The G20 conference attracts international attention and debate each year as world leaders, economists and academics meet to discuss global issues. What a lot of people don’t know about however, is that the G(irls)20 conference meets several weeks before the G20, where young women from each of the represented countries discuss and debate advice and […]
Daphne Bugler
An interview with Exeter’s Ben Bradshaw
The speed everyone walks in Parliament must be at least five times the average pace. Or at least this is what it feels like when three-hundred MPs are thundering past from Portcullis House on their way to the Houses of Parliament to cast their votes for the snap election. It was amongst this hectic flurry […]
Snap Election 2017- the round up
On Tuesday morning, the Prime Minister announced that she would be calling for an early General Election to take place on the 8th of June. This came as quite a surprise to both MPs and the public, as Theresa May had stated repeatedly in the past that she had no intention of calling for an […]
Why we should be talking about Body Image
The way we perceive our bodies has become more and more complicated in the age of social media., We are surrounded by images of bodies, plastered across social media, magazines, newspapers, buses, train stations. It is becoming impossible to escape these images, which makes it even harder to not perceive the heavily photo-shopped and altered […]
“We are people. We are not just bodies.”: An interview with Channel 4 presenter Emma Woolf
Eating disorders can affect anyone, across any age or gender. Many of us have been affected by them at some point in our lives, whether through supporting a friend or experiencing it ourselves. However, discussing eating disorders openly still seems to be taboo. It almost seems as though these struggles have been pushed behind closed […]
What’s happening with the French election?
With less than two months left before the First Round of the French Presidential Election, the race is looking harder and harder to predict. In a country which has been plagued by dissatisfaction during the term of François Hollande, it would appear that the people are turning to extreme options. The Republicans and Socialists have […]
Is Trump’s Presidency as worrying as it seems?
It seemed like a dream, watching Donald Trump take to the stage and become the President of the United States. In most movies Trump would fit the role of a villainous character perfectly, and the rain that flooded down as he spoke was the perfect pathetic fallacy. But this isn’t a dream. Donald Trump is […]
All hail 2017?
The end of 2016 was welcomed with open arms across the globe. Defined by the unexpected victories of Donald Trump and Brexit, the world witnessed an unprecedented growth of populism. 2017 holds its own set of unknown possibilities. Elections across some of the most influential European countries all have the potential to continue and expand […]
The Conservative Party conference: everything you need to know
With the Labour Party in disarray, UKIP in a new leadership void, and the Lib Dems struggling to influence even the smallest policy, all eyes fall on the Conservatives to lead Britain forwards. Theresa May is still being labelled as our ‘new’ Prime Minister four months into the job, meaning this week’s party conference provided […]
#USElection: What the first presidential debate says about the campaign process
‘Controversial’ is the word which seems to best summarise almost the entirety of the American presidential election so far. Few people could have predicted that Donald Trump, would be running against former secretary of state Hillary Clinton in 2016. From Trump’s shocking claims to the scandals surrounding both candidates, controversy seems an inescapable factor in this […]