Culture & Arts
Neglecting the North: Margaret Thatcher, Rishi Sunak and the North/South divide
The Tory party conference 2023, held recently in Manchester, has stirred up frustration among many people in the north of England following Rishi Sunak’s announcement to abandon HS2. To many, this is yet another example of how the north/south divide continues to negatively impact those living in the north. Despite Sunak’s declaration that ‘what matters is […]
Far from nursery rhymes: William Blake’s ‘Songs of Innocence and Experience’
How William Blake’s poems about nature and children also comment upon representations of God and criticise the government.
