THE HOLIDAY HOME PARADOX: WE LOVE CORNWALL BUT FEEL COMPELLED TO DESTROY IT

Posted on June 26, 2021 by Norwich Radical in Community, Perspectives and tagged Airbnb, coast, Community, conservatives, featured, foodbanks, holiday, home, homeless, house, housing, landlord, padstow, penzance, private housing, st mawes, Tories, uk, Zoopla.

by Sarah Edgcumbe

“Stop whining, you ungrateful inbred bastards, it’s our money that keeps you afloat” or some variant of that sentiment is regularly heard by Cornish people and permanent residents of Cornwall. Particularly in the summer. Particularly when we register our frustration at being priced out of communities we grew up in; at pristine green land being built upon, despite the presence of thousands of empty homes; and particularly when we dare to register our opinion that people are not entitled to as many houses as they like, no matter how wealthy they are. The severe levels of poverty experienced in parts of Cornwall are completely overlooked by wealthy holiday home-owners and the government (the two being far from mutually exclusive). It is hidden from view sufficiently that it will not dirty their holiday photos, it will not visibly encroach upon the sandy beaches or the pristine sea. They can pretend that everybody in Cornwall is as thick as portrayed in the TV show Doc Martin while maintaining a wilful ignorance about the devastating effects their Airbnb accommodation or holiday home is wreaking upon the county they proclaim to love.

SHELTERED, BUT NOT FROM MUCH: CLASS-BASED BARRIERS TO STUDENT HOUSING

Posted on September 19, 2020 by Norwich Radical in Student and tagged acorn, campaign, Community, coronavirus, covid, Covid-19, featured, guarantor, house, housing, international students, landlord, norwich, private accommodation, rent, social status, students, UEA, UEA SU, uk, university, University of East Anglia, working class.

by Kasper Hassett

This month, many returning university students are settling into house-shares in the private rental sector, as the first-year intake prepares to move into halls of residence shortly after. However, for students whose families live in poverty, there are a number of barriers to accessing rental homes, which have worsened this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, which has also constructed new obstacles to prevent poorer students from relying on campus accommodation.

REVIEW – THE HAIR WRAP DIARIES

Posted on April 25, 2018 by Norwich Radical in Arts and tagged African, afro, Alynda Wheat, Antonia Cooper, Barbershp Chronicles, black hair, black women, Bola Agaje, Caribbean, Chris Rock, dialogue, Emmanuella Idris, hair, hairdresser, Head Wrap Diaries, heritage, house, identity, Natalie Cooper, performance, review, roots, Shanelle Clemenson, show, story, theatre, Uchenna dance, Vicki Igbokwe, vogue, Waacking, women, Yolanda Perez-Rosselson.

by Carmina Masoliver

Piles of colourful patterned fabrics line the stage, and three women dressed in black Lycra leotards select a fabric and wrap it around their head. The fabrics are drawn across the stage as the performers’ bodies undulate in a backwards crawl, before the scene is set as a hair salon with the colours swept away in a swirl around a chair.

As the title The Hair Wrap Diaries suggests, during this Uchenna Dance production written by Bola Agaje in partnership with director and choreographer Vicki Igbokwe, we hear different stories from each performer. Yet the show is also interspersed with dance, giving it a strong sense of poetics as the words are broken up and repeated with the movements. The stories themselves are carefully selected, offering a rainbow of different generations of black women, exploring their relationship with hair.Continue Reading

US ELECTIONS: WHAT WENT WRONG?

Posted on November 11, 2016 by Norwich Radical in Inter|national and tagged anti-establishment, barack obama, Bernie Sanders, bias, Brexit, Clinton, CNN, conservative, democrat, Donald Trump, Drumpf, election, elite, establishment, fox news, Hillary Clinton, house, immigration, justice, lgbtQ+, media, minorities, MSM, neo-con, policies, polls, POTUS, republican, Senate, Supreme Court, taxes, Trump, Trumpwins, US president, US presidential election, wall.

by Gunnar Eigener

The victory of Donald Trump to become the 45th President of the United States has shocked and dumbfounded many. What does it say about the state of politics when the first female major party presidential candidate – who was, by far, the most technically qualified – is defeated by a man who has never held any political office? Continue Reading

BUSTING THE MYTH – ARTICLE 4 IS NOT ANTI STUDENT

Posted on October 24, 2016 by Norwich Radical in Community, Student and tagged article 4, campaign, campaigning, Community, HMOs, house, house prices, housing, housing controls, norfolk, norwich, Norwich City Council, student, student housing, student life, student union, students, students' union, UEA, UEA SU, universities, university, University of East Anglia, UUEAS.

