tabloids
On the Harry & Meghan interview and the UK press
Some reactions from UK media to the accusations of racism levelled during the Oprah interview.
trolling
Meeting an islamophobic troll
What happens when a muslim writer meets his persistent troll? An insight into the way the lonely and struggling can be sucked in by a feeling that they are part of something special.
comics
The radical politics of Peanuts
What happened when Peanuts introduced a black kid [http://hubpages.com/hub/How-The-Peanuts-Comic-Strip-Got-Its-First-Black-Character] ? > I remember telling Larry at the time about Franklin—he wanted me to change it, and we talked about it for a long while on the phone, and I finally sighed and said, “Well, Larry, let’
diversity
Crowdfunding media diversity
An interesting RSA-backed initiative to increase diversity in the media [http://www.rsablogs.org.uk/2014/fellowship/big-idea-diversity-in-media/]: > In order to address and to reverse decades of under-representation of ethnic minority voices in the media, the team at Media Diversified [http://mediadiversified.org/about-us/the-team/] is running a crowdfunding
Blogging
UKiP, Community Care and Blog Comments
Ah, the social media world is full of chit-chat after the felling of a Labour parliamentary candidate [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/election-2010/7571078/General-Election-2010-Labour-candidate-sacked-over-Twitter-rants.html] by his own brazen stupidity and contempt for the electorate Twitter. But, here in sunny Sutton, we’ve been having a bit of
immigration
The Bleedin' Obvious: Asylum seekers causing unrest
I find it faintly depressing that a committee of MPs can state the obvious and have it reported as news. The latest example of this is the new report into the asylum seekers problem. The report comes to the conclusion that people’s trust in the system has failed and
law
The Sound of the Underground
…is the sound of racial abuse and fist on flesh [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2651617.stm]…? Far from proven yet, but probably not a good thing for the careers of the made-on-TV band [http://www.girls-aloud.co.uk]. At least, I hope it isn’t. If