Drag Race: what’s it done for queer culture?
This was the year that the world’s most famous drag queen, RuPaul, brought his critically-acclaimed TV show to the UK. The series has helped bring British drag queens and topics that affect the LGBT c...
22 Nov 201920min
Is mental health breaking the NHS?
Once more the NHS is at the heart of a general election campaign and politicians on all sides are promising to improve the health service. With more than four million patients on the NHS waiting list ...
21 Nov 201923min
What’s wrong with plastic surgery?
Plastic surgery has never been cheaper or more accessible. The industry is booming: it’s worth an estimated £19 billion. The results of cosmetic self- improvement are readily available on Instagram, a...
20 Nov 201920min
Has the royal soap opera lost the plot?
Three days later and the fallout from Prince Andrew’s BBC interview keeps coming: today university students and a big accountancy firm are distancing themselves from the duke. Prince Andrew appeared o...
19 Nov 201920min
Why aren’t we talking about Baptista Adjei?
There was a story in October you may have missed: a 15-year-old boy from London was stabbed to death after getting off a bus on his way home from school. Baptista Adjei was one of the youngest people ...
18 Nov 201920min
Does self-care really make you happy?
We know that one in four people will suffer from a mental health problem at some point in their life and that anxiety seems to be on the increase. The latest research suggests that rates of psychologi...
15 Nov 201924min
Election memes: are we being played?
The 2019 general election is in full swing and political parties are relying on digital campaigning more than ever before. Targeted marketing has made a profound change in how political parties can re...
14 Nov 201920min
Why did a Chinese row ruin a bake off?
Pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong have been going on for months now. In the past few days the violence has escalated and schools are being closed for safety reasons. The row centres on a fight for n...
13 Nov 201919min
