culture
Swareena Gurung, MA South Asian Area Studies In 1892, Rabindranath Tagore’s short story, “The Kabuliwala” introduced to the Indian literary landscape the enduring figure of the peddler from Kabul. Since then, the loving bond between Tagore’s young heroine, Mini and her Kabuliwala has been reprised through translations and
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Benjamin Jackson, MSc Violence, Conflict and Development Off the back of the highly successful “Fleabag”, English Director Phoebe Waller-Bridge blessed BBC viewers both at home and across the pond, with a bold, innovative adaption of Luke Jennings’ novel. “Killing Eve” is the funny yet gripping story of MI5 agent Eve
International News
Gabriel Huland, PhD Media Studies In a recent interview with the conservative newspaper Israel Hayom, the future Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro announced his intention to move the Brazilian embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Brazil will soon join the United States and Guatemala in the short list of
International News
Holly Sampson, BA Middle Eastern Studies and World Philosophies With 83 confirmed dead and more than 500 people missing, Northern California is facing one of the worst outbreaks of wildfires in recent history. Since November 8th there has been an upsurge of fires across California. The largest and most destructive
International News
Long Disputed Keystone Pipeline Project to Halt After Judge’s Ruling After Obama’s rejection of the project in 2015, widely acclaimed as a major step in the USA’s role in curbing climate change, Trump, two days into his term in office, overturned his predecessor’s decision and started
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Zahra Banday, BA English The TARDIS has always been a vessel for adventure and exploring different histories. This week’s episode did just that with “Demons of The Punjab”. Written by Vinay Patel (the mastermind behind “Murdered by My Father”), the plot centred around Yasmin Khan (Mandip Gill) and her
Francis Martin, MA Religion in Global Politics The staircase corkscrews from the street to the underground platform and you’re climbing against gravity, circling round and round as your bag seems to grow heavier. Then it levels off, there’s a corridor, one final flight of stairs, ticket hall, barriers,
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oh sunshine, you are like a companion in the days of dark. you comfort me when I can hear the singing lark. but most of all, you are a reason to live, to see the hopeful future and my past mistakes I can learn to forgive. – a best friend in
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Pauline Blanchet is a Third Year Development Studies and Linguistics student. For the past year she has been producing her own podcast about mental health and young people where she has investigated some of the biggest issues young people are facing. The first episode was released on October 10th 2018.
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Andrew Awad, MA International Studies and Diplomacy 42 out of 195 countries are chosen by the UK government for the compulsory “Police Registration” process. Don’t worry if you have an American, French, Scandinavian or any other “normal” nationality. I hate using the binary “normal/abnormal” but that is, in
climate change
Camilla Macciani, MA Migration and Diaspora Studies Each time we hear news about climate change, the language of catastrophe is deployed and it seems that there is little hope to “save the planet”. However, there are many effective ways to act in order to make a difference. The last Intergovernmental
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Frederika Ofong, MA International Journalisms It’s freshers’ week. You’ve just moved to London and you’re adjusting nicely; you’ve found the nearest pizza spot on Deliveroo, downloaded the UNiDAYS app for those life-saving discount codes, and topped up your halls laundry allowance on Circuit. Thanks to the