Alex Bowden’s short essays have been featured in and shared or supported by numerous publications and websites such as The Huffington Post, Lord Cultural Resources, The British Council, The Royal Hospital School, The University of Hull, Made In These Isles, Magid Magid (ex-MEP), Salvemos La Montaña.
The dark side of the race to mine lithium in Europe
Cáceres, Spain, October 2021. In English, Valdeflores means ‘Valley of Flowers’. Sounds tranquil, doesn’t it? And it most certainly is. Valdeflores is a natural paradise bursting with flora and fauna, including protected species of plants and animals. The valley sits happily within a large mountainous natural park which enjoys the protection status as an official…
What the UK can learn from Spain’s response to the Coronavirus
Thursday, 19th March, 2020 With COVID-19 cases rising rapidly in the UK, it’s been clear for some days that a major crisis is unfolding in London. Yet in the capital — and across the wider country — many people have not taken government advice and the protection of others seriously enough. People have continued to…
Education outside the classroom works
Alicante, Spain, Dec 2018 My alarm sounds at 6.30, I get up, make my bed, walk to the kitchen patio and flip the switch turning the gas tank on. It is December and although it will be warm enough to wear a t-shirt later in the day, my house is freezing cold. Central heating in…
Valladolid – The former capital of Spain, a city of opposites
Valladolid, November 2018 Travelling across the great plains of northwestern Spain at dusk, the windows of the bus I’m travelling on reveal vast expanses of space I never knew existed here. You could easily be forgiven if you thought you were in the middle of Texas. Wide open spaces with no lights for miles on…
How can business reduce poverty?
Note: The essay below is my entry for the 2014 Webb Memorial Trust essay competition. Adam Ludlow’s winning essay can be found at the following link and will appear in the January issue of the New Statesman. http://www.webbmemorialtrust.org.uk/home-page/winner-of-annual-webb-memorial-trust-essay-announced/ In January 2014 Oxfam reported[1] that the wealth of the top one percent richest people in the world amounts to…
Britain’s Grammatical Meltdown
London, Sep 2014. Article as featured on The Huffington Post Young Voices Blog. We live in a world where we have more to say but less time to say it in. We fall in and out of love, make and break friendships, and hear fantastic and sad news often through the medium of text. Yes,…
Best Foot(Ball) Forward – Britains Lost Art Of Football Makers
Article updated, Nov 2022. Original version written for the bestofbritannia.com (Tw: @BestBrittania) annual showcase in London, 2014. The article was featured by artesan community Made In These Isles (Tw: @TheseIsles) When given the task of choosing my favourite British-made product of all time almost ten years ago, my mind darted between the steam engine and…
Made In Great Britain
Manchester, Nov 2013. Article as featured on The Huffington Post Young Voices Blog Over the past few decades the situation of British Manufacturing has routinely come up for heated discussion in parliament, workplaces and our homes, and with very good reason. Manufacturing provides jobs, money and status for the people of our country. British communities…
A Degree Too Far?
London, Oct 2013. Article as featured on The Huffington Post Young Voices Blog. On Monday, Nick Clegg ‘promised’ the government would not raise tuition fees to £16,000. Today, thousands of young people will continue to apply to a large variety of universities and Higher Education Institutions and whilst you read this article thousands of highly…
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