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Michaela Makusha

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Birmingham, Durham
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Michaela Makusha’s Biography

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Freelance journalist writing about culture and politics in Britain.

Michaela Makusha’s Journalist Portfolio

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TikTok 'TradWives' Are Romanticising An Era Where Sexism And Racism Ruled

TikTok 'TradWives' Are Romanticising An Era Where Sexism And Racism Ruled

Michaela Makusha investigates the growing movement of women who embrace 'submitting' to their husbands. Read …

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Students are building their own support groups as universities fail to act on racism

Students are building their own support groups as universities fail to act on racism

Durham University has been accused of failing to support its marginalised communities, so student groups are …

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Malia Pyles - 1883 Magazine

Malia Pyles - 1883 Magazine

The Pretty Little Liars series defined a generation with its dramatic cliffhangers and terrifying text messag…

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It’s Time We Have a Serious Conversation about the Royal Family

It’s Time We Have a Serious Conversation about the Royal Family

The media coverage of the Queen’s legacy has left me wondering if we all remember colonialism the same way

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I’m an immigrant in limbo. Uni in the UK will cost me £250,000

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By Michaela Makusha
| Flipboard
Liberal View 3 hours ago Jason Arday and the new politics of plagiarism Salon - Roger J. Kreuz • 3h After a meteoric rise to the top ranks of British academia, scholar Jason Arday was found dead at his London home on Aug. 14, 2026. Arday had spent weeks fighting plagiarism accusations.
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Students remember Jason Arday: ‘People would say how much they were looking forward to his classes’

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By Michaela Makusha
| THE NERVE (UK) Verified
I met Jason Arday once, briefly, when I was a student at Durham and he was an associate professor. I remember how friendly I found him. My sympathies are with all of those who knew him and loved him.
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The rise of the ‘hot literati’: how reading became sexy

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By Michaela Makusha
| Inkl
Model Kaia Gerber, who runs the Library Science book club. Photograph: Edward Berthelot/GC Images Being bookish is now sexy, we’re told. i-D magazine recently ran a piece on the Whitney Review – a literary journal based in New York – proclaiming its team part of the “hot literati reshaping criticism”.
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Have you ever used a typewriter?

No, but I would love to try

Who's your favorite fictional journalist?

Iris West!

What does it mean to be a journalist?

Telling stories that inform people correctly and are told ethically.