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Discrimination on campus: Men barred from Philosophy Society event
UPDATE: The University of Edinburgh’s Philosophy Society have now distanced themselves from the event. It is still going ahead, however, it will no longer be hosted by the Philosophy Society…
Drag culture or cultural appropriation?
Drag culture has long been a site for pushing boundaries and shocking society. From Divine eating dog shit to, well, pretty much every moment of RuPaul’s career, drag queens have…
Triangular diplomacy or playground talk?
What does a 180 turn in North Korean diplomacy really mean? Over the last few months, we have seen Kim Jong Un display a willingness to open up to the…
Government can’t change the censorious attitude on campus
The joint committee on human rights (JCHR), a select committee of the Commons and the Lords chaired by Harriet Harman, have recently been considering the issue of free speech at…
Why do we romanticise child bereavement?
Legal & General, a mainstream insurance firm, has recently run a series of ads focusing on life insurance. I encountered my first such ad walking down the street to Aldi,…
There’s nowhere to hide from Cambridge Analytica, nowhere at all
It’s been a tough few years for globalists. At an exponential rate, all that they heralded as vessels to bring us closer together – free trade, open borders, the future…
The future of profit lies in its purpose
What if I told you that the word ‘profit’, long associated with cigar smoke and Wall Street, is becoming the currency of positive change? At first, this might seem paradoxical,…
13 Reasons Why Not
When the first season of ‘13 Reasons Why’ was released on Netflix, it became one of those shows that was more obligation than choice. Everyone had binged it, everyone was…
Does history of art have a place in primary school classrooms?
Art is elitist. The history of art is elitist. But the internet is changing all that: art is accessible to everyone now. Except that it isn’t. Even considering the Ai…
Tory response to Skripal poisoning is an own goal
The UK’s news on the poisoning of Sergei Skripal has been rife with inflammatory and miscalculated political statements. Deftly written and well argued, yes, but my fellow Broad columnist Emil…
We could all do with a Politics class (or twenty)
Politics is a subject that causes social divide, mass-speculation and outright uncertainty. As we navigate through a muddy political path in the UK – queue Brexit – it seems necessary…
Sex and the City for president
As Carrie Bradshaw once said, ‘The universe may not always play fair, but at least it’s got a hell of a sense of humour.’ On this week’s episode of ‘Keeping…
Corbyn’s silence on Russia shows why he’s unfit for No. 10
The ‘unlawful use of force by the Russian state against the United Kingdom’ is what Theresa May called the attempted murder of former Russian agent Sergei Skripal. That’s about as…
Is Bieber’s ‘Despacito’ the theme tune of cultural appropriation?
Love it or hate it, you know it. The song ‘Despacito’ was played non-stop for an entire summer, shooting to number one in every Latin billboard. However, as with the…
Opt-out organ donations
You know a policy is a corker if you agree with Jeremy Hunt on it. After all, the man has continuously ran the NHS into the ground since he was…
Let’s slim down media criticism of the female body
Do I hear a groan? The sun is sort-of out and bikini season is suddenly a reality. Unfortunately, we girls can no longer swaddle our insecurities in knitwear while dunking…
If marriage is a construct, I don’t want to be a construction worker
Marriage is steadily on the decline. While many articles have lamented the breakdown of this ancient establishment, there are a lot of practical factors behind the fall in marriages in…
Vince Cable’s speech has revealed his anti-democratic bigotry
The Liberal Democrats are currently polling at 7%. They have been languishing around this level for some time and, despite rebranding themselves as some sort of Remain resistance, have yet…
Are millennials hypersensitive puritans?
Generation Y. Snowflakes. Millennials. Call them what you want. Our generation is quickly becoming the largest focus of debate and analysis in contemporary discussion since the Free Love generation of…
Borders underpin international order
Last week my fellow columnist Lucy Hodgeon wrote a piece on whether borders have been made redundant by globalisation. It was original, thought-provoking and brilliantly written. I categorically disagree with it….
Parkland: No longer ignoring the price of easy gun access
When my phone buzzed with an alert about the shooting in Parkland, I wasn’t shocked. I was heartbroken and angry, but not shocked. Appalling mass shootings in the US don’t…
Borders suffocate international progress
Trump and Mexico. Britain and Brexit. Whilst states across the world seem to be reaffirming their borders, there exists a counter movement asking: do we even need borders? The World…
Picket lines and priorities
I never thought I’d say this but I actually miss stumbling to 9ams. For me, the combination of the immaculately timed Beast From The East and the University and College…
It’s International Women’s Day and pink beer ‘for girls’ feels inauthentic
It is no secret that we live in a society where marketing is often as important, if not more so, than the product on offer. Campaigns and strategies are tailor-made…
In a world without equal opportunity, no one wins
The Oscars, as always, bring a semi-climactic end to awards season. I’m personally a sucker for red carpet pics, for no reason other than I live vicariously through those lucky…
The World’s Most Dangerous War
Even with ISIS gone, Syria has never been a more dangerous theatre of war. ISIS was, until recently, the most lethal threat to international security in the Middle East. A…
Don’t burn your idols, but look at them closely
The study of art and its history is a sticky, dripping collage of ugly realities and uncomfortable realisations. Paintings are not only material constructions belched out under a certain set…
How I stopped worrying and learned to love Corbyn
British politics has seen better days. Take one look at Theresa May’s cabinet, and you’ll see a crew arguing which way to sail a beached ship. Then feast your eyes…
Why Slavery should be a mandatory part of the British history curriculum …
As a country, we have done as much as we can to distance ourselves from our colonial past. Sure, we regret it – but only quietly. We have statues denouncing…
Our Education on Trial: For Students and Lecturers
Education is a right and it is society’s duty to make it an accessible one. This right, however, is also a business and a business with a price tag. A…
On the upcoming lecturer strikes
The upcoming lecturer strikes are a hard to pass an opinion on. On the one hand, as a strident lefty, I believe in pension rights and protection. Pay inequalities within…
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