Rachel Lewis

For all the activism that students have participated in over the past 100 years, Europe is one issue on which they have remained decidedly quiet. OneEurope and Students4Europe think this is because the complexity of the European Union creates a wall of misunderstanding between the governed and the governors....

We all know the feeling. Those things you just cannot stand. They keep you awake at night. They make your skin crawl. They awake a hatred within you that you haven’t known since the checkout machine said there was an unexpected item in the baggage area. Go on, put...

It is all disgustingly reminiscent of the squealing intimacy between a fictional Prime Minister and an alive pig on Charlie Brooker’s first episode of Black Mirror. But this morning, weary eyed commuters opened their Twitter feeds and thought they were still dreaming. David Cameron – allegedly – in his...

The recent election of Jeremy Corbyn as leader of the Labour Party has sparked one of the largest scale political debates we’ve seen all summer. Across the social media battle ground, shots have been fired, quite literally, left, right and center. Impact Comment reviews the oh so wide ranging opinions...

In light of the revelation that some UK restaurant chains – Côte, Bills and Las Iguanas to name a few – are withholding tips meant for their staff, the government has launched an investigation into tipping practices in UK restaurants. Trade union Unite has hit back saying the scope...

“Life’s too short, have an affair”, taglines the pay-as-you-go infidelity website Ashley Madison, brought to the world’s attention after hackers stole the personal details of around 37 million registered users and dumped them online. The website’s digitised denigration of monogamous relationships is wrong, yet this form of vigilante justice...

For the past ten days I have been enjoying myself glittering around the Island of Freedom, Sziget Festival in Budapest. It’s a seven day romp of music, art and culture. Headliners include Florence and the Machine, Avicii, Foals, SBTRKT, Limp Bizkit, and Major Lazer. There is also an afro-reggae...