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Down With the Matriarchy? What Matriarchy?

B.J. Epstein | Posted 22.05.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: Women's Rights, Nicola Cooper, Jack O?Sullivan, Women's Roles, The Guardian, Sexism, Oppression, Feminism, Swansea University, Gender, Women's Issues, UK Lifestyle News
B.J. Epstein

While I certainly agree that both men and women must recognise and escape the "confines of our gender", and that we need to acknowledge that we have all been ill-served by our culture's emphasis on certain gender stereotypes... I can't quite believe that it is truly down to women that men feel, well, emasculated.

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Future of British Journalism Brings Together Top Student Journalists

Harry Lambert | Posted 09.05.2013 | UK Universities & Education
Read More: UK Students, Students, The Guardian, The Times, The Sunday Times, UK Universities & Education News
Harry Lambert

On April 17 Nouse brought together the top student papers in the UK for a unique meeting. The Future of British Journalism gathered 140 student journalists from over 40 papers, with everyone from Bristol and UCL to Oxford and Edinburgh attending.

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The MOOC Avalanche

Helena Gillespie | Posted 08.05.2013 | UK Universities & Education
Read More: Moocs, Higher Education, The Guardian, UK Universities & Education News
Helena Gillespie

My prediction for MOOCs in the UK is that we will find a way to bring them in to what we do. As marketing or public engagement, as adjuncts to our teaching or as curiosities, they are unlikely to become an avalanche that needs to be stopped.

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Companies Paying Living Wage To Be Given Tax Breaks Under Labour

The Huffington Post UK | Charlie Lindlar | Posted 27.04.2013 | UK Politics
Read More: Labour Policy, Minimum Wage, Unemployment, UK Labour Party, The Guardian, Ed Miliband, Living Wage, UK Media, UK Politics News

Ed Miliband has thrown further support behind the living wage, claiming that Labour would offer tax rewards to companies who began paying their worker...

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Cut the Caricature of the Poor, Not Their Welfare

Sian Boyle | Posted 07.04.2013 | UK Universities & Education
Read More: The Daily Mail, Pamela Nash, Tax Rate, Iain Duncan Smith, George Osborne, The Independent, Welfare Reform, The Guardian, Mick Philpott, Danny Alexander, UK Universities & Education News
Sian Boyle

Why do those on benefits have to be caricatured or characterised in one way or another at all? There are thousands of decent, 'normal' people who are genuinely impoverished, and try to make ends meet as best they can

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The Masters of Monetisation

Josh Graff | Posted 21.05.2013 | UK Tech
Read More: Social Media, Linkedin, Roi, Masters, Mobile, The Guardian, Media, Monitization, UK-Tech-2013, UK Tech, UK Media, UK Tech News
Josh Graff

This was a jam-packed seminar and a jam-packed stage, with lots of passionate views. So congratulations to moderator David Pemsel for quickly popping the arguments over "who had the biggest data"... and focusing instead on data as an enabler.

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Press Deal Branded A 'Horse Trader's Ball'

The Huffington Post UK/PA | Posted 19.03.2013 | UK
Read More: Hacked Off, Phone Hacking, Daily Mail, The Guardian, David Cameron, Ed Miliband, Nick Clegg, Northern and Shell, Press Freedom, Financial TImes, News International, Leveson Report, Daily Mirror, UK Politics News, Leveson Inquiry, UK News

David Cameron was facing growing questions on Tuesday evening over whether his plans for a powerful new press regulator, backed by legislation, would ...

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Newspapers Row Over 'Downmarket Scrubber' Comments

The Huffington Post UK | Stephen Hull | Posted 18.02.2013 | UK
Read More: The Sun, Oscar Pistorius Reeva Steenkamp, UK News, Richard Caseby, The Guardian, UK Media, Poll, Reeva Steenkamp, Alan Rusbridger, Page 3, UK News

One of The Sun’s most senior executives has launched a remarkable attack against The Guardian newspaper for “verbally sexually assaulting” Page ...

