Andrew Dickens
Andrew Dickens is an award-winning writer on culture, society, politics, health and travel for major titles such as the Guardian, the Telegraph, the Independent, the Daily Mail and Empire.
- ‘Pub shaming’ stinks worse than stale beer. We don’t need yet another thing to divide us and deflect blame from the government
Post-lockdown pub-goers are the latest targets for online shaming. It’s divisive virtue-signalling, fuelled by snobbery and a lack of empathy and lets the real culprits off the hook. - If this is the remote worker of the future, GET OUT of the house nowThe remote worker of the future has been revealed. She’s called Susan and she’s not a pretty sight – a warning that we shouldn’t be seduced by the benefits of ‘WFH.’
- The Covid SECOND WAVE is coming. I can’t wait for governments to BLAME it all on you, me and the rest of the p*ssed-off publicAmid clear signs of a resurgence in Covid-19, governments are easing lockdown restrictions. But don’t you worry – they’ve found a way to make sure they can point the finger of blame at the public.
- Lynching, stoning and burning: The 1919 ‘Red Summer’ race riots that America and Britain want you to forget but which echo todayIn 1919, hundreds of people were murdered in race riots across the US and UK. Men, women and children were butchered. So why is it a footnote in history? Because the media and governments don’t want you to know how they reacted.
- America’s streets are being patrolled by armed civilians, but could these gun-toting vigilantes really kill?Whether it’s protests over lockdowns or warding off looters, the US has rarely seen such overt displays of ballistic power from private citizens. But, for all their garage military get-ups, could these people really shoot to kill?
- Lest We Forget, absolutely. But World War II has nothing to do with BLM, statues or Covid-19World War II and the UK’s role in it are crucial parts of history, but we have been invoking it at every turn – from coronavirus to statues. Time to realise our exploits 75 years ago don’t always matter.
- We’re fighting over statues because we don’t learn enough history, warts and allHistory isn’t ‘being erased’ by the removal of statues. It’s been erased over centuries by those in power. The only way to judge the past properly is by teaching ALL history – good, bad and downright ugly.
- Either condemn George Floyd’s death or shut up about statuesIf you weren’t vocal in condemning the brutal murder of a living human being, then it’s hard to justify your anger over a 125-year-old lump of bronze being torn down.
- Want to take a knee or ask forgiveness? Go for it. The only ‘white guilt’ comes from those trying to stop youAs the George Floyd protests continue, white people are condemning other white people over acts of support for people of colour. So who’s applying the white guilt now?
- Anders Tegnell was a god among anti-lockdowners. Who will they worship now that he admits he was wrong?The Swedish hero of the anti-lockdown movement has said Sweden should have had a tougher lockdown. How will his devotees cope with their grief and can he ever be replaced?
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