South London Rugby group, The London Stags, have enjoyed their first-ever season of playing in a competitive league. Matthew Maddox, founder of business Develop Safe is one of those players who has enjoyed being a part of an inclusive rugby team bringing out his competitive side. “It’s been a great first season, particularly the social…
How are they now? Journalist who found love in lockdown
Lizzie Cernik, a freelance journalist who wrote this article over 6 months ago, tells me where her relationship status is now. After re-downloading dating apps as the pandemic began, lockdown luck came for Lizzie and her boyfriend Bart in May 2020. “I probably wasn’t ever in the right mind frame dating before COVID.” Lizzie Cernik…
Are celebrity clothing lines fair on the fashion design industry?
Dolls of Decadence Founder and Director Paulinah said celebrity lines used to ‘really affect’ her because ‘you know they haven’t designed it, there’s nothing behind it’. For a small business in Birmingham, is it really fair that reality TV stars and influencers can put their name to clothing lines for big figure payments if they…
Birmingham held its first Midlands based TV Festival and is hopeful it will be back in 2022
The Midlands Art Centre (MAC) has hosted its first-ever TV Festival called Square Eyes which is aiming to put the region back on the televisual map. The festival started on the 5th November and lasted for 10 days. It included things like exclusive screenings and live Q&A’s which were all focussed on things from the…
What you need to know of the Birmingham spiking campaign that was talked about in Parliament
In October last year, Instagram accounts around the UK were created to raise awareness after reports of almost 200 new drink spiking incidents were made to the Police. Towards the end of 2021, over 20 reports of spiking by injection were recorded by young women and university students. It wasn’t until after being a victim…
Are we there yet?
This title is brought to you by season four episode 11. It’s release day! After 11 long years since the Sex and the City 2 film, Carrie, Charlotte and Miranda have reunited for a 10 part series. As I have only gotten into watching the films and series within the last year, it hasn’t been…
Do we ever see ourselves clearly?
This title has come from season four episode two. Are we ever satisfied with what we see back at us in the mirror? Learning to love yourself is the ultimate relationship you want, however, it is also one of the hardest. Now more than ever I feel like we are so hard on ourselves constantly…
Is it still possible to believe in Love at First Sight?
This title is brought to you from series two episode seven. Love at first sight; something we all hoped we would have one day. That instant connection and attraction between two people that you want to last a lifetime. But is this still achievable when we are getting the “ick” left right and centre and…
‘And Just Like That’ the Sex and the City revival is coming to our screens this week
HBO Max are finally releasing the 10 part series this week and us Sex and the City fans can’t wait to watch it. The series will be available to watch from the 9th December on HBO Max or on Sky for us in the UK. For me and like most fans I started off by…
Should influencer culture be #cancelled?
Getting paid to post on Instagram, a free social media app, seems to be one the biggest incomes for people like Kylie Jenner who is getting paid £960,000 per post. People, otherwise known as ‘influencers’. Instagram users are getting used to this way of life where you take 50+ pictures of your food before you…
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