Eleanor Longman-Rood
05 April 2024
Could the UK’s young people get freedom of movement in Europe?
An EU advisory body has urged Britain to rejoin the Erasmus scheme - but its hopes are even more ambitious
Read the full article03 April 2024
Bridging the UK's gender pain gap
In Britain, women with a health condition can sit in medical purgatory awaiting a diagnosis for up to three years. I’m one of them
Read the full article28 March 2024
Nearly half of 2019 Tory voters want closer ties with the EU, according to new poll
And 17% of those who backed Boris Johnson now say we should rejoin the bloc
Read the full article26 March 2024
It’s a “dark day” for young people: The British Youth Council has closed
A cash crisis and post-Brexit changes mean another blow for the UK’s youth sector
Read the full article17 March 2024
No white flags: Why these Ukrainian women won’t stop dreaming of victory against Russia
Pope Francis may have called for a settlement, but those who have lived through the invasion are standing firm
Read the full article20 February 2024
The illogical war on international students
Despite the government’s best efforts, international students still want to study in the UK
Read the full article24 January 2024
Review: Society of the Snow is worth the nightmares
In JA Bayona, the survivors of the 1972 crash of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 had the right man to tell their story
Read the full article03 January 2024
Are there any new stories left to tell?
In 2024 producers will take old plots, tropes and characters out for a new spin
Read the full article20 December 2023
A Small Light shines on the year’s TV
The story of Anne Frank is known far and wide, but this was a fresh look at an already well-examined period of history
Read the full article10 December 2023
The Turing Scheme is no replacement for Erasmus
The Young European Movement has launched a campaign urging the UK government to rejoin the EU’s study-abroad project
Read the full article09 December 2023
Christmas drinks just got more expensive, thanks to Brexit
Industry experts are warning that wines are ‘up £3 a bottle’ since the UK’s departure from the bloc
Read the full article06 December 2023
A Nearly Normal Family asks the right questions on sexual assault
The new Swedish series boasts a plot fuelled with murder, trials and reasons why women aren’t believed when they come forward
Read the full article22 November 2023
The autumn statement shows Britain can’t afford Brexit
Jeremy Hunt’s tinkering won’t kickstart growth or make up for the cost of leaving the EU
Read the full article18 November 2023
The British businesses being strangled by Brexit red tape
Nearly three-quarters of UK firms say leaving the EU has affected them “very negatively”
Read the full article11 November 2023
Ukrainian women are risking their lives to head home for better reproductive healthcare
They fled Putin’s invasion - but now lack of access and racism are forcing women to head back towards the conflict
Read the full article08 November 2023
Light must be shed on dark money’s presence in politics, new report says
Nearly 60% demand more details of how think tanks are funded - and findings show right wingers are less transparent than those on the left
Read the full article28 October 2023
Brexit brings unattractive news for the beauty sector
A new report claims leaving the EU has created a £850m drop in the industry’s exports to Europe
Read the full article26 October 2023
Northern Ireland’s Gen Z want their government back
The children of the Good Friday Agreement are tired of living in a ‘broken system’
Read the full article25 October 2023
“Russian money has completely corrupted the British establishment”: Bill Browder on the Kremlin's influence over Brexit and a Russia without Putin
The US investor and prominent anti-Putin activist is gloomy about the likelihood of ousting the dictator
Read the full article23 September 2023
Why has Sir Ed Davey got no appetite for Brexit?
The Lib Dem leader says rejoining the European Union is currently off the table
Read the full article20 September 2023
The Gen Z Brexit brain drain
The cost-of-living crisis and Brexit are pushing young people out of the UK – especially those originally from mainland Europe
Read the full article13 September 2023
TV Review: For one Roma woman, avoiding infamy comes at a price
A new Netflix drama sees a 17-year-old Polish migrant return from exile in Wales to battle racism, sexism and Romany traditions
Read the full article06 September 2023
South African history comes to French TikTok
Thanks to French singer-songwriter Jain, the life of Miriam Makeba has had a recent renaissance on social media
Read the full article05 September 2023
Boris Johnson’s “oven-ready Brexit deal” made one manufacturer open 27 different bank accounts just to export to the EU
New report says the Trade and Cooperation Agreement caused “significant disruption”, increased costs and bureaucratic headaches
Read the full article22 August 2023
The bitter taste of Brexit bursts the craft beer industry’s bubble
New trading arrangements, as well as the pandemic and the cost-of-living crisis, have forced brewers out of business
Read the full article17 August 2023
Priti Patel brands her old department “secretive and evasive”
Tory in-fighting shows no signs of halting as Patel takes aim at her successor’s plans to house asylum seekers within spitting distance from her own constituency
Read the full article13 August 2023
André de Freitas takes Portuguese laughs to Edinburgh
Portuguese comedian André De Freitas is on a mission to put his country on the map, one joke at a time
Read the full article12 August 2023
Iain Dale and Zac Goldsmith may be switching sides. Is the country next?
The Tories are losing their loyalists and they’re running straight into Labour’s arms
Read the full article12 August 2023
Brexit Britain’s Got No Talent: Visa scheme gets just three applicants
The ‘brightest and best’ have failed to arrive. What could have put them off?
Read the full article09 August 2023
The government’s barges will not ‘stop the boats’, says migration expert
The Bibby Stockholm is branded an empty gesture to fix a crisis of the government’s own making
Read the full article09 August 2023
The government faces a climbdown on its ludicrous plan to house refugees on Ascension Island
With their Rwanda project in doubt, the Tories went for Plan B. Now they need a Plan C
Read the full article03 August 2023
In yet another Brexit climbdown, checks on fresh food from EU are postponed again
The news comes the same week as the government’s U-turn over its stance on CE marks
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