On the 20th March, three days before Prime Minister Boris Johnson addressed the nation with news of the lockdown, all pubs, bars and restaurants were ordered to close, along with other establishments...

The coronavirus pandemic is changing celebrity culture, maybe forever. The outpour of self-isolation selfies from lavish kitchens have for some reason provoked more anger than admiration from fans,...

‘Just a reminder that when Shakespeare was quarantined because of the plague, he wrote King Lear.’ This tweet, from @roseannecash, went viral recently. So I decided to investigate if it’s true,...

I reached out to Edinburgh students this week and asked them to tell me how the Covid-19 pandemic is affecting their lives. The following is what I heard from a variety of people. Some students were...

Ever since I read Patricia Hollis’ excellent biography of Jennie Lee, the pioneering Labour MP who founded the Open University, I haven’t been able to stop talking about her. I just cannot...

The coronavirus has infected more than 70,000 people in China and cases have appeared in 26 other countries. Media outlets across the globe are preoccupied with the outbreak, and panic and...

The Student sat down with Carrie Gracie, former BBC China Editor and current BBC News presenter to talk about her life as a journalist and the experience of covering China’s biggest stories. Her...

DNA testing is in fashion right now, most recently in the headlines because the documentary ‘Ant and Dec’s DNA Journey’ revealed that the legendary TV presenters are in fact distant cousins,...