I have to hand it to the RMT; placing the upcoming rail strikes on the weekends of the Eurovision song contest in Liverpool, and the FA Cup final at Wembley, is a stroke of genius. Industrial action is supposed to disrupt, and this undoubtedly will. However, despite having previously been in complete support of rail […]
Turnitin, a plagiarism detection service used by the University of Edinburgh, now has built-in tools to recognise content generated by ChatGPT and other generative AI software. In a press release issued by the company last month, they say that their new tools have a 98 per cent success rate at recognising content generated by AI. […]
As Agatha Christie becomes the latest in a line of authors whose works are being rewritten, censorship (even well-intentioned censorship) sees no sign of dissipating. I believe that rewriting classics not only unintentionally implies that we cannot cope with books of their time, but also produces airbrushed versions of texts that entirely miss the point […]
Teviot Row House is set close for over a year from October for renovation works. Colm Harmon, Vice-Principal Students and Lucy Evans, Deputy Secretary Students told students in an email today that the building will close from October 2023 until spring 2025. The entirety of the building will be shut, with events expected to be […]
Firstly, I must apologise for misleading you slightly. The title of this piece suggests that it is about a poem that has changed my life. This would be an over-dramatic representation. I can think of little that has literally changed my life. However, I can certainly name a thing or two that has had a […]
My Grandfather was born in 1938, just before World War 2 to two very working-class, Northern English parents. He didn’t even know what a gay man was until he was well into his twenties, and had never thought about having a potential gay grandchild. At the age of 22, he graduated from Durham University with […]
Following a stint at Biddy’s for St Patrick’s Day, my friends and I remained committed to attending the much-anticipated Madeline Miller lecture. The Classics, History and Feminist Societies collaborated to host Miller in conversation, a cult-favourite author, celebrated for ‘Song of Achilles’, ‘Circe’ and ‘Galatea.’ I remember my sister insistently recommending ‘Song of Achilles’ to […]
The second attempted screening of ‘Adult Human Female’ by Edinburgh Academics for Academic Freedom (EAFAF) was set to take place at 6pm on 26 April, but was cancelled after protesters occupied the Gordon Aikman Lecture Theatre, barring anyone from entering. EAFAF originally attempted to screen the film in December but cancelled the event as protesters […]