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Will Penn

Comment Durham Comment Print Edition 

Social media warps our versions of the truth

February 24, 2017February 22, 2017 sub.editors 0 Comments Will Penn

As the number of social media users increase day-by-day, social politics have been outsourced from reality to the illusory realm of the internet Will Penn argues.

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Comment Featured International Comment 

The future? “A boot stamping on a human face- for ever”

November 15, 2016November 14, 2016 sub.editors 0 Comments Will Penn

If you don’t think we live in dark times, you are deluding yourself. In George Orwell’s 1984, there was Big Brother and the principles of IngSoc; today, we have Donald Trump.

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Comment International Comment 

Tragic hero Trump enters final act

October 24, 2016October 24, 2016 sub.editors 0 Comments Will Penn

He is not the hero we need but the hero we deserve.

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