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Haiden Allsopp   With International Women’s Day (IWD) just behind us, and the recent release of Louis Theroux’s ‘Inside the Manosphere’, which critiques influencers who promote misogynistic ideals, it is increasingly important to reflect on the history of International Women’s Day. These growing misogynistic spaces on social media and...

Jamie Carey For decades, the United States has enjoyed a remarkable advantage in the global economy: the dominance of the United States dollar (USD) as the world’s reserve currency. That status has given Washington extraordinary financial flexibility. Because the dollar sits at the centre of the global financial system,...

Sejal Shirgavkar While trying to figure out what to do with my degree and perhaps my life, I found myself thinking about something we rarely treat as serious: loneliness. Not dramatic loneliness, not the kind that announces itself loudly, but the quiet kind that hides behind the busy lecture...

Evangeline Scott I must admit reality TV is my guilty pleasure. I like the escape of watching someone else’s drama for a bit; it seems to put my problems into perspective. Nothing achieves this more than Love Island, with its 8-week summer run (and, in recent years, a second...

Max Stephanou On 3 January 2026, US forces carried out a military operation which removed the Venezuelan President, Nicolas Maduro, from power. This latest act of aggressive American foreign policy was justified by President Donald Trump, claiming Maduro was an ‘outlaw dictator’ and that America will instead ‘run the...

Josie Nasmyth-Miller With recent tragic events, such as the Bondi Beach Massacre, which targeted a Hanukkah celebration and the shooting at Brown University in Rhode Island, it would be easy to add Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, more commonly known as Tommy Robinson, and his ‘Unite for Christ this Christmas’ campaign to...

Emma Burgess   Lily Allen’s latest album, ‘West End Girl’ is her first album in seven years. The album was written in 10 days and provides painstakingly intimate insight into her marriage to ‘Stranger Things’ actor David Harbour. Allen spares no details; her lyrics depict a brutal timeline, from...