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April 2026 saw the release of Antoine Fuqua’s Michael, a biopic about Michael Jackson. Following in a long line of biopics currently dominating cinema, it stars Jaafar Jackson, Michael’s nephew, as the late Pop giant. However, a spectre haunts discussions of the film. In 2019, the documentary Leaving Neverland (2019)...
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...
Opinion
There’s a particular species of jargon which exists solely to make unsettling news sound like a team-building exercise at a corporate job. Words and phrases such as ‘restructuring,’ ‘strategic realignment’ and the like keep cropping up with regards to the university’s reports of its financial distress. Regrettably, it is not...
Since I’ve returned to Edinburgh from the (I’ve now discovered) exceptionally broad pavements of Warsaw, I keep getting stuck behind the oblivious trudging of barely-strolling walkers. Especially with Welcome Week and various promotional events taking place across the University campus for new and potential future students, slow walkers are horrifyingly...
The Cardiff Agreement of this month has made clear the Celtic nations’ priority of a future in the European Union (EU). Bolstered by devolution conversations and frustrations of post-Brexit economic decay, this ambition offers hope of something greater. But how feasible is this promise? The pivot to Brussels presents an...
Culture
This week EUTC present a new production of John Logan’s 2008 play Red. This biographical portrait of twenteith century painter Mark Rothko focuses on the conception and execution of his magestirial ‘Seagram Murals’. Theodore Casimir-Lambert directs Rufus Goodman as Rothko and Dylan Kaeuper as assistant Ken. I sat down with...
Adéla’s newly released sultry single ‘Nicole Kidman’ invokes a playful tone with sensual lyrics and a steamy music video to match all in tribute to the award-winning Australian film star. The single’s title and theming come from a lineage of pop songs named for famous actors and actresses such as...
Ryan Murphy isn’t shy about the sheer meta of American Horror Story’s (2011) long-awaited thirteenth chapter. In an Avengers: Endgame-style reunion, he revitalises characters born out of the show’s earliest seasons, making for an eye-catching promo but lacking the originality that an anthology this long-running needs to stay alive. It...
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
The short answer is no, but you already knew that. The real question is: Why do we think that? Walking around campus, it is hard to avoid seeing classmates with better grades than me, trendier clothes that I told myself I couldn’t rock, and larger friend groups that I am...
Braving the first few weeks of third year here at Edinburgh has been interesting to say the least. By this time in the university experience you would expect to have everything figured out. But, if you are anything like me, that couldn’t be farther from the truth. Maybe you thought...
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...
Sport
Manchester City have been found guilty of 115 charges of financial breaches by the Premier League, occurring between the 2009/10 season and the 2017/18 season. Over this period, Manchester City won the Premier League three times and signed several key players – Kevin de Bruyne, Aguero, Bernardo Silva, and John...
The largest pole position margin in a dry qualifying session in 34 years and the largest pole position margin in his racing career. 0.859 seconds. That sums up a qualifying performance that is worthy of a bow — or rather, a T-pose. Nicknamed Mr Saturday for his stellar qualifying performances...
This week, Scotland played their first two matches in the Nations League, drawing against Slovenia and conceding to Switzerland. Despite their results, there are a few good takeaways from Pocognoli’s team in their first match. Against Slovenia, the first half of the match seemed like a struggle, but during the...
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