From Undiagnosed to Unapologetic: Stags on “129.5 Steps to Autistic Success”
Stags’ show, 129.5 Steps to Autistic Success, describes his autism diagnosis as “the best thing that happened [to him]”, and I can...
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Eliška Suchochlebová
Aug 25, 20233 min read
Life with Oscar, Nicholas Cohen: A Review
***** 5 stars A masterfully acted, tragicomic look underneath Hollywood glamour. Written and performed by Nick Cohen, this...
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Kirsty Lawrie
Aug 25, 20233 min read
Lost and Found by The Counterminers: A Review
“What it lacks in storyline, it makes up for with cheeky and entertaining characters, brilliant set and costume design, and a bopping...
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Lara Engel
Aug 22, 20232 min read
Greenwashing: the media’s power over business reputation
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq In today's climate-conscious society, sustainable marketing campaigns are at the forefront of business...
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Issy Clarke
Aug 20, 20234 min read
Should higher education providers be bound by a duty of care towards their students?
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq As the summer break approaches its mid-point, many students will be casting their eyes towards the next...
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Grace Murray
Aug 20, 20233 min read
Girl, Eating: A Very Brief History
CW: disordered eating Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq For tonight’s ‘girl dinner’: a meal fit for a cat or a rather peculiar dog. A...
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Lauren Galligan
Aug 8, 20233 min read
'Hersterectomy' by The Counterminers: A Review
Rating: ***** Those who were around for the Fringe of 2022 may recognise some of the cast and crew of this year’s The Counterminers’...
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Rosie McCann
Jul 24, 20233 min read
A Crime in the Land of 7000 Islands: A review
Rating: ** I didn’t enjoy reading A Crime in the Land Of 7000 Islands, although I did get the point of it. More of a fantastical mystery...
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Niki Cleland-Hura
Jul 14, 20234 min read
Revisiting Dada’s Women
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq Dada – an early 20th-century art movement often dubbed ‘anti-art’ or ‘absurdist’ – emerged as a reaction...
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Grace Murray
Jul 3, 20234 min read
Celebrity: You, Too, Could Have It
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq Before the late twentieth century, celebrity was defined by difference: individuals were propelled into...
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Flora Leask
Jun 27, 20234 min read
'AI and Popular Culture': In Conversation with Dr Lee Barron
Image provided by Lee Barron. The Broad’s Creative Director Flora Leask chatted with Dr Lee Barron about his new non-fiction book AI and...
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Maria Saavedra
Jun 20, 20234 min read
Pablo Escobar: why you shouldn’t romanticize Colombia’s nightmare
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq As a Colombian, it never ceases to shock me whenever someone makes a Pablo Escobar or cocaine joke (even...
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Tasha Stewart
Jun 20, 20233 min read
The age of Ozempic highlights the superficiality of body positive
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq The past year has seen a new drug sweeping through the medical cabinets of the Hollywood glitterati....
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Owen Thomas Webb
Jun 14, 20234 min read
The Changing Face of Internationalism
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq It was once written that the emergence of liberal democracies all around the world represented the end of...
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Issy Clarke
Jun 1, 20233 min read
The Misery of Meritocracy
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq I recently read an article in The Economist describing an American university professor’s experience with...
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Owen Thomas Webb
May 29, 20234 min read
What is Money?
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq We live in a material world. We live in a world where people, no matter who or where, need houses to live...
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Owen Thomas Webb
May 19, 20234 min read
What is a Liberal?
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq Do you call yourself a liberal? If you are reading this, then there is a good chance that you do, but you...
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Owen Thomas Webb
May 1, 20235 min read
Qigong Heavenly Kingdom – The Peculiar World of Shen Yun
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq When Shen Yun came to the Edinburgh Playhouse to perform ‘5,000 Years of Chinese Civilization Reborn’, it...
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Kirsty Lawrie
Apr 24, 20236 min read
Freedom of Information and Industrial Action – In Conversation with Jonny Dennis
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq I wait in the window of Café Salut, the Old Medical School looming over me from across the street....
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Aleyna Petts
Apr 5, 20233 min read
EmPOWERMENt: Repurposing survivor-victim language
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq For as long as I’ve been a feminist, I’ve resented the term survivor being used in gender-based violence...
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