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Debate: Is the ‘Voices’ section simply identity politics or an important platform?

Opinion: all voices are equal and we should not segregate them By Max Hunter There is a spectre haunting our universities. It has many forms, and its aims are too…

The R. Kelly allegations point out the need for intersectionality

We are living through a period of exposure. For the past year, a slew of allegations have been hitting the media as women all over the world discuss their experiences…

A ‘people’s vote’ is not what students need from Corbyn

It’s a lovely idea, isn’t it? The original vote back in 2016 was so close, and many people voted Leave as a ‘protest vote’, not taking it seriously or actually…

Students must act if we wish to irradicate homelessness

Every 18 minutes, a household is made homeless in Scotland. With more people sleeping on Edinburgh’s streets than anywhere else in the country, we must, as students of Edinburgh, crusade…

Main Library top floor: Elle Mckee’s ‘Banners of the banned’

Last week, a new series on the University of Edinburgh’s Centre for Research Collections (CRC) was introduced, and two things were stressed. First, that the university’s collections are fantastically versatile…

Has the digital revolution paralysed us with too much choice?

Man is condemned to be free” announced a bespectacled old French man who was partial to cigarettes and coffee. And although he presumably wasn’t talking about Spotify and Netflix when…

An interview with Will McPhail: cartoonist for The New Yorker

My flattery battery is fully charged” were the words of Mr Will McPhail as he agreed to do an interview with me. Yep, I thought, this was a cool guy.…

Veganuary: two recipes to help you get started

Sweet potato and coconut soup Vegans, non-vegans, eat your heart out. This warming, rich soup is a certain crowd pleaser and my absolute go-to whenever I’m entertaining my plant-based friends…