Sport and Societies
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
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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,
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
Opinion
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,