Emma Revell

Why Scunthorpe steelworks needs saving

Scunthorpe is an industrial garden town, or so the signs welcoming you to the town say. It’s written beneath the town’s crest, with a blast furnace on top and the town motto: Refulget labores nostros coelum. The heavens reflect our labours. If, like me, you grew up in Scunthorpe you can easily ignore the steelworks.

The women’s world cup pay gap is nothing to do with sexism

As the Women’s World Cup drew to a close yesterday, the noise around the ground wasn’t just generated by fans celebrating the continued dominance of the United States. The crowd also chanted in support of equal pay and booed FIFA president Gianni Infantino.  Their problem? The lower prize money and pay earned by female players