As voting for LeadLUU kicks off, we speak to the Gryphon Editor candidates. For manifestos and more information, click here. Who are you? Hello readers! I’m a second year Politics, Philosophy and Economics student and […]
LeadLUU: Alex Gibbon
As voting for LeadLUU kicks off, we speak to the Gryphon Editor candidates. For manifestos and more information, click here. Who are you? I am a single and lonely and my instagram is @alex.gibbon Otherwise, […]
A De-hetrified History in Response to the Drag Race Craze
Zaide O’rourke dives deep into the history of the crazed art form that is drag, and discusses the countless possibilities in the future of modern day drag.
The maths of equality: An analysis of diversity quotas in the boardroom and beyond
With the news of the introduction of gender quotas for businesses in the Netherlands this month, Emily Bell considers the arguments for and against such quotas as a means of achieving diversity in the workplace.
“We did not give police permission to enter and they did not knock”: Students still feel unsafe in halls
Calum Pinches speaks to students about their experience of the police entering their university accommodation. LUU respond.
When social media influencers become political: Egypt’s dark new marketing strategy
A new craze of political marketing has seen influencers being paid to promote campaigns. In Egypt, 20 social media influencers have been recruited to ‘support Egypt’s image in the media’. Alice Spall reports.
Australian government takes on tech giants over ‘world-first’ legislation, enforcing media dues
In an age of vast access to media, newsfeeds are updating by the second. Whilst tech giants amass great sums of revenue from promoting this material, ought journalists to be compensated fairly for their content?! Will Nixon reports on a new Austrailian law which purports to do just that.
The children we left behind: How the digital divide plagued the poor
‘For millions of children across the country, the lasting effects of this virus will be something they will battle for the rest of their lives.’ Tharushi Wijesiri investigates how online teaching is increasing inequality across the country.
Police enforcement of covid rules: Oppressive or justified?
Two men have been fined £10,000 each for organising the snowball fight that occurred in Hyde Park. In light of this, Will Nixon assesses whether the police have been acting fairly, or increasingly veering in to overkill.
Cut The Rent Begins Rent Strike
Eleanor Richardson covers the #CutTheRent story, as university students across the UK go on strikes to protest against rising rent costs during the pandemic.
Alexei Navalny’s Provocative and Perilous Homecoming
Alexei Navalny returned to Russia after being poisoned with nerve agent. He is now facing trial. Ana Hill Lopez Menchero investigates his homecoming and the precarious position of those who oppose to the Russian state.
Mowgli’s Palace: The urban legend of Disney’s lost theme park
An urban myth has been circulating online for years, of Disney’s abandoned theme park, Mowgli’s Palace. Jack Varley investigates.