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In marking a decade since 2016, I see both my friends and those online yearning for a return to Kylie Jenner’s blue hair, the ‘Rio De Janeiro’ filter on Instagram, and for ‘Tumblr Girls’ by G-Easy to be on the radio once again. You may be asking what your President...
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Imagine being twenty-five years into your career as an actor: you’re still booked and busy with five movie premieres in one single year. You are a respected artist and childhood icon to an entire generation. All while Emily Blunt and Dakota Johnson are both claiming the paternity of your unborn...
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...
Opinion
Last week, Green Party leader Zack Polanski lost the by-election in the London constituency of Holborn and St Pancras, an area previously represented by former Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer. For many, this represents the beginning of the end for his tenure as the Green Party leader, and holds further...
The Green Party’s motion to equate Zionism with racism has, after its initial impact, lingered in the air of British politics in the way things tend to; miles away from the horrific war crimes it applies to, these theoretical discussions have unfolded with little sense of their true gravity. The...
It is encouraging to hear a political party declaring that child poverty is its “defining mission,” as has been claimed by First Minister John Swinney. You might argue that ‘political party’ and ‘compassion’ do not naturally belong in the same sentence, but the SNP focus on child poverty is working...
Lifestyle
Throughout much of my life, I have enjoyed my routine of hobbies. Among a few other things, I was most notably a swimmer. I never felt the need to branch out of these boundaries; I found comfort in knowing that I was good at what I did, and didn’t have...
It is a truth universally acknowledged that at some point in our lives we each have a Carrie Bradshaw moment. Whether it’s staying in a relationship we know is bad for us, working a job that exposes the worst in us, or realising how bad a friend we can be...
An enormous hand offering a solution in the form of a tiny pill; pure and white as it stands against a hazy sunrise glow, the aura of religious revelation on the side of a bus: “The Weight is Over.” Given that its name is derived from the word ‘voyage,’ perhaps...
Science & Environment
Andy Burnham looks set to decide on whether to approve the Jackdaw and Rosebank fields in the North Sea. Supporters argue the fields would offer jobs, cheaper bills and energy security, while critics argue that drilling undermines climate goals and will not lower consumer bills. Burnham wants to reduce costs...
Edinburgh Napier graduate Emily Youngs has won the Create Change Challenge at the prestigious Converge Awards for her remarkable innovation in endometriosis detection technology. The young entrepreneur is to receive £30,000 to kickstart her business WombWise in its mission to support women seeking a diagnosis. The wearable technology was designed...
You can keep your Ballon d’Ors, your Grammys, even your Oscars. For scientists and science-lovers alike, the biggest week in the calendar is the announcement of the Nobel Prizes. The prizes, the legacy of Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel, are awarded each year to those who have made “contributions that have...
Sport
On September 29, Rui Takahashi, a Japanese volleyball player for the Suntory Sunbirds (a team in Japan’s top professional league, the SV.League), announced on Instagram that he is ‘gay and a member of the sexual minority.’ Takahashi is the first member of a men’s team sport in Japan to come...
Throughout his tenure in Formula 1, a driver that has a consistent presence in the minds of internet users is reigning World Champion Lando Norris. Initially adored for his plucky and funny demeanour, the Briton now leaves a sour taste in the mouths of those that once showered him with...
I recently read a fantastic piece by Hugh Shilson here on The Student discussing the regrettable end of Cristiano Ronaldo’s international playing career. Knowing the likely final memories of Ronaldo in a Portugal shirt would be him (metaphorically) taking his ball and (literally) going home honestly angered me knowing this...
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