Governments, media and people clashing over gender issues

For parents, thefeeling of their children that they are in the wrong body is much harder to grasp and to deal with than for outsiders, who are even less able to understand parents when they want to deal with their children’s feelings, circumspectly.

The Telegraph Frontpage for Thursday 2022 November 10

By Chris Price Good evening. Donald Trump’s ambitions for another run at the White House are hanging in the balance after the Democrats surpassed expectations in the US midterms, where key voter trends are emerging. Evening briefing: Today’s essential headlines Just Stop Oil | It is “only a matter of time” before someone is killed

The Week of 2022 September 12 – 18

September 12 Russian forces target Ukraine power stations while retreating Retreating Russian forces attacked Ukrainian power stations and other infrastructure as they fled from Kharkiv province in the face of a Ukrainian counterattack to reclaim territory seized by Russia early in its invasion. Russia’s precision strikes caused a fire at a large power station outside

The Week: looking at the 4th week of August 2022

August 22 Schiff says unsealing Trump search affidavit would put investigation at risk Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), chair of the House Intelligence Committee, said Sunday that unsealing the affidavit used to justify searching former President Donald Trump’s Florida home could put FBI agents and the government’s case over any mishandled classified documents at risk. The Justice

The Telegraph looking at the 4th week of August 2022

During Brexit negotiations, it was clear that the UK was not willing to pay the painful economic price Credit: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images Britain must show the EU it’s not all talk and no trousers when it comes to ‘no deal’ Britain is yet to follow through on a single “no deal” threat it has made

The Telegraph looking at the world the first week of August

August 01 Queen hails ‘inspiration’ as Lionesses make history The Queen hailed England’s women footballers as “an inspiration for future generations” after they thrilled the country with an epic victory in the final of Euro 2022. The Lionesses’ 2-1 win over Germany, after a near-perfect run to the final, was watched at Wembley Stadium and

The Observer end of July 2022 overview

Hi all, Truly can’t imagine a hotter summer. With heat waves in Europe, an ever changing political sphere, and wars still ongoing abroad, it’s a surreal time to be alive. No one can deny that yet we still find ourselves time and time again drawn back to art of all kinds. We make sense of

The New York Times from July 04 – July 10

The headlights for the 1st week of July by the New York Times

Goede journalistiek hoeft niet te verdwijnen of opzij geduwd te worden door sociale media

‘Civic journalism’ of burgerjournalistiek met schrijvers en/of bloggers die volhardend hun mening uiten en dingen aan de kaak durven stellen, kan de negatieve impact van sociale media tenietdoen: doordat ze niet meer focust op een zo groot mogelijk publiek te willen tevreden stellen, maar het publiek juist wil betrekken bij de inhoud die soms zelfs de kranten niet haalt, zonder de behoefte te hebben om de inhoud sensationeler en oppervlakkiger te maken.