We Asked You

Rod Ginnif , 72, Australia

None. I don’t follow the media, I just read history books. I get one newspaper, called ‘The Economist’, which is on politics and economics. I distrust the media very much, including social media, I don’t use that except for emails.

I try to avoid the news at the moment because of the worry of war in Ukraine. It’s disheartening to hear, especially when I have my nieces and nephews asking if we’re about to go to war. My 12-year-old niece is currently learning about WWII and of course, it’s scarily resembling today’s news headlines. She’s worried that her dad is going to have to go to war.

Suzi Holmes, 31, New Parks Nar in Amornchaiprasith, 22 , City Cent re

Ukraine. I haven’t really kept myself up to date with current socio-economic affairs, but I know that people definitely don’t want any war right now or in the future.

Which current news topics have caught your attention and why?

We like to keep things positive at Niche Magazine, but there’s no getting away from the worrying headlines in the news these past few months. Hoping to raise awareness of social issues, we wanted to hear about what was concerning you the most.

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Vicky Fryer, 31, City Centre

I guess the main one would be Ukraine, which feels kind of obvious because it is everywhere. The budget news as well. The ongoing post office scandal is also really horrible. Whenever you think you’ve heard how bad it can get, you hear another story. It would be nice to see some consequences for that.

Ukraine and obviously what’s been happening over there, but also the recent inflation issues. Ukraine caught my attention because it’s big world news, but inflation has been on my mind because it personally stresses me out as it affects me directly. It’s rising by so much and it’s not just gas and electricity, it’s food as well. I’m going to the shop and constantly noticing more things rising in price and it all adds up. Big families on low incomes are especially going to be having a rough time.

S o phie Bradshaw Leah, 23, City Centre Maureen Cassley, 76, Staf ord

Ukraine. Absolutely. And of course the price of diesel. Everything’s going up. I was born at the end of the war. My children and grandchildren, they think that peace will be theirs forever, but it’s got to be earned and it’s normally earned by what is happening in Ukraine. And those people are as brave as our soldiers were in WWII. Braver actually, because everything’s against them.