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

The UK Conservative Party has been in something of a civil war as it seeks to select its new leader and the nation’s prime minister. Despite the three frontrunners — Rishi Sunak, Liz Truss and Penny Mordaunt — all committing to the target of net zero by 2050, there has …

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 …

What can America learn from Northern Ireland about abortion restrictions?

A short investigation as to why Britain's youth seem to flee to the far left.

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 …

Scottish Unionists can barely conceal their glee at the ongoing Alex Salmon/Nicola Sturgeon debacle. They hope that the scandal might give them a new lease of life. And there is reason to believe that they are right. In the past six months, the polls have consistently shown that most Scots …

The last week has been described as the worst crisis for the Royal Family since the death of Princess Diana. In an explosive interview with Oprah Winfrey, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle revealed that one family member had been concerned about the colour of Archie’s skin and that she had …

That was the overriding message of International Women’s Day 2021, an annual worldwide movement for the advocation of women’s rights. Whether you’re challenging the notion that feminism is a fight against masculinity, or the gender stereotypes that say women can’t fulfil certain roles, or perhaps the barriers put up against …

Since Joe Biden’s election victory, the British government has made efforts to woo the new administration. This was evident at the latest G7 summit, where Boris Jonson stated that the US is ‘unreservedly back’ as leader of the free world. Given Boris Johnson’s past comments about Barack Obama and Hillary …

In an attempt to stop the spread of Covid-19, temporary legislation was introduced at the beginning of the pandemic to allow women easier access to medical terminations in their homes with the use of two pills. Doctors are calling for at-home medical abortions to be made permanently legal here in …

Language plays a prominent role in shaping social and cultural attitudes. It is, therefore, true that using gender-inclusive language is a powerful way to eradicate gender inequality and promote a more equal society. An example would be using gender-neutral pronouns, such as ‘they/them’ instead of conforming to the default ‘he/him …

The Deep South has always been a pivotal voice in American politics. Recent changes in voting patterns have made things more complicated. Donald Trump’s impeachment trial is over with an acquittal. His charge was inciting the Capitol Hill riots. Not enough Republican Senators turned on him. A two-thirds majority was …

Chart-topping singer, Britney Spears, is trending in the news again, but not for her music. The harrowing Framing Britney Spears documentary aired this week, shedding light on the shocking harassment, abuse and objectification that the star has been subjected to since the age of 16. Using archive footage and interviews …