REVIEW | Cow: Luma, the star unmourned, and how they got it so wrong
We don’t review many films here at Surge, but on watching Cow - which had the potential to be one of the most important portraits of a farmed animal ever to be made - we’re left with the feeling that justice wasn’t done to its star, Luma the mother cow. Spoiler alerts are not necessary, writes Andrew Gough.
Dairy in distress as UK sales to EU drop 96% due to Brexit
In yet another sign that the UK dairy industry is in serious trouble, new figures out this week have revealed a staggering drop in sales of milk and cream to the EU, by far our largest export market. Is this really just teething troubles, as Boris Johnson calls them, or is it another nail in the coffin of cow exploitation?
Surge in 2020 Part 2: July to December
In Part 2 of our 2020 round-up, Media and Education Coordinator Andrew Gough looks at the last six months of the year, arguably one of the most eventful for Surge with a distinct change of gears for the team. Don’t forget to read Part 1.
Surge in 2020 Part 1: January to June
2020 is probably a year many of us would rather forget, but it wasn’t all bad. Andrew Gough, media and education coordinator at Surge, takes a look back at the last 12 months of Surge campaigns and projects starting with January to June. We’ll be releasing Part 2 of our round-up on New Years Day.