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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.

Lake Nyos

On the morning of August 22nd, 1986, the normally crystal-clear waters of Lake Nyos – located in North-western Cameroon – had turned red; a foul smell lingered in the air,…

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…

“One Day”

Image Credits: UCU Words By Jake Smajie. This Holocaust and Genocide Memorial Day’s theme is ‘one day’. It struck me than ‘one day’ is the length of the news cycles…

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…