Men don’t talk about their mental health. This fact is as salient today as it was 60 years ago. With another November wrapping up, it is important to seriously consider exactly why. There are just over 28,000 students at Warwick and around half of this population are men. These men...
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Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) was a Swedish chemist, inventor, and industrialist who was born in Stockholm. He was attributed as saying the following: “Hope is nature’s veil for hiding truth’s nakedness.” The Nobel Prize was first established in 1901 and, outside of extenuating circumstances, has run every year since. The prizes...
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After launching on November 10, Cop30 – hosted in Belém, Brazil – promises to be a crucial moment to assess long term solutions to the climate crisis. But at a time when increasing numbers are turned off to the realities of global heating, what does another conference achieve? Following almost...
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On 6 January 2021, four and a half years ago, rioters broke into the United States Capitol after repeated reports that President Donald J. Trump had the 2020 Presidential Election stolen from him. Then-sitting US President Trump had invited supporters to voice their disagreement with the opposing party through an...
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On 13 September, a group of almost 150,000 gathered in Central London for the ‘Unite the Kingdom’ rally, led by nationalist activist and commentator Tommy Robinson. This was a flashpoint spectacle in a year marked by bitter division, sparked by the UK’s immigration policy. Large-scale demonstrations have taken place in...
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Legacy. This is a watchword in the wake of the assassination of Charlie Kirk on September 10 2025. Kirk was killed by a lone shooter at a speaker event at Utah Valley University (UVU). He was a highly prominent conservative commentator who had amassed a high level of support and...
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On 6 August, US special envoy Steve Witkoff made a trip to Moscow. The visit to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin and his administration is one of the latest developments in a back-and-forth between President Putin and United States President Donald Trump that has gone on since the beginning of...
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James David (JD) Vance was thrust into the spotlight within the Republican Party after being chosen by Donald Trump as a vice-presidential running mate in July 2024. Vance is a complex individual, one with many strands that comprise a single identity. He rose to national attention in 2016 with the...
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James Watson discusses the recent genes-jeans controversy around American Eagle's Sydney Sweeney advert
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Basketball is hard pressed into the DNA of the University of Connecticut. As someone who is not a native to the sport, I often struggled to follow all of its rules. I had to learn though. I studied intently. After a year of missed student tickets to watch the Connecticut...
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On 4 July 2025, a flash flood emergency warning was issued in the Southern United States for severe weather that was headed for states in the South. The state of Texas, specifically Kerr County in Central Texas, was the source of extreme flooding that wiped out homes and destroyed livelihoods....
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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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Just over three years ago, Elon Musk became the biggest shareholder in Twitter, with a 9.2% stake in the company. Musk, a prolific entrepreneur and owner of several companies in the technology sector, bought Twitter in 2022, in a deal for $44 million and rebranded it as ‘X’. He initially...
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