There are a huge number of political podcasts available for fans of the genre. Every former politician, pundit, newspaper, and journalist seems to have joined a podcast, in a phenomenon that reached fever pitch during last year’s election. It was Christmas come early for those of us whose podcast listening...
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“Habemus Papam” announces the Vatican; people pause, reach for their phones, and pull up Google Translate. The recent announcement that Cardinal Robert Prevost has been elected the first American Pope of the Catholic Church, taking the name Pope Leo XIV, was met with confusion due to its delivery in Latin....
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The FIA, the governing body for motorsport around the world, is further clamping down on the bodywork flexibility of F1 cars, with the regulations announced having the potential to impact the F1 grid and driver rankings. A wing’s flexibility affects the aerodynamics of the car; it can reduce drag on...
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May 21 2025: a day that will be immortalised forever in Tottenham fans’ memories, the day that would end a 17-year trophy doubt, and the day that would bring European success back to North London after a long hiatus. Silverware in Bilbao will go down as one of the crowning...
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If you Google ‘Pre-Raphaelite paintings’ right now, then you’ll most likely see mystical and medieval inspired works that include a pale lady with red hair. This woman is Elizabeth Siddal, and if it isn’t her, then it is based on her. By her death in 1862, she became the symbol...
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The growing turmoil in South Korea’s political climate reached a boiling point when, on December 3 2024, then-president Yoon Suk-yeol declared an emergency military takeover. The reasoning was arguably weak – Yoon feared that there was a growing number of North Korean sympathisers, and the need arose, therefore, to “eliminate...
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When deciding whether to attend university, we all advocate for the best ‘experience’. Yet, how does the UK-university experience vary when held up against our American counterparts? Is one system better than the other? When writing a personal statement for a US university application, highlighting your extra-curriculars is “just as...
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If you’ve had the privilege to see the film Sinners, you’ll be aware of the intentionality threaded through every aspect of this film: everything from the lighting to the filmography replicates an immediately immersive American deep south. The thematic importance of Black expression is integral when considering the blues tradition....
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The Shadow Leader of the House of Commons, Jesse Norman, has called for universities to be established in smaller cities and towns across the UK in a bid to boost economic growth. Norman, who has served as MP for Hereford and South Herefordshire since 2010, told fellow MPs that he...
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In a fitting end to a woeful season, Manchester United lost the Europa League final to Tottenham Hotspur. Despite registering 16 shots and dominating for large spells of the game, they were familiarly beaten by their own toothlessness in front of a goal. United have managed just 44 goals in...
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You know the feeling. You’re sitting on your bed at home, a cup of tea cooling beside you, Netflix open, and a creeping sense of unease building in your chest. You’ve technically got nothing urgent to do, but you can’t shake the guilt. Maybe you should be updating your CV....
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The Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that wild camping is now legal on Dartmoor in Devon, securing the financial future of the national park and emboldening land access campaigners. This brings an end to a long-running series of court cases which began when multimillionaire landowners Alexander and Diana Darwall sought...
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‘Non-linear phenomena’, or NLP, is a mathematical category that can be applied to biological development. It refers to how an ‘input’ does not directly equal the ‘output’. For example, if you revised for an exam for a whole day, and remembered none of it, that would be an NLP, as...
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