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. |
January 18
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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mayor became a battle of racialism, finances and bravado, what should be an exemplar of democracy and diplomacy has been replaced by suppression and acrimony.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
- 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 21
- 'Gadget addict' Great Britain faces a turbulent future
- With Great Britain's rapid ascent into a nation of "gadget addicts", perhaps the country should be slower to condemn China over "harsh" internet addiction therapy techniques.
