An overwhelming sense of suspicion surrounding a woman’s confession of suicidal thoughts; a tragic, but not shocking, confirmation of another woman killed by a man; a YouGov poll reporting that 97% of women aged 18-25 have been sexually harassed and less than 24 hours later #notallmen trending on twitter; the introduction of a policing bill that promotes stronger sentences for statue damage than it does for rape; women mourning peacefully being arrested and assaulted by police; flowers laid in memory of a murdered woman trampled and her vigil ruined… the second week of March this year, although ironically bookended by International Women’s Day and Mother’s Day, featured more overt misogyny than the country has been exposed to in a long time.

In a year plagued by disease, quarantine, tiered systems and 10pm curfews; one of the (very) few silver linings of 2020 is the fact that, with more time on their hands, many people seem to have rediscovered their love of reading.

On 8th October, Manchester university student, Finn Kitson tragically took his own life after a surge of coronavirus cases meant his university accommodation went into lockdown.