The new political documentary should be on everyone’s radar. Knock Down the House is the latest political documentary on Netflix. Netflix has helped transform the world of documentaries and over the years, has particularly focused upon US politics whether that’s through activism or on the White House. The latest political documentary looks at those who ran in the latest house races when, most notably, Alexandra Ocasio Cortez (popularly known as AOC) was elected to Congress. It is AOC who forms the main basis for this documentary – although other races are also focused upon. It’s a fantastic i ..read more

With Endgame hitting cinemas, and the final season of Game of Thrones hitting TV screens, life has become a horrible game of avoiding spoilers. Marvel fans have waited eleven years for Endgame. No, it’s not the final Marvel film ever, in fact it’s not even the final film of phase three – that’ll be Spider-Man: Far From Home, but fans everywhere were warned by Directors, Producers and everyone in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) that this would be the biggest film yet. In fact, it’s arguably the biggest film to ever be released full stop, never mind Marvel. There were warnings that we’ll lo ..read more

F1 doesn’t want to save itself Even a new and exciting driver at Ferrari is struggling to make this season of F1 interesting. The sport may as well hand Lewis Hamilton the title now. F1 has ran out of steam. It’s no longer an exciting sport. It is just watching a parade. This has long been warned. F1 has always had races of boredom and domination and it got worse under the Senna and Prost years, not better. Capitalism made the sport predictable. The richest teams win and that’s always been true. It’s why we have years of domination by a team, who only wane when the executives have had their f ..read more

You don’t have to put up with anyone’s hate. In the UK, we’re hearing a lot about divisions right now. People keep saying how we need to build bridges and put aside our differences so we can unite as a nation. However, ‘both sides’ do not need to do this. The only people who need to make amends are those who continue to spread hatred, lies and try to create discord. Easter can be a difficult time. Some families get together for the first time since Christmas. It can be fraught and it can be tense so Stand Up Magazine is here to say that it’s okay if you don’t want to associate with your famil ..read more

Recent protests against LGBT education have once more brought a spotlight on whether our society is really progressive. The truth is that our education doesn’t go far enough when it comes to LGBT issues. LGBT education is minimal in the UK and doesn’t go far enough to protect children and young people. Schools step in for parents – that’s their purpose. They protect students, help them develop and figure out their identities and provide an education. It’s vital that it includes learning about different identities so that queer kids don’t feel isolated, and so that allocishet kids don’t grow up ..read more