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Why Liz Truss is taking you for a fool
4th October 2022

Why Liz Truss is taking you for a fool

The recent mini-budget has shown the Tories are blatantly rigging the economy in favour of the super-rich – here’s how and why Liz Truss is taking you for a fool!
Student Media Matters: Student media makes sense in a world which doesn’t
4th October 2022

Student Media Matters: Student media makes sense in a world which doesn’t

Your time at university is the optimal time to explore your passions, take a stand, and work to improve and shape the world how you see fit. Student media alone won’t do all of that for you – but it just might help.
Why the BBC should think again before moving CBBC online
2nd June 2022

Why the BBC should think again before moving CBBC online

Moving CBBC to just online makes it inaccessible for kids who already are already being taught to consume TV like customers.
Halsey vs Capitol Records: Are record labels the bad guys?
27th May 2022

Halsey vs Capitol Records: Are record labels the bad guys?

After kicking off on TikTok and Twitter, singer Halsey has continued the age-long saga of artist vs record label. But record labels aren’t always in the wrong – here’s why
Doctor Who finds it’s newest Time Lord
24th May 2022

Doctor Who finds it’s newest Time Lord

Doctor Who finally welcomes Ncuti Gatwa as its first black doctor (if we conveniently forget the Timeless Child twist)
Irish Politics, not for the Feint hearted: Sinn Fein to lead Stormont for the first time in 100 years
18th May 2022

Irish Politics, not for the Feint hearted: Sinn Fein to lead Stormont for the first time in 100 years

Does Sinn Fein’s recent electoral victory secure the possibility of reunification for Ireland?
What’s on the menu this week? Calories
15th May 2022

What’s on the menu this week? Calories

Adding calories to menus is more likely to exacerbate disordered eating rather than solve the UK obesity crisis
Historical dramas: the new object of all our desires
15th May 2022

Historical dramas: the new object of all our desires

Dear readers, escape from your 21st century trauma to historical drama. With Jonathon Bailey in a wet shirt, it’s not a bad place to be
8th May 2022

SeXion: One night stand-outs

One Night Stands can ruin your faith in men … but they’re not all bad!
Taylor Swift est in horto: How teachers are making Latin more accessible
4th May 2022

Taylor Swift est in horto: How teachers are making Latin more accessible

Swifties rejoice as the queen herself is used to translate Latin and make it more accessible in schools and universities

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Freedom to hate? How we protect citizens from hate speech on Elon Musk’s Twitter
3rd May 2022

Freedom to hate? How we protect citizens from hate speech on Elon Musk’s Twitter

What does Musk’s potential ownership of Twitter mean for protection of it’s users from online hate?
Why Boris needs the boot
3rd May 2022

Why Boris needs the boot

The British public prevented from saying goodbye to their loved ones due to laws imposed by a man attending illegal parties
Boris, Dorries and their motley crew are here to take public broadcasting away from you
27th April 2022

Boris, Dorries and their motley crew are here to take public broadcasting away from you

The planned privatisation of Channel 4 has caused many to compare views on whether they believe this to be good or bad
Reviewing the use of the term ‘genocide’ in European conflicts
27th April 2022

Reviewing the use of the term ‘genocide’ in European conflicts

Defining genocide in relation to Lemkin and Lauterpacht and assessing Russia’s crimes in Ukraine?
Half of Africa’s wheat imports come from two countries: Ukraine and Russia
14th April 2022

Half of Africa’s wheat imports come from two countries: Ukraine and Russia

Russia and Ukraine are no longer exporting wheat and the global community need to take action
Keeping the many out of the few: Intolerance on the UK Left
14th April 2022

Keeping the many out of the few: Intolerance on the UK Left

Do we need a more centre-left approach to politics in order to address the intolerance of opinion espoused by the Labour party?
Government’s conversion therapy ban to exclude trans people
10th April 2022

Government’s conversion therapy ban to exclude trans people

Johnson’s exclusion of trans people from the conversion therapy ban will not be taken lying down
NATO expansion or not: This is a war of Putin’s making
8th April 2022

NATO expansion or not: This is a war of Putin’s making

Discussing Putin’s last desperate attempt at war against Ukraine despite prior defences of the country as a sovereign state
Addiction in Euphoria
5th April 2022

Addiction in Euphoria

Debunking the idea that drug addiction is something that only affects the ‘bad’ guy, and the effect it has on close relationships with loved ones
Dear Keir – give us nationalisation, not factionalisation
3rd April 2022

Dear Keir – give us nationalisation, not factionalisation

Instead of punishing the left and backing transphobes, Keir Starmer should be uniting the Labour Party behind the popular policy of nationalisation