• Book Review: She Wants It: Desire, Power and Toppling the Patriarchy

    Film and television director, seven-time-nominated and two-time Emmy winner, and winner of a Golden Globe, Jill Soloway is a force to be reckoned with. Their hits include the feature length film Afternoon Delight, and the Amazon favourites I Love Dick and Transparent. And now Soloway has turned once more...
  • SHOULD WE ALLOW HETEROSEXUAL COUPLES THE RIGHT TO A CIVIL PARTNERSHIP?

    On 2nd October 2018, Theresa May announced that heterosexual couples would be allowed the right to a civil partnership like same-sex couples do. The move comes after a heterosexual couple fought for four years to be allowed a civil partnership. I rejoiced at the news. It’s about time that...
  • Creative Corner: ‘At the Heart of It All’ Poetry Collection

    Thinking If they say age is just a number Why should it feel like a deadline? Anxious to meet and to hold: Onto the rise of expectations that greet its Joy; to put those who wonder, Under pressure to achieve… What others can only hope them to.   If...
  • Rosa’s Recommendation of the Week – Café Coco Tang

    Located in the city centre, tucked away down Byard Lane, the relatively new Café Coco Tang can be found nestled between the main retail strip and the ‘edgier’ Lace Market. Not to be confused with its sister venue, the Coco Tang Nightclub, this new café is a deceptively big...
  • Book of the Month – September

    Title: Olivia Author: Dorothy Strachey Genre: Historical fiction, coming of age Publisher: Vintage (The Hogarth Press) Published: 2008 (1949) Pages: 107 Olivia is a tale of lesbian teenage infatuation set against the backdrop of 19th century Paris. At the age of sixteen, Olivia is whisked away to the finishing...
  • Music Timehop: Thirty Years On, Tracy Chapman Still Rings True

    I’ve loved ‘Fast Car’ for years – it’s one of those songs that sticks with you, and occasionally you feel the need to listen to it for no other reason than you haven’t heard it in a while. When I got my newest phone, I wanted to have it...
  • The Royals: A Revolutionary Engagement?

    “His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales is delighted to announce the engagement of Prince Harry to Ms Meghan Markle” – These recent yet iconic words, which you can find more about here, hail a new era of monarchy. The royals have inspired both fascination and frustration for generations,...