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Trans Britain wasn’t built in a day!
How Roman Yorkshire refutes Sunak’s gender normativity “A man is a man and a woman is a woman, that’s just common sense” – the poisonous, transphobic drivel of the UK’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak at the 2023 Tory Party Conference is yet another depressing marker of the war being waged on one of Britain’s most…
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‘You cannot win a nuclear war!’: After Oppenheimer, try Threads.
With the release of Oppenheimer in July, the nuclear bomb has taken its first tentative steps towards reconquering its share of the zeitgeist. While uncovering the torrid life of the father of the Bomb, Christopher Nolan has brought nuclear technology and its destructive power back into the collective imagination, albeit limited within the narrative space…
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Miners, the Bomb, and obstructing neoliberalism
The story of the People’s Republic of South Yorkshire In 2023, local government in Yorkshire is in crisis. As Kirklees and Middlesborough Councils face potential bankruptcy, councils and devolved authorities across the county are feeling the strain of underfunding and stripped-back services amidst rising inflation. The promised benefits of devolution now ring hollow in the…








