‘That’s What She Said!’ You’ve heard it on every tv show, in every film. Seen it in every magazine and social media site. And you’ve heard it fall jokingly from the lips of every ‘lad’ you’ve come across on campus. You have to admit, it is humourous. We all let our minds slip into the gutter from time to time and when it’s late, you’re deep in a Youtube hole avoiding tomorrow morning’s work and you’re watching Steve Carrell collect his People’s Choice Award with the creme de la creme of Hollywood personalities shouting: ‘That’s What She Said’ back up at him then of course you’re going to laugh without thinking about the deeper societal implications of the phrase. But they’re there. Now, the phrase is being reclaimed. NUS has recently released a report on the problem of sexism and lad culture and how the student movement has so far been helping much more than hindering these cultures. In their own words, they have chosen the title: ‘ That’s what she said , taking this commonly-used phrase within ‘lad culture’ and turning it on its head so that we can hear what women are actually saying.’ The report is...

The National Theatre of Scotland and the Royal Shakespeare Company are bringing back David Greig’s incredibly compelling, thought provoking, Scottish play- sequel to the other ‘Scottish play’, the one by the bard himself- on tour around Scotland. Dunsinane picks up where Shakespeare left off. It shows the effects of the English army on the Scottish landscape and the Scottish succession to the throne, the difficulty for the clans to accept this change and for the English to accept the Scottish ways of life. At the heart of all this, the powerful and manipulative Lady Macbeth plays her game against the English, protecting her self and her son. Scottish actress Siobhan Redmond brings this Lady Macbeth to life, opposite Johnny Phillips as the English commander Siward who tries to bring everything together. It’s a telling time for Dunsinane to reappear on the Scottish stage, with the independence bill waiting in the distance the politics between the English and the Scottish are once more back in the spotlight. Art may mirror life, or lift art. Nothing, this play teaches you, is solid. Nothing is certain and everything spirals out of control. Dunsinane is one of the great Scottish plays of recent...