Imogen Brighty-Potts

GirlPlay, a reimagined voiceover project about what it really means to have vagina, is part of Online@theSpaceUK’s Season 2 line-up, and comes from Sarah Richardson and the innovative and angry Rampant Collective. The play focuses on Lucy, a girl on the edge of womanhood, and her life as an awkward, inexperienced ‘inbetweener’. Her unique monologue takes the audience on her journey of coming to terms with sex, her anatomy, and matters of the heart.
When the play starts, Lucy is eighteen and s...

“I am so so happy to share that after ___ months of sending application after application, I have finally been offered the position of ______ at _______. I can’t wait to get started and to throw myself into this role!”

Sound familiar?

We’ve all read the ‘personal news’ posts that are by no means personal or individual. They are purely professional and often gloating.

But, who can blame anyone for posting these kinds of updates? I have done it, you have done it. You get filled with an immense ...

To say this year has been hard for bands and musicians who love touring and performing live, would be an understatement and a cliché. From lockdown livestreams and online fundraisers, musicians have done everything they can to keep busy and more importantly, stay relevant throughout this shambolic year. South London indie band Bears in Trees have been no different.
From working on their most recent EP Keep Me Safe and becoming a TikTok phenomena, they really haven’t had a whole lot of down ti...

Anyone who headed into Lockdown in March – the pandemic still new and unnerving – in a relationship, will know that some tricky conversations and decisions were had and made. With many couples taking the plunge to move in together, to stay with their family or to up sticks across town to be together, there were a lot of other couples accepting that they were going to have to leave their significant other for perhaps a month, maybe six weeks or maybe even longer.

“Netflix Party was a 2020 game...

A 23-year-old called Avila Diana Chidhume, who hails from Kent, is the brains behind the coolest, most diverse and inclusive greetings cards and gifts company out there. And you are going to want them all for Christmas.
The website, Avila.Diana, which launched in 2018, is named after its creator and sells a range of greeting cards, wrapping paper and gifts but with a twist on the usual offerings.
From Black Santa wrapping paper to Valentine’s Day cards depicting LGBTQ+ couples , awareness pos...

If I were to sit down in front of a mystical fortune teller a year ago, and to ask them what my graduate life would look like, I wouldn’t expect them to describe my life now.
I wouldn’t expect to be told that my future contained a long distance relationship, a nannying job, working freelance in marketing and a panicked night masters in journalism.
I wouldn’t expect them to tell me I am several pounds heavier, that I am growing my hair long and that I haven’t got another tattoo yet. I wouldn’t...

Rain dripped from the tip of my nose and chased a new world down my neck and into my jumper, like Alice in her trusty rabbit hole, ready to marry tight knit and sweaty cotton.
My hands pushed against the brick door frame and I smelt the salty heat of kecap manis, ginger and damp sand as I pushed my head back inside, craving the warm of the wok but fighting the urge to plunge into the waltzing ocean.
I’ve always been good at picking out a scent, specific ones like dried coriander or sweet cinn...

Just a few weeks ago, it came to light that like many other big, unsustainable fast fashion brands, Pretty Little Thing has been ripping off smaller artist and sustainable underwear brand PeachyV.

Situations like this have been becoming, sadly, common place over the last year. There have been many incidences of greenwashing by brands like ASOS, Shein, H and M and PLT, who have also either stolen designs, or used seemingly very similar designs, or claimed their production of a specific item is...

Coming to uni and leaving home can be an incredible time, having independence and being able to find your feet in a new environment. But, it can also be a really stressful time and you may be really missing your family, home and friends. During Lockdown, a lot of us spent all of our time at home, with family, and although it may have gotten tedious, it then does mean leaving may be a bit more challenging, even for returning students. We wanted to put together a few bits of advice on coping wi...

Last week marked World Mental Health Day, so we wanted to share a blog about prioritising your mental health at university alongside the resources we shared last week. It is difficult when you are busy, working hard, away from home, or socialising a lot to keep on top of your mental health and to incorporate good self care and wellness practices into your routine.
Find activities that make you feel productive and interested
Finding activities like sports clubs, societies, part time work or ot...

Coming to uni, you get so many opportunities to try new things, explore and be independent. Maybe before uni you had not cooked much before, or had the freedom in the kitchen to try cooking the things you want to. There are few times where you will have as much time, freedom or opportunity to try what you want. So, without further ado, here are a few of our best student cooking tips!
Olive oil makes everything 5 times more delicious
It’s easy to resort to super cheap cooking oil or butter to ...

And I am totally over it.
But… things are changing.
I spent 3 years in my overdraft at uni, normally in the bottom of it, and I am on my way to being out of it. I wouldn’t check my bank balance for days at a time, I would swipe and hope, I would pray I didn’t need to replace a tyre, or need to pay for something out of the blue. Checking my balance would make me sweat, feel sick and be filled with a crippling sense of dread.
And now I look at my upcoming pay day as a recent graduate, working f...