Bex Gray is a third year Politics and Parliamentary Studies student currently working in the United States. She is spending this semester in Washington DC, interning for Congressman Don Young, representative for All Alaska in […]
Postcards from Abroad: South Carolina, USA
Colette is a third year English and Sociology student currently doing a year abroad at the University of South Carolina, USA. A keen hockey player in Leeds, playing for LUUWHC 4’s team and former Head […]
McGinley’s Men Aim for Another Medinah Miracle
The Ryder Cup returns this weekend at Gleneagles golf course, Scotland, with Europe looking for a third successive victory over their rivals from across the pond. After the extraordinary scenes on the final day two […]
Sport | Stage set for the battle of Brasilia as Argentina and Belgium progress to the quarter-finals
Argentina and Belgium will face each other in Brasilia on Saturday for a place in the World Cup semi-finals after tight wins over Switzerland and the USA in the last two fixtures of the round […]
Sport | Group stages come to a close as Algeria progress
Yesterday saw the end of the group stages for Brazil 2014, with sixteen teams already sent packing before the knockout rounds begin and the other half still dreaming of progressing to the final. There were […]
Sport | More magic from Messi, now can Ronaldo step up to the plate?
Euan Cunningham rounds up the action from Day 10 of the World Cup, including a landmark goalscoring achievement, before previewing Day 11. Day 10 saw perhaps the most exciting, combative game of the tournament so […]
Sport | Portugal Muller-ed by Germany as Pepe sees red
They say revenge is a dish best served cold, but in the USA’s case it was served up in the blazing 30° heat of Natal last night. After defeats to Ghana in both the 2006 […]
Sport | In-depth World Cup Preview – Ghana V USA
Group G will immediately catch the eye for the match-up between two giants of European football in Germany and Portugal. The draw has churned out a repeat of the opening game of Group B in […]
Travel | New Years Eve in New York
A far cry from my usual New Year’s Eve celebrations, which tend to consist of going to my local high street and making a fool out of myself whilst fuelled by Jägerbombs and kebabs, I […]
Sport | Great Britain make history in Davis Cup first round
Great Britain reached the Davis Cup quarter-finals for the first time since 1986 with a brilliant win over the USA. Andy Murray got the ball rolling with a comfortable straight-sets victory over Donald Young, before James Ward pulled […]
Sport | Micheal Phelps – The comeback conundrum
Michael Phelps has nothing more to prove in the sport of swimming, so talk of a comeback seems somewhat bizarre. Now aged 28, Phelps will be 31 by the time the next Olympics are held in […]
Comment | The grotesque state of US justice
On November 2, 2013 at 1:30AM, Renisha McBride, a 19 year old black woman, was involved in a car accident in Detroit. Confused, disorientated and bleeding from the head, she was found by locals, one of […]