For the first time in its history, the Church of England will allow same-sex couples to be blessed by a priest, following a vote by the General Assembly. All three of the Synod’s ‘houses’ voted in support of the proposals and the first blessings are expected in the summer. This move is accompanied by a […]
In the words of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, “my first instinct upon hearing that a book has been banned is to seek it out and read it.” I agree. Indeed, my reaction to any literary controversy is to write about it in The Student. Armed with that philosophy, I read Dan Brown’s thriller The Da Vinci […]
The despicable actions of the morality police and Iranian government are the result of misogyny being deep-rooted in their totalitarian creed. It is this creed that justifies terrorising ‘headscarf’ protesters. Their self-branding as representative of Islam is compounded by decades of hyper-simplistic media coverage in the West, which has not made any credible attempts to […]
About one year ago, I wrote the review for Mike Flanagan’s follow-up to his incredibly successful horror series The Haunting of Hill House, The Haunting of Bly Manor. Bly Manor, like Hill House before it, was a visual essay on the ghosts that haunt us. Not the spirits necessarily, but the regrets, the fears, the […]
The once demonized witches who were burned on the stake have since reincarnated under the hashtag #witchtok and boast a hefty 8.7 billion views on TikTok to date. Younger generations are navigating an increasingly uncertain existence through alternative mediums to harness their inner power and take back control of their own reality. From healing crystals […]
Ultimately, modest fashion is about personal choice. Its stronghold is in the Muslim community, where women have long sought out ways to combine their desires for religious and fashionable expression in the way they choose to dress. Many misconceptions have circulated, mistaking those who wear the hijab or other religiously affiliated dress for an oppressed […]
In a time of both increasing diversity and increasing factionalism in the UK and the rest of the world, one primary school in London is making an effort to bridge religious and cultural gaps in a unique way. Simon Marks Primary School in Central London is first and foremost a Jewish school; however, half of […]
It is 1991. The Kansas humidity weighs on a group of protesters standing on a street corner holding signs. One of the protesters is a small, blond-haired, blue-eyed, chubby-cheeked little girl of five years old. Her mother made her leave her dolls in the car. She is holding a sign that she could not yet […]