What connects popular rapper/singer Drake, former president Donald Trump and Pope Francis? All of these disparate personalities have been subject to recent treatment by Artificial Intelligence (AI). (1) Mock photos and copycat songs may seem a far cry from the way AI has been rendered in popular culture, especially Hollywood…

The UK government has been engaging in a number of consultations this year that some commentators are claiming are evidence of the “Great Reset” being advanced. (1) Consultations on Digital ID and Road User Charging have already closed but feedback on the Digital Pound (also known as Central Bank Digital…

A recent report by the Children’s Commissioner for England, Dame Rachel de Souza, found “black children are six times more likely to be strip searched.” (1) So as horrified as we were about the “Child Q” revelations just over a year ago, the report confirms that it was merely the…

It’s almost three years since the so-called ‘Black Lives Matter’ protests that erupted around the world in the wake of the brutal murder of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police. (1) At the time the time there was speculation that an injection of youthful energy was poised to…

This month is the 30th anniversary of the racist murder of Stephen Lawrence, the case that created a “paradigm shift” on race relations in the UK. (1) As such there’ll be a range of commemorate events spearheaded by the research centre that bears his name at Leicester’s De Montfort University….