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‘Hope labour’ leaves people working in creative industries open to exploitation as they try to develop their careers.
Working practices in the TV industry are in dire need of change to stop workplaces from being environments that facilitate abuse and harassment.
Myths about rape and assault persist even in the post-MeToo era.
An expert on media law explains how newspapers avoid defamation when investigating a story.
I’ve researched women’s experience of the UK comedy circuit for ten years – this is what I’ve learned.
Jon Stewart insists he is just a comedian, but his comic barbs have always had a political edge.
When his partner was pregnant, Russell Brand announced he may raise the child ‘gender-neutral’ to avoid social constraints associated with being a boy or a girl. So what determines your ‘sex’?
In an uninspiring campaign, the comedian’s volte face means a lot to Ed Miliband.
Research suggests young people are engaged in politics, they just don’t like the politicians.
This is a timely and vibrant film, funny at times – and not without a hint of editorial distance from director Winterbottom.
Those who loathe politicians may be right or wrong, but no greater an authority than David Hume would still say you should vote for them.
Three things about the present era are especially striking. First, problems persist. For those fortunate enough to have grown up in post-war Australia in particular, this is a somewhat surprising reality…
Well, we’ve been here before. On Wednesday, the comedian, author and activist Russell Brand threatened to sue The Sun after the newspaper ran a front-page feature labelling Brand a hypocrite for “ranting…
They are all as bad as each other. You can’t believe anything they say. It doesn’t make any difference. There are perhaps as many reasons for not voting as numbers of non-voters (35% of the electorate…
As we hurtle towards peak Russell Brand, I have a question. Treat it as rhetorical if you like but if anyone has an actual answer, they would be warmly welcomed. My question is: what has Brand actually…
The exam board OCR recently announced a new English Language and Literature A Level that they intend to offer from 2015. The proposed syllabus boasts that “the range of texts to be studied is to be the…
British comic Russell Brand has gained further notoriety of late, but not for the usual reasons. His recent interview with Jeremy Paxman, the too-clever-by-half doyen of television interviewers, has gone…
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