My Unorthodox Gap Year: Getting Cancer
Words by Julia Reinstein When I was in my first year of university, I was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia (AML). Within the space of three hours, some unexplained bruises…
Transgender Representation in British Media
Trans people discuss how the British press misrepresents their lived experience Words by Rhys Mathers CW: Transphobia, mention of sexual assault “We’re being pressured into sex by some trans women”…
Remembering Dame Angela Lansbury
“Here I am, I still go on, you know, like the tides.” - Dame Angela Lansbury
The Sins of our Fathers: Slavery, British Taxpayers and Reparations
Just over 150 years ago, enslaved Africans were transported across the Atlantic as property to be sold to the wealthy in British colonies. The enslaved spent their lives being brutalised…
Aberfan: The disaster that traumatised a nation
For the village of Aberfan the morning of October 21st, 1966, started like any other.
I am a Fraud: Imposter Syndrome During Freshers
I had always done well in school. I had received awards, won numerous competitions, was in student government and was always at the top of my class. I had always…
Ordinary Victims: Ordinary Heroes
At 5am on a temperate August morning, 20 young people from across the UK gathered in Heathrow airport, armed with notepads and suncream and bound for a 10-day intensive study…
A Brief History of Student Activism
David Hicks once wrote “What is education worth if it does not include discussion of moral and ethical dilemmas as one of its central concerns?” This question is particularly relevant…
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…
In revered memory of Tȟašúŋke Witkó [Crazy Horse]
The image of the proud Native warrior, adorned in a cascade of feathers and decorated with materials drawn from the landscape, symbolises the popular Indiegous contribution to the ‘Americana’. It…
“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,…
Alopecia and me, losing my hair as a student
Hair has quite a distinct place in popular conscious- and no time does that feel more apparent than when you begin to lose yours. Hair, and indeed where it is,…
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…