• Lockdown: Is it Ever Okay to Break the Rules?

    We all know the severity of the current situation. The UK death toll has now surpassed 20,000; our NHS is on its knees, PPE is in short supply, and the aforementioned figure doesn’t even account for care home deaths. The rules are supposedly simple - that familiar triad of...
  • How To Work at Home When You Really Don’t Want To

    These times have posed to be extremely unnerving for students. From graduations getting postponed until further notice, to the fear of a loved one being in harm’s way. I for one, had lost all motivation- finding myself in a comfortable sloth state with my lab report deadline looming over...
  • There Goes The Sun!

    After many weeks of glorious sunshine, the good old British grey skies are back, accompanied by scatterings of rain and most likely a dip in the nation’s good spirits during this pandemic. ...
  • What It’s Like To Spend Ramadan In Quarantine

    Ramadan this year just won’t be the same. No late nights at the mosque. No visiting family and friends. No hosting iftars (the time Muslims break their fast). Well, what is Ramadan?  Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar that begins with the sighting of the moon...
  • The American Lockdown Protests: Liberty vs Life

    Protests have broken out in over 12 states in America over the lockdown measures that have been put in place to protect the population from the spread of coronavirus. Currently America has the highest number of cases and deaths in the world with over 964,000 confirmed cases and more...
  • How to Boost Employability During Lockdown

    With the job market in decline and the majority of internship programmes and work experience opportunities being cancelled, this can make us feel very deflated about our future careers but now is the perfect time to enhance our employability....
  • To Catch a Songbird: Why Finance Is Fuelling a Destructive Indonesian Trend

    Throughout the jungles of Indonesia, illicit acquisitions of wildlife are taking place. Songbirds of all shades and sizes are being taken from their habitats and forced to become pets who participate in rowdy competitions....