M&S Mojitos and the Future of Politics
An attempt to gloss over the rape allegations levelled against Julian Assange should have been enough bad press for Diane Abbott in April. It wasn’t, and on a Thursday afternoon she was caught drinking a premixed Marks and Spencer mojito on an overground tube to Stratford. Cue the usual outrage fr
Weekly Roundup: Barr, Climate Emergency, and Marvel Movie History
Gaza conflict intensifies Despite a truce agreed last month, protests in Gaza against the blockade of the area led to a Palestinian gunman shooting and wounding two Israeli soldiers. Israel then retaliated with an airstrike that killed two militants. Palestinian militants have fired over 450 rockets
The Met Gala
Who would have ever thought “camp”, such a common, unassuming and frivolous, one syllable word would have ever come to saddle so many grandiose celebrity ambitions, political agendas and artistic projects? This year, “Camp: Notes on Fashion” is the theme for the Met Gala. The word was previo
Harder Than Harvard
Whether Harvard actually does discriminate against Asian applicants (it does), and whether repealing affirmative action really will solve that (it won’t), the most notable issue in Asian American politics right now is a fight about who gets into Harvard University. The fight for Asian representati
How one drag queen is confronting Brazil’s far right
“I like to be a boy, I like to be a girl.” Pabllo Vittar doesn’t waste time when it comes to explaining their sexuality: nor should they. The twenty-four-year-old drag queen from Brazil first caught people’s attention performing Whitney Houston’s ‘I Have Nothing’ on local TV. The risky
Weekly Roundup: Beyoncé, Extinction Rebellion, and the Redacted Mueller Report
Notre Dame fire garners donations In the wake of the fire which devastated Notre-Dame on Monday night and Tuesday morning, donations to rebuild the scorched cathedral have flooded in from around the world. In just four days, donations have already exceeded 1 billion euros (£864,962,455). However, i
Investigating algorithmic bias in criminal justice
When Eric Loomis was sentenced to six years in a Wisconsin prison, he didn’t know why. What he did know was that he had been detained in connection to a drive-by shooting in La Crosse. The car he was driving had been the getaway vehicle. He even pleaded guilty to two of the less severe […
Weekly Round Up: Guava Island, A Black Hole Pic, and Fire in Notre Dame
Assange arrested On Thursday, April 11, WikiLeaks founder and director Julian Assange was arrested by British authorities at the Ecuadorian embassy in London. Assange had been escaping extradition to Sweden and the US since 2012 under Ecuadorian protection at the embassy. However, Ecuador revoked As
Weekly Round Up: Coronation Street, The Bezos Divorce and the Sultan of Brunei Petition
Petition to revoke Sultan of Brunei’s honorary Oxford degree A petition calling on the University of Oxford to rescind the honorary degree granted to the Sultan of Brunei has reached over 56,000 signatures. The petition was set up by Oxford alum Ellie Dibben after the University initially refuse