“In Flanders Fields, the poppies blow. Between the crosses, row on row…” Whilst watching the poppies flourish in the battlefields …
The River says: Environment
The environment surrounds us. It was here before us and it will be here long after us, so why are …
To the people who take the lift just one floor. Why?
We have all been there. Fifth-floor lecture? Take the lifts! Only someone else has a class on the first floor …
The River says: Mental health needs to be talked about
Mental health services. People just need to be made aware of their existence. In the modern world, mental health is taken …
Margaret Atwood’s The Testaments was worth the 35-year wait
Did he live or die? What a cliff-hanger, right? Sherlock fans had to wait two years for the burning question …
Banning private schools isn’t the way to solve inequality
To be very clear, I was not privately educated myself and am not particularly a fan of the Eton Elite …
Stop giving drug dealers business
So, of course, as students, we all appreciate a bit of extra cash. A night at the pub, some new …
Wealthy students avoid £6K of interest on tuition fees: it’s not fair
When I was nine years old, my primary school took me on a school trip to our local private school, …
We need to be more responsible about charity
Charity has an automatically good association. And, no, I am not going to write a rant about how the poor …
In defence of radical feminism
As a feminist writer I find myself defending this position more than I find myself doing anything else. And defeding …