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Secret Garden Party is the first UK festival to introduce official drug testing service

What’s in your baggy? — Secret Garden Party festival offered festivalgoers the opportunity to have their drugs tested to help avoid overdoses and poisonings.

  • Reportage
  • Alex King

Stepping into the absurd: I spent a week at the Republican National Convention

Making America great again? — Last week in Cleveland, Ohio played host to the Republican National Convention, where Donald Trump secured his nomination as the GOP candidate for President in 2016. James Joiner isn't a political journalist, but he headed into the convention - the most absurd for a generation - to see what Trump had in store.

  • Reportage
  • James Joiner

British prisons are 'unacceptably violent and dangerous' says new report

It's time for reform — In the Chief Inspector of Prisons' Annual Report published today, it's revealed that the number of assaults, homicides and self-inflicted deaths have increased, while four of the five young offender institutions were not sufficiently safe.

  • Reportage
  • Michael Segalov

Research finds majority of UK MPs now support medical marijuana use

Is legalisation in sight? — A poll conducted by innovative drugs pressure group VolteFace finds overwhelming cross-party support for the legalisation of medical marijuana in the UK House of Commons.

  • Reportage
  • Alex King

From Louisiana to London: Black Lives Matter protests are growing

We shut shit down — The streets of Brixton, South London were brought to a standstill yesterday, as hundreds of people shut down a busy London road to say Black Lives Matter.

  • Reportage
  • Michael Segalov // Hubert Libiszewski

McKamey Manor: America's most popular torture experience

The Fear Factory — When Russ McKamey turned his home into an ‘extreme haunted house’, he never imagined his taste for terror as anything more than a labour of love. Now producers want to turn his eight-hour torture sessions into a hit TV show.

  • Culture
  • Joseph Lapin

Protestors demanded justice after damning Chilcot report into Iraq War

Chilcot Report #5: The fight for justice goes on — As the Chilcot report was presented in a packed-out Westminster conference suite, protestors outside made it clear that this report is only the beginning for justice and accountability.

  • Reportage
  • Max Gayler

Blood on his hands: Should Tony Blair be prosecuted for war crimes?

Chilcot Report #4: Tony Blair, war criminal? — After the Chilcot Report savaged Tony Blair’s decision to invade Iraq in 2003, should he face trial for war crimes that resulted in the deaths of over 150,000 Iraqis?

  • Reportage
  • Max Gayler

Millions marched against the war in Iraq - don't let those responsible forget

Chilcot Report #3: The day we said NO — In light of the Chilcot Inquiry, an investigation into the destructive Iraq war that's been years in the making, remember that in 2003 millions took to the streets of London to demand the invasion not take place. Those in power didn't listen, and today we'll find out if we were right.

  • Reportage
  • Danny Burrows

Africa’s phoenix from the flames: a creative renaissance in Rwanda

Rwanda Rising — Two decades after genocide, Rwanda has risen from the ashes. But as the country’s artists push past the panic that once turned neighbours into enemies, what does the future hold for a nation scarred by a history of divide and rule? As President Paul Kagame tightens his grip over the country, can the country’s creatives escape the growing repression?

  • Reportage
  • Alex King

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