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If the government had an opportunity to provide a treasured skill to the public, one that encourages economic growth and prompts cultural exchange, you would think they would take it, right? Unfortunately, this is not the case for language learning in the United Kingdom.

Tiger-Lily Snowdon Author Portfolio Shout Out UK

Homelessness rates have reached record levels and nowhere is this more obvious than in the capital. It was during my first few months of university when I discovered that a man who I passed every day on my way to campus, had sadly died the night before. The only record …

When Victoria Jenkins presented her adaptive fashion brand, Unhidden, on Dragon’s Den it was rejected for investment. On Tuesday, she got the last laugh as her designs for Primark’s new 49-piece adaptive collection went live across the UK. Roughly 1 in 4 (24 per cent) of the UK’s population has …

Last year, across the world, a woman was killed every ten minutes by an intimate partner or family member. In the UK, one woman is killed every three days. Femicide is the gender-related intentional killing of women. It is the most brutal, extreme and horrifying manifestation of gender-based violence. Globally, …

IPC President Andrew Parsons’ 2024 Paralympic opening speech struck a chord when headlines just before the games highlighted the struggles of disabled people battling the transport system. First and foremost, the Paralympics is and should be about elite sport. But given the world’s focus on disability, the games can provide …

Rural English pubs are on a life support machine, and the visitors have long stopped coming by.

From November 16 until December 16 it’s UK Disability History Month. Thinking of this has made me aware of how little I know of the struggle for disability rights or any other detail of disability history. This shouldn’t be surprising, however, as a recent survey for ITV News found that …

THE STORY OF BRITNEY CONCERNS COUNTLESS OTHER WOMENBritney Spears can’t leave the house without permission or live where she wants to. She can’t spend her own money or make crucial decisions about her body — such as whether or not to have more children. For the last decade, every one …

Within the last year, this government has willfully ignored the plight of undocumented immigrants and refugees, denying them safe accommodation and safe access to healthcare.The government’s policy of creating a ‘hostile environment’ has become increasingly harmful throughout this pandemic. The term ‘hostile environment’ refers to a set of policies created …

‘What message does it send to future Disabled leaders!?’ is a question Sophie Morgan, TV presenter and #rightsonflights campaigner, posed on Instagram where upon arrival, she found 10 Downing Street was inaccessible to wheelchair users. How can we tackle issues (that often hit people with disabilities the hardest) if political …

Laura Coryton took down the tampon tax. Now she’s trying to revolutionise sex education and empower young girls to stand up, speak up and engage with politics. Until 2021, Chanel handbags and tampons had one thing in common: the UK Government classed them as luxury, taxable items. This is still …

It’s official; Elon Musk has bought Twitter. The $44 billion takeover deal agreed on Monday, comes just two weeks after the world’s richest man rejected the offer of a board seat and submitted his own bid for the social media giant. What’s the Deal with the Twitter Deal? The speed …

Should We Cast Actors that 'Live' their Roles in Real Life?

It sounded like the start of a glorious future. ‘We have a new North Star’ proclaimed Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, as he introduced Facebook’s ambitious new vision of a virtual-reality based ‘Metaverse’ and unveiled a new company name, ‘Meta’. Yet even as Zuckerberg was announcing the rebrand, Facebook was telling …

Jonathan Shapiro, also known as Zapiro, is a renowned South African cartoonist. His cartoons have appeared in numerous publications in South Africa, as well as in The Sunday Times. Shout Out UK has been working with Cartooning for Peace and the University of Leicester to run COVID in Cartoons, a …

Cartooning is a subject that has caused much division and controversy in recent years. Cartoonists have paid with their lives for drawing the Prophet Muhammed. And last year, here in the UK, there was a row about a cartoon in The Guardian that depicted the Home Secretary, Priti Patel, as …

‘Englishness’ is an elusive idea. Could a ‘civic’ version of Englishness be the answer? Those were the words of the Irish playwright, George Bernard Shaw. I was reminded of this quote last week when the renowned British author Hilary Mantel gave an interview to Italy’s la Repubblica. She said that …

The ‘Blue Wall’ analogy refers to prosperous, Remain-leaning seats, mainly in the South of England. Since the Tories embraced Brexit and are now focused on holding onto the gains made in the Red Wall, with their ‘levelling up’ agenda, it is thought that they could be at risk of losing …

Eva Clarke weighed only three pounds when she was born in Mauthausen Concentration Camp on April 29, 1945. Had her mother, Anka, arrived at Mauthausen just a few days earlier, neither she nor Eva would have lived. But by the time she arrived, the Nazis had run out of gas, …

There was something inevitable about Piers Morgan’s response to Simone Biles’ decision to withdraw (temporarily) from the 2020 Olympics on mental health grounds. Biles’ ‘greatest move’ is her ability to put herself first Biles later rejoined the competition and went on to win a bronze medal. But before this, writing …

A discussion with Professor Robert Tombs on persecuted Leave academics and Britain’s precarious new future. Whether you’ve voted to leave or remain, I think most British voters hoped that when Boris Johnson promised to ‘get Brexit done’ at the 2019 election, it would get done. Sadly, it was not to …

Harvey Sinclair is an entrepreneur who co-founded E-Light, a company that aims to simplify energy efficiency and maximise the use of LED lighting (light-emitting diode). LED lighting is more eco-friendly for a range of reasons; they last longer, so you needn’t buy them as frequently, they are brighter, which means …

British dating reality series, Love Island, is known for controversy. However, viewers were left angered by the show after contestant, Aaron Francis, revealed that ‘hairy arms’ are his biggest turnoff. The misogynistic comment sparked discourse concerning attitudes towards women’s body hair. But the topic is hardly new. For years, women …

HAS BBC’S MARTIN BASHIR HAMMERED THE FINAL NAIL IN THE COFFIN? One view truly unites people across the UK’s political spectrum: the BBC is outrageously biased (although they seem to be biased in favour of different political positions, depending on who is making the accusation). Brexiteers have alleged that the …

At first glance, the videos don’t seem that different from anything else users might find on TikTok. There are a lot of memes, lip-syncing, and badly synchronised dancing. But the dancers are in combat gear, the lip-syncs are accompanied by M-16s, and the memes are about killing ‘alphabet bois’, slang …

THIS GOVERNMENT OF PHILISTINES MAY NOT CARE ABOUT CULTURE, BUT SURELY THEY CARE ABOUT MONEY? A few months ago, the Conservative MP for Rosendale and Darwen, Jake Berry, was ridiculed for saying that in the North of England, football, rather than the ‘Royal Ballet or Royal Opera House or Royal …

A few weeks ago at PMQs, Keir Starmer joked that the government needed a Ted Hastings to sort out corruption. Ted Hastings (Adrian Dunbar), is one of the central characters in the BBC police procedural Line of Duty. The show centres around an anti-corruption unit (AC-12) aimed at catching ‘bent …

Welsh nationalism is strong but independence isn’t yet on the cards — or is it? On May 6, there will be local council elections across the UK, as well as elections to the Scottish and Welsh Parliaments. The Hartlepool by-election is also expected to be a nail-biter and is seen …

Given that Keir Starmer has been Labour leader for just over a year, it may seem odd (and a little unfair) to be contemplating who his successor might be. Starmer was off to a good start. When he first took over, Labour trailed the Conservatives by 20 points. Within a …