Hannah Tasker calls bullsh*t on some of the forms of self-care. Self-care is important. I really mean this. Not in a self-proclaimed instagram influencer, avocado on toast, herbal tea, ‘inspirational’ quotes, smoothies and jogging routine kinda way. In a proper way. To start this off, I just want to […]
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Greta Thunberg is right: “The problem of plastic pollution is even worse than anyone feared.”
Izaak Hannard interviews UK environmentalists on the plastic pollution problem and discusses how they are raising awareness for a brighter and greener future. “We are throwing a garbage truck a minute into the oceans full of plastic.” UK environmentalist warns. “We are throwing a garbage truck a minute into the […]
Students Make Waves at University by Hosting Refugee Awareness Week
Goldsmiths English PEN member and organiser Hannah Tasker tells us all about it and how you can make a difference too. As a committee member of the Goldsmiths’ English PEN society, I have just helped to organise and run the university’s very first Refugee Awareness Week (4th-8th February 2019). English […]
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Pop Sensation MARINA [and the diamonds] Releases New Music
MARINA resurrects the beauty of nature back into pop music with her new music. MARINA (and the diamonds) has blossomed from hibernation across the airwaves with her brand-new track after four years away from music. “Handmade Heaven” is the debut single from her highly anticipated 4th album, which signals a […]
Weird Films To Cry At
Shannon Watson investigates the weirdest films people have shed a tear to. Summer Watson (20) – Jaws When I was about four years old, my grandma let my sister and I watch Jaws. My grandma was (and still is) a huge film fan, so this was a regular occurrence. We’d […]
If Sex Education Classes Will Not Talk About Consent, Then We Will
Hannah Tasker looks at the multitude of problems in our current sex education curriculum and thinks it continuously fails our younger generations. The statistics of rape and sexual assault numbers in the UK are, as we all know, alarmingly high and it was only last week that figures were published regarding […]
Manchester Fashion Week
Manchester Fashion Week starts today and it is showing the world that clothing is more than just material Last year, I was lucky enough to get to interview Amanda Moss, journalist and founder of Liverpool and Manchester Fashion Week! I was even lucky enough in May to attend Manchester Fashion […]
A Look Back on THAT Charli XCX Mixtape
Charli XCX’s POP2 record shows the world that pop music has no boundaries Charli XCX’s newest mixtape “POP 2” is here to radiate the airwaves with mechanical futuristic sounds hinged with empowering lyrics – bringing something entirely new to the stratosphere of pop music. The mixtape is a follow up […]
Book Review: Rachel Pashley’s New Female Tribes
Mollie Quirk reviews the feminist must read. Feminism is something that is becoming more and more popular. Females are becoming increasingly empowered, and this is something that is taking the world by storm. From the #MeToo movement, to countless #BodyPosi advocates, the upskirting bill and so much more – feminism […]
How To Rock Check Print This Autumn
We’ve seen co-ords, we’ve seen check prints, now who would have guessed it…we’ve got check co-ords? Check is just one of many stand-out trends we can all expect to see catching our eyes as we enter our favourite high street stores this AW18. It’s almost as though we’ll be making […]