• A woman belly dancing

    ‘It’s All in the Hips’ – Belly Dance Society Spotlight

    Sasha Andresier As our 2025 Refresher’s period comes to an end, many students might be considering the opportunity to try something new and expand their university lives. Perhaps, for many, this will align with new year resolutions around fitness, fun and our social lives. I sit down with Melanie,...
  • Is it possible to separate the art from the artist?

    Ella Koeppern The question of whether one can separate the art from the artist has long been a subject of debate, particularly in an era where past and present actions of creators are scrutinised more than ever. Can art be seen as an independent entity, capable of standing on...
  • Fatal Attraction: Are We Romanticising Serial Killers?

    Georgina Mumford  If you know anything about Ted Bundy (and likely you do, given his recent renaissance in popular media), you might have heard that he had fans. These were the women who gathered outside the courthouse like groupies during his trial, sent him illicit photographs of themselves during...
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    The Rise of Right-Wing Populist Parties in Europe 

    Josie Nasmyth-Miller (Trigger warning:  homophobia, racism, xenophobia, & misogyny)   In A Single Man, Colin Firth encapsulates the surging cause for support of the Far-Right European movement. That cause was fear and that the cause was imagined. This article will give a brief summary of the growing normalisation of...
  • Whos Knows What and When? Why was Diddy Protected for so Long?

    Kitty Taylor  CONTENT WARNING: Discussions of Sexual Assault and Violence On the 16th of November 2023, Diddy’s former girlfriend Casandra Ventura filed a lawsuit accusing the rapper of horrific attacks and abuse against her that left her with ‘black eyes, bruises and blood’. Little did she know, her courage in...
  • What is to come with the release of Melania Trump’s memoir?

    Amelia Cropley Melania Trump claims the government should stay away from reproductive rights: but what happens when the government is her husband? With the upcoming US elections nearing, there is another political stance that we need to be addressing: that of Melania Trump. In a promotional video for her forthcoming...
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    The Russian Law: Georgians Fight for Freedom From Moscow

    Millie Stere  On May 14th “This country is ours” (translated from Georgian) was graffitied in red paint across the front of the Georgian parliament building in Tbilisi. Across the square, colourfully dressed protesters decorated in Georgian and European Union flags, juxtaposed by the black helmeted riot police, armed with...