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Why the Guardian's Verbal Sexual Assault on Page Three Girls Is Baffling

Richard Caseby | Posted 20.04.2013 | UK
Read More: Women, No More Page Three Campaign, Women's Issues, Marina Hyde, The Sun, The Guardian, Page Three, Feminism, UK Media, Alan Rusbridger, UK News
Richard Caseby

Wasn't it the Guardian that first took up arms for equal pay, campaigned against violence against women and then prostitutes' rights? How time and class prejudice has corroded its values.

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Where Is It Written?

Paul Guest | Posted 06.04.2013 | UK Politics
Read More: Gay, The Guardian, Bbc, Gay Rights, Gay Pride, UK Politics, Barbra Streisand, Peter Tatchell, Gay Marriage, Big Questions, UK Conservative Party, Old Compton Street, UK Politics News
Paul Guest

Why should politicians govern love? And who has the right to deny anyone the chance to love who they choose, man or woman?

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Lies, Damned Lies, and Newspaper Reporting

Annie Machon | Posted 01.04.2013 | UK Politics
Read More: Iran, Whistleblowers, Intelligence, Oxford Union, War, Spies, Julian Assange, Wikileaks, Dr Tom Fingar, Amelia Hill, The Guardian, UK Media, UK Politics News
Annie Machon

Where to start with this tangled skein of media spin, misrepresentation and outright hypocrisy?

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The Importance of Bearing Grudges

Michele Howarth Rashman | Posted 26.03.2013 | Home
Read More: Nicholas Treadwell, Art, The Guardian, Sarah Kent, Art Critics, Critics, Waldemar Januszczak, Time Out, Home News
Michele Howarth Rashman

I have a Sh*t List. It runs to several pages and includes back stabbers, fence sitters, fair-weather friends and a smattering of generalised ars*holes.

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Why Debating Must Be Taught in Every School Across the Country

Tony Koutsoumbos | Posted 23.03.2013 | UK Universities & Education
Read More: Education, State Schools, The Guardian, Public Speaking, Argument, Debating, Stephen Twigg, UK Media, UK Universities & Education News
Tony Koutsoumbos

However, it is with only cautious optimism that I welcome the shadow Education Secretary's proposals. This is because it appears his only motivation for supporting debate lessons in state schools is to ensure that private schools do not have an unfair advantage.

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Julie Burchill's 'Transsexuals' Article Is a Triumph for Liberal Hypocrisy

Planet Ivy | Posted 17.03.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: Transsexual, Julie Burchill, The Observer, Trans Community, Women, Liberalism, The Guardian, Hypocrisy, UK Press, Feminism, UK Media, Gender, UK Lifestyle News
Planet Ivy

Burchill is actually quite elegant in her dismantlement of the "vociferous transsexual lobby and their grim groupies". Shame her understanding of such communities amounts to a gross misrepresentation.

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David Davies Admits He 'May Very Well Be Wrong' On Gay Marriage

The Huffington Post UK | Charlie Lindlar | Posted 31.01.2013 | UK Politics
Read More: David Davies, David Davies Gay Marriage, UK Conservative Party, The Guardian, David Cameron, UK Politics, UK Media, Gay-Marriage-UK, Gay Marriage, UK Politics News

One potential explanation for Conservative MP David Davies' poorly phrased remarks on gay marriage? A lack of diversity training, according to th...

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Why You NEED to Listen to This American Life

Pete Strauss | Posted 04.02.2013 | Home
Read More: Podcasts, Ira, USA, The Guardian, Ira Glass, Guardian, This American Life, US, American, Podcast, Glass, Home News
Pete Strauss

Perhaps what I personally respect about this podcast above all else is that it tip toes the line of respecting its audience and not simply patronisingly spoon feeding knowledge. It doesn't acquiesce to the demands of dumbing down nor does it hold any pretence about itself.

