Hibernating Hamsters – the key to long-distance space travel?
Illustration by Hannah Robinson Humble, fossil-free, ageless and resistant to radiation; these are no superpowers, but merely perks of a good old-fashioned winter slumber, also known as hibernation. Dr. Rob Henning…
This election I will vote for the SNP… But I don’t want to!
Illustration by Hannah Robinson This election will be the first time I vote in a general election. However, I am simply unable to vote for the party I want to…
A ‘Remain Alliance’ should learn from Spain
Illustration by Hannah Robinson There is a land, somewhere, that had a minority government. Its Parliament was plagued by indecision and a frustrating lack of consensus. The people, electorally fatigued…
A December election wants to deny students the vote – don’t let it
Illustration by Hannah Robinson The Prime Minister could not have picked a better time for a general election. Slap bang in the middle of exam season, just as every stressed student…
Economic uncertainty because of Brexit continues to harm private equity investments
Illustration by Hannah Robinson Deal or No Deal, new elections and Brexit’s delay; this seems to describe the current daily routines of the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Michael Barnier,…
The reality of recycling in the UK
Illustration by Hannah Robinson At the end of September, Biffa, the UK’s second largest waste management company, was fined a record-breaking £350,000 when a shipment of “mixed paper”, on its way…
Why is France vetoing North Macedonia’s accession to the EU?
Illustration by Hannah Robinson Macedonia became a candidate for accession to the EU in 2005 but one of the main barriers to its accession to the EU lay in its…