• Strictly’s Shirley Ballas Needs to Step Aside, Simmer Down And Celebrate Young Talented Women

    Eastenders star Maisie Smith was the firm favourite to win Strictly Come Dancing in the run up to the opening of the show in October. Bookies everywhere put odds on the 19-year-old to win the glitter ball trophy this year. With her stage school training, youth on her side,...
  • Weekly Wellbeing Write-up: Student Mental Health In The Second Lockdown

    We all expected a second lockdown, but that doesn’t mean that we were mentally prepared for it. The first lockdown was incredibly damaging to people’s mental health, but this second lockdown, as we go into winter, will be much harder. ...
  • The Diana Interview – 25 Years On

    Nearly 25 years ago to the day, HRH Princess Diana gave an interview for BBC journalist, Martin Bashir, for a Panorama special. The interview was revolutionary in more ways than one, but it’s widely acknowledged as a ground-breaking moment in the history of investigative journalism due to the successful...
  • New Day Narratives

    This month has been one of mixed emotions and colossal international change. It seems that America’s soul has finally been restored with the election of Biden as the next president of the United States....
  • The Free School Meals Debate- My Story

    Having watched the government for the second time this year make a U-turn on the free school meals debate, I am once again reminded of the many children that will rely on this and if it will go far enough. I relied on free school meals from the late...
  • What Is Going On In The Labour Party?

    I would like to preface this piece by saying I am a Labour Party member, but I feel this puts me in a good position to look at what is actually going on in the Labour Party, the complaints of anti-Semitism that surrounded Corbyn’s time as Party leader and...
  • Can Keir Starmer Lead The Labour Party To Election Success?

    When Sir Keir Starmer became the leader of the Labour Party in January this year, no-one anticipated the seismic events that would unfold throughout 2020. The coronavirus pandemic has reshaped Britain and redefined politics....