In the latest hit to business, last week, ride share giant Uber lost its license from Transport to London (TfL) which allows it to continue to operate in the capital. For the millions of Uber […]
Is the Instagram Filter Ban Going Far Enough?
In its most recent move towards making the platform a more ‘positive experience’ for its users, Instagram has just announced it is going to remove all ‘augmented reality’ (AR) filters, that give the appearance of plastic surgery, from the app.
Immune from Justice: Harry Dunn Case
In the latest challenge to the so-called, ‘special relationship’ between the UK and the US, the wife of a US diplomat has fled the UK after being implicated in the tragic death of 19-year-old Harry […]
The Productivity Puzzle
21st-century culture is dominated by an incessant and near-universal desire to be ‘productive’. Optimising every precious second of our day via time-saving life hacks (turns out I’ve been wasting my time all these years by […]
New Year, Same You
Before I left home last summer, I had this whole idea in my head that I was going to completely reinvent myself at University. I felt like I had a blank slate in front of […]
Is This Sexual Harassment?
With 2018 the year of Harvey Weinstein and Sir Philip Green, one might think that as a society we’ve now got a pretty good grip on what it means to be sexually harassed in the […]
‘Tis the Season…For Shocking Increases In Food Bank Reliance
Following a successful trial last Summer, supermarket giant Sainsbury’s are relaunching a new initiative designed to encourage increased donations to local food banks. The idea – coming from a group of teenagers in Exeter doing […]
‘Meat-tax?’ A Big Mis-Steak
New findings from researchers at the University of Oxford has sparked discussion on the imposition of a ‘meat-tax’ on red and processed meat products. The study revealed the potentially lifesaving effects that such a measure […]
Pariah or Problematic? Azealia Banks vs. Lana Del Rey
Not for the first time, the ‘212’ rapper Azealia Banks has found herself embroiled in a raging Twitter war. This time it was with ‘Video Games’ songstress Lana Del Rey. The feud started last week […]
Fatshaming or life-saving?
Cancer Research came under fire recently for a controversial campaign advertisement that was intended to increase awareness of obesity as a leading cause of cancer. The ad, which references the fact that obesity is fast […]
US Diplomats In Same-Sex Relationships Must Now Be Married To Remain In The US: That’s Scandalous.
If anyone was feeling a bit overdue for another US immigration scandal then you can worry no longer. In his latest attack on the rights of migrants, Trump has now decided to deny G-4 family […]