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Gregg Wallace Faces the Heat: MasterChef Star’s Recipe for Public Image Ruin
When the annual calendar event occurs, and another high-profile, well-loved and respected male television personality wakes up to...
Emilia Lauder
Feb 163 min read
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The Paradox of "Abroad": Indians in Edinburgh's Expanding Cultural Bubble
Illustration by Devanshi (@devanshidg) When I first set foot in Edinburgh as an Indian graduate student, I was filled with excitement and...
Vidisha Gupta
Feb 37 min read
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La Guajira: Abundant Energy, Scarce Water
La Guajira — a Colombian peninsula bordering Venezuela — is home to one of the largest open coal mines in the world. This area was first...
Nicolle Delgado
Dec 19, 20243 min read
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The Blame Game Begins: Yung Filly’s Sexual Assault Case
A couple of nights ago, I was doing some late-night scrolling on TikTok – desperately avoiding my essay deadlines– only to see a video...
Rosie Higgins
Dec 11, 20244 min read
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(Hyper)reality TV: the Future of Reality Television in the Social Media Age
‘Receipts! Proof! Timelines! Screenshots!’ Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq It was the reckoning heard around the world. The recent finale...
Sylvie Evans
Mar 1, 20244 min read
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The ‘Rotting Girl’ Aesthetic: Madeline Argy and Pretty Privilege
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq ‘Clean Girl Aesthetic’ seems to have taken the Western world by storm. Everywhere I turn there’s a girl...
Ellie Valentine
Feb 2, 20245 min read
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Unmasking the Realities of ‘Net Zero’
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq As COP28 draws to a close, the ‘Net Zero’ buzzword is ubiquitous as ever. Net Zero refers to reaching an...
Lara Engel
Jan 16, 20243 min read
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Huw Edwards and the Problems of a Modern-Day Scandal
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq Early July saw Huw Edwards become the latest presenter to face scrutiny over claims that he paid a...
Nelly Laycock
Aug 28, 20234 min read
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'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...
Flora Leask
Jun 27, 20234 min read
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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....
Tasha Stewart
Jun 20, 20233 min read
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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...
Aleyna Petts
Apr 5, 20233 min read
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You Do Not live in a Democracy
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq We are often reminded that we live in a democracy. Publicly owned news outlets, party political...
Owen Thomas Webb
Feb 21, 20234 min read
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Less Is More – Great Wealth Taxations and the Guaranteed Income
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq If a multi-millionaire stockbroker is in receipt of the same guaranteed income as a part-time bartender...
Owen Thomas Webb
Oct 31, 20224 min read
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This is not a Financial Crisis —This is a crisis of economics
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq We are amid a crisis of economics. To make the first step towards understanding the crisis of our time,...
Owen Thomas Webb
Oct 17, 20224 min read
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Goodbye, BMI: the damaging health measurement that needs put to rest.
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq Medicine and healthcare are undeniably a key part of society, yet there are inherent flaws within our...
Rosie Tatham
May 21, 20224 min read
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Inclusion and equality matter: Why are they missing from our approach to Covid?
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq The uneven impact of Covid-19 has shown the abject failure of our response to it as a society. It has...
Hannah Hassan
Mar 18, 20224 min read
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‘Birds’ of a feather … are revolting
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq Birds are little, fragile, and inconsequential. They flutter, they nest, they squawk and they don’t do a...
Rachel Slater
Feb 21, 20223 min read
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Rape culture and football: the ugly truth behind the “Beautiful Game”
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq It’s difficult to overstate the cultural impact of football on society: it dominates the TV guides, it...
Gem Kirwan
Feb 14, 20222 min read
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Politiktok: why social media’s biggest craze has crippled political discussion.
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq It has admittedly become somewhat of a cliché to point out the irony that in an unprecedented age of mass...
Pablo Lacalle Castillo
Jan 9, 20222 min read
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The countryside dilemma: would the English roam responsibly?
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq ‘Right to Roam’ came into force in Scotland sixteen years ago, but it has been a mixed blessing. On the...
Nell Whitaker
Mar 1, 20214 min read
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