Delroy is a bailiff. Delroy is under house arrest. Delroy is a father. And Delroy is Black. This last part, he seems to be trying to forget. He piles on other titles that he claims to identify with, on top of his race, trying to hide his blatant ‘otherness’ that is evident in the hostile […]Read More
When news broke that Wales were cancelling exams for GCSE and A-Level pupils I was ecstatic. As a tutor who helps mainly GCSE English pupils, I know how stressful the pandemic has been for these students. After the government’s mishandling of the results system last summer, many of my pupils have been left feeling anxious […]Read More
A common trait of liberal and left-wing English people is that they are ashamed to be English. This is because we see the behaviour of people like Nigel Farage or Steven Yaxley-Lennon, who declare themselves proud of their Englishness, proud to represent English culture against the forces of wokeness that try to destroy it. Antifeminist […]Read More
Lockdown had been rumbling on for what felt like forever. Myself, like many others, was getting a little bored of being indoors. A dream holiday to Malta had been cancelled due to the pandemic. With the restrictions loosening, and eager to support English tourism, me and some of my friends decided to have a ‘staycation’. […]Read More
The newest (and potentially the first?), gritty, dark humoured, teenage coming of age show to grace Netflix, The End of the F***ing World explores the lives of James, a 17-year-old who believes he’s a psychopath, and Alyssa, a rule-breaking, dominating classmate who sees James as a way to escape a rocky home life. Set in […]Read More
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