The release of the UK’s White Paper review of the Gambling Act 2005 has been postponed once again. This is the fourth time that the review has now been postponed, with aides to Boris Johnson now advising that this cannot…
Even the most spontaneous of us both require – and I think, enjoy – some semblance of routine. Even if you’re someone who enjoys making decisions on a whim, which I’m very much not, that can become disconcerting after a…
Over recent months I have been working a new paper for Centre Think Tank, ‘A second pandemic’, which focuses on dealing with the growing mental health crisis after the pandemic. This crisis has happened not only due to the pandemic…
On the 3rd February, it was announced that Dr Alex George, a contestant from the 2018 series of Love Island, was appointed as the ‘Ambassador for Mental Health’. While the move may reverse some of the PR damage that influencers have experienced…
We live in an age where social media is everything. From scrolling through endless amounts of friends’ sunny photos from abroad to tweeting a picture of our avocados on toast, there is no escaping it. Since the boom of the…
When the UK entered lockdown in March, we were perhaps naïve to think this would be a short-term problem. It wasn’t until the weeks dragged on, with every daily briefing becoming more dire with every new slide, that the full…
You may or may not have heard of the term sadfishing, but you would almost certainly recognise it if you saw it. Sadfishing, a word which The Guardian describes as typically mocking in its usage, is a phenomenon whereby (usually young) people…
In December 2010, in a provincial Tunisian town, 26 year old Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on fire. He was a fruit-seller, unable to get an official permit. As a result of this, agents from the council would extract bribes from him…
Across the globe, we are facing a mental health crisis. This is a result of our political systems but is also altering them insidious ways. While the mental health crisis exists across the globe, it is particularly prevalent in twenty-first…