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Mar 6, 20222 min read

Robert Frank: A Sad Poem of America | Mia Spiller

Robert Frank was one of the most influential photographers of the 20th century, best known for his pioneering book, ‘The Americans’,...

Mar 6, 20221 min read

Photography

Darkened Landscapes | Ibrahim Khurshid

Edited by Mia Spiller

It’s Your World Too: Images of Westminster | Martin Lamont

Feb 2, 20221 min read

Photography

It’s Your World Too: Images of Westminster | Martin Lamont

Edited by Mia Spiller and Ayla Samson

Paracetamol – The History and Science of a Household Medicinal Molecule | Tawfeeq Hamayun

Feb 2, 20223 min read

Science and Technology

Paracetamol – The History and Science of a Household Medicinal Molecule | Tawfeeq Hamayun

Paracetamol, with the chemical name acetaminophen and a molecular formula C8H9NO2, is a medication or drug that was initially synthesised...

A brief timeline of UKs ‘Insane Asylums’ | Elise Burke

Jan 19, 20225 min read

Science and Technology

A brief timeline of UKs ‘Insane Asylums’ | Elise Burke

Disclaimer: This article uses offensive and outdated terms, as the language reflects what was considered medically correct and...

The Case of Sarah Everard: Can the 888 Phone Line Really Make US more ‘Streetwise’? | Angelika Santaniello

Jan 19, 20223 min read

Humanities and Social Sciences

The Case of Sarah Everard: Can the 888 Phone Line Really Make US more ‘Streetwise’? | Angelika Santaniello

The case of Sarah Everard taught us women one thing: our safety is now only in our hands. Otherwise, more brutally and in the words of...

The Revolution in Reconstructive Surgery | Esma Coskan

Jan 5, 20223 min read

Science and Technology

The Revolution in Reconstructive Surgery | Esma Coskan

Plastic surgery – it has become an extremely common and accessible form of anatomical reconstruction or modification, with 15.6 million...

It’s Fine, It Happened For a Reason | Seun Omotosho

Jan 5, 20223 min read

Advice and Lifestyle

It’s Fine, It Happened For a Reason | Seun Omotosho

In moment’s when we are inconvenienced, we may notice the switch in our mood, the discomfort within our body, and our inability to remain...

Swimming Upstream: David Hammons’ Revolutionary Art | Renee Bel-Momodu

Dec 13, 20213 min read

Arts and Literature

Swimming Upstream: David Hammons’ Revolutionary Art | Renee Bel-Momodu

Emerging as a key figure in the landscape of American art over the last fifty years, David Hammons’ heterogeneous practice has...

The Sinister Revolution of Punk Rock | Irine Teneishvili

Nov 22, 20214 min read

Arts and Literature

The Sinister Revolution of Punk Rock | Irine Teneishvili

Influenced by the dissent against authorities voiced by psychedelic rock in the 1960s and characterised by Jim Morrison’s transcendent,...

‘Story telling is a political act’ – Polly Creed’s Lecture | Mia Spiller

Nov 17, 20212 min read

Arts and Literature

‘Story telling is a political act’ – Polly Creed’s Lecture | Mia Spiller

On Tuesday 16th November, Polly Creed gave a lecture on Art and Activism- Making Politically Engaged Theatre & Film. During the talk she...

60s Body Art: A Cultural Fad or a Feminist Revolution? | Eve Scott

Nov 17, 20215 min read

Arts and Literature

60s Body Art: A Cultural Fad or a Feminist Revolution? | Eve Scott

Emanating in the counterculture of the liberated 60s, the phenomenon of body art marked a dramatic upheaval of the portrayal of the self....

Nov 11, 20211 min read

Photography

Images Of Protest | Noe Ceasar

A photography series taken at environmental protests, as well as anti-parliamentary protests in honour of Guy Fawkes.

Comradery in the wake of Covid-19 | Elizabeth Abayomi

Oct 8, 20213 min read

Advice and Lifestyle

Comradery in the wake of Covid-19 | Elizabeth Abayomi

Comradery is an important life skill that can be defined as the bond that ties two or more parties together alongside self-sacrifice and...

Oct 4, 202010 min read

Four Waves of Southeast Asia: Forming the most diverse region in the world | Wei Htoo

Penned strikingly as the “Balkans of the Orient” by British historian C.A Fisher, Southeast Asia is probably the most diverse corner of...

Sep 30, 20203 min read

Minimum Wage and Lunch Runs: A Crash Course in Employment During Education | Elise Burke

Climbing the career ladder is all well and good, but how do you get onto it in the first place? Are chain stores the only places that...

Sep 2, 20204 min read

The Sublimity of Nature | Lucja Jedrzejczak

‘Deep pools, tall trees, black chasms, and dizzy crags, And tottering towers’ [Home at Grasmere II. 711-3] “Wordsworth’s real danger was...

May 2, 20202 min read

Can stripping the air of its moisture quench the world’s thirst? | Sara Xhelilaj

Materials chemist and data scientist Dr Chloe Coates’ lecture on “Order, disorder and ices: exploiting disorder in functional materials...

COVID-19, The “Chinese Virus” | Wei Htoo

Apr 11, 20206 min read

Politics

COVID-19, The “Chinese Virus” | Wei Htoo

When a need to get the point across outweighs the safety of a group of people, on a national level… Since the first reported cases of...

Feb 10, 20205 min read

Behind the scenes: The UK’s £32bn Industry | Sara Xhelilaj

A retrospective insight into the theories of fashion, fashion life cycles and direction for consumers. Central to any definition of...

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