2020: The year of fragility and endurance
Illustrations by Hannah Robinson If 2020 has shown us anything, it has shown two things: the fragility and the endurance of the world we have created. At the end of 2019,…
What we can gain from literary classics today
It often seems that classic literature hardly feels relevant to the problems facing us anymore. What can the likes of Oscar Wilde, Jane Austen and Charles Dickens possibly have to…
The COVID-19 generation: what will the pandemic mean for our futures?
Illustrations by Hannah Robinson As the much feared second wave of COVID-19 begins to materialise, the government has been desperate to find a new place to point its finger. It seems…
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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