Universities and Police Versus Britain's Students
Last night, three students were arrested after deciding to occupy Senate House on the campus of the University of London. Once they were holed up in the vice-chancellor's office, they issued their...
View ArticleJihad Selfies: These British Extremists in Syria Love Social Media
After being publicly sacked by al Qaeda leader Aymann al-Zawahiri and accidentally beheading a fighter from one of their main allies in Syria, it’s fair to say the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham...
View ArticleA Liberating Guide to Life Without Benefits
Today, George Osborne made his Autumn Statement – which is kind of like the budget speech but not quite as big a deal. In it, he set out his economic agenda for after the next general election. It was...
View ArticleGavin Haynes' Sleepless Nights: Here Are Some Things That You Shouldn't Do in...
Image by Marta Parszeniew The problem with even the scuzziest hotel rooms is that they openly invite you to lose your mind. They are dizzying chambers of petty luxury, interzones where the normal...
View ArticleEveryone in this Wheelchair Sports Camp Is Stoned and Making Beats
Photo by Adrian Diubaldo Kalyn Heffernan is 42 inches tall, has been diagnosed with a brittle bone disease, is confined to a wheelchair, smokes lots of weed and won’t hesitate to publicly shame anyone...
View ArticleMunchies: Jackson Boxer
Jackson Boxer runs Brunswick House in Vauxhall – a grand Georgian townhouse that was previously home to squat raves and rubble, before he transformed it into one of South London's destination...
View ArticleThe CEO of Archie Comics Thinks White Men Are "Not a Protected Class"
Photo by Flickr User Joelk75 Back in 2011, Co-CEO of Archie Comics Jonathon Goldwater tried to oust fellow co-CEO, Nancy Silberkleit, claiming she was “unstable and threatening to run the company into...
View ArticleEpicly Later'd: Geoff Rowley - Bonus
As a bonus to the more historical episodes we usually do, pro skater Geoff Rowley took us on a tour of his biking/camping journey across America. In this episode, he discusses his philosophies on...
View ArticleSkateboarding, Simpsons and Depop: Talking Illustration with Sam Taylor
"Picasso is the best and Guernica is my favourite painting of his, so I re-drew it with a felt tip." Buy the print on Depop. For an illustrator who "still hasn't worked out" how they want to draw, Sam...
View ArticleEverything You Need to Know About the Life of Nelson Mandela
Illustration by Victoria Sin. Nelson Mandela has left the planet. It is, at the time of writing, slightly more raw than the long-rehearsed curtains-down on 95 years ought to be. To South Africans like...
View ArticleThe Creators Project: Trevor Paglen Documents Government Secrecy Through...
Taking photographs of secret government bases sounds complicated enough, but imagine capturing images of hidden places from over 30 miles away and even fewer individuals have used government...
View ArticleChild-Stealing Demons Terrorised the Alps Again This Year
The darkest, coldest, scariest day of the year in the Alps region is the 6th of December. That's when Saint Nikolaus (Santa, for you guys) visits us, bringing with him nuts, oranges, apples, sweets...
View ArticleOpposition Parties and Vitali Klitschko Are Calming Kiev's Protesters
At the end of last week, a mass of protesters descended on Maidan Square, Kiev. There to urge President Viktor Yanukovych to bring them closer to the EU, demonstrators were riding through police lines...
View ArticleCry-Baby of the Week
It's time, once again, to marvel at some idiots who don't know how to handle the world: Cry-Baby #1: Chamblee Police Department Channel 11 News via Reddit The incident: A man charged his electric car...
View ArticleSpeaking to Mandela Mourners Outside London's South Africa House
A mourner laying flowers in memory of Nelson Mandela outside South Africa House, central London Last night, it was announced that Nelson Mandela had died. Instead of languishing in front of a laptop...
View ArticleWeediquette: Stoned Kids
Medical marijuana is legal in 20 US states and the District of Columbia, but there are still use cases that are very controversial, like medical marijuana for children. Some claim it's a wonder drug...
View ArticleAn Interview with One of Greenpeace's Freed Arctic 30
Frank Hewetson (photo courtesy of Kirill Andreev / Greenpeace) In some ways, it's surprising that Vladimir Putin isn't more revered by conservative Western bigots. On the 19th of September, while...
View ArticleYesterday, Students Were Arrested for Protesting Against the Arrest of Students
Yesterday, 34 student demonstrators were arrested while protesting against student demonstrators being arrested. Say what you like about the police being uneducated knuckleheads, that shows the kind...
View ArticleFootballers With Boobs Is the Best Thing On the Internet
FootballersWithBoobs says: At Martin O'Neill's first press conference, he was asked if him and Roy were a good cop/bad cop team. O'Neill claimed that they were both good cop, and it's hard to argue...
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