• SYRIAN CIVIL WAR: THE CURRENT STALEMATE AND FUTURE PROSPECTS FOR THE COUNTRY

    A review of the current stalemate and the future prospects for the Syria which is now 2/3rds under the rule of President Bashar al-Assad....
  • Is National Security A National Issue?

    Lord Evans, the Director General of MI5 between 2008 and 2013, gave a talk to the University of Nottingham about the national security threats that Britain currently and will potentially face. During Evans’ career at MI5 he worked on counter-terrorism issues, ranging from the IRA to Al-Qaeda, rising to...
  • Harry and Chris Save The World! @ The Level

    A week into their UK tour, Harry and Chris took over The Loft at Nottingham Trent’s Student Union for a night of songs, smiles and socially-relevant jokes in a pretty solid attempt to save the world. The comedy-jazz-rap duo showcased their undeniable friendship and built a strong rapport with...
  • Ellis Harris: “Homophobia Still a Problem in the Western World”

    With the legalisation of same sex marriage in the US in 2015, and in the UK the previous year, it’s easy to see why some view the fight for LGBTQ+ rights as over. Yet the tragic loss of life in an Orlando gay plus nightclub in the early hours...
  • Une Fois Encore

    The attacks in Brussels on Monday were horrifying both because of the impact on the victims and their families and because they were successfully perpetrated in the face of much tighter security. Sadly, an attack of this kind is carried out somewhere almost every day. Short of ridding the...
  • Don’t Believe Everything You BBC

    The British Broadcasting Company is a bastion of our nation’s information. In a society wrought constantly between Left and Right, the BBC is the neutral pillar where the world’s events are portrayed without political bias. Well, supposedly at least. As stated in their guidelines, the BBC claims that ‘impartiality...
  • Liberty for Who? America, it’s time to give up the gun.

    ‘Somehow, this has become routine,’ Barack Obama said wearily of the Oregon school shooting in October. ‘The reporting is routine. My response here at this podium ends up becoming routine… We have become numb to this.’ The President of the United States was reduced to reacting to gun violence...