Charli Oakeby

There’s something so incredibly problematic about Matt Hancock’s current stint on ITV’s I’m A Celeb. The disgraced former health secretary decided his only remedy for redemption was to fly to the other side of the world, land in the Australian jungle, and look for it there. Some viewers don’t know what’s more unsettling: watching him eat cockroach kebabs, or the fact they’re starting to somewhat like him.

When faced with the other campmates upon his arrival, one thing was clear. Their moral con

Women's History Month X KCLSU: Staging a modernist, queer story, of which Virginia Woolf is at the centre.

Spellbinding, tender, and heartfelt, Emma Corrin’s performance in Neil Bartlett’s recent adaptation of Orlando has been unequivocal magic. An adventure across reckless seas, amid the iced bite of a Jacobean winter, conjures what has become the famous raison d’etre of Virginia Woolf’s Orlando — her hero’s transformation from male to female overnight.

Unfazed, stunningly empowering, and far

“I’m sick to death of this particular self. I want another”: Orlando Enchants London’s West End Staging the chasm of feminist and modernist literature, of which Virginia Woolf is centre Spellbinding, tender, and heartfelt, Emma Corrin’s performance in Neil Bartlett’s recent adaptation of Orlando has been unequivocal magic. An adventure across reckless seas, amid the iced bite of a Jacobean winter, conjures what has become the infamous raison d’etre of Orlando — the hero’s transformation from mal

Behind the phenomenon of social media sleuths

Mother-of-two Nicola Bulley had been missing for three weeks before her body was recovered yesterday, February 19th, in the River Wyre.

Bulley, 45, disappeared on January 27th during a dog walk, with no public knowledge of evidence leading to her whereabouts, nor linking her disappearance to a third party.

Struck by a storm of speculation, last week saw a dispersal order issued by police chiefs against the ‘armchair detectives’ and ‘social media s

Staff writer Charli Oakeby discusses the human rights infringements involved in the Qatar World Cup project, questioning the apathetic attitudes of those in power about the conditions facing migrant workers.

It’s May 28 2020, Nepal. Mrs Bipana Gharti is waiting for a nightly call from her thirty-four-year-old husband, Tul Bahadur. Just like always. He works on a construction site in Qatar. But last night he went to sleep after working a ten hour shift in temperatures succeeding 39°C.

He never

The Horrors of the Beautiful Game: Qatar 2022

Football should never put freedom in jeopardy

NEPAL — It’s May 28th, 2020. Mrs Bipana Gharti is waiting for a nightly call from her thirty-four-year-old husband, Tul Bahadur. Just like always. He works on a construction site in Qatar. Last night, he went to sleep after working a ten hour shift in temperatures succeeding 39°C.

He never woke up.

Migrant workers make up 95% of the Qatari workforce. Like the majority of them, Mr Gharti had no underly