Kill the Bill: Fighting for the Right to Protest
A new piece of “draconian” legislation in England and Wales is threatening to silence the public voice HAYLE, Cornwall. - As a convoy of...
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The Royal Ballet’s real Billy Elliot
The persistent hard work and open outlook of rising Welsh dancer William Bracewell has landed him firmly on his feet. He talks to Hannah...
Experience: I’ve seen videos of people being punched, kicked and hit with batons
Activist and youth activist officer Cameron Joshi, 25, revisits the events of Saturday’s Kill the Bill demonstration in London
Why music’s #MeToo movement has a grassroots problem
The UK’s music scene has long endured a silent epidemic of misogyny and abuse against women. Insiders are beginning to ask: should high...
Growing a Martian Menu: Inside The Race To Feed Missions To Mars
As humans explore the possibilities of colonising ‘the red planet’, one question is crucial: how are we going to eat there? When the...
How protesters defied the G7 summit with a weekend of civil disobedience
From Palestine to the NHS: dozens of activist groups descended on rural Cornwall last weekend to challenge world leaders on a range of...
Debrief: Community reacts to Scotland Yard protest
Thousands gathered outside New Scotland Yard, the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police, yesterday afternoon to protest against the action
Sarah Everard: Politicians and activists denounce ‘unacceptable’ police intervention at vigil
Members of Islington Council, activists and politicians denounced police officers after they restrained and arrested women at a vigil held i
How one woman taught the suffragettes to fight back - with jiu-jitsu
Famed as one of the first female martial arts instructors in the West and teacher of the Suffragettes Self-Defense Club, Edith Garrud is...
This dreamlike Super 8 short film explores the ethereal beauty of Morocco
“A real sensory overload. You’re in the medina and you’re going down the narrow streets, then the motorbikes – you’re trying to get hit...
Local news reporting for Islington Gazette/Islington Now
New Islington book club campaign to tackle loneliness Published by the Islington Gazette A campaign to tackle loneliness during lockdown...
Lockdown has helped to clear my mind of anxiety
Many people’s mental wellbeing is suffering, but some have felt an unexpected boost, writes Hannah Sargeant Published in the i paper When...
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