BP Portrait Award 2018, Scottish Portrait Gallery
This month, up until 10 March, the Scottish National Portrait gallery is hosting the BP Portrait Award. Originally organized by London’s National Portrait Gallery and already running for the 39th…
‘Edifess’ post confession referencing Holocaust extermination camps
Only a week after Holocaust Memorial Day, ‘Edifess’, the Edinburgh Anonymous confession Facebook group posted a crude confession referring to the bus commute to the University of Edinburgh’s King’s Buildings…
5 Day Challenge: a lifestyle writer’s first experience with Bumble
Valentine’s Day is upon us and many people will be trying to find their ideal date with the help of dating apps. I heard of Bumble and was interested in…
Breaking News: What’s happening to modern journalism?
We are, for the first time in modern history, facing the prospect of how societies would exist without reliable news,” Alan Rusbridger writes in Breaking News. He is, of course,…
In conversation with Natasha Ion, Students’ Associaction LGBT+ Officer
In the light of LGBT+ History Month and as the Students’ Association 2019 Student Elections approach, The Student spoke with Natasha Ion, current LGBT+ Officer, about her campaign and outlook…
Female genital mutilation in Britain is an unspoken issue
Content warning: graphic violence against women When female genital mutilation (FGM) is discussed, it is often viewed as a practice which only takes place in countries in Africa and the…
This week in history: William Burke was executed on 28 January 1829
William Burke, alongside William Hare, committed a string of murders in Edinburgh through the 1820s. Burke and Hare were both graverobbers, selling bodies to anatomy teachers for dissection and study.…
Solskjaer sheds light on how success came from a computer game
Manchester United manager Olé Gunnar Solskjaer is enjoying unrivalled success in the Old Trafford dugout as he gets further and further into his interim role. By the time this goes…