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International student applications to UK universities have decreased this past year

Study visa applications from non-EU nationals to attend universities in the UK fell significantly in the past academic year, according to a report published by the Office for National Statistics…

Spill: A Verbatim Show About Sex

CW: Show contains discussions of rape, sexual harassment, PTSD, and transmisogyny. FIVE STARS Spill does exactly what it says on the tin: it’s a show all about sex. Yet with…

Filmish

Edward Ross’ Filmish is a surprisingly engaging, and pleasantly accessible introduction to film theory, history, and the sociology that surrounds it. Ross presents his “graphic journey through film” in easily-digestible…

Klaxon

Klaxon seeps character and a certain uniqueness from Dix’s richly descriptive illustrations. Towing the careful line between creepy and fascinating, the surreal little world of Braintree Road is enticing, with…

The Watchmaker of Filigree Street

Natasha Pulley paints beautiful a romantic picture of eighteen-eighties London, and fills it with enthralling characters in her debut novel. We follow the lives of Thaniel – a government telegraphist…

Vine Box

Nomad is a political and cultural magazine, and in Thursday night’s fundraiser for their annual publication they took over Mash House to host Vine Box. Armed with pillows, with a…

“Wake Write Sleep Repeat. What am I? A damn robot?”

An Android Awakes In this experimental graphic novel, our protagonist, Android Writer PD121928, has forty-two attempts (fittingly, for Science Fiction) to write the perfect novel for the Android Publishing Programme…

Bollywood movie star Shah Rukh Khan awarded Edinburgh degree

Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan visited the University of Edinburgh on 16 October to receive an honorary degree of Doctor Honoris Causa. The award was presented in recognition of his…