Columns
Advice from a Caterpillar: Social media ‘Tweet me’
I love dystopian books and films; give me the corruption, nihilism and disturbing realness of The Handmaid’s Tale, or The Road, and of course, Nineteen Eighty-Four, over the dullness of […]
CUB Weekly Horoscopes – 8/7/17
Capricorn: Summer is here. Hide all the ice lollies and tell everyone there are none left. Aquarius: This week, you will […]
Glastonbury Musings
I have seen a couple just going at it in a sacred stone circle. I have seen someone drop their pants and shit on the floor. I have seen someone […]
Is the Government Responsible for our Individual Happiness? – [2/2]
This week’s Headcandy theme is perhaps one of the most difficult yet in the column to address from a scientific perspective. Firstly, is happiness quantifiable? Perhaps to a very limited extent in the form of pleasure; […]
XX: Feminist or Antifeminist?
As per every evening, I was looking for something to watch on Netflix when I came across XX, an anthology of four short horror stories told from a female perspective. […]
The Rabbit Sends in a Little Bill
So, the supply and support deal negotiations between the DUP and the Conservatives is slowly coming to a close. And although it is probably not at the forefront of everyone’s […]
The Return of the Romantic
Think about the Romantic period, and unless you’re midway through your English degree – and honestly even that is no inoculation – you’ll probably think of a figure of the […]
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Is the Government Responsible for our Individual Happiness? [1/2]
In the wake of recent national and international turmoil, and most recently the Grenfell tower block fire in London, the masses are looking towards the government more than ever for […]
Should We Embrace Genetic Modification? [2/2]
The relatively new advent of CRISPR-cas9 (pronounced “crisper cass nine” and originally demonstrated in a 2012 study) has caused genetic modification to once again be thrust into the limelight. To […]