All photos are my own Now that the festival season has come to an end and the ‘festival blues’ have well and truly kicked in; people are already planning for next summer. And like me, I’m sure many people are preparing for what they can do better next year to make it a more enjoyable…
Pandemic Performances
The music industry was hit hard during the pandemic, especially during the lockdowns, despite being one of the largest activities that keeps us connected. In March 2020, Italians sang messages of hope from their balconies to boost morale during quarantine. Even with it being a massive element in keeping us in touch, it was one…
Pornhub’s Pandemic: normalised rape culture
This article contains description of sexual assault and rape. Pornhub. The centre of the world’s pornography source, receiving more visits per month than Netflix, Amazon, or Yahoo. Created in 2007, Pornhub allowed anyone to upload content onto the site, until the summer of 2020 when their own pandemic started. After an investigation found content of…
Mobile Journalism: Why it’s Important
The rise of technology means Journalism is constantly changing and adapting, thus bringing us the new age of Mobile Journalism. Often this is a positive thing with technology making reporting quicker, easier, a better quality, and a lesser price. Mobile Journalism (MoJo) is where journalist use mobile devices, such as smartphones and tablets to create…
Love Island Influencers Can’t Help You
Fad diets, Instagram influencers and toxic positivity, three things we hope you gave up for lent, writes Elisha Jones. Every year people take time to reflect on what they could have done differently and what they could do better in the year ahead. Making a new year’s resolution can vary from being on time more,…
Army Life: Marmite
Growing up in a military background is usually very different to living a civilian life, lots of moving around, lots of not seeing family and lots of forever goodbyes. I think anyone who has experienced a military life will have a love-hate relationship with it. Until I moved back to the UK and entered civilian…
The Rise of Vegetarians
The number of vegetarians in the UK has been growing faster than ever, however in comparison to meat eaters, the number is only small. A mere 7% of the UKs population is vegetarian with meat eaters taking up the majority of the population at 87%. Whilst vegetarian and pescatarian numbers have stayed relatively the same…
Tattoo Taboo
Tattoos have gradually made an impact with their ever-growing take over into the pop-culture. They’re a conversation starter and give strangers an insight into your life. But even during this unity, people have found a way to separate men and women once again. Our reporter Elisha Jones talks about this further. Tattoos have been a controversial topic in the…
Being a ‘Housewife’ is a Choice
Over the recent years feminism has rewritten what it means to be a woman, meaning all types of women are accepted and not judged by others, writes Elisha Jones. By definition feminism is equality of the sexes, but it is how you, as a person defines it. Female liberation is something we have celebrated so…
Is being Vanilla really a bad thing?
Being called vanilla is an insult to many, it means that you’re boring, plain and safe. But is that really always the case? New and upcoming Leicester band Drips have romanticised the ‘boring’ flavour by giving it a completely new meaning with their new song; you guessed it, Vanilla ft Corrine Rowell. This song is very…
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