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The New World •

The dream is no longer to be boss – it’s to be the intern

Recent Office for National Statistics figures show that while the core rate of unemployment is 5.2%, for 16- to 24-year-olds it’s 16.1% – which comes as no surprise to any of us.I once watched Fight Club with a friend who was bewildered by the idea that, in the 1990s, the idea of having a job where you worked in a cubicle was something terrible. This is how bleak the current jobs market is for graduates. We’ve all seen the countless testimonials about how nowadays you’re lucky even to get a reje...
The New World •

Stop blaming women for Britain’s falling birth rate

Recently unearthed footage from November 2024 shows Goodwin mansplaining about where women are going wrong. “Many women in Britain are having children much too late in life,” he said, adding, “we need to also explain to young girls and women the biological reality of this crisis.”In a turn of events that has surprised absolutely no one, the Reform candidate for Gorton and Denton, Matt Goodwin, has managed to offend people.This patronising guff has sparked a considerable backlash. Natalie Fleet,...
The New World •

The New World’s cream of arts and culture in 2025

As Tony Blair made mention in 1998 (the year Oasis released compilation album The Masterplan) this is not a time for soundbites. But Wembley wasn’t shaking that night; it was beating like a heart. Noel, accountant-poet, tallying anthems as if they were balance-sheet miracles. Liam with a fucking tambourine on his head somehow the most serious man in the stadium.

Two hours of time travel, back to when Britain really was something to behold; beach-ball buoyant, bouncing, fabulous. The guy in fron...
North West Londoner •

How new licensing reforms could transform Soho’s nightlife

Soho has long been the centre of London’s nightlife, but Westminster Council’s strict licensing laws mean that many of its bars and clubs have struggled in recent years. 


Much of Soho sits inside the West End Cumulative Impact Zone, where new late-night licences face a presumption to be refused unless venues can prove exceptional circumstances, and further bureaucracy poses even more challenges. 


High costs, constant applications and uncertainty for businesses, make it harder for pubs, bar...
South West Londoner •

Football hooliganism in London has not returned to pre-pandemic levels

Since fans returned to stadiums following the pandemic, football-related disorder in London has escalated and remains above pre-2020 levels, according to data from the Home Office.


The number of banning orders and arrests have risen sharply across the capital, particularly at the largest clubs, with West Ham topping the table for both.


Since the last full pre-pandemic season in 2019, banning orders for London clubs have more than doubled, from 227 total banning orders across London clubs i...
The New World •

How AI turned Gen Z into narcissists

We all know the stats: 80% of Gen Z workers use AI to complete daily tasks; 90% of university students have used it; a third feel dependent on it to complete daily tasks. And then there’s the four in 10 bosses saying it will allow them to cut jobs.

Perhaps even more depressing is that people are falling in love with their chatbots. 

In 2025 we have been inundated by heartbreaking stories of teenagers and young adults who have taken their own lives after being allegedly encouraged by AI. Some h...
South East Londoner •

“We’re Tired”: South London Rescue Speaks Out over Bias Against Black Cats

A South London animal rescue has spoken out in frustration after a surge of adopters rejecting cats on the basis of their coat colour. A Facebook post by The Stray Cat Club, based in Croydon, voicing anger at the continued unpopularity of its black and black-and-white cats, has since gone viral, attracting thousands of reactions and shares. The post read: “Please don’t apply to adopt from us if you’re not open to black or black & white cats! This week alone, nine people turned down cats who woul...
South West Londoner •

J. M. W. Turner’s south-west London childhood home honoured with blue plaque on painter’s 250th anniversary

A Brentford pub where the landscape artist J. M. W. Turner once lived and received his first commission has been honoured with a blue plaque, unveiled 250 years after his birth.


The Weir Pub has received a boost in visitors after their unveiling ceremony on 4 September, which was attended by guests including the Mayor of Brentford.


Turner, who features on the £20 note and is considered one of Britain’s most influential painters, lived and worked across the Thames valley in South West Londo...
The New World •

Taylor Swift: the capitalist juggernaut

It amassed more than 14m likes in the first hour, 1m reposts in less than six, and dominated front pages and breaking news alerts across the globe. The following day, as the US president gave a press conference on serious matters of war, he was asked about it. And he answered with as much sincerity as Donald Trump could be expected to muster. I am of course talking about the earth-shattering news that Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are getting married. The world record-breaking Instagram post fea...
The New World •

The great university rip-off

Another read: “Starting to think the troops who left school early and went straight into the trades r [sic] the real winners. A skill set and a job for life that they didn’t put themselves into debt for” read another. Scroll through TikTok and it doesn’t take long to find graduates venting their frustration. “I have applied to 65 jobs since graduating and only had 2 interviews! I have a first-class honours degree, have completed 3 internships, and have been working since I was 14. WHAT. AM. I. D...
The New World •

Gen-Z want to 'rot' at home. What's wrong with that?

