Yes, as bizarre as it may sound – the over-criminalisation of all sexual activity between minors, is almost wholly responsible for the UK’s high teenage pregnancy rate and high teenage sex rate. Why? S.13 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (by virtue of s.9) criminalised ‘sexual touching’ between minors, however […]

It’s not difficult to see why the 1960’s remains as popular as ever amongst this generation, with its rebelling youth, free speech, music, and fashion. Sixties swinging nostalgia is becoming a new phenomenon with many youngsters today, just like Britpop was in the nineties. However, more youngsters are becoming fascinated […]

As Easter 2013 approaches us we take a look at the history of Easter, and we ask ourselves some questions about the. Such as, why do we have Easter Eggs? Who is the Easter Bunny? And why do we have Easter Egg Hunts? What is Easter? Easter is a holiday […]

140 characters for your thoughts: welcome to twitter. Twitter began as a system of mobile phone text messages linking up to a larger internet network. On early mobile phones, 140 characters was the maximum limit allowed for a single text; hence, twitter’s character limit was set at this figure. So surely […]

Widespread revulsion met the shootings of striking workers at the Lonmin mines in Marikana, South Africa last August. Police opened fire and killed 34 miners, wounding 178 more. It proved to be a turning point in the post-Apartheid era, it promised so much for ordinary working class people, after ridding themselves of oppressive minority rule […]

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, […]

“Penalties against possession of a drug should not be more damaging to an individual than the use of the drug itself; and where they are, they should be changed. Nowhere is this more clear than in the laws against possession of marijuana in private for personal use… Therefore, I support […]

If you ask any business owner ‘what is the biggest issue they face in these times of austerity’, the most likely response will be: access to capital, or the distinct lack thereof. This, in turn, can have a devastating effect on the wider economy as is often reported in the […]