Gabrielle Pickard
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Gabrielle has been a freelance journalist since she finished a degree in Media and Journalism in Liverpool, England. She spends most of her time rallying between the UK and Spain writing articles for various publications and teaching Spanish to British expatriates. |
March 5, 2010
- Do actors make perfect politicians?
- Increasingly actors are instigating political debate and swaying public opinion. But can celebrities who bypass the conventional route into office match professional politicians? And is their growing influence evidence of the decline of political parties?
February 21, 2010
- Casualness, complacency and the curbing of the Dollar
- As the globe "weans itself off the US dollar," the world's reserve currency is in question and the U.S. is being far too complacent about the demise.
February 2, 2010
- A European supergrid? Or a European super flop!
- Nine countries have pledged to become linked to a "supergrid," dedicated to exploiting different nations' renewable energy sources. Is the "masterplan" the answer to a cleaner Europe? Or an infeasible pipe dream?
January 24, 2010
- A tsunami of destruction threatens worldwide heritage
- It is not only China who is experiencing a "heritage crisis." Across the world sites of cultural prestige are being destroyed by "concrete tsunamis."
January 18, 2010
- Mission impossibly too slow
- As the world watched on in horror and shock from the comfort of their own armchairs, the pathetic trickle of aid slowly arriving in the Haitian capital roused anger and disbelief among many sorrowful "armchair onlookers."
December 8, 2009
- Beasts of burden
- Wild animals' futures look bleak, as human corruption, greed, incompetence and apathy is spurning beasts to the brink of extinction. But who are endangered species' worse enemies?
November 30, 2009
- Too much too young
- The age that children should officially start school, has been under scrutiny recently in the UK, resulting in parents across the country deliberating whether sooner is better than later or vice versa.
November 4, 2009
- The death of Western democracy
- As the contest for New York's next mayor became a battle of racialism, finances and bravado, what should be an exemplar of democracy and diplomacy has been replaced by suppression and acrimony.
October 13, 2009
- Promoted or Prohibited?
- Risqué newspaper reports exposing sinister truths. MPs reeling over audacious sex service review websites. The governing of prostitution dispute has found itself back on the political agenda.
September 22, 2009
- Gabrielle Pickard
- Gabrielle has been a freelance journalist since she finished a degree in Media and Journalism in Liverpool, England. She spends most of her time rallying between the UK and Spain writing articles for various publications and teaching Spanish to British expatriates.
