2020 has undoubtedly been a very difficult year for most people. While older people have borne the brunt of health impacts from COVID-19, younger people have faced a crisis of their own: job losses and unemployment Increasingly, news outlets are…
Tomorrow, the millions of Americans who have not already done so will take to the polls to vote for who they want to be their President for the next four years. Will it be former Vice-President Joe Biden? Or will…
October is Black History Month in the UK and we are looking for contributions from young writers as part of our campaign, Making History. 2020 has seen the biggest civil rights marches and protests in decades, following the killing of…
Backbench has appointed three new general editors to its growing editorial team. The new editors are Violet Daniels, Ben Thompson and Eleanor Longman-Rood. The existing team is very excited to welcome its new members and is looking forward to taking…
We’re looking for two new editors to join the Backbench editorial team. Backbench is the leading current affairs blog for young writers in the UK, and the Backbench editorial team is a proven training ground for talented future journalists. The site…
The Backbench editorial team decided to take a (slight) break from political analysis and has come together to bring you some of our top recommendations for lockdown entertainment. Times are strange and unpredictable, but we believe you can always take…