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Written by Iman Hassan, BA Politics and International Relations. Parishae Adnan closed the Flying Solo section at New York Fashion Week with her collection, Second Skin, which reconstructed old menswear and deadstock for the female body. What stayed with me was the idea of taking something inherited and reshaping it
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Written by Yusra Choudhry, MA Cultural Studies. This summer I turned 30, and between the cake and candles, I took stock of what had shaped my twenties. Many of the lessons came not just from experience, but also from the films, books, and screens that had kept me company along
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Written by Kojo Kamara, MA Medical Anthropology and Mental Health. I came to SOAS carrying several versions of myself. Actor, writer, musician. British, with Ghanaian and Sierra Leonean heritage. I had spent years telling stories, playing characters, and working in an industry where uncertainty is part of the job description.
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Written by Kiran Thomas, BA History and Gabriel Mullins, BA History. The recent closure of the Dover Castle, a venerated KCL bar, forms part of a trend - student bars at Central London’s universities are declining. They are losing money, enjoying less business, and often receiving less support from the
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Written by Taliah Quow, Digital Editor, BA Linguistics and Japanese. A rural, Western Massachusetts COVID-conscious lesbian bar eased its mask restrictions for one night a week. The online responses went far beyond criticism: the bar received accusations of contributing to eugenics. As outlandish as the policy change may seem,
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Written by Ava Bland, BA Politics & International Relations. Allow me to paint a picture for you. I am at the London Green Party conference in 2025, and after many panel discussions, the Q&A begins. A woman stands up and emotionally delivers her gratitude to Zack Polanski, leader
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‘Online, professionalism becomes a performance, and students audition daily for invisible employers.’
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“The language of public benefit ultimately functions as risk socialisation in service of private return”
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“The question is not only whether the work is meaningful, but whether the sector can evolve to sustain the very people committed to sustaining others.”
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Louise Van Randwyck, BA History of Art and Social Anthropology A picture can paint a thousand words, and that’s exactly what PositiveNegatives achieved in their latest exhibition, I Couldn’t Stand By, at The SOAS Gallery. The organisation, founded by SOAS alumnus Dr Benjamin Worku-Dix, aims to transform
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Anonymous If you’re a member of the Iranian diaspora, sleepless nights and frequent doomscrolling have likely become an unwelcome part of daily life. As more images and videos emerge from the recent protests, and as communication within Iran remains restricted and heavily monitored, many of us have experienced a
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Helen Nicholls, Comparative Literature MA It hit home that I needed to get out more, when the library staff began to say, ‘see you tomorrow,’ as I left the library every day during winter break. This was the reality for many of us. Now as the new term gets underway,