Did you flinch when the UK government alert went off in August? Blaring alarm or not, the wildfire warning was a red-hot reminder of the real and worrying consequences of climate change. When faced with such reminders, like the unnerving possibility of a September heatwave, the pressure weighs heavier on...
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There are many parts of shows that make them worth your time, especially those which span multiple seasons and can therefore spotlight a range of character arcs and subplots. However, to engage an audience, many such shows benefit from a compelling villain. Here are three villains whom I find incredibly...
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Like a portrait without a face, or a book without sentences, a movie’s silence encourages its audience to look for meaning, emotion, and story in other types of language. Tense shoulders, widened eyes, a hurried flap of the hand… These all, for example, convey urgency without the discord of shouting...
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Every system, from countries to coffee shops, classrooms to clubs, looks up to a leader. The ‘leader’ is a scrutinised figure, judged by all watching eyes to see if their visions match their actions, and if they can boost a high enough morale to face a crisis. Psychological research describes...
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As the sun cooks the UK, it’s starting to set on the story of Toby Fox’s Deltarune, bringing a more light-hearted adventure in Chapter 5. As expected, following the trailer and the fewer remaining locations for a new Dark World, the antepenultimate chapter takes place in a flowery land, drawn...
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A recent speech by Reform UK Shadow Home Secretary Zia Yusuf appreciated the invaluable work of immigrants in the UK, and condemned the “sheer scale” of immigration as having “broken Britain” in the same breath. ‘Well… which is it?’ I wondered, looking in vague disbelief at the man behind the...
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The mother of a student who took his own life after being told he could not graduate has claimed that the University of Glasgow “failed” her son, following a recent Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) report. Geography student Ethan Scott Brown was due to graduate with a 2:1 degree, but was...
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Ukrainian skeleton slider Vladyslav Heraskevych has been banned from competing in the Winter Olympics held in Italy after his helmet was deemed to be breaking Olympic law. The helmet was decorated with artworks paying tribute to his fellow Ukrainian athletes who had been killed during the Russian invasion. After two...
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To quote Fahrenheit 451, “there must be something in books, things we can’t imagine, to make a woman stay in a burning house”. And yet, as artificial intelligence becomes increasingly prominent amongst human expression, whether it be art, music, or books, we may very well be living in a dystopia...
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A team of researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) are developing tiny aerial drones, inspired by bats’ use of echolocation, for search and rescue purposes. Led by an assistant professor of robotics engineering at WPI, Nitin Sanket, the team aims to create a cost-efficient alternative to helicopter-based search and rescue....
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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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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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Another year has passed, and we are back with our topic gaming picks for 2025, be it games that have come out this year, or old classics rediscovered. Join us as we dive into the games that made our 2025. Theo Millard (Writer’s pick) – Hades II Hades is a...
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