Inside the Edinburgh Volunteer Society Weaving Camouflage Nets for Ukraine
Image credited to author Since August of this year, the skies above Kharkiv, like other parts of Ukraine, have been patrolled by Iranian-made Shahed-136 drones. The drones are the loitering…
Joint Expeditionary Force members convene in Edinburgh to discuss Ukraine
This article was written on 19 November 2022 Senior representatives, including some defence ministers, from the ten nations comprising the Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) met in Edinburgh earlier in the…
Kyiv faces blackouts after Russia bombs infrastructure
Kyiv faces massive blackouts and a looming burden on its energy system after a series of Russian attacks on its infrastructure on Halloween. Kyiv mayor Vitaliy Klitschko announced the resumption…
Words On A Burning Planet
COP26 has sparked a fiery response from creatives the world over. Filmmakers, poets, and artists are all expressing their growing concerns about the indifferent response to the climate crisis, and…
Free STI testing on campus
On Wednesday 13th October, the Edinburgh University Students’ Association’s Liberation Campaigns were offering free STI tests on campus, delivered by SX and Waverley Care. The tests were free and open…
Review: ‘Slowdown’ and ‘Post Growth’ at the Hay Festival
As part of the Hay Festival 2021, economists Danny Dorling and Tim Jackson discussed their respective books, Slowdown and Post Growth: Life After Capitalism, with the writer, and Senior Strategic Advisor for the…
The Making of a Makar
Jackie Kay stepped down as the Scots Makar, or the National Poet of Scotland, on 14th March, ending a fruitful and inspiring five-year tenure. She succeeded Liz Lochhead in 2016, while…
The Birds and the Bees Talk- Talbot Rice Gallery
The expression ‘the birds and bees’ refers to an explanation of human reproduction to little children, usually in a formal, rather awkward setting and using naturalistic imagery. It is perhaps…