• The UK’s COVID-19 Response Versus The Rest Of The World: How Do We Compare?

    The coronavirus pandemic has seen leaders across the globe attempt to control the spread of the virus in their home nation, all with varied methods and levels of success....
  • Interview With The ACS For Black History Month

    I sat down with the president of the African Caribbean Society (David Adeogun) as part of Impact’s articles for Black History Month. We had an in-depth conversation and spoke about a range of issues concerning black students, black history, the Student Union and the University....
  • Beyond Attenborough’s Universalism

    A few weeks ago, David Attenborough ‘broke the internet’ with the launch of his Instagram channel and a timely reminder that the world is in trouble. In his iconic, soul-soothing voice Attenborough talks about the heart-breaking, rapid loss of life-supporting biodiversity caused by humanity.  We live on a finite planet...
  • Johnson: A Prime Minister Of Broken Promises

    One of the hardest things for people to admit is when they have been conned. No one likes being made to look a fool and being the victim of a hoax or scam leaves people upset, especially if the conman has scammed them out of money and left them...
  • Undervaluing The Arts And Humanities: Where Did It Go Wrong?

    Arts and humanities degrees - the very group of subjects that usually leads on to the question of ‘What will you do with that degree?’ or ‘Are you going to teach?’, or the classic ‘That’s a useless degree; become an engineer or something’....
  • Keeping Up With The Sussexes? Or not…

    When I heard the announcement that Meghan and Harry plan to feature in their own reality show, I just sat for 30 seconds in silence, too shocked to say anything. Like, what?! All I could think was: how can these two ask for privacy and then sign a multi-million...
  • The Truth Behind ‘Re-Education Centres’ In China

    There has been international outrage surrounding the re-education camps across China. In its defence, China claims that these camps are voluntary, and exist to reduce extremism, citing attacks by Uighur separatists in 2013 and 2014. However, there have been information leaks which suggest that these camps are far from...