A Gendered Pandemic: Why Women in the Workforce Have Been Hit by COVID-19
This pandemic has brought to light what many have known for decades: in times of economic crisis, women in and out the workforce are hit hard. Job losses from COVID-19…
2021
What can we learn from people who hear the dead?
Do you believe in ghosts? I don’t. Visiting a medium, or otherwise trying to communicate with the dead, was surprisingly common in my North-East Catholic family. I’ve always looked upon…
Reading in the time of coronavirus
Janet Cheng sheds a personal light of her reading experience in the time of coronavirus.
Editor’s note: 22 lessons from 22 years
Our editor shares 22 things she's learnt over 22 years
What makes you beautiful?
Grace Jessop asks 5 women what 'being beautiful' means to them...
Interpreting Hong Kong’s National Security Law: a legal perspective
Law student, Cathy Poon, delves into the legal consequences of the National Security legislation imposed by Beijing that has angered so many in Hong Kong.
Biden’s rejoining of the Paris Agreement – a win for the climate?
When Joe Biden rejoined America to the Paris Agreement just hours after becoming President on 20th January, environmentalists around the world breathed a collective sigh of relief. After four years…
Hands, face, (3400 miles of) space: 9 Dubai pastimes you didn’t know classed as work
Having recently returned home from 'alternative' business trips to Dubai, our nation’s favourite celebs give us 9 pastimes that can easily be turned into full-time professions.
Electrifying: His Dark Materials Series Two
Isabella Briers reviews the dramatic second series of His Dark Materials, based on the book The Subtle Knife by Phillip Pullman.