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Fictional Faves: Jane Eyre
By Juliette Cule Published in 1847 by Charlotte Brontë under the pseudonym Currer Bell, Jane Eyre follows the emotions and experiences of the eponymous Jane. We follow her from her oppressive and...
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The Monthly Debate
One question for you – why do scented sanitary towels exist? This question was provoked by Caitlin HT’s fantastic poem about periods, combined with Vagenda’s fantastic article on old wives’ tales. I...
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Boris, Graduation and Husband-Hunting
It was a poignant week down in Brighton as the class of Sussex University 2013 graduated at the Brighton Dome. Watching my classmates cross the stage to receive their degrees was inspiring and...
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The Importance of Imagination
This morning my brother sent me an alarming text. He was scared, angry and upset about Michael Gove’s proposed changes to the English GCSE, shifting the focus from literature to language, from...
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Brighton World Naked Bike Ride – Highs and Lows
On a glorious sunny Brighton day I ticked another thing off my bucket list by joining in with the 800-strong World Naked Bike Ride. Protesting oil dependency and celebrating body freedom, the World...
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One Direction – the new Robin Thicke?
We are here to ruin One Direction. Which is sad because we really want to like them – they’ve previously called on their fans to lobby George Osborne about corporate tax avoidance, they have (some)...
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World Mental Health Day: Where We Are and What We Can Do
It’s World Mental Health Day today – a day organised by the Mental Health Foundation to raise awareness of mental health and discuss a particular aspect of it. For many of us – if not all – every day...
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Her Name Was Reeva Steenkamp
Reeva Steenkamp was born in 1983, the youngest of three children. She lived in Cape Town and then Port Elizabeth, before going onto study law at the University of Port Elizabeth (now the Nelson Mandela...
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Baroness Doreen Lawrence comes to UEA
International Women’s Day is often a great chance to hear about women who are leading their field and doing amazing things – so I was delighted when University of East Anglia’s network for women,...
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Fictional Favourites – Sam Sparks
The Belle Jar Fictional Faves series is a joy to behold, so I thought I’d weigh in with a fictional favourite who makes me roar with laughter. If you haven’t yet seen Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs...
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