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“If stranger, no longer be”: welcoming refugees in Brighton & Hove
Image Credit: Creative Commons: Brighton Pavillion The UK is deeply divided over its place in the world and on how it should treat others. Since 2016, we have had the…
Why Pride is still relevant
Image credit: Creative Commons, The Lilac Bonzai Every year in June we celebrate Pride month. We do this to remember the Stonewall riots which occurred in 1969, which happened in…
Air pollution and the school run: Why we need to go further than Walk to School Week
Image credit: Creative Commons, Des Blenkinsopp Every weekday morning in term-time, a massive queue of cars crawls along outside my daughter’s school in Brighton. The entire line grinds to a…
SATs are damaging, misleading and not fit for purpose
This week, children in year 6 will sit their Standardised Assessment Tests (SATs). To me, they quite simply make no sense: created to assess schools, not children, they assume that…
Eleven days until polling day – UK Green news round up week 16
Greens building momentum across England for local elections Image credit: Young Greens With less than two weeks until polling day for English local elections, Greens have been stepping up their…
Brighton & Hove Greens launch radical manifesto for local elections
Image Credit: Creative Commons: Brighton Guy Brighton & Hove Green Party have launched their manifesto for the local elections taking place in May. Their election pledges cover a wide range…