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SIMON PARSONS recommends a play which questions the perceived ubiquitous and concealed nature of the intrusive Prevent Strategy apparatus
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JOHN GREEN explores the argument that psychiatry needs to move away from the idea of just seeing and treating the individual
SYLVIA HIKINS applauds a polemic against “cleanfluencers” and considers radical alternatives to current inequalities of housework
RUTH AYLETT admires the blunt honesty with which a woman’s experience is recorded, but detects the unexamined privilege that underlies it
IAN SINCLAIR draws attention to the powerful role that literature plays in foreseeing the way humanity will deal with climate crisis
High quality pulp, rollicking online murders, Abnorman Britain, and high skates drama: reviews of The Get Off, Everyone In The Group Chat Dies, Pagans and First To Fall
DENNIS BROE notes what happens to content when the streaming giants incorporate AI and deregulation into their economic models
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THE Prevent Strategy to counter terrorism and radicalisation probably came to most people’s attention in 2021 when a primary school pupil was referred to the government’s controversial programme after a teacher mistook the word alms for arms during a classroom discussion.
Updated in 2011 to nebulously include anyone expressing “vocal or active opposition to fundamental British values,” whatever they may be, it provided guidelines to sectors and institutions “where there are risks of radicalisation,” including schools and hospitals.
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