I think that insects are cool. Every insect is uniquely adapted to the niche of its environment, yet they are also durable and adaptable. Despite all that, they aren’t on the same level of existence that humans or other intelligent creatures are. Or are they? For so long, we have...
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UK universities are addressing how they handle drug-related incidents, moving away from traditional zero-tolerance drug policies and towards harm reduction methods. This change is driven by advice made in a 2024 report by the UK Universities Drug Taskforce. Harm reduction encompasses a set of measures that minimise the dangers of drug...
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It is a universal experience for charity shoppers: you’re in the second shop of the day and, despite some patterns catching your eye, none of the clothes are quite right. They’re just too big, too small, too 2010s. In retaliation to those ever-present videos of influencers parading fast fashion hauls...
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An agonising stoppage time defeat in the play-off semi-final curtailed an eventful 2024/25 season for Coventry City as they narrowly missed out on promotion to the Premier League. Their meteoric rise through the table at the end of the year, helped by the managerial appointment of Frank Lampard, will provide...
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Doctor Who is in an odd position. Nearly four years ago now it was announced that British TV super-producer Russell T Davies, then still in the midst of his victory lap following the success of his acclaimed series It’s a Sin, which focused on the 1980s AIDS epidemic, would be...
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There’s something oddly exhausting about trying to be efficient. Whether it’s brushing your teeth in the shower, boiling water at 6am for a flask, or laying out a breakfast spoon the night before – it seems that the cult of the microefficiency rules modern life. Tiny time-savers designed to claw...
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I remember seeing a trend recently on social media reminiscing over the ‘Prime Barclays Era’. Clips of Ronaldo stepovers, of Cissé’s banana goal past a sprawling Čech, and of Henry’s rampaging runs – physical yet with a decided elegance – were popping up on my feed. The clips transport the...
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Water is wet, grass is green, the Pope is Catholic, and Toby Fox makes great games. Whether it’s Undertale or any of Deltarune’s first four chapters, I have Fox down as 5-0 – and a gleaming 5-0 at that. Coming straight from your house, the long-awaited third and fourth chapters...
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The UEFA Europa League! Humbler than the dazzling elite of the Champions League above, yet more exclusive than the tinpot hordes of the Conference League below. The (second-)best and brightest teams this side of the Ural Mountains compete to win the honour of a European title – or in the...
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Work has commenced to renovate the University of Warwick’s Claycroft Residences, in a project expected to last the entirety of the 2025/26 academic year. Morgan Sindall Construction has been handed the contract for the major 17,000m2 overhaul, which will see the accommodation’s three blocks, built between 1994 and 1997, refurbished...
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On 30 May, I attended the commencement speech for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Class of 2025. This was a half-incendiary, half-celebratory event for students, family, friends, and parents. Celebration was in the air as some of the nation’s brightest young minds prepared to take the first steps into post-college...
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Zahra Jazmina reviews Lana Del Rey's recent performance at Wembley Stadium.
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America is home to a vast array of different sports and leagues for the nation’s fanbases to enjoy, even if much of the rest of the world couldn’t be less bothered if they tried. Even still, this time of year is often considered as a barren spell for American sports...
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