Responsibility

An Open Letter to Michelle Obama: BTW Beyonce No Longer A 'Role Model'

Rakhi Kumar | Posted 21.04.2013 | UK Entertainment
Rakhi Kumar

I'm writing because I think it's time to stop suggesting to very young girls that ultimate feminine success - in the music industry or anywhere else - comes with the need, or the expectation for them to undress.

Take Responsibility for Your Relationship Breakdown And Divorce

Soila Sindiyo | Posted 21.04.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Soila Sindiyo

Very often when I speak about taking responsibility for one's relationship breakdown, I'm met with strange looks, actually some of them are angry, antagonised looks that demand, "Are you trying to say that I put myself in this situation?"

Why We Might Want to Invite Marine Le Pen to Cambridge

Jinho Clement | Posted 16.04.2013 | UK Universities & Education
Jinho Clement

If I am very honest, I do not really know much about her. I do know she's controversial, and I do know she has some bad views. I also know that some people even call her a neo-fascist. However, I have never heard her speak or explain her views.

Press Freedom is Vital... But So Are 'Our' Rights

Muhammad Abdul Bari | Posted 30.01.2013 | UK
Muhammad Abdul Bari

Lord Leveson has delivered a damning verdict on the state of Britain's 'Fourth Estate', its hitherto powerful newspaper business. In his report An Inq...

In a World Where Anything Goes

Pippa Smith | Posted 27.08.2012 | UK Entertainment
Pippa Smith

Do we really live in a world where anything goes? According to the BBC's Cherry Healey, we do. In a recent programme, 'How to Get a Life' on BBC One, she repeated this statement more than once.

Think You Should be Doing Something Else?

Emma Brooke | Posted 03.05.2012 | UK Lifestyle
Emma Brooke

Is there something you wish you could do, or be, or go see... But you can't because of whatever reason? Whenever you're doing something which isn't r...

Knowledge is Porridge

Fiona Melville | Posted 25.03.2012 | UK Politics
Fiona Melville

Ben Gummer's Ten Minute Rule Bill (to be introduced tomorrow) builds on something we suggested years ago. Well, two things, in fact.

How Ed Miliband Could Build on His Conservative Idea

Fiona Melville | Posted 25.03.2012 | UK Politics
Fiona Melville

The more I read about this welfare cap, the crosser I get.

The Age That Brits 'Grow Up' Is...

The Huffington Post UK | Kyrsty Hazell | Posted 16.01.2012 | UK Lifestyle

Britain is a nation of Peter Pan characters, according to a new survey, as nearly half of British adults admit to finally feeling ‘grown-up’ when ...

Greater Social Cohesion the Solution to Economic Inequality

Amir Eden | Posted 04.03.2012 | UK
Amir Eden

It's always been argued that economic inequality is something which cannot be perfectly addressed. Although many great individuals have fought and die...

Criminal Responsibility Is Social, Not Scientific

Luke Samuel | Posted 13.02.2012 | UK
Luke Samuel

On Tuesday the Royal Society published a report called 'Brainwaves and the Law' into how developments in neuroscience may integrate into the legal sys...

Billionaires; Is Such Extravagance Sensible Just Now?

Peter Martindale | Posted 28.12.2011 | UK Politics
Peter Martindale

As the globe reels from the uprisings around the world, and the rulers of each country affected are accused of corruption and pilfering the country's ...

The Stormageddon Effect, and Other Parenting Emotions

Kate Harrad | Posted 03.12.2011 | UK Lifestyle
Kate Harrad

When you tell people that becoming a parent has introduced you to a whole new range of emotions, they probably expect you to start going on about loving your child in a way you'd never loved anyone before, that kind of thing.

I Have the Right to Choose. So I Should Also Have the Right to Choose Where I get my Information From

Fiona Melville | Posted 02.11.2011 | UK Politics
Fiona Melville

I am all for sensible discussion of medical facts. But I absolutely defend my right to decide for myself whether I want children and when I want them.

Grown Ups Should Step Up

Indra Adnan | Posted 14.10.2011 | UK Politics
Indra Adnan

It's been a highly charged month for parents. In the midst of that annual break from routine - the Summer holidays - when kids are off school and look...