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I am delighted to welcome you into our little world that is Issue 37! After an arduous month of brainstorming, I present to you an edition I am immensely proud of, despite it being the first of the academic year (I know, quite presumptuous!). The ambitious team that we are,
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Written by Anon Yu Henriksen, Senior Staff Writer, BA International Relations and Korean. A plethora of different communist organisations have a visible presence around SOAS. With so many groups operating around campus, what distinguishes them from one another? Curious to find out, I attended meetings hosted by three different communist
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Dear readers of the Spirit, Welcome to our final edition of the Spirit for this academic year. I never really know what to write in these notes because, unlike an academic essay, I don’t have to stick to a theme or a certain structure. I don’t have to
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Written by Sam Lailey, Senior Staff Writer, MA Anthropology of Global Futures and Sustainability. For my last Spirit article, I wanted to write about food justice, a subject I have been discovering more about over the past year. Yet, it is a topic so infinitely vast that even deciding where
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Dear Readers of the Spirit, It’s been interesting to see who has been linked to the Epstein files, and frankly incredibly disturbing. We all knew Trump was involved, despite the previously redacted version that was provided to us, but its ties to almost everyone within the political establishment really
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By Sam Lailey, Senior Staff-Writer, MA Anthropology of Global Futures and Sustainability Pull quote: “And gentrification appears to be picking up pace. A report released by the Trust for London in 2025 has highlighted 53 neighbourhoods in the capital which, between 2012 and 2020, have seen a significant drop
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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 ‘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 my
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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