Students are paying 60% more to live in halls of residence than a decade ago, according to a new report. The average annual cost of purpose-built student accommodation in the UK is £7,347, the report by the National University of Students (NUS) and housing charity Unipol found. This means that […]
Are you ready to look back at your best – and maybe worst – photos of 2021? Instagram has launched a new feature called Playback that allows you to share highlights from the last year. It’s a bit like Spotify Wrapped, but with photos from your Instagram Story instead of […]
Five years ago, at a playdate with one of my oldest girlfriends and our babies, I asked her about her experience with using a surrogate in India. We’re both Indian-Canadian living in Toronto, and I had read that lower-caste surrogates were being paid nearly $2,000 (£1,200) less than higher-caste women […]
When the trailer for Prime Video’s new series Harlem first dropped, a wave of deja vu washed over many of us. The show’s premise, pinned on the friendship of four Black women navigating life and love in the concrete jungle, seemed…familiar. Didn’t we just watch a show with this exact […]
This image shows the visible yellow cloud tops of Venus, rather than the solid surface revealed by radar. Even if you know nothing about astrology, you’ve probably heard of the word “retrograde” before. And although Mercury retrograde tends to be the most infamous, every planet in our solar system goes […]
Digital communities have given way to a new breed of relationships: parasocial pals, online dating endeavours, and bonds formed over common interests. It’s no surprise that these havens attract underrepresented groups who seek safe environments that can be difficult to find in offline spaces. Gaming communities, typically found across Twitch […]
Pearls have always been a classic, but up until recently, their appeal hasn’t extended far beyond costumes and gifts for our nans. In 2021, they’ve become a staple of the craftcore aesthetic, a movement that has seen Gen Z reviving homemade beaded jewellery and tech accessories that radiate childhood nostalgia […]
After working through almost two years in a pandemic, people are quitting their jobs en masse, with data showing that one in every four UK workers surveyed is contemplating a job change in the next few months. Dubbed the “Great Resignation” by psychologist and Texas A&M University professor Anthony Klotz, […]
While costume designers Molly Rogers and Danny Santiago had worked on the original Sex and the City series and movies, under Patricia Field, nothing could’ve prepared them for the social media frenzy that ensued when the first photos from the reboot series, And Just Like That…, were released back in […]
Mercury, computer artwork. The speediest planet in our solar system is leaving its place in adventurous Sagittarius and heading into a more reserved, focused sign. That’s right — from December 13 until January 2, Mercury is in Capricorn, and you’re going to want to lean into this energy. Instead of […]
