The Student’s top podcasts picks for mental health awareness week
It is 2018 and if you don’t have a NYT best-selling book or a Youtube channel, you’re hosting a podcast. Without the production costs, network dependency, and scripted nature of…
Nine Inch Nails’ The Fragile: a cacophony of hurt and frankness
Content Warning: mentions suicide. There is no coherent way to describe the Nine Inch Nails (NIN) album The Fragile, the third studio album from the Trent Reznor-led industrial band. Some…
Sport can still learn from the tragedy of Justin Fashanu
In 1981, Justin Fashanu became the first ever black football player to be sold for over £1 million when he transferred from Norwich to Nottingham Forest. His fame and status…
The myth of tormented genius: the link between mental health and creativity
In the contemporary perception of extraordinary artistry, it seems that the question of what is older – the history of music or the history of mental illness – has almost…
Marina and the mental health Tumblr blog
Marina Diamandis, best known as Marina and the Diamonds, has undoubtedly sat at the forefront of destigmatising mental health in popular culture, with her first two albums expressing concerns around…
Speaking out about men’s mental health
In an ideal society, no one suffering from mental illness would ever feel unsupported or abandoned, especially considering the fact that one quarter of us will experience a mental health…