It is little secret that cinemas in the UK have been through a bit of a tough time in the past couple of years. Last month, the Guardian reported that Cineworld's shares have plummeted by nearly 99% over the previous five years. Furthermore, the company is currently in around £4bn of debt. However, some hope may be left before the curtains draw to a close for movie theatres. The UK's box office takings from last year may have been down by 28% compared to before the pandemic, but the late 2010s saw British cinemas taking in the highest audience numbers in over half a century. Perhaps, therefore, the industry may sooner or later rebound from the post-covid slump. Furthermore, despite the challenges, in 2021, the country bore witness to its third and fourth most successful box office releases of all time ( No Time to Die and Spider-Man: No Way Home, respectively). On top of that, according to Statista, the United Kingdom had 840 cinemas in 2019, but that number had actually r
Recently, London Metropolitan University held a panel discussion about size inclusivity in the world of fashion. During the event, students were given the opportunity to ask the six guest panellists, all from various backgrounds in the fashion and modelling industries, questions regarding contentious issues faced by plus-size shoppers of major clothing brands. Eager to share their thoughts on the subject of sizeism before their audience, the guest panel members included: plus-size model and dancer Queen Mojo, casting agency director Jody Furlong and stylist Bethan Dadson. Also consisting of the line-up were model and content creator Josephine Dervish, Harvey Nichols assistant buyer Amelia Barraclough and activist Lindsay McGlone. One topic, however, brought up far more discussion amongst the six stars of the show than any other; the practice of "vanity sizing". Vanity sizing, according to the magazine Cosmopolitan, can be described as when fashion designers increase the