• A Pandemic Year Abroad

    “Une année à l’étranger” is, in my opinion, a staple of the MFL degree. I hadn’t realised until I got out to Belgium this year how absolutely essential it is for students to be dunked headfirst into a scenario that forces them to converse with others in their studied...
  • UK First as Babies’ Spines Fixed In Utero

    News broke on Wednesday that in a UK first, doctors were able to perform complex spinal surgery on two babies who were still in the womb. The operation took place at University College Hospital in London by a team of 30 doctors from UCL and Great Ormond Street, who...
  • Loot Boxes: Is your Overwatch skin worth exposing children to gambling?

    Loot Boxes, the very thing that I’m sure causes most people to roll their eyes and sigh with discontent as they have eeked their way into nearly every genre of game: sports, shooters, fighters, even some RPGs. But there seems to be a dangerous future for any company that...
  • A-Z of capital cities: Brussels

    Brussels – the centre of Europe, the chocolate capital of the world, the home of over 400 varieties of beer and the birthplace of the waffle; it’s the go-to getaway city for relaxing weekend breaks. As a city known for its gastronomy, it would be impossible to come to...