Columns
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 […]
A Caucus Race and a Long Tale
‘The Caucus race provides a thinly veiled critique of the absurdity of English politics at the turn of the century while making a larger comment about the general meaninglessness of […]
Spotlight on: Emma Watson
At only twenty-seven, Watson has already done so much for feminism. Not only has she brought feminist issues to the attention of a younger generation, but she has made concrete […]
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Should We Embrace Genetic Modification? [1/2]
Genetic modification, essentially meaning the deliberate engineering of a cell in order to alter its characteristics, is being increasingly exercised as our tech society hurtles towards an ‘ideal’ existence. From […]
ELECTION ANALYSIS
Well then. This election has been utterly surreal, and though there are obvious winners (YouGov, Corbyn) and losers (May) – almost everyone has been proven wrong. My last column, I […]
Busting Election Myths Part Two: Commiserations and Celebrations
By the time you’ve read this, this column will already have aged. The election is over, and we (probably) now have a Government. The last column I wrote was about […]
Good and Evil [2/2] – Why do good people do bad things?
Whilst the hard sciences may be a long way away from being able to tackle (let alone explain) such hefty concepts as good and evil, psychology has offered some insight […]