Tackling Period Poverty
At last, local councils, schools, colleges and supermarkets are waking up to the fact that there are many women here in the UK who are unable to afford basic sanitary products to use when they are menstruating. SAFIYA YOUNG looks…
School and Quarantine
Safiya Young is about to start her second year A Levels at Bexhill Sixth Form College. How was the lockdown for her and students like her? The buses were late. So often, ‘late’ did not mean late anymore. ‘Late’…
Three (almost) In A Row
By Safiya Young Yi Pin Queens Road is a bit like the pulmonary artery of the town centre, it leads to at least three of my favourite places: Priory Meadow, Lloyds Bank and Morrisons. It has also become something of…
Falafel And More
By Safiya Young A few years ago, Nadia El Hafiani noticed the lack of vegan or halal street food. Most people’s reaction to this would be to sigh, perhaps brand it as ‘a shame’; but Nadia, equipped with her passion…
Carib de L’Afrique: Fun for The Family And Run By A Family
By Safiya Young It was a couple of weeks ago that I noticed the splash of brightness that had emerged in Wellington square. While my walk through is usually brisk, due to the fetid aroma of fast food that so…
All Those Recipes In My Head, So I Can Be A Housewife And He Can Be A Chef…
By Safiya Young Most of us would be familiar with the stereotypical notion that a woman’s place is in the home. Or more specifically, in the kitchen preparing sustenance for her family. However, in the outside world, only 17% of…
Eggman
By Safiya Young “Which came first,The chicken or the egg?I ate the chicken,And then I ate its leg.” If you like music and fancy cooking something at home (using only eggs), why not check ch-check check check out this recipe…