Louisa Chenciner

The 70s was a strange era; following an age of flowers and freedom and preceding a decade of Tories and synthesisers. It was a time of transition and change, experimentation and innovation. In retrospect, it seems that the Government’s focus was taking hippies off their highs and the impoverished...

Throughout November, hundreds of women will participate in an event called ‘Reclaim The Night’, which took place in Nottingham on Saturday night. It is a women’s only march that aims to stand up to rape and street violence against women. The event has been in motion since the 70’s,...

Students are a mere three years (if that) away from the world of employment. You may have fleetingly considered applying for a Spring Week in the City, or even grovelled for work experience; but have you thought about reproductive rights in the workplace? Maybe not. Earlier this month it was reported that Facebook and Apple have decided...

Last week, John Grisham, US author, lawyer and politician, made some, shall we say, controversial comments in an interview with the Daily Telegraph. He suggested that the punishments enforced on those convicted of watching child pornography are too strict and that the police should focus their attention on “real...

As of last month, The University of Glasgow made a hugely significant political statement in committing to divest completely from fossil fuel companies. This means that it cut any financial ties or investments with the companies hell-bent on perusing financial gain at the expense of our planet. Glasgow was...

It is rare nowadays that students leave university and land the job that they’ve always dreamed of. Most of us can empathise with this, dreading the daunting prospect of having to finally make it on our own in a world where jobs are becoming scarcer and degrees are becoming...

It may appear to onlookers that Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, is living the post-script to a modern fairy-tale: married into royalty, she has a young family alongside a rewarding public role (not to mention her much coveted wardrobe). But I wonder whether the millions of girls taught from...