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Cyril Smith 'Sexually Abused' Teen In Houses Of Parliament

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 30.11.2012 | UK
Read More: Sex Abuse, Cyril Smith Sex Abuse, Jimmy Savile, UK News, Cyril Smith, The Guardian, Sir Cyril Smith, UK News

Cyril Smith abused a young victim in the Houses of Parliament, following 18-months 'grooming' by the MP, according to a report in the Guardian. The...

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A Brave New World for the British Press

Joel Durston | Posted 23.01.2013 | Home
Read More: Lord Justice Leveson, Press Ethics, Hugh Grant, Evening Standard, Media, British Press, Journalism, Leveson, The Guardian, Home News
Joel Durston

Whatever happens, it seems the days of buying a paper for the daily commute, or buying a Sunday paper in the morning to read leisurely in the garden, are dying. And I think that's a shame.

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Making the Digital World Accessible to Everyone

Dominic Tarn | Posted 18.01.2013 | UK Tech
Read More: Age UK, Accessibility, Americans With Disabilities Act, Australia, The Guardian, Digital, Design, Disability, Facebook, Dyslexia, Visual Impairments, UK-Tech-2013, UK Tech News
Dominic Tarn

Despite the internet being a universal means of communication, and visual impairment and dyslexia affecting hundreds of millions worldwide, this subject only receives sporadic attention in the media. In the UK alone there are six million affected by dyslexia.

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Israel As A Puppet Master?

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 16.11.2012 | UK
Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, UK News, The Guardian, UK Media, Benjamin Netanyahu, Poll, Antisemitism, Steve Bell, UK Jews, UK-Judaism, UK News

A Guardian cartoon showing Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a "puppet master" holding dolls of William Hague and Tony Blair has sparked ou...

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Emerging Icons Featured Artist: Josephine

Kat Jackman | Posted 05.01.2013 | UK Entertainment
Read More: Josephine, Manchester, Jools Holland, Reviews, UK Music, Dionne Warwick, The Guardian, The X Factor, Later With Jools Holland, Alice Cooper, X Factor, Music, Music News, Interview, Video, UK Entertainment News
Kat Jackman

A name that has been honey to the lips of many critics of late is one Josephine Oniyama; a super-chilled Mancunian alt-soul singer-songwriter. With so many descriptions to follow her name, it's no real surprise that she has opted to perform under just 'Josephine'- a less cumbersome mouthful to match her clean vocal style and classic style of composition.

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Tipping the Gender Imbalance in the Media: Louder, Better, Faster, Stronger

Sian Boyle | Posted 29.12.2012 | UK
Read More: Gender Equality, Women, Pyschology, The Guardian, Media, Media Sexism, The Times, City University, Gender, The Sunday Times, UK News
Sian Boyle

I was shocked but not surprised to learn in a report on women in the media that male journalists completely dominate their female counterparts, writing 78% of all front-page articles examined and accounting for 84% of those mentioned or quoted in lead pieces.

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Jessica Elgot

Guardian Print Edition Closing?

HuffingtonPost.com | Jessica Elgot | Posted 17.10.2012 | UK
Read More: UK News, Guardian-Newspaper, The Guardian, Guardian Print Closing, Guardian Online, UK Media, The Telegraph, Guardian Website, Digital Journalism. Digital Media, UK News

The Guardian has rubbished claims that it is stopping the presses permanently in order to concentrate soley on their online operation. A post on th...

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Troops Could Return From Afghanistan 'Earlier Than Expected'

PA | Posted 13.11.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: British Troops Afghanistan, Philip Hammond, UK News, British Troops, Afghanistan, The Guardian, Afghan War, UK Politics News

Defence Secretary Philip Hammond has revealed he is considering plans to bring back some British troops from Afghanistan earlier than expected. Mr ...

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One Year On and Still Notworking

Geoffrey Wadhurst | Posted 31.10.2012 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: Accountants, Social Media, Accounting, Blogging, The Guardian, Networking, Coaching, Social Networking, UK Lifestyle News
Geoffrey Wadhurst

It's almost exactly a year since I started my "Notworking Blog". Its first incarnation was in the Guardian Work section which followed a career trajectory similar to my own, folding quietly in June.

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