Pretty product packaging flirts with you. It winks at you across decadent shop shelves, enticing you in. You imagine the way it would look on your bathroom shelf, the abundance of Instagram shots you could get, and the joy you will get from removing the ribbon, the plastic wrapping, and the box to reveal the…
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Endometriosis: Over 13,500 share devastating impact of condition
Read moreDespite affecting one in ten women of reproductive age in the UK, endometriosis is often regarded as a hidden condition leaving sufferers with unrelenting pain that affects every aspect of their day to day lives. Earlier this week, the BBC released research revealing the reality of what living with endometriosis is like. 13,500 women across…
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Giving a Voice to India’s Waste Pickers
Read moreGlobally, 300 million tons of plastic is produced each year – that’s the equivalent weight of the whole population of the world. Every year. While plastic is an amazingly versatile product, it is virtually indestructible, with a life span of over 1,000 years. Poor waste management coupled with human neglect has resulted in plastic pollution…
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Ashley Banjo’s Life Lessons
Read moreA few weeks ago I completed work experience with Bauer Media and whilst I was there I was given the opportunity to interview Dancing on Ice judge and Diversity member Ashley Banjo for Closer magazine. We spoke about what he’s learnt since rising to fame in 2009 when Diversity won Britian’s Got Talent. The interview…