Five Films and TV Shows to Embrace the Edinburgh Experience
Time is flying by and it’s already the second semester. Your parents may be asking whether you’ve tasted any of that fine Scottish whiskey or gone to see Nessie at…
Tragedy on the Channel
On Wednesday 24th November, smugglers pushed an inflatable dinghy along the coast of northern France towards the English Channel. The migrants on the dinghy each had their own aspirations: some…
Billionaire’s Tax: Understanding the Wealth Gap
Out of all the interesting Twitter polls that Elon Musk, CEO of Space X, has put out so far, one of the most controversial yet may have been the one…
Omicron variant sweeps Scotland
As of Wednesday 1 December, there are now ten reported omicron cases in Scotland, a rise of one from five in Lancashire and four in the NHS Greater Glasgow and…
UCU Edinburgh Criticises the University Regarding Contract Teaching Fellowship
The University of Edinburgh has come under fire for posting a Teaching Fellow job advertisement last month, on 28th October. Posted on the website LINGUIST List, the advertisement reads, “The…
The French Dispatch: A Love Letter to the New Yorker
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Journalists work backstage – we love to talk about other people in the spotlight, but no one ever talks about us. But in Wes Anderson’s fantastical tale about…
What’s Victor up to? An interview with the Canadian Street Artist
Victor, Fife-based Canadian street artist, and I meet on Zoom on a rainy Thursday afternoon. While I have stuffed animals in my backdrop, he is in a room of mirrors,…
University staff to strike for 3 days this semester
Following the meeting of representatives from University and College Union (UCU) branches across the UK last Friday 12 November, the UCU announced their strike dates. The strikes are set to…