For someone who played a major role in shaping the world we live in today, the death of Henry Kissinger this week passed with relatively little fanfare. The former US…
I’ll admit, there’s a form of masochism in my almost-daily visits to that brutalist, fluorescent-lit torture cuboid that is the main library: over the years, I must have genuinely spent…
The past weeks have been incredibly distressing for most of us, both within our student community and across the world: we feel angry, heartbroken and, for those of us with…
This article was originally submitted on the 24th March We’ve seen it all before: notorious, power-mad dictator uses a massive army to brutally invade a smaller neighbour, citing “shared history”…
In an unsurprising yet disappointing move, Durham University announced this week that its exams for the 2021/22 period will remain online. Edinburgh will not be far behind: in an email…
We failed as a species by letting Henry Kissinger retire with grace
For someone who played a major role in shaping the world we live in today, the death of Henry Kissinger this week passed with relatively little fanfare. The former US…
The Short Rant: The 4th Floor
I’ll admit, there’s a form of masochism in my almost-daily visits to that brutalist, fluorescent-lit torture cuboid that is the main library: over the years, I must have genuinely spent…
Israel, Palestine, empathy, and double standards
The past weeks have been incredibly distressing for most of us, both within our student community and across the world: we feel angry, heartbroken and, for those of us with…
Colm Harmon’s housing column is short-sighted on short-term lets
I came home a few weeks ago to a neighbour installing a key box next to the front door of my block. On speaking to him, I learned that he…
Putin’s pyrrhic victories
This article was originally submitted on the 24th March We’ve seen it all before: notorious, power-mad dictator uses a massive army to brutally invade a smaller neighbour, citing “shared history”…
Online exams and Restriction Exhaustion
In an unsurprising yet disappointing move, Durham University announced this week that its exams for the 2021/22 period will remain online. Edinburgh will not be far behind: in an email…