‘Men’s violence against women causes more death than all military conflicts in the world. It is the worst form of oppression of women, and of course Sweden, like everywhere else, does not stand free from this global insecurity matter’ – says Veronica Svärd, candidate to the Swedish parliament for Feminist Initiative.  Below you […]

Coming straight from the imagination of the New York Times Bestseller Eleanor and Park, Fangirl is a new age coming of age story that perfectly encapsulates first love, moving on and most importantly, fanfiction. Cath and Wren are identical twins venturing into the world of university, introducing boys, drinking and […]

The weightiest of the arguments against God’s existence is the problem of evil. There are many different responses to the problem of evil. None of them is entirely satisfactory alone but together they do cast doubt on whether the existence of evil disproves the claim that God exists. In brief, […]

This year I achieved something quite special, I completed my first marathon. I ran in the Edinburgh Marathon on May 25 in aid of Alzheimer Scotland, an extremely meaningful cause   to myself and my family because we lost both my Great Granddad, Sammy Irvine and my Granddad Michael Boyle to […]

Ever felt like you were the elephant in the room because of your preference for Tetley’s over tequila? As though your fellow revellers subconsciously deemed your ability to enjoy a night out impossible based on the non-alcoholic drink in your hand? If you’ve answered yes, then it is of some […]

A Life Changing Experience As a first world society there are so many things we consider necessities rather than luxuries; a four bedroom house, en suite bathrooms, back gardens, clean running water. Even though we work hard and accumulate these things we still want more. Why is it that we […]

The Dialogue Forum on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the United States of America and the European Union that took part in Berlin on May 5 ahead of the next round of talks planned on May 19 stimulated the foreign mass media to resume the debate on […]

Thai massage and Ayurvedic massage; they both fall into the category of ‘massage therapy’, but how do they differ in terms of the experience they create and the benefits they generate? Until recent years I tended to think of massage as being a one-size-fits-all approach, merely for the purpose of […]