• Solo traveller with a backpack exploring National Trust Brimhan Rocks

    A Guide to Solo Travelling as an Introvert

    Ella Pilson As someone who’s quite shy but who loves travelling, this is a concern I am familiar with, but hopefully this guide will show you that I don’t think your personality type should stop you or anyone from having these amazing experiences. One of the great benefits of...
  • Removing the Stigma Surrounding Binge Eating Disorder

      Holly Philpott Eating disorders not only physically impact their sufferers but also largely affect their emotional and psychological wellbeing. Whilst it is arguable that more is being done to raise awareness surrounding eating disorders, Holly Philpott declares that the stigma surrounding Binge Eating Disorder, abbreviated to BED, is...
  • Hometown Holiday: Upminster

    Francesca Montefusco Upminster, a fairly small town in Essex that just about earns a spot in a London borough, is hardly a tourist hotspot. It’s a great base location; one hour and you can be watching street performers in Covent Garden, 30 minutes and you can be building sandcastles...
  • Woman wearing a corset

    The Corset: Fashion, Freedom and Feminism

    Corsets have been around for a very long time and they were very common for a long time and yet there are so many misconceptions about them. Adaora Elliott works to clear up some of those misconceptions and talk about the true history of the corset....
  • Light coming through stained-glass window in a church

    Uon’s Fashion Society: A Beautiful Take on Escapism

    Rooted in self-expression and breaking barriers, Uon’s Creative House embodied the imagined concept of escapism in their incredible display of innovation and sustainability portraying complex themes, cultures and attitudes through this exquisite demonstration of fashion, music and emotion. Led by Joshua Nqo Jerenyama and Sara Coombe, the talented team...
  • Red carpet

    Karl Lagerfeld: Is the Met Gala Honouring Fashion Prestige or a Tainted Legacy?

    Vivika Sahajpal The famous first Monday of May, a glorious accumulation of insane levels of wealth, ostentation and magnificence, always sparks conversation, scrutiny and dissection from reviews of the guests’ attire to celebrity-centred conspiracy theories. The 2023 Met Gala theme was in honour of the late Karl Lagerfeld titled...
  • A picture of coach seats

    A Guide to Coach Etiquette: The Do’s and Don’t’s

    Natasha Phang-Lee Last week Natasha had the pleasure of taking a National Express coach back from London. Not so pleasurably, this mode of transport put her in the vicinity of some individuals who were very uneducated in the medium of coach etiquette. Natasha Phang-Lee gives a guide on how...