Professor Aaron Koller has been appointed as the next Professor of Hebrew at the University of Cambridge, the first Jewish academic to hold the position in its 485-year history. He will join Cambridge’s Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies in September 2025 as a Regius Professor, which means...
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On May 23rd, four of Shakespeare’s folios are to be put up for auction as a set, expected to go for £3.5 to £4.5 million. The set includes a First Folio, a Second Folio, a Third Folio, and (as you might’ve guessed) a Fourth Folio. But what even is a folio? And...
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Even though Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber broke up for the last time about seven years ago, for many, #Jelena is still alive and well. Selena’s engagement to Benny Blanco rekindled debates around Bieber and Gomez’s relationship, leading people to question: When will the conversation end? Why do we keep...
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Fun fact – once, my GP told me I shouldn’t wear ballet flats too much because they don’t have good enough support for walking in. I also personally feel I need more height in the sole of a shoe than ballet flats can provide me with. However, I am still...
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Now the Easter holidays are upon us and the sun is finally shining (sometimes), the break is the perfect time to get out and explore some of London’s favourite art galleries. Two of the ongoing exhibitions at Tate Britain are the JMW Turner and Historic and Early Modern British Art...
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Edward Peck, the vice chancellor of Nottingham Trent University (NTU) and now chair of the Office for Students (OfS), says universities should be able to solve their own financial issues rather than risk the “moral hazard” of a government bailout. Peck made it clear that he did not see it...
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As the seasons pass by and we’ve had our first few sunny days of the year, the summer trend cycle is slowly reawakening. In its wake is a wardrobe filled with unused clothes we swore we would wear. I have a quirky button-down skirt that I never wear and a...
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With the second term of university very nearly over, I can’t say I haven’t been tempted by the odd takeaway and I certainly don’t have a perfect track record. You don’t have to cook or clean up after yourself and with services like UberEats and Deliveroo, you can have dinner...
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On the 15th of January 2025, a ceasefire deal in Gaza was announced after months of negotiations led by the US, Qatar and Egypt. It promised an end to 15 months of fighting, the return of 73 Israeli hostages and hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, as well as the complete withdrawal...
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Donald Trump has signed an executive order banning transgender women from the female sporting category, following on from his 2024 presidential campaign which promised a change in how the US has been handling transgender athletes. The order mostly covers high school and university-level sports, providing guidance and regulation for the...
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More and more universities are seeking to expand their campuses into India amid declining international student recruitment, despite employees and unions’ concerns over redundancies. Universities in the UK attracted over 125,000 students from India in the academic year 2022-2023, but study visa applications are declining, and experts warn that universities...
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The Kardashians have undone their body enhancement surgeries, Elon Musk is on ozempic, and the ‘ballet body’ is trendy again – what’s going on with body positivity? Was it all a trend? Was it just a commercial opportunity? Maybe body ‘positivity’ was rigged from the start, and we need to...
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Food in fashion is not new – take for example Elsa Schiaparelli’s 1937 lobster dress, or even the millennial obsession with avocados that got blamed for a generation’s worth of financial struggles. At the speed of the current trend cycle however, last year’s food trends have reached their sell-by dates, making...
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