Zara Siddiqui

Over 300 academics call out Education Secretary for ‘failing to protect free speech’ on university campuses

The Education Secretary, Bridget Phillipson, has come under fire from hundreds of academics for delaying plans to combat “cancel culture” on university campuses. At the start of 2025, she pledged to legalise a complaints scheme to protect academics’ free speech against censorship attempts by students or university authorities. Phillipson stated...
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Posted Jan. 27, 2026

The importance of Warwick’s Palestinian Literature and Culture Reading Group: An interview with convenor Nadia Hajal-Backleh

Nadia Hajal-Backleh is a PhD researcher at the university’s English and Comparative Literary Studies Department (ECLS), examining peripheral migration and world-literature in the age of global modernity. She convenes the Palestinian Literature and Culture Reading Group (PLCRG). I interviewed Nadia to discuss the PLCRG and its impact through literary discussion....
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Posted Jan. 26, 2026

UK inbound tourism predicted to surge to record highs

As the year comes to an end, the UK’s latest travel statistics have recorded a surge in inbound tourist visits and spending in 2025, predicting further increases in the coming year. Statistics estimate 44.3 million inbound visits to the UK in 2025, with visitors spending £34.6 billion.  Using a mix...
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Posted Nov. 23, 2025

Is the podcast industry becoming too saturated?

Nowadays, you can find a podcast for every taste, interest, and topic of discussion. From literary criticism, to true crime, to A-Level revision, as of September 2025 there are over 4.52 million podcasts available worldwide, with hundreds of thousands of new shows launched in the past three months. If a...
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Posted Nov. 7, 2025