A government utterly out of touch with women and their needs
At the end of a long, stressful day, sometimes only self-indulgent pampering can help. A bubble bath, a glass of wine, high quality chocolate, and a tampon, fresh from the packet.…
Trolls have become an all too common part of free speech
Of all the social media platforms smartphone owners check at least ten times a day, Twitter is the hardest to pin down. Is it an inane realm of nobodies saying…
Junior doctors deserve much better than Jeremy Hunt’s latest policy disaster
We are used to the idea of doctors as carers, not fighters. Yet on Monday evening, thousands of junior doctors called for a fight, as they marched into Parliament Square.…
Hedda Gabler
Often held up as the ‘female Hamlet’, Hedda Gabler exists in a tradition that too easily resembles a desert in terms of female leading roles. Thus, the comparison is not…
where language ends
Seeing shows at Talbot Rice always feels slightly like opening a door onto Narnia. With one unobtrusive entryway leading onto the stairwell straight from a cobbled street, and the other…
Inspiring performer fuses poetry and rap
Sometimes it can be difficult to reconcile a love of hip-hop with feminist ideals, or a taste for dark, bass-filled rooms and an interest in intricate, classically influenced poetry. Kate…
