Philippa Willitts is Editor in Chief of Global Comment. She is a British freelance writer who specialises in writing about disability, women's issues, social media and tech. She also enjoys covering politics and LGBTQI-related topics. She can be found on Twitter and Instagram @PhilippaWrites.
At this time of year, conversations about what the best bits of a Christmas dinner are commonplace. For some, inexplicably, it’s the turkey. For others, the roast potatoes. For me, roasties are...
“40 million birds had disappeared from our skies. We’ve lost 97% of all our wildflower meadows. We’ve ploughed up 75,000 miles of hedgerows. We’ve lost tens of thousands of ancient woodlands....
Welcome to the next in the Podcast Showcase series, where we share podcasts with you in the words of the podcasters themselves. This time, we talk to Sci-Fi Talk. Sum up your podcast in three...
In Changing the Game, a documentary directed by Michael Barnett, we meet Mack, Sarah and Andraya, teenagers who are excelling at the sports they love. They train and compete and train and compete...
Like many of my demographic, I've listened to my fair share of true crime podcasts, occasionally venturing into the "comedy true crime" space. It's an odd space, where my ethical values mean most of...
There's something profoundly comforting about a dollop of mushy peas squeezed onto the plate next to your pie, or in a Styrofoam pot with your chippy tea. Often dismissed by food snobs as some kind...
Look, I know it's important. I know that whoever wins will have a disproportionate (and probably pretty awful) impact on the rest of us on this planet. But god, it really does go on and on. And even...
There are no rules in art, and people - when given the freedom - create what they want, or need, to create. For disabled artists, sometimes that means making art about disability, disablism and...
If, somehow, Ren Gill has not been all over your TikTok feed in the last few weeks, and you haven’t seen him perform Hi Ren, now is the time. But brace yourself. It is harrowing. Hi Ren is not a...
I've nearly always got a podcast playing in the background, and a subscription list huge enough to be able pick different podcasts for different moods. Most people do not listen to podcasts that...
