The rouble is devaluating so quickly that you don’t need to know much about economics to see what is going … More
Category: Columns
Bethany Says… – Trolls and Why We Can’t have Nice Things
Anonymity online is usually depicted as a universally bad thing – anonymous forums and comment threads are the home of … More
This Much I Know… – Hunting: The Elite and the Electorate
On Boxing Day, over a quarter of a million people turned out across the UK to support the last annual … More
Would Like to Meet – Dear You: the dates, the dizziness and the ultimate disappointment.
Dear you, This is what you didn’t want. You approached it jokily with some nervous laughter, and just enough of … More
This Much I Know… – All I Want For Christmas Is A Brand New Book
My primary school was destroyed during the Clydebank Blitz of the Second World War. The 1960’s rebuild which I attended … More
Russian Correspondent – A Relatable Russia
When the country I temporarily live in was casually mentioned by Obama in the same sentence as ISIS and Ebola, … More
Bethany Says… – Reclaiming Representation
Fancasts are creative exercises by fans of media, usually tv shows or films, in which characters are cast with new … More
Would Like to Meet – Dating Mistakes: the late, the loudmouth and the liquored up
Three issues into academic year and I suppose this must mean I’m a legit dating columnist now – putting my … More
This Much I Know… – In Defence of ‘Clicktivism’
It is commonly regarded that the internet went ‘public’ in 1991. I was born in 1994 meaning I have never … More
Russian Correspondent – How To Travel In Time
I have just spent eight days in the wonderful Baltic states. I could tell you how gorgeous they are and … More
