Eleanor Longman-Rood
13 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
Read the full article06 September 2023
South African history comes to French TikTok
Thanks to French singer-songwriter Jain, the life of Miriam Makeba has had a recent renaissance on social media
Read the full article05 September 2023
Boris Johnson’s “oven-ready Brexit deal” made one manufacturer open 27 different bank accounts just to export to the EU
New report says the Trade and Cooperation Agreement caused “significant disruption”, increased costs and bureaucratic headaches
Read the full article22 August 2023
The bitter taste of Brexit bursts the craft beer industry’s bubble
New trading arrangements, as well as the pandemic and the cost-of-living crisis, have forced brewers out of business
Read the full article17 August 2023
Priti Patel brands her old department “secretive and evasive”
Tory in-fighting shows no signs of halting as Patel takes aim at her successor’s plans to house asylum seekers within spitting distance from her own constituency
Read the full article13 August 2023
André de Freitas takes Portuguese laughs to Edinburgh
Portuguese comedian André De Freitas is on a mission to put his country on the map, one joke at a time
Read the full article12 August 2023
Iain Dale and Zac Goldsmith may be switching sides. Is the country next?
The Tories are losing their loyalists and they’re running straight into Labour’s arms
Read the full article12 August 2023
Brexit Britain’s Got No Talent: Visa scheme gets just three applicants
The ‘brightest and best’ have failed to arrive. What could have put them off?
Read the full article09 August 2023
The government’s barges will not ‘stop the boats’, says migration expert
The Bibby Stockholm is branded an empty gesture to fix a crisis of the government’s own making
Read the full article09 August 2023
The government faces a climbdown on its ludicrous plan to house refugees on Ascension Island
With their Rwanda project in doubt, the Tories went for Plan B. Now they need a Plan C
Read the full article03 August 2023
In yet another Brexit climbdown, checks on fresh food from EU are postponed again
The news comes the same week as the government’s U-turn over its stance on CE marks
Read the full article02 August 2023
It’s hard to say cheers to the government’s Brexit pub guarantee
Rishi Sunak says he wants to protect the price of your pint - but membership in the EU didn’t stop him
Read the full article01 August 2023
Christmas food at risk as new Brexit regulations leave businesses out in the cold – again
Many businesses are unprepared for the new rules which will come into effect from October 31
Read the full article29 July 2023
Why do French police kill French Algerian boys?
The award-winning author, Faïza Guène, wants to make sure the descendants of people from France’s colonies are no longer overlooked and calls for the generational trauma to end here
Read the full article27 July 2023
Sadiq Khan’s (not-so) secret message for Keir Starmer: It’s time to talk about Brexit
The London mayor has expressed his frustration about the elephant in the room
Read the full article21 July 2023
ULEZ won Uxbridge, not the Conservatives
The Conservatives held onto Boris Johnson’s former seat by just 495 votes. That doesn’t mean the constituency can be a yardstick for the next general election result
Read the full article19 July 2023
Is Bastille Day becoming French London’s vanishing holiday?
French people in London have always put on a good party for Le Quatorze Juillet. But for how much longer?
Read the full article18 July 2023
Almost two-thirds of Brits think Brexit has been a failure
According to a new YouGov poll, just 12% think leaving the European Union has been a success
Read the full article13 July 2023
Britain is still missing out on millions by not joining Horizon – and New Zealand has stolen a march on us
A Kiwi scientist is urging the UK to re-enter the research programme as Rishi Sunak dithers
Read the full article13 July 2023
Thanks to Brexit, it’s far from a Lush life for business
The co-founder of ethical cosmetics company Lush has blamed Brexit for its fall in European demand
Read the full article07 July 2023
Is it time to rejoin the single market? Tobias Ellwood says yes
The Senior Tory MP has called on both the government and Labour to show courage and admit that Brexit has failed
Read the full article21 June 2023
Evgeny Afineevsky introduces the everyday Ukrainians fighting for freedom
A master documentarian returns to Ukraine to show the effects of Putin’s bloody invasion on the lives of ordinary people
Read the full article31 May 2023
The woman who hid Anne Frank
New series A Small Light explores Miep Gies’s acts of humanity – and it prompted a look at my own family history
Read the full article27 May 2023
A flat “no” for generation rent in London
The rental market in the capital is bad and getting worse
Read the full article19 May 2023
Can the G7 deliver for Gen Z?
Young people will spend their lives in the shadow of the problems discussed at the G7 summit. Is real help at hand?
Read the full article17 May 2023
Good cop, bad cop
East Germany’s first black policeman started the 1990s as a media phenomenon, but ended it in jail. A new series tells his story
Read the full article04 May 2023
Britain’s youth overwhelmingly back rejoining the EU – but will Labour listen?
ITV’s Youth Tracker found 86% of 18-25-year-olds in favour
Read the full article28 April 2023
Will Rishi Sunak’s Brexit bonfire U-turn further divide the Tories?
Now just 800 of a proposed 4,000 EU laws will be scrapped, and the ERG are furious
Read the full article14 April 2023
Is Italy a feminist success story?
The country has its first female leader and the highest number of women working in law in Europe. Has Italy changed?
Read the full article12 April 2023
Is the government retreating from its post-Brexit bonfire of rights?
The Retained EU Law Bill would scrap over 4,000 pieces of legislation
Read the full article07 April 2023
The baby crying for better breastfeeding laws in Spain
A campaign group in Spain is seeking better legal protection for women who experience harassment while breastfeeding in public. Will the rest of Europe follow?
Read the full article03 April 2023
Sanna Marin suffers an electoral defeat as Finland’s Conservatives emerge victorious
Marin, one of Europe’s youngest leaders, has failed to secure a second term in power
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