Something about cotton: does the University adequately confront its relationship to slavery?
The university has taken some steps to acknowledge its historical ties to slavery – but is this enough?
The collapse of the Chinese Spy Case and how it highlights successive failings
Britain’s failure to confront the CCP is now a threat to its own security
Is it embarrassing to read Vogue now? Why Chante Joseph’s article misses the mark entirely
It’s been almost three weeks since Chante Joseph released her Vogue article ‘Is Having a Boyfriend Embarrassing Now?’, an essay that discusses the challenges heterosexual women face when sharing their relationship status with others. It’s safe to say that Joseph’s piece caught popular culture’s attention in the way that journalism used to, inviting opinions from […]
The Staycation – and how it can help us come to grips with our national identity
This summer I took the extremely difficult and heart-wrenching decision not to escape, run, and abound from the UK as quickly as feasibly possible, instead choosing a ‘staycation’
AI could be useful for lots of things but being your best friend isn’t one of them
Avi Schiffman’s AI “Friend” aims to combat loneliness by offering a wearable, ever-listening digital companion
A new hope? How the political narrative may be changing
Polanski and Mamdani have shown that a new politics of hope is possible, why is this so necessary?
‘Your Party’ Is a waste of time, vote Green instead
As Your Party implodes, the Greens under Polanski are fast becoming the Left’s most credible force
Yes – We are already at war with Russia, and it is only getting bigger
The West must acknowledge and fully commit to winning the undeclared war Russia is already waging across Europe
My matcha is not your costume
In recent years, matcha has taken the world by storm but has been stripped of its cultural and historical connections, reducing it to another trend with little context
Social expectation regulation: Angry Black women in predominantly White spaces
Whether it was a discussion about civil rights in history class, or race and racism in PSHE, raising my hand in my predominantly white secondary school felt like auditioning for the role of social pariah. Get it right, and the whole room goes silent; get it wrong, and I became a perpetrator of reverse racism […]
Digital feminism: Why activism cannot be achieved through online trends
Just as quickly as it blossomed, the so-called ‘fourth-wave’ or digital feminism is wilting, and it’s hard to ignore
Farage says multiculturalism was a mistake. He’s wrong.
Everything from our language, food, workforce, and values, has been defined and strengthened by cultural diversity
When immigrants become anti-immigrant themselves
Dividing immigrants into ‘good’ and ‘bad’ creates division and hides the real problems
The proposed UK-EU mobility scheme is a welcome reminder of pre-Brexit freedoms
The Brexit prison sentence has reduced the number of opportunities young people have to experience life in Europe
We need higher education now more than ever
As we haul ourselves back to Manchester and enter a new academic year, it’s worth reflecting on the value of higher education
Why are we pushed towards graduate schemes for the biggest polluters in the world?
“All I do know is it is not fair we have to work for places that are destroying the planet and profiting from conflict and wars. Whose future are they even improving? Because it’s definitely not mine”
Football and Capitalism: Is the trajectory of football sliding away from the working-class?
Football clubs have prioritised profit at the expense of community and fans – to the sport’s detriment
Reclaiming what was stolen: The revival of Gaeilge
The quiet resurgence of Ireland’s native language is evidence of a powerful tool in resistance against oppression
The return of Labour’s hostile environment
Why Labour’s punitive proposed welfare cuts are indicative of a bleak future for the UK’s disabled population
The Traitors can tell us a lot about unconscious bias
Behind entertaining reality TV lies racism, ableism and misogyny – and it’s important we recognise it