SIDNEY WATSON

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  • Beyond the stereotype: Poppy Miles on balancing classes with couture

    Beyond the stereotype: Poppy Miles on balancing classes with couture

    I sat down with Poppy Miles to discuss university, her career as a model, and letting go of expectations. Most university students have a part time job; working at a café, or bar, or some other flexible, low effort work to earn a bit of cash. Poppy Miles is no exception, though the circumstances of Read more

  • Unprecedented flooding in New Zealand and California

    Unprecedented flooding in New Zealand and California

    In late December and early January, California was hit with over three weeks of heavy rainfall, generating flooding that left 20 dead and nearly 25,000 people displaced from their homes. This rainfall was the result of a sequence of nine high precipitation storms called “atmospheric rivers” that hit the state, overwhelming flood protection measures and Read more

  • The future of climate policy?

    The future of climate policy?

    On September 27th,  Keir Starmer addressed the annual Labour Conference, committing to create a “new national champion in clean energy”: a publicly owned and operated energy company, Great British Energy, that would invest £8bn in wind, solar, tidal and nuclear energy projects within Britain. Its aims: cut energy costs for consumers, generate energy stability and Read more

  • State of the Nation

    State of the Nation

    “Will Britain Survive?” an Atlantic headline reads. Exceptionally (even laughably) apocalyptic, you might think. But the Atlantic isn’t the only newspaper, or even the only organisation, touting similarly ominous messages about Britain and its future. Words like decline, difficulty, upheaval and apathy (and a slew of other “crisis” synonyms) appear to have permeated the political, Read more

  • Turning over a new leaf: why we need to transform our mindset towards Climate Change  

    Turning over a new leaf: why we need to transform our mindset towards Climate Change  

    Climate Change. Sustainability. Environmentalism. What are the first thoughts that come into your head when you see those words? University students trying to convince you of an eye-roll-worthy idealism? Hippies creating off-grid cults where they worship vegetables? Global apocalypse? Probably different for all of us. When thinking about environmentalism, however, there are likely some feelings Read more

  • How has the pandemic changed me?

    How has the pandemic changed me?

    NOTE: this is based on personal experience only and in no way seeks to presume that this was a common experience, nor diminish the (likely worse) experiences of many others. Neither I, nor any of my loved ones has been put into hospital or died due to the virus, so I write from the perspective Read more