Taking a study break is a slippery slope. There is no denying it is a crucial part of effective revision, because revision is only worthwhile when it’s being executed effectively, and it can’t be effective […]
“New Year, New Me”: How to Really Change Your Life
With 2019 looming, we are faced once more with the prospect of New Year’s resolutions, a paradigm indefatigable in its attempts to convince us there’s a better, more successful version of ourselves waiting for us […]
Celebrating Those That Give Back – International Volunteer Day 2018
The work of volunteers has touched everyone’s life, one way or another, and International Volunteer Day on the 5th December is here to make sure you realise it. International Volunteer Day (IVD) is here to […]
The Racism Scandal Destroying Dolce & Gabbana’s Chinese Market
“One of the biggest disasters in the fashion industry” sounds melodramatic if you haven’t heard about the racism scandal engulfing Dolce & Gabanna. The title is, unfortunately, well-deserved. The Chinese state media newspaper The Global […]
‘Blackfishing’: How White Bloggers Are Capitalising on Blackface
The online blogger sphere is no stranger to controversy. An inappropriate post by a blogger can heighten or cripple their follower count and go viral for all the right or wrong reasons. While many of […]
David Hockney Becomes Most Valuable Living Artist in the World
Described as “one of the greatest masterpieces of the modern era”, David Hockney’s Portrait of An Artist (Pool with Two Figures) has become the most valuable work of art by a living artist sold at […]
Agony Aunt: Housing Advice for First Years
Moving out is one of the first big demands university makes of you. Once you’ve done that, another big hurdle: finding your own private student accommodation for the first time. From the safety of student […]
Is Mandela’s Dream Dead?
“I DREAM OF AN AFRICA WHICH IS IN PEACE WITH ITSELF” – NELSON MANDELA The African National Congress (ANC) has long fought for a unified and democratic South Africa. It was formed in 1912 as […]
Is ‘Girls Support Girls’ Unconditional?
“Girls support Girls” is a movement that has swept through pop culture, outlining an essential part of feminism as being the mutual support of women by other women. It calls for women to lift each […]
Has the Million Dollar Question Been Answered ?
If you’re anything like me, you haven’t heard of the Millennium Prize Problems – like so many other students, I stopped fraternising with anything remotely numerical after GCSEs. That doesn’t mean, however, that people like […]
Has Anything Changed For The LGBT Community Since Matt Shepard’s Murder in 1998?
To be openly part of the LGBTQ+ community is to exist politically. Attempts at invalidating, shaming, and ending the lives of LGBTQ+ people for existing openly in the world are no less prevalent than they […]
Forgotten, Not Gone: Why Anti-Slavery Day Matters
Many of us consider slavery a relic of the past, a long-forgotten crime that ceased to exist in after its abolishment in Britain in 1833. Anti-slavery day on October 18th is here to remind us […]