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Editor’s picks: Ten great Contributoria stories
Editor’s picks: Ten great Contributoria stories
Whether for remarkable international stories or the exposure of issues closer to home, Contributoria has developed over the past 21 months…
Sarah Hartley
Sep 4, 2015
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Hip-hop in the UK: Why the bad rap? by Joshua Virasami
Hip-hop in the UK: Why the bad rap? by Joshua Virasami
UK Hip-Hop ensemble ‘Shop Floor Sessions’. Photo by Tyrant ©2014
Joshua Virasami
Nov 3, 2014
Moments lost in time
Moments lost in time
It’s a new year, and early this year my daughter will turn two. For me 2015 is already being filled with milestones other mums, friends…
Helena Greenlees
Apr 23, 2015
Contributoria in 2014: What writers want for Christmas
Contributoria in 2014: What writers want for Christmas
As the year draws to a close, looking back to how things have played out is a regular concern for many and media folk could be accused of…
Sarah Hartley
Dec 18, 2014
2014: a turning point for India?
2014: a turning point for India?
Narendra Modi was elected earlier this year with an overwhelming mandate — can he put India on the path to realising its massive potential?
Stephen Angus Peter Junor
Dec 4, 2014
Endometriosis — the monstrous shadow
Endometriosis — the monstrous shadow
“Endometriosis is unpredictable and capricious…a destroyer of careers, families and relationships, and it is worth more money and research…
giovanna iozzi
Apr 15, 2015
Mexican mining disasters — the human and environmental cost
Mexican mining disasters — the human and environmental cost
On 6 August 2014, copper-producing company Buenavista del Cobre, a subsidiary of Mexico’s largest mining corporation Grupo Mexico, spilt 40…
Jen Wilton
Nov 18, 2014
Talent tube : Mystifications that have gone extremely viral
Talent tube : Mystifications that have gone extremely viral
Innovative, original, bold, unconventional, funny and enormously creative. For the last nine years, YouTube has become a part of the…
Joanna Zajaczkowska
Nov 13, 2014
How cricket transformed the life of an Afghan child refugee
How cricket transformed the life of an Afghan child refugee
The pavement is crowded with people rushing and pushing their way through. Car noises penetrate his ears. Passers-by talk into their cell…
Danielle Batist
Jan 5, 2015
Family welfare in Finland — a lesson for Scotland
Family welfare in Finland — a lesson for Scotland
I had my child in Finland last year so I have first-hand experience of the care given to new parents, from the box of clothes the state…
Helena Greenlees
Apr 14, 2015
Letter from the Editors
Letter from the Editors
Sometimes we encourage Contributoria writers to submit articles on a chosen theme. Other times we open submissions to any topic. The open…
Contributoria
Nov 2, 2014
Lifting the taboo of talking about the exploitation of young LGBT people
Lifting the taboo of talking about the exploitation of young LGBT p...
Sexual exploitation in the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community is a topic that is rarely discussed for fear of…
Sarah Hartley
Dec 6, 2014
Deconstructing white privilege in 2015 Britain by Joshua Virasami
Deconstructing white privilege in 2015 Britain by Joshua Virasami
Magic mirror on the wall, who is the fairest one of all? — Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
Joshua Virasami
Jan 4, 2015
Hardcore resistance: talking to children about the dangers of internet porn
Hardcore resistance: talking to children about the dangers of inter...
One Saturday evening six months ago Nicky Smith was busy running a bath for her kids at their grandma’s house. Her nine-year-old son, Sam…
giovanna iozzi
Dec 7, 2014
Volcano at twenty: Montserrat’s rise from the ashes
Volcano at twenty: Montserrat’s rise from the ashes
There are different kinds of volcano and different kinds of eruption. There are lava domes, shield volcanoes, cinder domes and…
Amy McTighe
Jul 14, 2015
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