Sex Education Season 2 – a letdown expected for a first-timer, not a second
Sex Education season one was pretty great. I remember it being good-looking, sexy, cool, aware, and honest, whilst, yes, giving…
Happy 120th birthday Gadamer, with love from the LSE
Today, 11th February 2020, marks what would have been the 120th birthday of Hans-Georg Gadamer*—a prolific German philosopher and titan…
Ollie Cook: LSE student turned Olympic Rower
I was told not to apply for LSE and then, when I got in, that I wouldn’t enjoy it; “It’s…
Sex does not thrive on monotony: re-visiting Anais Nin on her 117th birthday
Dear Collector: We hate you. Sex loses all its power and magic when it becomes explicit, mechanical, overdone, when it…
LSE is blinded by privilege
Our generation is plagued by guilt. Guilt for our beliefs, our choices, what we say, and what we wear. We…
The BBC has nothing to learn from Fox News
You could be forgiven for thinking To survive, the BBC must learn from Fox News was a satirical article, but…
Fikayo and Ella on sex and how to be better at it
I chose Fikayo and Ella for this special FLIPSIDE sex issue because no one speaks on the topic better than…
Australia’s New Normal
Descending down from the altitude above Sydney, the first thing you see is not the great expanse of the Pacific…
LSE Alumna appointed to be UK’s first woman ambassador to the US
On Friday 7 February, the UK government announced, in a press release, the appointment of Dame Karen Pierce as Her…
LSE cleaners sound alarm on “second class” treatment, two years after in-sourcing
Two years after winning their fight to be hired directly by LSE, cleaners say that little has changed. Their complaints…
