As somebody who doesn’t really appreciate the great outdoors as much as he should, I was more than happy to spread my proverbial wings for the weekend and give camping a try. A Bank Holiday weekend filled with sun, sea, alcohol and fantastic company. The weekend should have been a […]

Few people ever actually get the opportunity to live out their childhood dream. However, I am one of those lucky few. Growing up, as a female football player, America was always portrayed as the pinnacle place to play as a female ‘soccer’ star. So you can imagine my delight when, […]

This weekend Formula One rolls into Montreal at the famous Gilles Villeneuve circuit, scene of F1’s longest ever race in 2011. That weekend Jenson Button weathered the storm to claim his first victory of the season despite enduring a record number of safety car periods, 6 visits to the pitlane […]

“The true democrat is he who with purely non-violent means defends his liberty and, therefore, his country’s and ultimately that of the whole of mankind.” – Mahatma Ghandi Despite India being the biggest democracy in the world, democracy is failing the majority of the country’s inhabitants, with a large number […]

“I would rather that my whole family die of hunger than to let my daughter do the work I do.” “I’d rather that my children do anything other than this, anything at all.” says Shanta Balmike, a manual scavenger. Armed with nothing but their hands, close to a million ‘manual […]

With little over a week until the start of the 2012 European Championships, the nation should be gripped with football fever. We should be placing the flags of St George strategically and carefully on our cars and bikes, our lucky red replica 1966 shirt should be being dug out again from the very […]

Unfortunate though it may be, it is a fact universally acknowledged that in the modern day, consumer based society; our reflection can be seen clearest through advertising. Though I feel that I would be unable to outdo any previous criticisms lamenting on the toxicity of this institution, run by power […]

EastEnders is one of Britain’s longest running television soap operas set in the grey streets of Albert Square in Walford of East London. It is aired four times a week on BBC One – the UK’s most-watched channel. Creators Tony Holland and Julia Smith use regular everyday people we so […]