Darcy Jimenez

C+D • 10th September 2025

Pharmacies enlist campaign help amid weight loss ad warnings

Pharmacies are enlisting external PR and marketing support to manage campaigns around their weight loss services, amid soaring demand for weight loss jabs and warnings from industry regulators about “inappropriate” marketing of the drugs.

C+D • 3rd September 2025

‘Teetering on the brink’: 63% of indie pharmacies facing closure

Almost 40% of pharmacies are unable to pay wholesaler bills on time and 63% could close for good in the next 12 months, new surveys by the NPA and CPE have revealed.

The Guardian • 27th November 2019

Thousands of girl gang members are trapped in a cycle of violence and abuse

Kim was 13 years old when she started selling guns for a teenage boy she met at a party. “Being female, it’s a lot easier for me to sell the guns,” she says. “Because I was very young, I was the one that would do the drop-offs. It was quite fun at the time. I felt a bit invincible.”

Mic • 7th December 2020

Inside the TikTok trend shaming corporations for destroying perfectly good stuff

Every day, hundreds of thousands of perfectly usable products are destroyed by retail corporations around the world. Food that has reached its expiration date is sometimes rendered inedible with bleach to deter "dumpster divers"; items in dented boxes are disposed of, rather than given away, to prevent employees from damaging products deliberately; designer goods are ripped to shreds so they can’t be resold for cheaper elsewhere.

Digg • 8th November 2023

We Asked The Creator Of 'Rotating Sandwiches': Why?

If you feel like the internet is a lot less fun these days, you're not alone. For many of us, the online experience now consists of algorithm-driven sameness, punctuated by dangerous misinformation and the occasional horrifying image. But amidst all that, there's still Rotating Sandwiches — one of the few remaining sites on the internet that exist purely for fun, silliness or simply no reason at all.

Cosmopolitan • 29th January 2021

The young women choosing to go without contraception

Kate* had been with her boyfriend for two years when she became pregnant. The couple hadn’t been using birth control - but not because they were hoping for a baby. At 23, Kate didn’t want to conceive at all. She felt so uncomfortable using the contraceptive methods available to her that she had purposefully been going without, preferring to risk getting pregnant instead.

The Guardian • 29th September 2020

'Let down': calls for Gibraltar's Covid-delayed abortion vote to take place

Earlier this year, pro-choice activists in Gibraltar were hopeful that their territory’s abortion laws – the harshest in Europe – could soon be overturned. Terminations are banned in the tiny British territory, even in the cases of rape, incest, or foetal abnormality where the foetus will not survive. Abortions are punishable by life imprisonment, except when the woman’s life is in danger.

Digg • 5th February 2025

These Guys Just Launched A 'Fully Legal' Child Sweatshop In The UK

The fashion industry is rife with companies that profit from exploitation but deny it, or feign shock and regret when it's exposed. Ethical Sweatshop, its founders say, isn't like other brands; instead of pretending to condemn unethical practices, it leans into them.

Digg • 16th February 2024

Photorealistic, AI-Generated Videos Are Here, And We Should All Be Worried

With technology like OpenAI's newly announced text-to-video tool, deception has never been easier.

Pharmaceutical Technology • 16th September 2021

Billionaires are betting on anti-ageing research, but can ageing really be cured?

Searching for the key to immortality may sound like the preoccupation of a superhero-movie villain, but a growing number of biotech companies – and billionaires with cash to spare – are investing in research that could prevent and reverse the ageing process in humans.

Vice • 2nd April 2020

This Disturbing TikTok 'POV' Trend Is All About Domestic Abuse

One video begins with a teenager cheerfully applying blush and putting on jewellery – before cutting to her staring despondently past the camera, the makeup on her face now simulating bruises and a black eye. The caption: "You go on a date with your abusive boyfriend and it doesn’t end well."

Pharmaceutical Technology • 19th April 2021

Ivermectin and Covid-19: how a cheap antiparasitic became political

In the year since the Covid-19 pandemic began, various unconventional treatments have been hailed as potential cures for the respiratory virus that has so far claimed over three million lives worldwide.

Digg • 28th January 2025

The Five Most Unforgivable Oscars Snubs Of 2025

There are some glaring omissions from the 97th Academy Awards' nominations.

Metro • 30th January 2021

How lockdown is pushing women towards an alcohol crisis, with mums at the front

Two empty Dolmio sauce jars was all it took for the relief to kick in. Spotting them in her recycling bin as she added her empties from the week, Anna, 47, can still recall how the sight of them made her feel. ‘I remember being so grateful they were in there and not just beer and wine bottles clanking around,’ explains the mum-of-two.

Vice • 13th May 2020

Guys Are Acting Out Abusive Behaviour on TikTok – and Girls Are Tuning In

While all of God's creations can be found on TikTok, one species is better recognised than most: the e-boy. Characterised by floppy hair, necklaces, and 90s T-shirts layered over long sleeves, they usually lip-sync and wink their way through songs. Among them, a new trend is emerging. Searching "crazy boyfriend" or "psycho ex" on TikTok reveals a plethora of posts where e-boys scowl, shout or grin menacingly at the camera in what are known on the app as POV (point-of-view) videos.

Digg • 28th May 2024

Tours Of Men's Disgusting Bedrooms, And More Great Mini Shows You Can Watch On Your Phone

It might be too soon to claim that we're living in a post-TV world, but since the meteoric success of YouTube shows like "Hot Ones" and "Chicken Shop Date," there's no denying that quirky, online series are on the rise.

Pharmaceutical Technology • 1st December 2021

Lethal injection: can pharma kill the death penalty?

In October, Oklahoma prison inmate John Marion Grant was executed by a lethal injection. Strapped to a gurney, Grant convulsed and vomited – highly unusual for the procedure – after being given midazolam, a sedative and the first of three drugs that are usually administered for lethal injection. Grant was declared unconscious around 15 minutes after receiving the first injection and died roughly six minutes after that.

Digg • 11th March 2024

The Kate Middleton 'Fake' Photo Drama Just Got Even Weirder

The Princess of Wales has issued a statement after a family photo shared to her X account was accused of being "manipulated."

Pharmaceutical Technology • 13th July 2021

Covid-19 vaccines and periods: what do we know so far?

More than three billion doses of Covid-19 vaccines have now been administered worldwide – and, as with all pharmaceutical products, side effects have been observed. The AstraZeneca vaccine has been linked to rare cases of serious blood clots, while the UK recently added rare heart inflammation to the lists of side effects for Pfizer and Moderna’s jabs.

Pharmaceutical Technology • 22nd October 2021

Pharma’s reliance on horseshoe crabs is threatening the species

Horseshoe crabs are a species of marine arthropod that have existed for around 450 million years – but for over four decades, the creatures have also played a crucial role in human health.