Ariana Grande’s Positions: a modern take on the Madonna-Whore complex and women’s sexual liberation
Erin Waks discovers the modern connection between the Madonna-Whore complex and Ariana's new album, Positions
November 2020
Cigarettes and chocolate milk III
Millicent Machell explores the phenomenon of hang-anxiety and the truth about the day after drinking.
Tackling racial harassment in higher education: Universities UK’s latest report
You may or may not be aware that On the 24th November 2020, Universities UK (the body that represents UK’s universities) published a report titled Tackling racial harassment in higher…
Skiing in a pandemic
As the Covid-19 pandemic persists, the traditional ski holiday will, for most skiers, have to be put on hold this Christmas.
Mozambican murders: a new Islamic State in Africa?
Will Guy investigates brutal beheadings in Mozambique by Islamic extremists.
Huma Bhabha at the BALTIC
Bhabha’s totems stand as relics from an unreachable or alien reality, and draw stark comparison with the strangeness of our present global moment.
Durham University law professor appointed to Parliament’s bullying and sexual misconduct panel
Professor Clare McGlynn QC (Hon) has been appointed to a new eight-member Independent Expert Panel that will hear the most serious allegations of bullying and sexual misconduct against MPs
No-known cure
In this poem, Eden Cain grapples with long-distance love amidst a pandemic, with the isolation and infection of romance despite separation.
Why the Internet Loves Cats
In case you haven’t noticed, cats are everywhere on the internet. It’s inescapable. Millions of images and videos of cats just existing travel through social media at a weirdly infectious…
EA fined €10m over FIFA loot boxes
Zara Lane looks at the recent rulings against EA and the publishers lacklustre response