Coventry City Council has lost a legal battle against the Home Office over a decision to house more asylum seekers in the city. The council argued that, while they welcome accommodating their fair share of asylum seekers, the burden placed on the city by the Home Office was “excessive”. They...
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The public prosecutor of Paris, Laure Beccuau, has stated that the jewellery heist at the Parisian Louvre museum in October was carried out by local petty criminals, rather than organised criminal professionals. The announcement has added to the global fascination surrounding the robbery, underlining the questions at the centre of...
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After the conclusion of the Las Vegas Grand Prix on Sunday, Championship leader Lando Norris and team-mate Oscar Piastri received the shocking news that they had both been disqualified from the race, after stewards discovered excessive skid plank wear on both vehicles. Norris originally finished 2nd in the grid, while...
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Lloyd Singleton gives Loyle Carner a rave review following his recent performance in Birmingham.
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Oh, the House of Lords. What a magnificent spectacle you are. £144 million of taxpayer money spent a year on what is essentially a daycare centre for failed politicians, party donors, nepo-babies and unknown political advisors, all babysat by your sleepy uncle who lets the kids wreck the house and...
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Over the Las Vegas weekend, Doriane Pin was able to claim the F1 Academy title, closing the fifteen-point gap and beating Maya Weug in the season’s final race. The 21-year-old Mercedes driver needed to finish in the top six of Race Two to take the title home following her win...
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Okay. We’re well into Term one. The honeymoon phase is over. The anticipation for Halloweekend has dissipated and you’re lucky if you wake up before sunset. Chances are that you’re behind on some work, have a couple of essay deadlines peeking at you menacingly from around the corner, and lectures...
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Closing on Saturday, November 15, Adrian Lester’s masterful RSC debut, as the eponymous lead in Cyrano de Bergerac, imbued the “old repertory war horse” with a panache Rostand’s classic deserves. Effortlessly blending the “fiercely funny and intensely romantic”, Lester majestically glided around the timbered rafters of the Swan Theatre sending...
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Sid Savill reviews Swans' recent gig in London.
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Welcome to the first iteration of Cianan’s Column covering two gameweeks, as a result of GW13 ending and GW14 beginning within only a day of each other. Our esteemed Sport Editor will (quite rightly) mention the exorbitant wordcount, so let’s stop wasting time and get into it. Firstly, GW13. My...
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Sophia Lupo shares the importance of seeing 'smaller' films on the big screen
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After holding the position for 37 years, Dame Anna Wintour’s decision to appoint Chloe Malle as the new Editor-in-Chief of American Vogue has sparked controversy. This follows accusations that Malle, the daughter of actor Candice Bergen and Louis Malle, a French film director, is a “nepo baby”. The critics who...
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2000 days ago, in the midst of lockdown and the Covid-19 pandemic, with not much to do, I resolved to take up learning a language. For five and a half years, I have exclusively used Duolingo to achieve my fluency dreams, but they haven’t quite materialised into reality. Despite my...
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