The Edinburgh Christmas Market: overpriced tat or festive fun?
Edinburgh’s annual Christmas market celebrates its 24th anniversary in 2023. It’s a festival beloved by residents and tourists alike, filled with fantastic food and flashy attractions. It was also listed…
A bull in a China shop? China Marks the 10th anniversary of the Belt and Road Initiative
This month, China celebrated 10 years since the beginning of its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a development program which has seen China lend an approximate $1 trillion to finance…
Eternal students: would the UK benefit from having a more relaxed higher education system?
After a day of study, Lars comes home and parks his bike next to his house. His waft of old coffee and the rough stubble around his chin suggest he…
Students are taking their universities to court: here’s what it could mean for you
It’s an experience that most students who were at university in 2020-22 would prefer to forget. Closed campuses, online lectures, and imprisonment in halls of residence. No sooner had the…
Expanding our tunnel vision: humanitarianism must extend further
We are at an impasse, as ongoing territorial disputes internationally show history brazenly repeating itself. We watched in horrified surprise as the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine began in February…
#RomanEmpire: TikTok’s Latest Trend
A new TikTok trend where women ask men how often they think about the Roman Empire has revealed an obsession amongst some men with the Roman age. The trend was…
50 Years Since Chile’s Military Coup: Reflection, Remembrance and Reckoning With the Past
Fifty years ago, on September 11, 1973, Chile underwent a radical transformation that forever altered its history. For those unfamiliar with this pivotal event, let’s journey back in time. Chile…
Reclaiming the past: telling the LGBTQ+ histories that have been kept from us
In July I went to an event as part of Porty Pride, where Ashley Douglas discussed her work and her part in researching the poetry and life of Marie Maitland;…