Michelle Holmes

Growing up in south-east London I was all too familiar with the presence of the theory of racism. Living about five minutes away from the BNP headquarters, about twenty minutes away from the now notorious Eltham and going to a primarily white secondary school, although fortunate to not experience prejudices...

Racism in Britain has once again resurfaced at the forefront of the mainstream news, almost magically as if it disappeared and reappeared overnight. From David Starkey's dogmatic comments last year on the riots being a result of 'whites acting black' to the more recent re-exposure of racism in...

I patiently waited for 15 minutes after putting in a 999 call for an ambulance, before calling back at 6.40am last Monday after my mum's collapse. When the operator told me "it's not unusual to have to wait this length of time during periods of high call volumes" I knew...

I don't know about you but when I thought of 2012 and the 21st century, I thought of flying silver cars, robots for maids and the ability to teleport. Although we're not quite there, we're definitely in the age of innovative technology, when you take into consideration our dependencies on...

The aftermath of the riots that spread across the UK in late summer was much more than just the burnt out buildings and houses, the emotional distress or the job losses - it was also the fingers of blame pointed and name calling by the media and politicians alike.