What is it about the F word (no, not that word) that seriously frightens people off? What’s everyone’s problem with feminism? Over the past couple of months I have begun to identify myself as a feminist. I have always been a believer of gender equality, and because I’m a woman, […]

Imagine if you will, plummeting down into the inky depths of liquid space, confined into a small space only fit for three people, switches and electronic paneling covering the walls, and no real sound except for the occasional sound of water rushing past. I am of course referring to the […]

Young people today often believe they have to be realistic with their goals, that they can’t achieve their dreams because people tell them they can’t make it. The truth is that you can accomplish anything if you set your mind to it. If you are willing to work hard, stay […]

There are different ways to view ‘Ruins in Reverse’ and, unfortunately, none of them would make it seem good. The visitors of the new exhibition, hosted by the Project Space Tate Modern, will be disappointed, annoyed, even a bit anguished and definitely not delighted. ‘Ruins in Reverse’ is about the relationship […]

Next year marks 100 years since the outbreak of the First World War.  David Cameron recently called on people to remember that it was a war fought in ‘defence of democracy’. Indeed, tragically, it was called ‘the War to End all Wars’. Standing where we are today, we know this to […]

60 years ago today on the 28th February in 1953, James Watson and Francis Crick made the discovery of DNA’s double helix structure at Cambridge University. DNA has become something of a talking point ever since the great horse-meat scandal earlier on this year but the importance of DNA has […]

The deep-sea has been a mystery to mankind for as long as we’ve been on the surface of the planet.  The fact that vast swathes (71%) of our world remain hidden under 2-3, even 5-7 miles of ocean, is a mind-boggling concept, and it’s only until the last century that […]

As a third-year University student, I am used to my family and friends ask me what I’m ‘going to do’ when I graduate. This question makes my stomach drop. In the past year alone, I have decided that I was going to pursue careers in marketing, nursing, modelling (don’t laugh, […]