Susan Hopkins

1 month ago | theconversation.com | Kate Cantrell |Susan Hopkins

At the centre of the new Netflix show is a devastating truth: the most dangerous place in the world for a teenager is alone in their bedroom.

2 months ago | nytimes.com | Matina Stevis-Gridneff |Keith Bradsher |Susan Hopkins

The United States and its biggest trading partners were hurtling on Sunday into a new era of protectionism as Canada, Mexico and China said they would adopt countermeasuresagainst new tariffs levied by President Trump. From honey to tomatoes, and from clothes to toilet bowls, a wide range of American goods that cross the border into Canada worth more than $100 billion will soon be hit with a 25-perent tariffs.

Nov 3, 2024 | theconversation.com | Kate Cantrell |Jessica Gildersleeve |Susan Hopkins

At first glance, Netflix’s Woman of the Hour is yet another true crime fictionalisation that plays to our preoccupation with American serial killers of decades past. Directed by Anna Kendrick, who also plays the female protagonist Sheryl Bradshaw, the film reconstructs the crimes of serial rapist and murderer Rodney Alcala, aka the “dating game killer”. Alcala famously appeared on (and won) a television matchmaking show in 1978 amid a years-long killing spree.

Aug 12, 2024 | econotimes.com | Susan Hopkins

Over the course of the 2024 Paris Olympics, Charlotte Dujardin went from being Great Britain’s most successful Olympics dressage rider to one of the most digitally shamed athletes in the history of the internet. A video emerged which not only damaged Dujardin’s career but reignited debate around horse welfare in elite horse sports. By the time the video was published online by mainstream media, it had already gone viral on Facebook.

Aug 8, 2024 | theconversation.com | Susan Hopkins

Over the course of the 2024 Paris Olympics, Charlotte Dujardin went from being Great Britain’s most successful Olympics dressage rider to one of the most digitally shamed athletes in the history of the internet. A video emerged which not only damaged Dujardin’s career but reignited debate around horse welfare in elite horse sports. By the time the video was published online by mainstream media, it had already gone viral on Facebook.