Rent rates in Edinburgh: have we reached a crisis point?
Think of your average university student: you can call her Lily. Think of what her day-to-day life might look like: she will attend classes, meet up with friends, procrastinate on…
The Heart Goes Last
Like many of Margaret Atwood’s novels, The Heart Goes Last is slightly disturbing – but for good intent. It forces readers to think about the role sex plays in modern…
Only Ever Yours
Louise O’Neill’s dystopian novel, Only Ever Yours, be warned: it will only give you odd nightmares. Indeed, odd nightmares that can not quite be described as scary, but rather, they…
The anti-Muslim rhetoric of the US presidential race is deeply troubling
A controversial comment made by a politician – what else is new? On September 20, Dr. Ben Carson, a retired neurosurgeon and a Republican candidate for the American 2016 presidential…