Rachel Lewis

‘No to NUS Nottingham’ is proposing that we as students of the University of Nottingham should be able to have our say in a referendum on our membership of the National Union of Students (NUS) in light of recent developments. We want to engage with as many students as possible...

Last Thursday I had a conversation with a friend that left me feeling distressed. With it being the queen’s birthday, my friend had cheerfully informed me (the naive foreigner) that this was only one of them. She has her official birthday in June. This is an odd state of...

The Saudi Arabian newspaper Al Watan recently reported that a national court sentenced a unnamed man to 10 years in prison, as well as 2,000 lashes, for atheist tweets. Apparently, he admitted to being an atheist and refused to repent. Since 2014, Saudi Arabia has classed any open expression...

The EU referendum will be held on the 23rd of June. As I write, that is 100 days from now and I am sick to the back teeth of it already. I am well aware that the referendum is incredibly important and will have far reaching repercussions for everybody...

Over the last few years there has been a growing number of people participating in Alcohol Concern’s Dry January campaign; however, with the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) reporting that pubs are closing at a rate of nearly 30 a week, the British public need to support the industry...

Have you ever donated blood? If so, you will realise the monumental impact your donation could have on saving the lives of patients who are in desperate need of transfusion. If not, it’s likely that you have taken that opportunity for granted. Since 2011, the UK enforces a 12-month...

“We need a fresh face.” These were the words that UKIP’s one and only MP, Douglas Carswell, uttered just last Friday. He was of course talking about his desire for a change in the party’s leadership; out with the Farage and in with the new. He was always a...