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Feb 26, 20215 min read
Statues, stories and setting the record straight: recovering marginalised voices of the past.
Writing by Isabelle Woodhouse. Illustration by Polly Burnay. We tend to instinctively envisage the past as a linear timeline, dotted with...

Feb 26, 20215 min read
The Future of Notre Dame
Writing by Elif Yildiz. Illustration by Phoebe McGowan. ‘The Church of Notre-Dame de Paris is still no doubt, a majestic and sublime...


Jan 31, 20214 min read
James Connolly's work has an enduring relevance for Scottish nationalists
Writing by Rufus Pickles. Illustration by Hazel Laing. At the height of the British Empire and as the long nineteenth century drew to a...


Jan 16, 20216 min read
“I’m the main character”: the commodification of the individual under modern capitalism
Writing by Amelia Lockhart-Hourigan. Illustration by Violet Colley. Social media can be a wondrous place. It gives us an opportunity to...


Dec 18, 20205 min read
Why Isolationist Forms of Punishment Don’t Work
Writing by Yu An Su. Illustration by Sarah Dobbs. This July temperatures in the UK soared to 35 degrees, and news stories emerged about...


Dec 18, 20204 min read
When the Patriarchy Gets Personal: The Isolating Mechanics of Internalised Misogyny
Writing by Tamzin Elliot. Illustration by Antonia Popescu. Hint: that voice in your head telling you that ‘you’re not like other girls’?...


Nov 1, 20204 min read
A (Brief) Introduction to Identity Politics
Writing by Tamzin Elliot. Illustration by Heather Baillie (@heatherscreativeplace). Maybe you’ve been feeling the pressure to keep...


Nov 1, 20204 min read
Identity's role in the debate on Linguistic Relativity
Writing by Eilish Newmark. In May, the Cambridge Union YouTube page live-streamed an interview with Noam Chomsky where he was asked about...


Nov 1, 20206 min read
Linguistic Imperialism and Global Peace-Mongering: Could Esperanto Work?
Writing by Benjamin Duncan. Illustration by Polly Burnay. The summer before last, I was in Vienna on a one-day excursion from my hostel...


Nov 1, 20203 min read
Copyright law stands on counter-revolutionary bases, but it doesn’t have to
Writing by Paola Valentina. Illustration by Paola Valentina. I think of the term “Intellectual Property” as a peculiar one. It would not...


Nov 1, 20206 min read
Women Are Nature and it is Time We Recognised the Power in That
Writing by Claire Shankie. Illustration by Paola Valentina. Human beings are a part of the whole we call the Universe, a small region in...


Nov 1, 20205 min read
Defining Identity in the Digital Age
Writing by Maddie Noton. Illustration by Paola Valentina. Having been the subject of philosophical thought and debate over centuries, the...


Nov 1, 20204 min read
The Male Gaze and It’s Sinister Effect on Feminine Identity
Writing by Amy Life. Illustration by Isi Williams. Amongst a new generation of feminists, a particular phenomenon has taken place: women...
Sep 9, 202010 min read
How to Pretend Away Global Poverty: Neoliberalism and the Erasure of Historical Violence
Writing by Anonymous. Spurred on by the Black Lives Matter protests and global demands for racial justice, lively conversations about the...


Sep 9, 20205 min read
Funding for students at the University of Edinburgh
Writing by Annabel Wilde. Illustration by Antonia Popescu. (@amp_aesthetics on insta) As one of the most expensive cities for student...


Sep 9, 20205 min read
The Private School Problem
Writing by Isi Williams. Illustration by Bethany Morton. I’ve wanted to write an article about this issue for a long time, but was put...


Sep 9, 20205 min read
The Great Student Loan Sell-Off?
Writing by Tom Wileman. Illustration from Unsplash. The Western world has recovered remarkably well from the Great Recession of 2007-09....


Sep 9, 20209 min read
'We think that Sovereignty lies with the People in the Here and Now'
An Interview with Peter Cannell and Alan Armstrong from Radical Independence Edinburgh and Megan Bente Bishop from Living Rent’s...


Sep 9, 20206 min read
What Does Police Abolition Really Mean?
Writing by Phoebe McGowan. Illustration by Antonia Popescu. (amp_aesthetics on insta) Whilst recent protests have painted our streets...

Sep 9, 20205 min read
Under the Same Sky: Perspectives on Astronomy from Around the World
Writing by Ray Honeysett. Illustration by Ray Honeysett. Newton and Galileo are household names. Even those who aren’t familiar with...
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