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It is with great excitement that we finally launch Issue 33 of the Spirit! This first month of term has gone by in the blink of an eye, and I’m sure everyone on the Spirit team and this issue’s writers can agree that deadlines seem to approach at
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Dear readers of the Spirit, Since the last release of the Spirit in October, we have received numerous pieces of feedback, which is greatly appreciated. We have also received many photos of the Spirit found in weird and wonderful places. One of my favourites was multiple photos of a cat
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By Sam Lailey, MA Anthropology of Global Futures and Sustainability Pull quote: ‘the documentary not only casts the contemporary pro-Palestine movement as a continuation of previous student protest campaigns, but provides a historical precedent for its simultaneous repression by government and university authorities alike’ On Monday 17th November, I made
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Sam Lailey, Senior Staff Writer, MA Anthropology of Global Futures and Sustainability On July 29th 2025, the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) asked its members to vote on strike action. This followed an unresolved dispute with Transport for London (TfL) about pay, working hours, fatigue management,
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'It may be too extreme to suggest that many of our MPs are psychopaths, some are just plain selfish, but there may potentially be a few that linger.'
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Barty Roberts, Editor-in-Chief, BA Politics and International Relations 03/02/2025 Elections are back next term - and with the return of polling we can also expect the return of some of the nastier side of SOAS politics. Last year’s elections were marked by disqualifications, intimidation and general vapidity.
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Jacob Winter, Senior Staff Writer, BA Politics and International Relations 03/02/2025 SOAS is almost unique amongst British universities in how prominent its Muslim students are. Islam is the single most adhered to religion at SOAS, with 31% of its students declaring itself to be Muslim in 2021/22.
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By Roxanna Brealey, Senior Sub-Editor, BA History and Politics George Orwell claimed in 1945 that Speaker’s Corner, which is located just outside Marble Arch tube station, has a ‘large variety of plain lunatics’, and for the most part, it is tough to disagree with him. The average Londoner will
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By Jacob Winter, Senior Staff Writer, BA Politics and International Relations Housmans Bookshop is one of the few outwardly political and left-wing bookshops left in London. Situated on 5 Caledonian Road, very close to Dinwiddy House and Kings Cross Station, the bookshop has been nestled there for over 50 years.
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By Barty Roberts, Editor-In-Chief, BA Politics and International Relations The low-income bursary at SOAS is £1,500 per year, £4,500 per whole undergraduate degree. An amount that has not changed since 2021. As per the Bank of England inflation calculator, £1,500 in September 2021 is now worth £1,
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Jacob Winter, Senior Staff Writer BA Politics and International Relations For those unaware, port is a type of fortified wine originating from the city of Porto, in Portugal. Fortified wine is a wine in which another alcohol, usually brandy, is added. It’s generally sweet, and often served with dessert.
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BY Jacob Winter, BA Politics and International Relations 75 million years ago, the alien tyrant Xenu brought billions of aliens to the planet Earth, known then as Teegeeack, and wiped them out by placing them next to volcanoes and detonating hydrogen bombs. The spirits of these dead aliens, Thetans, possess