Women are becoming more and more powerful in society. We often hear about women in high society, shattering precedents and getting what they want, and we salute them. But what about the women within our own vicinity? Looking at the bigger picture of equality, it is easy to forget about...
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Sammy Haynes analyses the BBC's recent adaptation of the 19th century novel 'The Woman in White', exploring how the drama can enlighten the modern feminist movement
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Summer of 2009 – a hot one by Swedish standards, with temperatures sneaking into the 30s. Like everyone else raised in Nordic climate, we made sure to take full advantage of it. Being a year in between championships – no WC and no Euros – we instead took to the...
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A group aiming to launch a class action law suit against universities across the country has been joined by over 1,000 students.
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When I sat down at the start of term with the team of MTW’s production of Spring Awakening, the show was starting to come together. Director Grace Lovegrove, assistant director Alessandra French and co-producer Maya McQueen raved about the upcoming production and shared what the next three weeks of rehearsals...
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This comes after a campaign lead by the mother of first-year student law student at Aberdeen University Emily Drouet took her own life due to an abusive relationship with her boyfriend.
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As if the Russian World Cup wasn’t already controversial enough, it will now also be the first World Cup to utilise video assistant referees (VAR) which has had a tumultuous birth as a series of high-profile cases since its introduction to the FA Cup has raised serious question marks. VAR...
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During a recent shift at my local pub, I crouched down behind the bar to grab some glasses and a customer remarked to his friend that it was nice to see a woman on her knees. Later that evening, another customer joked that he was impressed at how well I...
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Residents of Leamington Spa are breathing air which exceeds the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) pollution safety limits for the third year in a row, according to their new report.
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Foxfinder is set in a dystopian world ruled by fear and paranoia, which evokes in the viewers both familiarity and an unsettling feeling of the uncanny. In this clever parable written by Dawn King and directed by Tom O’Connor for the Loft Theatre, foxes are evil creatures which haunt farms,...
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I am not ready to put my name on this article. But I’m ready to sit down and talk about rape, and more specifically, my experience of rape at university, because somebody needs to. Somebody needs to do more than wave around #wegetconsent banners. It’s bad enough going through this experience...
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Two writers tell us why they love Brooklyn Nine-Nine and feel that it shouldn't be cancelled; the show is both funny and important for the stereotypes and prejudices that it challenges
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The University has confirmed that the suspensions of four students are to be lifted as an investigation into the group chat exposed earlier in the week continues.
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