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…

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…

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…