Alice Wright
I’m a monarchist and Prince Andrew needs investigating
Illustration by Hannah Robinson Last night Prince Andrew gave a disturbing Newsnight interview with Emily Maitlis, and the inconsistencies as well as the facts are of serious concern. Andrew began…
FGM has no parallel
Culture is often used as a blanket ban to smother the flames of debate. I recently read Sue Lloyd Roberts’ book about her extraordinary lifetime in journalism. I bracketed the…
Journalism’s approach to history can be misleading
As a student of history it has become a recent peeve when journalists cite history incorrectly or at the least misleadingly. I recently came across a piece in The Guardian…
Friendship relies on shared values not mutual opinions
I was recently told, by someone that considers themselves an astute observer of people, that one of my friendships had no foundation because we often disagree. Not only was this…
Greta Thunberg is an unequivocal hero
Great Thunberg – Unequivocal Hero To lend credence to arguments that label Greta Thunberg ‘blind’ and her climate strikes ‘relatively pointless’ is ignorant. Thunberg is intelligent, informed and far from…
You don’t have to be a hippie to use your voice
I have found myself recently sliding back into what I call ‘Old Alice’. Behaviour I thought I had ‘grown out of’. Such as, sending strongly worded emails, mostly to my…
Parents Day: my family and other animals
The concept of the perfect nuclear family is all around us. With the exciting arrival of a new Royal Baby, the Stepford-like perfection of the Trump women’s appearance and the…
We need an inter-disciplinary approach to climate action
I learnt a lot in India, and not always from the places I expected. At large universities we can tend to find ourselves in a bubble, often by degree discipline. …
Our obsession with cotton has gotten out of control
C The problem with cotton is that it is everywhere; barely an hour goes by when you won’t be in contact with cotton. As you read this you are probably…
The Cotton Road: Hemp’s image problem
This article is co-authored by Emily Roberts and Alice Wright. Hemp has an image problem. It’s a cousin of cannabis, the narcotic drug that is still entrenched in its own…
The Cotton Road: in conversation with Vogue India
‘Yes, Vogue is a powerful and influential platform for influencing consumers and promoting sustainability, but do you find that there is a conflict with trying to achieve this whilst also…
Are small kingdoms more successful?
Once upon a time there was a pocket-sized fairy tale kingdom overlooked by student backpackers and glamorous globetrotters alike. Nestled between France and Germany, Luxembourg’s green pastures beckoned as my…
‘Sex education’ puts British sex-ed to shame
Netflix’s latest triumph is the sixth form drama ‘Sex Education’, a series set in a British school with eerie American Breakfast Club-esque influences. The show raises intriguing coming of ages…
Giving up my bed and gaining a little perspective
Saturday night was extremely busy in Edinburgh. As I battered through the crowds on their way to the Christmas market, I passed the Balmoral Hotel. Its glamorous portico was lit…
We should have all the facts about the pill
Contraception is an important part of modern life. It facilities a healthy sex life and liberates the young from unplanned pregnancy. The pill is used by millions of women as…
I didn’t enjoy the best year of my life
When it comes to answering the question ‘how are you?’ I find myself adhering to the ancient Chinese art of war; to appear strong when you are weak. When I…
#ThisIsNotConsent: Clothing is not conducive to consent
It’s 2014. I’m in a Religious Education lesson. The teacher has asked me to do up a button on my nun-like uniform. It is distracting the male students in the…
Is a country which has homophobic law, but is not at war, at peace?
In October the Asia Scotland Institute organised a talk by Noel Lateef, the head of the Foreign Policy Association (FPA) based in New York. The Association was celebrating its 100th…
Yemen: A humanitarian and journalistic crisis
Last week, I attended a talk by activist, consultant and former programme Director of Amnesty International Scotland, Kate Nevens. Nevens is an expert on peace and security issues in the…
Stacey Dooley is breathing new life into the traditional media
A few months ago, I’d only heard the name Stacey Dooley in terms of her so-named BBC 3 documentaries. That probably would have been it, had my friend not given…
A Note from the Managing Director
Welcome to The Broad - a tabula rasa for student journalism.
For many of us, myself included, we’re half-starved for well-written opinion among the swathes of online commentary among universities. Trashy, often unedited writing is published minute by minute. It seems where there is wifi, opinion is broadcast. So, here at The Broad we’ve decided to take a step back, a deep breath and focus. We have talent spotted and welcomed writers to the team, who have found a new home in the very collaborative environment created by our editors. Between writer and editor, we are hoping to challenge the current view of what it is to be a student journalist. We’re putting the way we feel about the world into words with a fresh take. Our entirely free online content is by students for students. We want to publish unbridled and beautifully written opinion. I hope the journalism on The Broad has the power to inspire, aggravate and sometimes silence. Essentially, if the girls, the boys, the lefties, the righties and everyone in between find something to shout about we’re doing our job right.
Felix Pawlyn, Managing Director
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