• MPs Debate On Refunding Students’ Tuition Fees

    Last week, MPs considered the proposals of a raft of student petitions concerning the refunding of tuition fees. Collectively reaching 980,000 signatories, the petitions advocate a range of compensation options, including the partial or full refund of fees for the 2019/20 and/or 2020/21 academic years....
  • Album Review: AC/DC – Power Up

    40 years on after releasing the biggest selling rock album of all time (Back in Black), it’s fair to say AC/DC are back. In truth, it’s like they never went away. With their new record Power Up, the Australian rock band have simply just reminded us what their most...
  • Brains + Breakdown: The relationship between the genius and addiction in TV

    Emily Fletcher The ‘Genius’ and their experience of addiction can be seen in Netflix’s new original limited series The Queen’s Gambit, which was recently released. It takes on a young girl’s ascent into the world of competitive chess and her descent into an addiction to prescription drugs and alcohol....
  • W Series And F1: Why 2021 Looks Particularly Promising For Women In Motorsport

    Madelaine Telford 2020 has been a difficult year for women in motorsport. As a result of the coronavirus pandemic, the W Series’ 2020 season was cancelled. In August, Williams’ Team Principal Claire Williams stepped down from her role, after years of inspiring young women to pursue careers in an...
  • Can UK Homes Be Powered By Offshore Wind By 2030?

    Rian Patel “Wind farms couldn’t pull the skin off a rice pudding,” Boris Johnson, then Mayor of London, said in 2013. Seven years on and a lot has changed. Johnson, as Prime Minister, now proclaims his desire to see the UK as the “Saudi Arabia of Wind Power”, having...
  • TV Review: Euphoria

    HBO’s Euphoria is reaching new heights in popularity with its soundtrack and aesthetics achieving mounting social media attention. The eight episodes – released in summer 2019 – stars Zendaya and follows the journey of 17-year-old Rue, who begins the programme having just left rehab for drug addiction....
  • Should The Government Lock-Up University Students

    Like a paper sticky label on your new sets of kitchen plates, stubbornly refusing to come off without relentless scrubbing, the term ‘students’ has been irreversibly tangled with the idea of COVID- infected party animals. ...