Popular Culture: Conversations that matter

A popular culture hub for the issues, events, and cultural moments shaping our world right now. In this category, we delve into the deeper aspects of popular culture, examining the impact of fast fashion, the effects of over-tourism, the significance behind global awareness days, the release of influential books, and evolving narratives within Black culture and beyond.

From headlines to hashtags, Popular Culture dives into the conversations that spark change and reflection. Here, you’ll find thoughtful commentary, critical reviews, and stories that connect the personal to the political — because culture isn’t just what we consume. It’s what we live, question, and carry forward.

Drug use in 50-64-year-olds has increased in England since 1993

As children of the swinging sixties grow up, the number of older people who admit they take illegal drugs has risen dramatically, a study has found. Until now, illicit drug use has not been common …

Rape – I never said yes and I didn’t report it

On 12 March 2012, Mumsnet website launched a rape awareness campaign following research that it said revealed the “hidden scale of rape and sexual assault”. The shocking figures revealed …

Book: Dr Chancellor Williams The Destruction of Black Civilization

The Destruction of Black Civilization took Chancellor Williams sixteen years of research and field study to compile. The book, which was to serve as a reinterpretation of the history of the African …

Bookshelf: Stolen Legacy by George G M James

Stolen Legacy by George G. M. James aims to improve race relations worldwide by revealing the underlying truth concerning the contribution of the African continent to the rest of the world. It is …

The MisEducation of the Negro

In his book, The Miseducation of the Negro, Carter G Woodson addresses many issues that have been and are still prevalent in the African American community. Woodson believed that while receiving …

The Souls of Black Folks by W.E.B. Du Boi

W E B Du Bois was born in 1868 in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. He graduated from high school there in 1884. After an undergraduate career at Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee, where he …

Task Force appointed to investigate Trayvon Martin killing

Seventeen-year-old Trayvon Martin was killed by a self-appointed town watch patrolman more than three-and-a-half weeks ago. But for residents of Sanford, Florida, the crime still feels …

Whitney Houston had cocaine in system when she drowned

Whitney Houston was a chronic cocaine user who had the drug in her system when she drowned in a hotel bathtub, coroner’s officials said after releasing autopsy findings that also noted heart …

Aspirin may cut risk to cancer

Aspirin has a proven ability to prevent cancer which should be factored into new patient guidelines, according to the British lead author of a major new study. Professor Peter Rothwell believes the …

‘Kony 2012’ filmmaker detained after public vandalism

The co-founder of Invisible Children has been taken to hospital in San Diego, California, following what the group called an “unfortunate incident” after he was reportedly found half-naked …

Preview: Stud Life

London-set ‘Stud Life’ is a sexy, young, cool, and gay British urban romance that pays homage to Spike Lee’s ‘She Gotta Have It’. It is the only new British film to be screening at the British Film …

Nike apologises for unofficial name of ‘Black and Tan’ trainers

Sportswear company Nike has apologised after issuing a St. Patrick’s Day-themed running shoe that raised memories of a British paramilitary unit notorious for terrorising Irish Roman Catholics in the …