The politics of Generation Grime
British rappers such as Stormzy and Dave have ideologies forged in a time of austerity and protest.
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A British “citizen army” is something Russia should fear
Gen Z squaddies are more likely to be terrifying killing machines than snowflakes.
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Want to understand Gen Z? Watch MrBeast
The YouTube superstar understands young people are far from the left-wing, anti-capitalists they are often portrayed as.
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Is Gen Z the most conservative generation in history?
Why teens and twenty-somethings could fuel the next Tory revival.
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How Gen Z can save the Conservative Party
There are young thinkers that long for a party to assert cultural conservatism, and not just manage national decline.
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What Gen X feminism forgets
A recent batch of books explores the anger of mid-life feminists towards their millennial and Gen Z counterparts. But are…
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The bold policy that could help Labour solve the housing crisis
New housebuilding and planning policies need to boost local economies, not just landowners and developers.
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The rise of “dumb phones”
Chunky bricks and Noughties flip phones are creeping back into the mainstream, as an antidote to smartphone addiction.
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No Budget for young people?
Gen Z was notably absent from Jeremy Hunt’s announcements of economic support last week.
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Is techno about to die?
And has trance music killed it?
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Care is a Gen Z issue
The compelling case for an economy with care at its heart.
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Why on earth do you care what Gen Z think of sex scenes in films?
So what if today’s teenagers have views you find irritating and absurd? That’s part of being young.
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The tasteless, dangerous rise of charity porn content
YouTubers such as MrBeast are giving away millions in exploitative videos that spread the hollow gospel of “effective altruism”.
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“It was a caprice of the algorithm”: Louis Theroux on becoming a Gen Z icon
An old documentary clip of the 52-year-old broadcaster rapping made him an unexpected TikTok sensation.
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The Tories’ unpopularity among the young isn’t a woke conspiracy
It isn’t schools and universities that are pushing young people leftwards – it’s the housing crisis and student debt.
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Luca Guadagnino’s Bones and All is a Gen Z-friendly cannibal romance
Timothée Chalamet and Taylor Russell are great together in this YA story of flesh-eating boy meets flesh-eating girl.
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Why are the Tories declaring war on housing?
From allowing no-fault evictions to dropping affordable housing, none of it makes sense.
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Single-use vapes show we can’t rely on Gen Z to fix the climate crisis
We know that young people would like to live in a better world but they cannot stop being products of…
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Gen Z are using TikTok over Google – a worrying trend
Younger users are using social platforms instead of search engines, but a study suggests a fifth of TikTok results contain…
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Bertrand Russell, YouTube star
The stately philosopher’s online fame reveals Gen Z as a demographic desperate for certainty.
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