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The trailer for Brand New Day (2026), the fourth Spider-Man movie in the MCU, was released last week, promising the most poignant movie in the quartet. Following the end of No Way Home (2021), Peter Parker is all alone as he tackles not only a new mysterious enemy but also...
Autumn Durald Arkapaw has won the Oscar for best cinematography at the 98th Academy Awards, for her work on Ryan Coogler’s Sinners, becoming the first woman to have received the honour. She is also the first person of African-American descent (Arkapaw is part Filipino and African American Creole) to have...
Ryan Gosling’s latest film Project Hail Mary is set to release this week, to much anticipation from fans and critics alike. So, as viewers flock to the cinemas to see his latest endeavour, it is time we explore: what is it about Gosling that is so appealing? His popularity is...
Opinion
Centrism is the people-pleaser of the political stances. In their attempts to appease both sides of the left-right divide as a balanced ‘third option,’ centrists oftentimes leave the supporters of both camps dissatisfied and irritated at them for not picking the (in their view) obviously better political party and ideology....
What should you wear on an anti-immigration demonstration? It’s a tricky question. A crusader outfit? A Union Jack-emblazoned three-piece suit? Maybe dress up with your friends as the Cabinet in hotel concierge costumes, if you’ve got a flair for the sardonic. At the start of the month, we had a...
Last month, Turnitin — an assignment submission tool used widely across UK universities, including the University of Edinburgh — announced that their End User Licence Agreement would be updated to allow them to use student submissions to train their AI models. Since then, the rightful backlash from academic communities has...
Culture
The University of Edinburgh’s plans to change its Literature, Languages and Culture (LLC) programmes have been engulfed in confusion, with students and academics questioning what the changes mean for the future of Scottish Literature and other disciplines. The university has announced changes to 90 degree programmes, including 48 within the...
“Omigod you guys!” The iconic Harvard-bound bubbly blonde takes centre stage at the Edinburgh Playhouse in Nikolai Foster’s touring production of Legally Blonde. In full giddy, rosy glam, the ensemble pays a neon homage to the 2001 classic in which a Malibu-hailing sorority president journeys to Harvard Law School in...
This week, The Student caught up with Matthew Churcher as he begins his role as Frocin in Tristan & Yseult’s return to the stage, in a co-production with Emma Rice Company, York Theatre Royal, and Nottingham Playhouse. The play follows a forbidden and potion-fuelled affair between the titular characters, with...
Science & Environment
The Mercator Map is the ubiquitous 2D depiction of Earth that we are familiar with – however, a United Nations(UN) General Assembly resolution has opted to shift away from this distorted representation of our globe and adoptalternative, more accurate world maps. Gerardus Mercator introduced his map for the purpose of...
The University of Edinburgh’s King’s Buildings (KB) campus hosts over 8,000 students studying all things STEM,from environmental science to astrophysics, and boasts some of the world’s most innovative research facilities. As a fourth year biology student, I am all too familiar with KB – so here’s my guide to some...
For years, scientists thought a small cat found in Bolivia’s Yungas Forest belonged to a species already known to science. They were wrong. Now, the Leopardus tilcayo, whose epithet pays homage to the name Bolivian locals use for it, is officially the first new member of the cat family in...
Lifestyle
Vogue has established its name as the “fashion bible,” as coined by The New York Times. Therefore, by this term, logically, all members of the public should resort to Vogue for outfit inspiration and fashion knowledge. So, why is no one seemingly picking up fashion magazines anymore? There is a...
Returning back to university can feel as though everyone has a list of things that they should be doing. Exercising more, eating better, making new friends, joining societies, saving money, being more productive – the list goes on. It can be exhausting, and quite frankly pressurising, to listen to this...
The way people spoke about law school, you’d think that Death had taken the form of a university degree. This reputation is not an undeserved one, and with this new cohort of students bound to struggle both mentally and socially in their academic pursuits, who better to seek advice from...
Sport
After narrowly escaping relegation last season, Tottenham Hotspur currently find themselves dead last in the Premier League. Failing to score in their first four fixtures, the team went into their fifth game with more points than goals. With last year’s relegation battle continuing to the final minute, and after consecutive...
Predicting who will lift the 26/27 Premier League trophy is literally predicting the future. As such, it seems just as pointless. Regardless, the start of every season heralds an influx of amateur and professional season previews. We may as well be looking to the stars for their opinion, but for...
After one of the most anticipated moves of the offseason, LeBron James announced on 24 July that he was signing to the Philadelphia 76ers, instantly boosting them into NBA Finals conversations. Competing in the revitalised eastern conference, will they have what it takes? LeBron James is one of the greatest...
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