Introducing Jordan
Words By: Dana Amwari Image Credits: BBC I often joke that my sole – or most important – personality trait is being Jordanian-Palestinian. I am very proud to be Jordanian;…
The Dangers of Over Romanticization of Moving to a New Country and Starting a New Life
Words By: Sellah Penteliuk Image Credits: Sellah Penteliuk When given the opportunity to move to England and study law for three years, it was a definite answer. From living in…
Phantom Islands: places that don’t exist
Words By: Rhys Mather Image credits: flickr commons Nakanotorishima is the name of an island that never existed. Reported at coordinates 30°45′N 154°25′E and appearing on maps until 1932, the…
How Coffee Influenced The Way Europe Thought
Image Credits: Shakespeare&Beyond Coffee can be interpreted as one of the biggest contributors to the progression of academic thought within Europe. Although coffee helps us wake up for the day,…
Introducing Palestine
Words By: Dana Amawi 2022, for Palestine, could be described in the words of Charles Dickens’ “it was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” One neighbourhood’s…
“Antifreeze Wine”: The Scandal That Destroyed an Industry
Image Credits: Wiki Words By: Rhys Mather Austria is commonly associated with classical music or The Alps, but you may not know the country has a thriving wine industry. Small,…
Why Everyone Should Watch ‘Don’t Look Up’
Image Credits: IMDb Words By: Sellah Penteliuk A Netflix- produced movie took the reality that earth is inevitably dying and made a parody of it. The goal was to take…
The Night Freedom Burned
Image Credits: Wikipedia. Words by Lucy Dover. On the night of 9th November 1938, cries of angry mobs, broken glass and grief-stricken Jewish families could be heard across the cities…
Are New Year’s Resolutions Really Worth Making?
Image Credits: Smart Sitting Blog With the Christmas holidays over and the spring semester in motion, I want to discuss the habit to ‘start fresh’ in January. Whether you have…
Chanukah/Hanukkah
Words by Amira Herz From Sunday 28th November, the Jewish community will begin to celebrate the festival of Chanukah from sundown. This festival takes place across an eight-day period, celebrating…
The City of Darkness: Hong Kong’s anarchist society
Words by Rhys Mather, Features Sub-Editor Prior to 1994, if you journeyed to the Kowloon City District of Hong Kong you could find a series of 300 interconnected towers, some…
Movember and Men’s Mental Health
Image credits: Movember TW – Depression, Anxiety and Suicide topics are discussed in this article. As November draws to an end, along with it ends the course of Movember. Movember…
Adderall and Ritalin: The Steroids of ESports
Image credits: pxphere Words By: Rhys Mather Athletes have been doping for as long as competitive sports have existed, and a staggering number of them do it. The World Anti-Doping…
The Bizarre World of Psychic Spies
Image Credit: MaxPixel Words By Rhys Mather, Features Sub-Editor Jon Ronson’s book “the men who stare at goats” tells the true story of Lieutenant Colonel Jim Channon, a Vietnam veteran…
The Luxury of Articulation
Image credits: Flickr During the summer holidays and the dropping of Covid-19 restrictions, I found myself in the cinema watching the sequel movie ‘A Quiet Place II’. Whilst this is…
Interview with Chalkback
Words By Andreas Lange “As a woman obviously, – I say ‘obviously’, because it’s so common -, I’ve faced street harassment since I was ten or eleven years old.” Kelli…
The cruel reality of slavery in Mauritania
Image credits: jbdodane- flickr This article discusses slavery and sexual violence Words By Rhys Mather Slavery is endemic in Mauritania, with the Global Slavery Index estimating 2.4% of the population…
Don’t Lose Your Way
Words By Andreas Lange. The sun peeks in between the green leaves swaying faintly in the warm September breeze, the calm hum of bees working to collect the season’s last…
Guantanamo Bay: a 20-year legacy of abuse and the men that remain
Words By Rhys Mather. In the 20 years since the beginning of the war in Afghanistan, 779 prisoners have been detained by the United States at Guantanamo Bay. Today, the…