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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
Did you ever hear about the gangster Don Trump? He made the Canadians an offer they could only refuse. Trade talks between the U.S. and Canada broke down recently, with PM Mark Carney stating that this resulted from American demands that would have undermined Canadian sovereignty. These last-minute demands were...
I have had trouble falling asleep my entire life. As a baby, I kept my parents red eyed with constant midnight crying, and nowadays, I keep my flatmates awake with my late-night clattering in the kitchen. I have spent countless hours staring into my ceiling willing myself to sleep and...
With only a few weeks until Scots go to the polls to vote for their new Holyrood Parliament, most of the major parties have set off in their first pieces of campaigning to secure voters before 7 May. The SNP marked the first weekend of campaigning with a bold...
Culture
Creative Scotland has said it is open to pursuing funding to revive The Skinny, a longstanding Scottish arts and culture magazine, after its sudden closure. Radge Media CIC, the publisher of The Skinny alongside magazines GNAW and Fest, announced it ceased operations on Thursday 10 September. On Friday 11 September,...
Illuminata is described as “an alchemy of art and sound,” a powerful description of the magic that this show created through its combination of live art with ancient medieval music. In this multi-media concert, the vocal monophony of the Benedictine abbess Hildegard von Bingen’s sacred compositions (interspersed with Bach and other modern works) are accompanied by a constantly shifting and metamorphosing live painting performance by artist Maria Rud. As I sat down onto the rows...
Annie will always be oddly comforting for me as an enduring source of nostalgia. Having last seen the musical over ten years ago, much of what I remembered is still there. From the fantastic soundtrack to the titular character’s iconic red hair and dress, Annie is a musical that has...
Science & Environment
Swimming 25km in the name of mental health: Edwin Ivanescu knows what it means to go the distance. Mental health is a more prominent issue today than it has ever been: more than half of students surveyed in a 2022 study reported issues with their mental health. Yet, one side...
Since Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz, commercial traffic has reduced by 95%, with serious implications for global fuel supplies. The blockade has been enforced with missiles, drones, and mines. However, while oil fixates the minds of the public, there is more to the Strait than the flow of fossil fuels. Hormuz is a hotspot of biodiversity in an otherwise inhospitable region. With high...
Since late February, thousands of US and Israeli bombs, missiles, and drones have struck Iran’s oil refineries, military bases, and industrial zones. Iran has responded with retaliatory strikes on targets in Israel and across the Gulf, including the UAE, Qatar and Bahrain. Within days, analysis warned that energy itself had...
Lifestyle
With the height of summer upon us, many of us will find ourselves repeating a mistake we have made many times before: forming an attachment to someone who, come autumn, will leave us in the dust. It’s an inherently romantic idea, the thought of romance coming hard and fast, and...
In term-time, Pleasance Courtyard is unassuming. It is reserved for gym goers and University societies, and tends to be a quieter area of campus. However, in August, the space is unrecognisable. Transformed into three bars, with tens of performance spaces in rooms previously reserved for writer’s meetings and dance classes,...
The irony of influencers telling people that suncream causes cancer – when it is quite the opposite – is shocking. One must wonder, how can people ergo suncream to slap natural ingredients on their skin and call it a day? And what’s the politics behind this movement? Multiple news outlets...
Sport
The Belgian Grand Prix is one of the most iconic races on the Formula One calendar, first held in 1925. With Eau Rouge and Raidillon among the most famous and dangerous corners in motorsport, the circuit Spa-Francorchamps serves as the ultimate test for any F1 driver, even without the rain...
Great Britain’s Josh Kerr smashed Hicham El Guerrouj’s 27-year-old mile world record at the London Diamond League on Saturday, 18 July in front of a sell-out crowd at the Olympic Stadium. Kerr’s time of 3:42.66 bettered the previous mark by nearly half a second, cementing his status as one of the...
Hunt’s four golds prove that choosing one identity was never necessary. Believing in all of them was enough. “Are you not entertained?!” Maximus’ famous roar from the Colosseum floor in the blockbuster Gladiator was fittingly echoed by Amy Hunt as she crossed the line of the 200m sprint last Thursday...
Fringe 2026
