We all know that the ivory trade costs the lives of tens of thousands of elephants a year. There have been huge campaigns over the last six months, both in the form of protests, celebrity Twitter campaigns and huge coverage in the press, of the fact that the wild elephant will […]

It’s early morning in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia on the 30th of July 1908. There isn’t a cloud in the sky and the morning is already hot and dry in the isolation of the Siberian wilderness. The day starts just as any other would when suddenly, at around 07:17am, the sun […]

When I packed a suitcase and took myself out towards Madrid, it was with trepidation. Having not spoken Spanish for several years, I knew that communication and language for me was to change beyond my control. Language, of course, plays a significant role in shaping identity, and so it was […]

On Thursday 27th March, Derren Lawford, London Live commissioner and former BBC Worldwide exec, will meet with some of the UK’s most talented young filmmakers and aspiring actors at Latimer Talks. The event, organised by award-winning youth engagement agency Latimer Group and promoted solely through social media, will see Lawford […]

Based on true events in the 60s, a history teacher decides to teach his class the realities of living under the Nazi Regime, and give them a taste of why so many people were drawn into its ideology. So he creates a club called ‘The Wave’, complete with mottos, a […]

In our minds life exists in a glass house we build for ourselves because as humans, we try to understand the world and our surroundings. That glass house is reality. Mental disorders have existed ever since mankind has been on Earth. This series of articles is going to explore the […]

Wednesday 29th May 2013. The day that Oxford University English professor Simon Horobin became a Judas to English Grammar Nazis all over the world. The day that he dared to say, at The Telegraph Hay Literary Festival no less, that it wouldn’t be sacrilegious to have one standardized spelling for the three […]

Everyone thinks of going to university as the chance to reinvent themselves. For many it will be the first time that they won’t be living at home, making the decisions for themselves away from the watchful eyes of their parents. That party happening at a friend’s house? You’re there. Those […]