50 years of pride, has anything changed?
- Marsha P Johnson and Sylvia Rivera, leaders of the Stonewall Riot - Someone recently told me they fail to understand why sexual...
TED2022 A NEW ERA
A lot has changed since TED last gathered in Vancouver three years ago. We return not for more of the same, wonderful though that was, but to celebrate a new era. Despite the awfulness we’ve lived through, the future beckons with extraordinary possibilities we couldn’t have dreamt of. In medicine, in AI, in clean energy, in the ways we work, the ways we learn, and in the fundamental economic and social systems that underpin everything else.
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Annie Bocock
- Nov 13, 2020
- 5 min
The U-Turns that Have Shaped and Defined Britain
U-turns, particularly within politics, are when government bodies or officials backtrack on a decision, policy or promise they made...
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Annie Bocock
- Oct 7, 2020
- 4 min
I Hope for More from Call of Duty, will Cold War Fulfil That?
Amongst potentially insensitive missions where you commit acts of terrorism (like with Modern Warfare 2’s infamous No Russian mission) an...
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Annie Bocock
- Aug 26, 2020
- 3 min
What Happens When Jacinda Ardern Delays the Election
delaying elections equals automatically bad, I felt confused. Jacinda is a leader known for her decisive, compassionate and smart governa,,,
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Annie Bocock
- Jul 29, 2020
- 4 min
Aid: the Good, the Bad and the Useless
Can we even justify international aid as we know it? Is it the best thing we can do globally to support each other and to develop together?
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Annie Bocock
- Jul 10, 2020
- 4 min
Why White People Rarely Shut Up, Listen and Learn about Race
This desire to be almost consistently morally sound comes from a simultaneously “good and bad” place. On one hand, racism...
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Annie Bocock
- Jun 13, 2020
- 3 min
Flash Blog: An Ode to Rick and Morty
Rick and Morty is a small pocket of free intergalactic fun in a climate where its creativity and commentary is needed.
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Annie Bocock
- May 31, 2020
- 3 min
When Mindfulness Doesn't Work
COVID-19 has brought with it the need to be more creative in the way we look after our mental health. Being in lockdown can bring many ch...
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Annie Bocock
- May 2, 2020
- 3 min
Eco-fascism Has No Place During the Coronavirus
“Wow… Earth is recovering… Coronavirus is Earth’s vaccine… We are the virus” one account tweets on March 17th. By then, some of the immed...
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Annie Bocock
- Apr 18, 2020
- 4 min
Reclaiming Pop Music
Marginalised voices have been changing pop music for decades now, their peers following in suit, and it’s finally time we put aside our...
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Annie Bocock
- Apr 11, 2020
- 3 min
Flash Blog: Waluigi and the Other Cult Internet Heroes
On the dark but not so hidden corners of the Internet lies a cult-like following, producing massive quantities of memes...
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Annie Bocock
- Mar 28, 2020
- 3 min
Why We Can’t Stop Talking About the Coronavirus
It’s a stupid question. We’re living in an unprecedented health emergency, a pandemic and it affects us all...
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Annie Bocock
- Mar 14, 2020
- 5 min
The Unfortunate Case for Fast Fashion
Ethical fashion currently isn’t accessible to everyone. So we need fast fashion of some form, which is an uncomfortable truth.
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TEDxBrayfordPool Updates
- Aug 11, 2019
- 3 min
Bigorexia, the undiscovered eating disorder
A thin celebrity on the red carpet. A gaunt model on the runway. A fragile figure on your newsfeed. In current society we are aware of...
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TEDxBrayfordPool Updates
- Jun 24, 2019
- 2 min
Chatbots, are they invasive or imperative?
Transforming the landscape of future digital marketing, chatbots - a piece of software that mimics human conversation using AI - are...
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TEDxBrayfordPool Updates
- Jun 7, 2019
- 2 min
Turning Yoga on Its Head
For centuries, overt conflicts have arisen between science and spirituality. However, while spending time upside-down in headstands has...
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TEDxBrayfordPool Updates
- May 20, 2019
- 1 min
TEDxBrayfordPool 2019, It's time to Re:Think
Fake news. Political unrest. Climate crisis. They’re all symptoms of society in flux. The world is a messy, chaotic place full of...
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TEDxBrayfordPool Updates
- Jan 31, 2019
- 1 min
This year is Bigger Than Us!
We're really excited to announce the return of our TEDxBrayfordPoolSalon series! This year, we'll have an overarching theme to our...
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TEDxBrayfordPool Updates
- Jan 14, 2019
- 1 min
TEDxBrayfordPoolWomen in pictures
In our very first TEDxBrayfordPoolWomen event we joined the global TEDWomen conference and explored Showing Up. Women the world over are...
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TEDxBrayfordPool Updates
- Dec 1, 2018
- 1 min
TEDxYouth@BrayfordPool 2018 in pictures
This year TEDxYouth@BrayfordPool welcomes 9 extraordinary speakers and performers aged between 16 and 26, to explore the transition &...
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