That’s the sum total of the lives of Chinese “rat people”: self-christened Gen Z societal dropouts, who on social media platforms like Weibo and Rednote try to ironically one‑up each other with their feats of inertia. Imagine something along the lines of “You doom scroll from the couch? Tryhard, I haven’t left my bed in days”.Wake up at midday, doom scroll on the sofa all afternoon, eat a vaguely warm takeaway, then go back to bed. The term went viral after a video from a 20-something woman from...
The New World •

Gen Z, the scared generation

Call it a twisted thrill from playing the role of a disapproving Gen Z whisperer, sharing tales of our idiosyncrasies: like the ones who use ChatGPT as a personal therapist; the viral “office siren” fashion trend among students who dress as if they are on their way to the office even though they’ve never seen one; and the fact that you’re more likely to see twenty somethings on the streets at 5am because they’re training for a marathon rather than returning home from a big night out. Forgive me...
North West Londoner •

Barnet FC supporters frustrated as stadium hopes stall

Councillors have been accused of treating Barnet FC fans with ‘disdain’ after the club’s promotion to League Two only sharpened the sting of the club’s stadium being outside the borough. 


The “Back to Barnet” campaign was dealt a blow by Barnet Council in July after plans for a 7,000-seat stadium on Barnet Playing Fields were rejected.


The campaign argues a ground in the borough would provide growth potential for the club and the community, as well as bolstering local pride. 


Barnet FC...
Pi Media •

The Case for Assisted Dying *Winner at the 2025 National SPA Awards*

My grandmother was born as Norma Helen Wilkinson in a small town in the Pennines in 1938. Mother to two daughters, she also worked as a dinner lady, a barmaid and a care home worker. The title of animal lover did not come close to describing this woman’s dedication to all creatures great and small. Once, when my Mum was a teenager, she came home after a night out and told Grandma she’d seen a cat hit by a car. At 3am Norma drove them both back to the spot to sit in the pouring rain with the cat...
The Cheese Grater Magazine •

Plight of working students 'sidelined' by History Department, campaigners say – The Cheese Grater Magazine

Research by working students calling for additional mitigations was “sidelined” by department heads, campaigners say.A report by the UCL History First-in-Family and Working Students Network (FIFWS) called on the Department to grant students working a certain number of hours a week access to Summary Reasonable Adjustment extensions.But the group said its findings were dismissed by a departmental tutor after being given less than five minutes to present its 3,000-word report at an EDI meeting last...
The Cheese Grater Magazine •

Revealed: Universities admitting students with poor English proficiency – The Cheese Grater Magazine

Universities are prioritising high fees from international students over sufficient English language skills, a BBC investigation revealed this week.Trade unions told the BBC it was an “open secret” that UK universities admit foreign language students with limited proficiency in English for financial gain.An anonymous whistleblower previously employed by StudyGroup, a business that provides pathways and English language courses for international students, has compared the process to the “Wild Wes...
Pi Media •

Have Reform Hit Their Ceiling?

This was it. Reform’s big moment. As they storm ahead in the polls, the Government’s approval rating is in the bin and the leader of their main competition, Kemi Badenoch, is so irrelevant I can't even be bothered to come up with a joke about her. Time for the flagship policy announcement that’s going to position them as a serious opposition party and secure that 2029 landslide. And the vote winning, mandate securing, showstopper is…Burying National Grid cables underground.Might it be time to co...
Pi Media •

The Hypocrisy Behind the Farmer's Revolt

A revolutionary vanguard marched on Westminster with widespread media coverage, decrying the shameful treatment of the most abused and oppressed in our society. Ah, this must be the news that over ⅓ of children now live in poverty in the UK, no? Alright then, surely outrage over the fact Earth has now breached the 1.5C global warming limit. Wrong again? It’s that landowners will now have to pay a reduced form of inheritance tax on farms worth over £3 million? Give me strength. The protest, which...