Centre Write

👩‍🎤"Our culture once produced fragments powerful enough to inspire an entire generation behind the Iron Curtain. Lana Del Rey aside, I am not sure it still does."🇺🇸 Arya Chanda argues that through the lens of Russia’s greatest rockstar we can understand the once potent now decayed power of western culture. 👇Article link👇 centrewrite.brightblue.org.uk/viktor-tsoi-a-…

Read Albie's article here: centrewrite.brightblue.org.uk/a-g7-nation-le…

With @iealondon polling revealing just how far the UK is behind other developed countries, and how few Brits seem to be aware of this, ask yourself — is it just developed countries? @albieamankona wrote for us in November on how we've even fallen behind India.

⚒️"As Marcuse’s ideas found fertile ground in the academy, English professors increasingly began to question the notion that literature could be viewed outside of a socio-political context"📚 @pensandpoison argues that Marxism is ruining how we read literature 👇Article link👇 centrewrite.brightblue.org.uk/marxism-is-rui…

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿"The England captain embodies humility, hard work, family values, a British stiff upper-lip and exceptional ability"⚽️🪕 @DanielJLilley argues that Harry Kane and country music are the future of liberal conservatism. 👇Article link👇 centrewrite.brightblue.org.uk/harry-kane-dol…

🔷"We are living through a political moment when it often seems to take more courage to be a moderate than to be a zealot."🔷 Aidan Rankin argues that the centre-right could learn a thing or two from Jainism. 👇Article link👇 centrewrite.brightblue.org.uk/the-conservati…

"The biggest barrier was not simply my condition, but the way institutions, including the welfare system, responded to it." @LanaHempsall of @UK_CIE argues that welfare policy still puts the disabled out of work. 👇Article link👇 centrewrite.brightblue.org.uk/welfare-policy…

🌾"instead of focusing on where our food comes from, one better way would be to focus on what our food is."👨‍🍳 @AlistairCurrie1 argues that a shift towards a more plant-based diet is essential for ensuring food security amidst geopolitical turmoil. 👇Article link👇 centrewrite.brightblue.org.uk/food-security-…

"Despite, or indeed because of today’s climate of rampant individualism, acts of humility and service like the Pope’s still have incredible power to move, encourage, and — perhaps — inspire us." @joe_tulloch_ argues that this Easter we must remember how to be servants 👇Article link👇 centrewrite.brightblue.org.uk/this-easter-le…

👨‍💼"A generation of young people has been failed by not being taught basic skills: clear writing, listening problem‑solving, and the discipline of doing small tasks well"🧑‍🏭 Laura Gherman argues that whilst economic headwinds matter, graduates’ lack of workplace readiness is a key cause of their difficulties. 👇Article link👇 centrewrite.brightblue.org.uk/graduates-coul…

"There will always be a group ready to brand a FLOTUS a malingerer, a Svengali, or a Marie-Antoinette." Our Culture Columnist, Mary Lucia Darst, reviews 'Melania' the new documentary on Melania Trump. 👇Article in reply👇

🦴🔨"Newsom is a "six-foot- three chad" who “mogs.”"🪞💉 Arya Chanda argues that the internet subculture of looksmaxxing is not altogether new and can be traced back to the 1890s. 👇Article in reply👇

🇬🇧"Lawrence [of Arabia] understood something that the German High Command failed to: the difference between community and category."👨‍👩‍👧‍👧 Henry Clifford argues that we should stop assuming that shared characteristics necessarily imply the existence of a uniform 'community'. 👇Article in reply👇

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🫂"We have become so accustomed to the failures of the state that we are seemingly content to treat our fellows poorly, too"🇬🇧 @BathImogen contrasts Harold Macmillan’s careful management and steady leadership with today's careless governance. 👇Article in reply👇

🇬🇧"By prioritising concessional loans over grants, Japan transforms aid into a strategic anchor for its domestic industry."🎁 Cody Butler of @ONCNetwork calls for a more pragmatic approach to UK aid. 👇Article in reply👇