pain
Nato and chess aren’t traditional topics for stand-ups. But North Macedonian comedian Vlad Ilich makes it work in three languages
Read the full article03 July 2024
Dora Maar: more than a muse
A new novel that reimagines art’s most toxic relationship and reintroduces the photographer and artist’s legacy to the world
Read the full article05 June 2024
Starmer vs Sunak: what about the young?
The poor format with two bickering leaders did little to win over younger voters
Read the full article27 May 2024
Ukraine’s Roma refugees are being locked out of Hungary’s healthcare system
A new report by EMMA Association has highlighted the discrimination Romani women have faced after fleeing the war
Read the full article08 May 2024
The routes of Ukraine’s uprooted
Photographer Polly Braden has spent two years following the lives of Ukrainian women and children displaced by Putin’s invasion
Read the full article05 April 2024
Could the UK’s young people get freedom of movement in Europe?
An EU advisory body has urged Britain to rejoin the Erasmus scheme - but its hopes are even more ambitious
Read the full article03 April 2024
Bridging the UK’s gender pain gap
In Britain, women with a health condition can sit in medical purgatory awaiting a diagnosis for up to three years. I’m one of them
Read the full article28 March 2024
Nearly half of 2019 Tory voters want closer ties with the EU, according to new poll
And 17% of those who backed Boris Johnson now say we should rejoin the bloc
Read the full article26 March 2024
It’s a “dark day” for young people: The British Youth Council has closed
A cash crisis and post-Brexit changes mean another blow for the UK’s youth sector
Read the full article17 March 2024
No white flags: Why these Ukrainian women won’t stop dreaming of victory against Russia
Pope Francis may have called for a settlement, but those who have lived through the invasion are standing firm
Read the full article20 February 2024
The illogical war on international students
Despite the government’s best efforts, international students still want to study in the UK
Read the full article24 January 2024
Review: Society of the Snow is worth the nightmares
In JA Bayona, the survivors of the 1972 crash of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 had the right man to tell their story
Read the full article03 January 2024
Are there any new stories left to tell?
In 2024 producers will take old plots, tropes and characters out for a new spin
Read the full article20 December 2023
A Small Light shines on the year’s TV
The story of Anne Frank is known far and wide, but this was a fresh look at an already well-examined period of history
Read the full article10 December 2023
The Turing Scheme is no replacement for Erasmus
The Young European Movement has launched a campaign urging the UK government to rejoin the EU’s study-abroad project
Read the full article09 December 2023
Christmas drinks just got more expensive, thanks to Brexit
Industry experts are warning that wines are ‘up £3 a bottle’ since the UK’s departure from the bloc
Read the full article06 December 2023
A Nearly Normal Family asks the right questions on sexual assault
The new Swedish series boasts a plot fuelled with murder, trials and reasons why women aren’t believed when they come forward
Read the full article22 November 2023
The autumn statement shows Britain can’t afford Brexit
Jeremy Hunt’s tinkering won’t kickstart growth or make up for the cost of leaving the EU
Read the full article18 November 2023
The British businesses being strangled by Brexit red tape
Nearly three-quarters of UK firms say leaving the EU has affected them “very negatively”
Read the full article11 November 2023
Ukrainian women are risking their lives to head home for better reproductive healthcare
They fled Putin’s invasion - but now lack of access and racism are forcing women to head back towards the conflict
Read the full article08 November 2023
Light must be shed on dark money’s presence in politics, new report says
Nearly 60% demand more details of how think tanks are funded - and findings show right wingers are less transparent than those on the left
Read the full article28 October 2023
Brexit brings unattractive news for the beauty sector
A new report claims leaving the EU has created a £850m drop in the industry’s exports to Europe
Read the full article26 October 2023
Northern Ireland’s Gen Z want their government back
The children of the Good Friday Agreement are tired of living in a ‘broken system’
Read the full article25 October 2023
“Russian money has completely corrupted the British establishment”: Bill Browder on the Kremlin’s influence over Brexit and a Russia without Putin
The US investor and prominent anti-Putin activist is gloomy about the likelihood of ousting the dictator
Read the full article23 September 2023
Why has Sir Ed Davey got no appetite for Brexit?
The Lib Dem leader says rejoining the European Union is currently off the table
Read the full article20 September 2023
The Gen Z Brexit brain drain
The cost-of-living crisis and Brexit are pushing young people out of the UK – especially those originally from mainland Europe
Read the full article13 September 2023
TV Review: For one Roma woman, avoiding infamy comes at a price
A new Netflix drama sees a 17-year-old Polish migrant return from exile in Wales to battle racism, sexism and Romany traditions
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