By Georgia Waye-Barker

Norwich has been identified as a popular place to live in England, bringing plentiful benefits, as well as its fair share of challenges. Its diverse population needs a range of housing solutions, and these need to be carefully balanced throughout the city to ensure a sustainable community and good quality of life for all.

Houses of Multiple Occupancy (HMOs) often provide housing for students and young people, who are unable to access other forms of housing. HMOs therefore provide a vital element of Norwich’s housing options. However, evidence suggests that large numbers of HMOs located in concentrated areas can have an adverse effect on the mix of housing use in the community.Continue Reading

SOCIAL CLEANSING 101: NORWICH CITY COUNCIL AND ARTICLE 4

Posted on August 29, 2016 by Norwich Radical in Community, Student and tagged article 4, Community, Golden Triangle, homes, house, housing, norwich, Norwich City Council, social cleansing, student, student housing, students, UEA, UEA SU, universities, university, University of East Anglia, UUEAS.

by Cherry Somersby

The estimated cost of living for students currently stands at £12,056 per year excluding course costs, and their average income from loans and funding leave students having to find an extra £6,071 each year. You would be forgiven for assuming that Norwich councillors would want to keep rent low and appeal to as many students as possible considering that students make up such a significant proportion of their voters, however it seems that the councillors themselves are not quite on the same page.

SEEING IS BELIEVING: WHY WE NEED MORE ASEXUALS IN OUR MEDIA

Posted on April 28, 2016 by Norwich Radical in Arts, Perspectives and tagged allosexual, asexual, asexuality, awareness, bbc, bisexuals, Dexter, gender, house, House MD, hypersexual, intimacy, lesbians, LGBT+, media, media representation, popular media, representation, sensual imagery, sex, sexual attraction, sexual relationship, Sherlock, Steven Universe, TV.

by Paige Selby-Green

It’s not news to know that we live in a hypersexual world, where the adage ‘sex sells’ is used to excuse a lot of the overtly sensual imagery thrown at us in day-to-day life. Sex is everywhere, even in adverts for things as mundane as sandwiches. It’s this steamy atmosphere that asexuals are facing as they finally begin to attain recognition in society, and there’s a distinct sense of what an uphill struggle it is.

Asexuality’s simplest definition is the lack of sexual attraction to any and all genders. Unfortunately, most allosexuals (people who aren’t asexual, and do experience sexual attraction) tend to get all amused and patronising when the words “I’m not interested in sex” are spoken in their vicinity. This is further exacerbated by the fact that this simplest definition is typically for the benefit of allosexuals, and does little to explain just how complex asexuality is.Continue Reading

THE CHANGING FACE OF POVERTY IN LONDON

Posted on October 24, 2015 by Norwich Radical in Inter|national and tagged austerity, Boris Johnson, Britain, british politics, Community, david cameron, finance, home ownership, house, housing, income, london, poverty, Poverty Profile, rent, social cleansing, tax, tax credit cuts, unemployment.

By Natasha Senior

I often hear that too many Westminster policies only benefit London. This part is technically true. London is not only the financial capital of the UK but the financial capital of the world—a fact reflected in how disproportionately powerful and wealthy it is compared to the rest of the UK. The country’s government and national media are both based in London which invariably means that the issues discussed will tend to be skewed towards the area (something I only realised when I moved away). But for all the ways you could describe the city’s privileged position—even if your personal choice of adjective is less than favourable (crowded, impersonal, selfish… etc.)—try to bear in mind what exactly you’re describing. Is it the City of London or the citizens of London? Because the distinction between them represents two profoundly different worlds, divided by wealth, housing and opportunity. This is a divide that deepens every year at an alarming rate.

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THE HOLIDAY HOME PARADOX: WE LOVE CORNWALL BUT FEEL COMPELLED TO DESTROY IT

by Sarah Edgcumbe

REVIEW – THE HAIR WRAP DIARIES

US ELECTIONS: WHAT WENT WRONG?

BUSTING THE MYTH – ARTICLE 4 IS NOT ANTI STUDENT

SEEING IS BELIEVING: WHY WE NEED MORE ASEXUALS IN OUR MEDIA

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