Ridding our bodies of every inch of hair – sans our heads and eyebrows – is now a generic part of modern day personal upkeep. Yet despite the extremities we will now go to in order to be silky smooth all over, the anti-hair movement isn’t exactly a recent phenomenon. Hair removal has been documented right...Read More
Despite persistent inequality between men and women in our society, the achievement of women’s right to vote was a big step towards bridging that inequality, moving this country away from the sexism, prejudice and bigotry of an aggressively patriarchal society. Women were legitimate people who deserved a say in politics and an opinion on how...Read More
Now a days every day is national something or other day; from Coconut Torte Day to National Plant a Flower Day, we’ve embraced these crazy traditions. Most recently we celebrated National Napping Day and that is one holiday we can get on board with, as any day that encourages us to catch a few extra winks...Read More
On the centennial year of the beginning of World War One, I visited the small Belgian town of Ypres, or Ieper as its Dutch name is. I didn’t actually plan this, but my Belgium trip was in 2014 and I didn’t feel I could go to the country without visiting Ypres. After all, it’s a...Read More
In my wanderings around Belgium, I of course stopped off at perhaps its most famous city: Bruges. I even set aside more time for it, anticipating there’d be more to see and was right to do so. Not only are there plenty of attractions, churches and spires to visit, Bruges itself is just a pleasant...Read More
Converse have become one of the most established footwear brands of our time – from the punk rockers of the 70s to the hipsters of today, Converse have been the go to sneaker. Their retro canvas styles have barely evolved with the changing times and yet have remained extremely popular. The simple colour options teamed...Read More
When I first heard that Hollywood were investing so much time and money into Suffragette – the story of Maud Watts played by Carey Mulligan, a foot soldier in the war on equality and women’s rights to vote, I was genuinely shocked that it was finally happening. I could feel the excitement building inside of me;...Read More
My boyfriend and I have started a new tradition, one that we wish to keep going for as long as life allows us to. We have visions of us in our nineties, disorientated and unfiltered, still jumping on the Northern Line to Charing Cross and turning the corner to arrive at our much loved bookshop,...Read More
Just 40 short years ago communist leader Pol Pot and his Khmer Rogue army were inflicting their reign of terror and genocide on the people of Cambodia. In just under four years they would wipe out an estimated 1.7 million people, a staggering 21 percent of Cambodia’s population. In the chronicle of 20th century horrors,...Read More
I like creating and participating in teams. From the start of MSL five years ago, many significant individuals have contributed to the ebb and flow of ideas and I sometimes pause to reflect on how alike, and yet how different, those people are. The skills shared and developed, the bonds formed, the ways of thinking...Read More
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