So today is the day Theresa May fritters our future away, the jesters will sing. What seemed like a triumphant independence day back in June has become a running joke ever since, and those who championed it are the ones left sporting cap n' bells carrying a mock sceptre. Onwards and downwards chaps, onwards and downwards. Despite half of the country voting to remain and only a slightly more (proportionally) opting to leave we are being asked to unite as a country...

By Neil Thorns Director of Advocacy at CAFOD The day is upon us. Article 50 has been triggered, firing the start gun on the negotiations between the UK and the EU. Soon, the focus will shift to another set of negotiations: those on Brexit Britain’s trade deals. And so whatever our opinions on the rights and wrongs of Brexit, the issue now becomes one of protecting rights and preventing wrongs – making sure that the impact of trade deals on...

By Wyndham Hacket Pain @Wyndhamhp With all the attention around Jackie – the Jackie Kennedy biopic currently in cinemas – it would be easy to forget that Chilean director Pablo Larraín has another equally interesting film ready for release. Pablo Neruda, a poet and politician who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1971, is as compelling a central figure as the former First Lady and more than worthy of our time and attention. Set in a conflicted post-war Chile,...

A group of villagers have discovered and saved the life of baby girl found buried in the dirt. It is thought that the poor little child was only around six hours old and had been left to perish in the ground. However, a young child spotted the new born’s feet emerging through the dirt and alerted adults in the village, in India. Once the baby was dug out, in the Jajpur district in Odisha state, she was taken to hospital...

A world first medical breakthrough has seen a quadriplegic able to move his arm for the first time in eight years - simply using the power of thought. Bill Kochevar - the first recipient of implanted brain-recording and muscle-stimulating systems - grabbed a mug of water, drew it to his lips and drank through the straw. The 56-year-old's motions were slow and deliberate, but he hadn't been able to move his right arm or hand for eight years. And his...

You may already be familiar with Adobe Flash Player, after all, most internet browsers will utilise the software. If you are not familiar with it or aren’t exactly sure on the purpose it serves, then here is a short introduction to give you a flavour for its usefulness. When surfing the internet on your browser of choice (be it chrome, safari, internet explorer, etc.) it will be utilising applications called plug-ins. The most popular plug-in is Adobe Flash Player, which...

PWR BTTM have unveiled the music video for ‘Answer My Text’ from forthcoming LP Pageant (May 12, Big Scary Monsters/Polyvinyl). Directed by H.S. Naji (who also directed ‘West Texas’ taken from Ugly Cherries), the video sees Liv Bruce bring to life the colorful lyrics of ‘Answer My Text’ as the rage, sadness, and anxiety of a text message relationship takes over with escalating internal and external drama. The vid is also accompanied by some pretty snazzy PWR GIFs, available here for...

Sticks are been sold for almost £20 in the trendy North London suburb of Stoke Newington. A florist situated next to a park has come under fire for selling sticks - for a massive £18. Botanique in the North Hackney hipster haunt of Stokie has around eight pieces of wood around a foot long for customers to hang on their walls. The wall hangings range from £12 to £18 with various shapes and sizes, with some including notches to hang clothes from. Most are...

Militant Hinduism is on the rise in India with the RSS-BJP coalition demonstrating that the far right is growing worryingly active. Rooted in Hindutva - an ideology seeking to establish the hegemony of Hindus and the Hindu way of life - the ruling parties have been adopting economically disastrous policies as well as encouraging militant activities against minority communities, especially Muslims, while providing incentives for deepening the crisis of casteism inside the Hindu community. In Uttar Pradesh, a state that has...