Recently, the BBC has come under intense scrutiny around the core tenet that makes it what it is: its impartiality. This has come from right-wing political leaders such as Nigel Farage, Kemi Badenoch, and even Donald Trump himself, along with less overtly political figures like Michael Prescott, former independent adviser...
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Chinaza Eke explores Abdullah Ibrahim's 1973 album in the first article of her column, 'African Sounds from the Past'.
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As much as autumn is a beautiful season, the effects of cinnamon and pumpkin-themed decorations wear out, and let’s face it, autumn has been and gone. But just as you’re about to give up on it all (at least until warmer weather), you hear a bell jingle. You smell a...
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Amelia Chan examines the economic arguments and social consequences of reducing the minimum wage for younger workers.
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In many ways the internet has become the centrepiece of the modern human experience. It can be used to pay for your coffee, call your parents, provide directions, email your tutor that you’re ‘sick’, and about a million other things that you and everyone else do on the daily. It’s become so central to our lives that there have been continuous calls to scale back on internet usage and ‘go...
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Alexander Fleming, who discovered penicillin, said the following in his 1945 Nobel Prize acceptance speech: “I would like to sound one note of warning… It is not difficult to make microbes resistant to penicillin in the laboratory by exposing them to concentrations not sufficient to kill them, and the same thing has occasionally happened in...
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Who influences what you read? Is it literary critics found on sites such as The Guardian, influencers found on BookTok, strangers on Goodreads, or a combination of all of these and more? In a world where we are chronically online with access to a range of social media platforms, book...
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When returning to university, many students have difficulties finding time or motivation for recreational reading. This can lead to what many call a ‘reading slump’, where finding good books to read and finish feels almost impossible. Books remain unopened, unfinished, and one’s inner reader is both unsatisfied and unmotivated. For...
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Christmas adverts are a genius invention. Brands roll them out every year armed with overly emotional music, adorable characters, and just enough festive sparkle to turn even the toughest viewer into a complete emotional wreck. Yes, they are technically supposed to sell us products, but what they really end up...
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Phoebe Booth gives Wheatus a rave-review for their recent Birmingham show.
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Returning from my year abroad, I rejoined Warwick’s DofE Society just in time for one of their most anticipated traditions: the annual Snowdon trip. From the 21st-23rd November, a group of 21 students and alumni set out for North Wales, nearly double the number who came on my first experience...
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Jude Thorpe review Kneecap's most recent gig in Birmingham.
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