Sophie Wilkinson

2 weeks ago | inews.co.uk | Sophie Wilkinson

In this new series, The i Paper speaks to different people from various walks of life about how they and their partners, or, in some cases, ex-partners, handle money within their relationship. How they split it, how they spend it, and how they (often) differ. Here’s Lizzy*, who split bills 70:30 with her ex but now wishes she hadn’t. I had felt completely neutral about mine and my ex’s finances until I was talking to a friend a few months ago. And I realised; maybe I was being screwed over.

1 month ago | inews.co.uk | Sophie Wilkinson

“I have gone right off of alcohol”; “I’ve lost all desire to drink”. These are just two comments on a Facebook forum. Are they referring to a rehab facility or 12-step programme? Nope. Because while we may associate Ozempic, Mounjaro and other weight-loss drugs with rapidly shrinking celebrities, these drugs could soon be associated with something else. These drugs, which fall under the umbrella term Glucagon-like peptide-1s (GLP-1s), work by mimicking the hormone that tells us we’re full.

2 months ago | msn.com | Sophie Wilkinson

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2 months ago | theguardian.com | Sophie Wilkinson

When it rains, Dionne* can feel water coming through her bedroom wall. “I touch it and I can literally feel the water soaking from outside to inside,” she said. Dionne has lived in a two-bedroom flat on the Loughborough Estate in south London since 2010 and has complained about mould to the organisation which manages the estate since 2018.

2 months ago | gaytimes.com | Megan Wallace |Sophie Wilkinson

Since Trump’s reelection in November  –  which saw a 700% increase in LGBTQIA+ youth crisis calls – anti-LGBTQIA+ voices in government and everyday life have been emboldened. In the days since assuming office, Trump has signed a number of executive orders taking aim at DEI, as well as targeting the trans community: banning them from the military, removing ‘X’ gender markers and barring their access to single-sex spaces which correspond with their gender.