Editor’s note: Change is scary until it offers you beauty (and it almost always will)
Editor-in-chief Kashish Fatima reflects on change and welcomes freshers to Durham.
2026
Shellshock!’s ‘Crystal Unclear: An Improvised Séance’ – Review
Kashish Fatima reviews Shellshock's Fringe Tour preview.
The Right to Protest: A Right Only When it’s Convenient?
Hayden explores how the right to protest is seen in the modern day.
Unravelling OPEC: The Economics Behind the UAE’s Exit
Fathia discusses the impact of the UAE's exist from OPEC.
When We the Young – The Coming of Age
'The Coming of Age genre is something' - In this article, Natasha looks at the phenomenon that dominated the 80s film scene.
In defence of rom-coms, or why we watch love stories
Natasha Ranawake wonders: why do we watch rom-coms?
From page to air: how does perceiving the Lyric as a poetic form change our experience of music listening?
Does songwriting have to be linguistically poetic to be good?
The Trump-Starmer Rift Over Iran
The joint US-Israeli operation ‘Epic Fury’ has killed Iran’s Supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, and has seen hundreds of bombs dropped—and more which continue to do so—in the Middle East. US…
Economic consequences of the Israeli-American strikes on Iran
Fathia discusses the impact of the Israeli-American air-strikes on the UK economy.
‘He who sings, prays twice’: how music and religion have been intertwined for centuries
An investigation into how music shapes devotion in global religion and spirituality.