Play
The Importance of Being Earnest at Harold Pinter Theatre
Lucy Bailey’s production of The Importance of Being Earnest is a reimagining of Wilde’s magnificent play. Many Wilde…
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Published articles
Current Affairs
“Trojan Horse” board of trustees resign
The entire board of trustees at the heart of the “Trojan Horse” takeover plot have announced their resignation.…
By Joanna Byrne
Play
Perseverance Drive at the Bush Theatre
It not often that contemporary theatre is focused on religion. It’s even rarer that a play hosts an…
By Joanna Byrne
Movie
Scar Tissue
Scott Michell’s Scar Tissue is 50 percent teen rom-com, 50 percent thriller and 100 percent awful. Bad acting,…
By Joanna Byrne
Play
Wonderland at Hampstead Theatre
Set in both the dark underbelly of a Nottinghamshire mine and in the cold light of the conservative…
By Joanna Byrne
Current Affairs
Government extends flexible working hour rights for all employees
The government has extended the right to ask for flexible working hours to all employees. This right has…
By Joanna ByrneCurrent Affairs
Cut sugar intake by half to tackle obesity suggest experts
People should halve their sugar intake in order to control obesity and weight related illnesses health experts have…
By Joanna ByrneCurrent Affairs
Gender-bias schools to face action under British values plan
The government has introduced a new scheme which will penalise schools if they appear to discriminate against children…
By Joanna ByrneCurrent Affairs
Thousands of mothers have successive children taken into care
In the past seven years there have been thousands of mothers who have had multiple children taken into…
By Joanna ByrneCurrent Affairs
Fair Education Alliance launched to tackle learning inequality
An alliance of teachers’ organisations, children’s charities and employers have launched a campaign to tackle the issues of…
By Joanna Byrne