Emily Bird Archives - Empoword Journalism https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/tag/emily-bird/ Led by women. Uniting and empowering journalists across the globe. Mon, 21 Jul 2025 00:58:39 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 A review of the exhibition Hiroshige: artist of the open road https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/features/a-review-of-the-exhibition-hiroshige-artist-of-the-open-road/ https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/features/a-review-of-the-exhibition-hiroshige-artist-of-the-open-road/#respond Sun, 20 Jul 2025 21:47:25 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.co.uk/?p=68536 Emily Bird Japan’s cultural wave has washed over us once more, this time in the form of The British Museum’s latest exhibition, Hiroshige: artist of the open road. I was fortunate enough to see the new exhibition featuring some of Utagawa Hiroshige’s most renowned pieces on two occasions since its

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]]> https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/features/a-review-of-the-exhibition-hiroshige-artist-of-the-open-road/feed/ 0 Trump’s Almost-Assassination: A Threat to Democracy? https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/trumps-almost-assassination-a-threat-to-democracy/ https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/trumps-almost-assassination-a-threat-to-democracy/#respond Fri, 13 Sep 2024 19:30:13 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.co.uk/?p=61957 The past month has proven a turbulent time for American politics. From Biden's performance in that political debate, to the assassination attempt against Trump and Biden’s announcement that he’s stepping down from the presidential race. Now, after Trump’s near miss in recent weeks, it's safe to say that politics in the United States has hit a turning point.

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]]> https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/trumps-almost-assassination-a-threat-to-democracy/feed/ 0 The Rise of East Asian Literature and Ayako Yuzuki’s ‘Butter’ https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/the-rise-of-east-asian-literature-and-ayako-yuzukis-butter/ https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/the-rise-of-east-asian-literature-and-ayako-yuzukis-butter/#respond Sat, 29 Jun 2024 23:58:35 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.co.uk/?p=59732 Ayako Yuzuki's novel Butter soon got me out of a reading slump, and transported me back to happy times in Japan.

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]]> https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/the-rise-of-east-asian-literature-and-ayako-yuzukis-butter/feed/ 0 Great British Energy: Will Labour’s Climate Solution Work? https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/great-british-energy-will-labours-climate-solution-work/ https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/great-british-energy-will-labours-climate-solution-work/#respond Sun, 09 Jun 2024 18:39:00 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.co.uk/?p=59167 Change. That is the promise at the heart of Labour's election campaign. After 14 years, the public’s wounds need proper treatment, and their flagship policy, Great British Energy, hopes to solve a whole host of problems at once, reintroducing long-term thinking back to politics.

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]]> https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/great-british-energy-will-labours-climate-solution-work/feed/ 0 A-Level figures see students bidding languages adieu https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/a-level-figures-see-students-bidding-languages-adieu/ https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/a-level-figures-see-students-bidding-languages-adieu/#respond Thu, 31 Aug 2023 23:06:37 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.co.uk/?p=46086 It’s that time of year again. The latest cohort of nervous adolescents received their A-Level results last week. But the number of students studying foreign languages seem in steep decline.

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]]> https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/a-level-figures-see-students-bidding-languages-adieu/feed/ 0 Rishi Sunak is maxing out fossil fuels and the nation’s patience https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/rishi-sunak-is-maxing-out-fossil-fuels-and-the-nations-patience/ https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/rishi-sunak-is-maxing-out-fossil-fuels-and-the-nations-patience/#respond Thu, 10 Aug 2023 06:22:08 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.co.uk/?p=45202 The Conservatives have again brought out their scapegoat, Putin, to pull wool over our eyes — this time to hide the reality of fossil fuels.

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]]> https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/rishi-sunak-is-maxing-out-fossil-fuels-and-the-nations-patience/feed/ 0 Rishi’s ‘rip-off degrees’ are getting the chop, and so are arts students https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/rishis-rip-off-degrees/ https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/rishis-rip-off-degrees/#respond Sat, 05 Aug 2023 17:17:31 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.co.uk/?p=44372 Rishi Sunak has unveiled a plan to clamp down on so-called "rip-off degrees", the effects of which could render the UK a deflated, artless nation dependent on AI.

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]]> https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/rishis-rip-off-degrees/feed/ 0 The new BSL GCSE: a small step in the right direction https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/the-new-bsl-gcse-a-small-step-in-the-right-direction/ https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/the-new-bsl-gcse-a-small-step-in-the-right-direction/#respond Mon, 26 Jun 2023 19:38:57 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.co.uk/?p=41455 The Department for Education in the UK unveiled a new BSL (British Sign Language) GCSE set to be taught in schools from September 2025, after years of campaigning from 17-year-old Daniel Jillings, who has pushed for the subject to be put on the national curriculum since the age of twelve.

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]]> https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/the-new-bsl-gcse-a-small-step-in-the-right-direction/feed/ 0 Sink or Swim? A Tale of Island Mentality https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/sink-or-swim-a-tale-of-island-mentality/ https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/sink-or-swim-a-tale-of-island-mentality/#respond Sun, 11 Jun 2023 16:10:58 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.co.uk/?p=40710 With immigration a hot topic, does a shared geographical isolation in Japan and the UK influence our island mentality towards foreigners?

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]]> https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/sink-or-swim-a-tale-of-island-mentality/feed/ 0 Is the study of languages making a comeback? https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/is-the-study-of-languages-making-a-comeback/ https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/is-the-study-of-languages-making-a-comeback/#respond Thu, 16 Mar 2023 20:03:57 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.co.uk/?p=38417 With the recent production of film and TV shows that promote the diversity of language, the study is becoming more relevant than ever.

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