Last week, campuses across the UK celebrated University Mental Health Day. While it’s always promising to see nation-wide efforts to stimulate positive discussion around mental health, it’s especially important that progress is made when reaching out […]
Comment | Dignity for dementia victims
Based on star-crossed lovers, Nicholas Sparks’s The Notebook is one of the most heart-rending films and stories of all time. Not only is it the cliché of the forbidden, highly romanticised youthful love which tugs […]
Comment | The harsh reality about anorexia
When people hear the word ‘anorexic’, they immediately think of extreme dieting, binging and purging and unfortunately, in most cases, they often associate the disorder with teenage girls. The two words that do not come […]
Comment | Are the police betraying mentally ill people?
Imagine you currently suffer from a debilitating mental health condition and you are in a time of crisis. The world is closing in around you and all hope is lost. You feel that you are […]
Comment | An end to the death penalty
How would you feel if you were sentenced to die for a murder you had not committed? This is exactly what happened to Ray Krone. In 1992, Ray was sentenced to death in Arizona for the murder […]
Comment | Thoughts on Sochi
Last Sunday, snowboarder Jenny Jones made history by winning the first British medal at a Winter Olympics. However, the Sochi games this winter haven’t only got people talking about sport, but the wider issue of […]
Comment | The views of Cornelius Harrington-Smythe III
This week, Cornelius returns to give his take on the floods that have blighted the UK and that repository for right wing hatred – the EU. Stepping out of one’s parish church this Sunday morn (now a sort […]
Comment | Nurses failing the vulnerable
The topic of a ‘failing’ NHS is never out of the news. This week an article caught my eye on that completely reliable news site, The Daily Mail, and this one really was appalling. The article […]
Comment | Eurocentrism prevails once more
The Ukrainian government’s decision not to sign the ‘free trade agreement’ persistently promoted by the EU is portrayed by the western media as the spark that ignited an already volatile country. Accordingly, the protesters are […]
Comment | Smoke and mirrors
Without a doubt, we live in a society that frowns upon smoking, meaning that recent proposals to ban smoking in cars carrying children under the age of 18 have been widely applauded. While it is […]
Comment | Coming out is still important
For many young people coming out is the scariest thing they’ll ever have to do. Coming out to their parents, their friends, distant relatives, even course mates and colleagues, can be a genuine nightmare. One […]
Comment | Hammer and Fickle
In the first of his caustic columns, the self anointed moral guardian of the country, known only as ‘Hammer & Fickle’, recounts a delightful afternoon spent enforcing his views on others on one of his triumphant crusades. […]