Brontë Schiltz

Manchester

Northern Correspondent at The Big Issue in the North

Northern Correspondent at The Big Issue

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Riefenstahl director Andres Veiel on the lessons we must learn from Hitler's favourite filmmaker

2 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Brontë Schiltz

Please donate to our Spring fund drive to keep us in the fight. Masculinism has always driven fascist ideals – alienated men have time and again …
Big Issue North's response to proposed PIP cuts

1 month ago | bigissuenorth.com | Brontë Schiltz

The government’s cuts to support for ill and disabled people could reach £9 billion per year by 2029-30, according to the New Economics Foundation. Disability is defined under the Equality Act 2010 as a physical or mental impairment that has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on a person’s ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities – including work. Over 16 million people in the UK – around 24 per cent of the population – are classed as disabled.
Too many babies don't have a safe place to sleep. This baby bank is changing that

Jan 12, 2025 | bigissue.com | Brontë Schiltz

Life The South Yorkshire-based project is working to reduce health inequalities in early years by: Brontë Schiltz Food banks have become normalised. Baby banks are becoming increasingly common too. In South Yorkshire, Beds for Babies was set up to provide beds and bedding for children born in poverty. CEO Cat Ross explains the need she comes across day-to-day.
Christmas canines! Meet the magical dogs who've changed the lives of Big Issue vendors

Dec 5, 2024 | bigissue.com | Liam Geraghty |Steven MacKenzie |Isabella McRae |Brontë Schiltz |Hannah Westwater

CHRISTMAS SPECIAL: HALF PRICE Big Issue magazine subscription Life In time-honoured Big Issue Christmas tradition, we celebrate all the amazing dogs and the vital work they do for our vendors all year round by: Liam Geraghty, Steven MacKenzie, Isabella McRae, Brontë Schiltz, Hannah Westwater Marlene was born on the streets of Macedonia and spent the first nine months of her as a stray dog, struggling to survive.
Join us in calling for a national alcohol strategy

Oct 30, 2024 | bigissuenorth.com | Brontë Schiltz

In December 2021, the UK government published From harm to hope: A 10-year drugs plan to cut crime and save lives. The strategy pledged to combat substance harms by not only addressing the issue at a criminal justice level, but also by investing in recovery, with £3 billion budgeted for the first three years of the programme. This was based on the Independent Reviews of Drugs led by Dame Carol Black and accepts all of her key recommendations.
Nigel Kneale: The Visionary Who Transformed TV Horror

Oct 30, 2024 | spookyisles.com | Brontë Schiltz

Nigel Kneale’s pioneering work not only revolutionised television horror but also critically examined the implications of advancing technology, writes BRONTË SCHILTZWhen Nigel Kneale was hired as one of the BBC’s first two television staff writers in 1951, the medium was in its infancy. Regular broadcasting had begun in Britain in 1936 but had ceased for the duration of WWII and not returned until 1946.
Transgender people disproportionately at risk of alcohol harms

Oct 11, 2024 | bigissuenorth.com | Brontë Schiltz

Dr. Dean Connolly is a Specialty Registrar and NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow in Public Health Medicine. Their research focuses on LGBT+ health, including drug and alcohol use. “Since 2018, I have had the opportunity to work with the Global Drug Survey,” they say.
"We are facing a crisis of alcohol-specific deaths"

Oct 11, 2024 | bigissuenorth.com | Brontë Schiltz

In December 2021, the UK government published From harm to hope: A 10-year drugs plan to cut crime and save lives. The strategy pledged to combat substance harms by not only addressing the issue at a criminal justice level, but also by investing in recovery, with £3 billion budgeted for the first three years of the programme. This was based on the Independent Reviews of Drugs led by Dame Carol Black and accepts all her key recommendations.
Raymond G. Plum on Why Simple Things Are Difficult: An Alternative Look at Society

Oct 2, 2024 | bigissuenorth.com | Brontë Schiltz

About a decade ago, my grandparents got into a minor car accident while on holiday in the New Forest when a bull ran into their car. The bull was unharmed, the car less so, so they called their insurance company to make a claim for the repairs.
Girls and women at disproportionate risk of alcohol harms

Sep 26, 2024 | bigissuenorth.com | Brontë Schiltz

Dr. Abi Rose is a Reader in psychology at Liverpool John Moores University, specialising in girls’ and women’s alcohol use. Her research interest developed from laboratory-based alcohol research to applied health research after the birth of her first child. “I’d go to mum and baby groups, and invariably, the conversation would turn to alcohol,” she says.