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Marthe Knutsen, MA African Studies ‘Imagine it took a single streamer to go to Africa and show you guys the propaganda you have been fed,’ said @Kwm_Pwr, a Ugandan-Ghanaian TikTok creator, responding to IShowSpeed’s Africa tour. ‘And the internet is free’ he added. In January, the 21-year-old American
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Sia Madden, BA Politics and Africa and Black Diaspora The it-girls of the digital void are cracking open a cold one, so to speak. They’re having what they call a ‘fridge cig.’ But they’re not actually drinking or smoking. Their vice is something else completely. They’re doing
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Melina Tavakoli Moghaddam, Sub-Editor, BA Politics and International Relations with a Year Abroad ***Spoilers ahead! The cast and crew of the hit Canadian TV show Heated Rivalry had a small budget and a dream when heading into filming the adaptation of Rachel Reid’s book series, Game Changers. With only
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Midnight Adams, MSc Humanitarianism, Aid & Conflict Sinners has been an awards favourite with audiences and critics alike since its release in April 2025. In a year packed with high-profile releases, Sinners has remained the dominant choice for awards season, sweeping the board at the Critics’ Choice, Music City Film
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Elfi Eden, BA International Relations and Africa and Black Diaspora The beginning of 2026 means two things: exam deadlines are out of sight, and the Awards season has begun! The 2023 SAG strikes’ influence is over, meaning the movie pipeline is fully unblocked, which allowed 2025 to be a massive
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Maaryah Rashid, Co-Deputy Editor, BA Politics and International Relations If your social media feeds are anything like mine, you would have also witnessed the frenzied excitement surrounding the first four episodes of Netflix’s Stranger Things, season five; from fan edits, to predictions for the next four episodes, to endless
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Amy Kan, Co-deputy Editor, BA International Relations and Japanese In case you haven’t been caught up with the rest of Britain, the first season of The Celebrity Traitors (The Traitors spinoff) was finalised November 6 (2025). 19 celebrities gathered, with Claudia Winkleman appointing three of them as traitors. A
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Chinaza Iwe, Culture Section Editor, BA History & World Philosophies Body positivity and inclusivity could be dying. But more likely it's dead and buried. 2025 seems to be the year of post woke culture. With the rise of Ozempic and Mounjaro and the health concerns related to the
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Lina Kabbour, Culture Staff Writer, BA Politics and International Relations Netflix has recently released a new film adaptation of the literary classic Frankenstein, directed by Guillermo del Toro. Del Toro investigates the theme of prejudice through the mistreatment of the Creature played by Jacob Elordi. The scars on the Creature
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Kenza Bajjar, Sports and Societies Editor, BA Politics and International Relations The objectification of women is nothing new. In fact, it's old news. We all know it happens. We’re all used to the exploitation of our bodies, of the commodification of our parts, emotions, and appearances. With
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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