Anya Shah, BA Politics and International Relations A new political movement is forming in the heart of SOAS. ‘Your Party SOAS’ is a new society and is aiming to build something different in UK student politics; a socialist movement that connects students and workers’ struggles while fighting against both government
Alice Reder-Khan, LLB Law More people than ever before in the UK are watching American football and taking an interest in the National Football League (NFL). It makes sense that the NFL interests British sports fans because of its strategic depth and similarities with rugby. Given that the sport has
Zainab Syed, Sport & Societies Staff Writer, BA Politics and International Relations The Ballon d’Or, football’s most celebrated individual prize, founded in 1956, has long elevated reputations and sealed legacies. From the Messi-Ronaldo decade-long duopoly to Luka Modrić’s unexpected 2018 win, controversy has always been part of
Harry Izzard BA International Relations After capturing the nation’s attention in March of this year to critical acclaim, with the Guardian praising it as ‘the closest thing to TV perfection in decades’, ‘Adolescence’ is back in the media with its Emmy’s performance. ‘Adolescence’, its actors and production team,
Joseph Guglani, BA History and Politics We, consumers of spectacular violence in the media, are becoming numb to sincerity, and perhaps sincere empathy. Surrounded by horrors, how can we grasp onto the ability to feel, all-whilst adapting to a new world of easily-accessible streamed atrocity? The film industry has had
Isabel Balkhi, MA Social Anthropology and Persian As the days get shorter and the nights get longer, it can be difficult to find new and exciting things to do in the cold of the Autumn and Winter months, rather than being wrapped up tightly in a blanket at home. Though
Chinaza Iwe, Culture Section Editor, BA History and World Philosophies The seasons have changed and cuffing season is upon us. What is it about the cold weather that has us all feeling sad, lonely, and ready to rush into relationships? For those of us who don't know, cuffing
Lina Kabbour, BA Politics and International Relations Taylor Swift has finally released her long-awaited album ‘The Life of a Showgirl’. The album is inspired by the Eras Tour and her inner world ‘when the lights go down’, as she stated on fiancé Travis Kelce’s podcast. She also announced it
Maaryah Rashid, Co-Deputy Editor, BA Politics and International Relations What would you do, if you knew the exact date of your last day on earth? According to South African preacher Joshua Mhlakela, the final day for believers would fall on either September 23rd or 24th, 2025, an event described as
Roxanna Brealey, Editor-in-Chief, History & Politics The Outer Space Treaty, signed in 1967, states that no one owns space, declaring it to be a ‘province of all mankind’. However, the fact that no one owns it makes it all the more welcoming for nation-states and global players to flex their
Sia Madden, BA Politics and Africa and Black Diaspora Last week, a performative male contest was held in Soho, a meeting point for performance in every sense of the word. If there is anywhere that knows about performative males, Lord knows it’s Soho. The only thing that would have
Sana Karim, MSc Global Development Brainrot refers to the excessive consumption of fast-paced, short-form content on platforms such as TikTok, YouTube Shorts, and Roblox. As more brainrot-style posts go viral, and our screen times reach record highs, research has started to warn of the damage this is doing to our
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Isabel Balkhi, MA Social Anthropology and Persian ‘Your attempts to silence us have failed because we're right and you're wrong,’ words passionately spoken by Kneecap rapper Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh, who stood outside Woolwich Crown Court in September to make the long-awaited announcement to supporters that
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Luc Cadwaladr-Evans, BA International Relations and Languages and Cultures Populist politics has always employed sensationalist tactics to capture the attention of the public. Othering and scapegoating to garner the support of a majority is an ever-present and ongoing strategy in the populist handbook - and, in case you were wondering,
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Lilac Carr, BA Politics and International Relations On September 29th, the President of the United States posted a video to X (and the inappropriately named Truth Social) of Democratic House Leader Chuck Schumer standing next to Democratic Senate Leader Hakeem Jeffries, who donned a sombrero and a moustache as stereotypical
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Rachel Tay, MA Middle Eastern Studies For days, thousands have been thronging outside the United States’ embassy in the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur, after Sumud Nusantara vessels – part of the Global Sumud Flotilla – were intercepted by Israeli authorities earlier this month en route to Gaza. According to media reports, some
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Raaid Hussain, MA Middle Eastern Studies Two years into the Israeli regime’s attack on the Gaza Strip which the UN has termed a genocide, Israeli and Hamas officials have come to an agreement for a ceasefire deal as of October 9th 2025. US president Donald Trump announced the breakthrough
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Salma Shabana, BA Economics and Politics In a joint statement released on September 23rd 2025, Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger, the three members of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES), announced their withdrawal from the International Criminal Court (ICC). The military-run nations called the ICC an ‘instrument of neo-colonial repression’
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Anon Yu Henriksen, International News Staff Writer, BA International Relations and Korean The United States, long regarded as a global leader in higher education, is facing scrutiny over recent policy changes by the Trump administration that some say challenge the country's reputation as an international education hub. Earlier
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Siddhant Pawar, BSc Politics, Philosophy and Economics Gen Z, notoriously known as the generation obsessed with screens, finally decided to showcase dissent in a six-day protest (from September 8th to September 13th) in Nepal, which forced the government’s dissolution. On September 4th 2025, the Government of Nepal announced the
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Salsabeel Yasir, BA International Relations and History It has been over 24 months since Israel began its genocidal war in Gaza. Over 67,000 Palestinians have been killed and 169,679 injured, although estimates suggest that the actual death toll is higher. The impact of this devastation has extended far
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Luc Cadwaladr-Evans, BA International Relations and Languages and Cultures In the past month, the government has received the results of investigations by two separate advisory bodies into the efficiency and efficacy of England’s current Special Education Needs and Disability (SEND) system, both prescribing immediate reforms. The issue is that
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Lilac Carr, BA Politics and International Relations Following the UK Government's Department for Education’s, or DfE’s, initial announcement in November 2024, maximum tuition fees for university students have risen for the 2025-2026 academic year from £9,250 to £9,535. Maintenance loans will also be increasing
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Tayyaba Taimur, LLB Law Just over four in ten businesses (43%) and three in ten charities (30%) reported having experienced a kind of cybersecurity breach or attack in the last 12 months. A cybersecurity breach is an incident that results in unauthorized access to a system bypassing its security controls,