Daniella Theis

A REPORT by the University of Oxford last week revealed that all hormonal contraception is associated with a 20-30 per cent higher risk of breast cancer.

I HAVE always been amazed by the power of protests, strikes, social movements and other forms of community action – the empowerment they bring; the sense of solidarity you feel, the change that can be achieved.

I WROTE myself a ‘to do’ list again. Not the supermarket or day-to-day kind, but one for life.

IN 1908, 15,000 women marched through New York City demanding shorter hours, better pay, and voting rights. Tomorrow – March 8; now known as International Women’s Day (IWD) – marks the global celebration of this event.

WHEN the news of Nicola Sturgeon resigning as First Minister first broke I – like many – was shocked. It was not something I had expected to happen that day or anytime soon. That shock soon turned into a new feeling: anxiety – on what was to come next and what this change will mean for Scotland’s future.

WHEN it comes to thinking of ideas on what to write about, I often find them coming to me organically. They pop into my mind when out walking, talking with people, or seeing something in my day-to-day life that sparks my interest. I mull over things and dissect them. When writing, words form in my head and trickle down on to the page to form what becomes my work.

IN what would have been my fifth Valentine’s Day with my partner, I have found myself making the decision to spend it with someone else: my best friend.

A SYRIAN refugee family now living in Scotland said they “lost everything” after some of their relatives were killed in the earthquake that devastated wide areas of their homeland and neighbouring Turkey this week.

I DISCOVERED a recent dichotomy. Some say ‘fatphobia’ does not exist, yet even in the few weeks of 2023, the backlash some prominent people – most recently Sam Smith for their recent video (he identifies as non-binary) accompanying their new single I'm Not Here To Make Friends – have received seems to prove this untrue.

I recently had chat with a family member about her idea for a book were she to ever write one: all the interesting conversations she had with people when travelling by bus. Since she retired, she loved going on bus journeys to travel Scotland and to see friends and family, throughout which she often found herself seated next to someone she'd never met before, talking along the way.