Is the new 12-sided pound coin really worth it?
As if the new plastic banknote wasn’t exciting enough the Royal Mint has introduced a new 12-sided pound coin into circulation. According to the Treasury will be “the most secure…
UK response divided over Westminster attack
A terror attack carried out by a man identified as Khalid Masood caused the deaths of four individuals and left over fifty injured as he ploughed down pedestrians along Westminster…
Male parenting: TV is adopting more fluid gender roles
There are many things that come to mind when the idea of a male figure is evoked, but domestic life is rarely one of them. This may be due to…
Housewives in catfights: TV’s misrepresentation of the domestic woman
Love it or hate it, the Real Housewives series is enormously successful. The reality programme documents the real-life dramas of wealthy housewives, with little attention given to their almost exclusively…
Just One Star for the Real Housewives of Auckland
Since 2006, and the premiere of The Real Housewives of Orange County, the franchise has slowly grown into an international juggernaut, with instalments in France, Greece, the UK, Canada, and…
Athena Zhao Impressed by My Brother, My Brother and Me
Hosted by your oldest brother Justin McElroy, your middlest brother Travis McElroy and your sweet baby brother (Forbes 30 under 30 media luminary) Griffin McElroy, My Brother, My Brother, and…
The false story of Balamory: Are idealised representations of housing harmful?
For those of us born and raised in the UK, perhaps the greatest epitome of infant TV was Balamory on CBeebies. It was like a rainbow had melted all over…
The Star Wars Special Editions 20 years on: should artists change their art?
In 1997, two events happened that would profoundly inform my later life. Firstly, I was born. This event would come to shape me as a person to a great extent.…