‘Boys These Days’ are as idiosyncratic as ever: Sports Team at Birmingham’s O2 Institute
Joakim Mol-Romero reviews Sports Team's gig at Birmingham's O2 Institute as part of their 'Boys These Days' Tour.
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Risky travel takes on a whole new meaning: The rise of war-zone tourism
While most travellers tend to avoid destinations steeped in political conflict and violence, some purposefully fly straight into them. Over the past decade, this has grown so rapidly that it is now termed “war-zone tourism”, “dark tourism” or “risk tourism”. War zone tourism has multiple definitions but the overarching meaning...
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You’ll Never Walk Alone: Review of MTW’s Next to Normal
For a show featuring a bleak story, coupled with an indie rock score, Next to Normal sounds like it would be a tough sell. However, it has shown, over the years, it’s staying power. Brian Yorkey’s 2008 family drama musical has hopped from off-Broadway, to tours, to West End runs, to...
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Working while studying: How modern day students juggle study, work, and social life
There was once a time, long ago, when being a student meant some very simple things: lectures by day, pints by night, and a desperate scrabble to produce academically legible work at some point in between. Today, it means the cold drudgery of updating your CV, buying LinkedIn Premium, praying...
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Can ‘life’ be considered a form of code?
There are countless similarities between computational programming and biological life, as both mathematicians Alan Turing and John von Neumann proposed over 70 years ago. Von Neumann proposed a model of a self-reproducing machine that identified and gathered the materials needed to replicate itself, akin to what cells do during division....
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How much damage do cyberattacks actually cause?
As we enter the digital era of the 21st century, the role of cyberattacks on state infrastructure has become increasingly effective. From disruptions at Marks & Spencer (M&S), to breaches in the NHS and UK secondary schools, cyberattacks have been a major news source this past year. And yet, despite...
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Mamdani shows the Democrats how to win – and how to lose
Zohran Mamdani, the new Mayor-elect of New York City, has something special. He’s a campaigning marvel who has mobilised social media in a way few politicians ever have, and in that sense, he is a trailblazer. He’s also far more left-wing than the average Democrat, yet he defeated the more...
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The benefits of scents
Everyone, on occasion, enjoys a nice scent in their bathroom, bedroom, or workplace. Whether it’s a calming, invigorating bath salt on a cosy night in, or a confidence-boosting perfume before hitting the club, our choice of scent has a bigger impact on how we feel than we think. Truthfully, I...
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UK Autumn Budget 2025: What can we expect?
Emma Lord discusses what we should expect from Rachel Reeves and her upcoming budget.
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A conversation with Richmond council’s Jim Millard: Funding reforms, local government, and the financial struggle to come
Despite the central government’s neglect of local authority funding since the 2008 financial crisis, Richmond-upon-Thames has so far been successful in avoiding a fiscal precipice and ensuring local services are properly funded. After taking over from the Conservatives in 2018, the now Lib dem-controlled London borough has claimed to have...
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Hurlstone In Progress: Rootes Grocery Store has fallen, but Co-op has risen
Rootes Grocery has been reborn – it’s back as a Co-op, with lighting that doesn’t threaten you. Yes, the time is now. The new Co-op is established and well-acquainted with students. I entered for the first time expecting to mourn, but I left oddly impressed – and not smelling of...
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Donald Trump threatens tariffs on films produced outside of the US
Last month, Donald Trump reiterated his threat to impose tariffs on films produced outside of the US. Claiming that the American film industry has been stolen by foreign countries and is “dying a very fast death”, Trump announced plans to impose “100% tariffs on any and all movies that are...
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Tilly Norwood: Is Artificial Intelligence a threat to film?
Dutch screenwriter and producer, Eline van der Velden, has sparked controversy within the world of film with her announcement of plans to introduce AI generated actress, Tilly Norwood, to her company. Surprising audiences at the Zurich Film Festival, van der Velden did not anticipate the global backlash regarding her AI...
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