22nd February 2023
15-minute cities reduce the burden on the environment, so why are they so controversial to Conservatives? There is no greater evidence that candidate selection processes are not working than the increasing regularity in which online conspiracy theories find themselves on the parliamentary record. In June 2019 Labour MP Tonia Antoniazzi held a Westminster Hall debate ...
22nd February 2023
Is there a big split between Scottish and English students at Glasgow, and what does this mean for the ability to make friends with students from other parts of the UK? These last few weeks of UK politics have been especially characterised by division. With the unprecedented blocking of a piece of Scottish legislation by ...
22nd February 2023
As technology progresses, so do criminals. What is doxxing and how to avoid becoming its victim. Anyone could be a victim of doxing – a mass cyber-attack in which people share your personal information online. This often follows controversy on social media, and usually results in intense bullying and threats. What can we do to ...
22nd February 2023
Alister Jack has faced the wrath of some of the Scottish Electorate after the overturning of the Gender Reform Bill. But it’s not the first time. A look into the misrepresentation of Scottish opinions in Westminster by the Scottish Secretary of State – who’s not helping himself. ‘A Constitutional First’, reported Sky News on the ...
22nd February 2023
Thérèse Coffey’s ban of select single-use plastic is politically performative, and will do very little to help the environment. When I learnt that England was due to ban select single-use plastic items by the end of the year, I thought it was wonderful news. However, the more I read, the less promising it sounded. The ...
22nd February 2023
A recent investigation by Vice World found that hundreds of women are being denied healthcare on the basis of virginity. Is it time to re-evaluate the place that virginity holds in our society? Vice World carried out an investigation and found that women in the UK are being denied transvaginal ultrasounds on the grounds of ...
22nd February 2023
A study in the Times has revealed that attractive female students received lower marks when teaching was moved online during the Covid-19 pandemic, but what are the consequences of the beauty premium in society? While society nowadays is constantly reassuring us that everyone is beautiful in their own way, conventional beauty standards are still proving ...
20th February 2023
The LGBTQ+ charity Stonewall recently found that more people identify as bisexual than gay or lesbian, making bisexuality the most common identity after heterosexuality. This doesn’t surprise me: truthfully, I’m a bit surprised if I speak to a woman under 25 who isn’t bi. It seems that our generation might be moving further away from ...
27th January 2023
A year ago in a footnote, where all good stories at university must of course start, I stumbled across a rather obscure cookbook. ‘In Memory’s Kitchen’ arrived the next day, recipes and the memories of days gone by spilled out of the pages. Chocolate cakes, strudels, pierogi… stuffed eggs?! It was an eclectic mix to ...
18th January 2023
Our writer Martin Mullaney argues that the Scottish independence dream lives on, despite what it might look like from an outside perspective. In 2014, the first, and thus far only, Scottish independence referendum was held. I was ten years old, though quick to remind anyone who would listen that I would be eleven in October, ...
