Illustrations by Grace McKenna So, apparently Donald Trump and Bill Clinton had a thing on the side. Last week, Congress disclosed over 2,000 of American sex offender Jeffery Epstein’s emails from the decade leading up to his death. The first leak, revealing from Epstein himself that ‘of course’ U.S. president Donald Trump ‘knew about the girls’ , was surprisingly not the information that turned the most heads. An email sent to Epstein by his brother, Mark, suggested that Rus

Illustrations by Grace McKenna We’ve all heard the saying “don’t judge a book by its cover.” In many theoretical or philosophical situations this may be true, but what about with actual books?  Nowadays, this phrase is used more in its metaphorical than literal sense, but some of its earliest recorded uses were in reference to real books. In George Eliot’s The Mill on the Floss  (1860), the character Mr Tulliver says “But it seems one mustn’t judge by the outside”  in relati

Illustrations by Grace McKenna Two weeks ago, two friends and I completed the W-trek in Chilean Patagonia with ten complete strangers. However, we did not follow the classic route that carves a ‘W’ through the notoriously unforgiving landscape, but a personalised route that Strava’s GPS satellites recorded as a stodgy box shape.  The substantial size of our group and our tour agency’s meticulous ethos meant our provisions were strictly rationed into four boxes of industrial q

Illustrations by Grace McKenna Venue: Edinburgh University Film Society (Upper Hall, Pleasance) ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Playtime follows the bumbling Monsieur Hulot—among other characters—as they navigate a hyper-consumerist Paris in a variety of sketches. It is made up of six segments: (1) the airport, (2) the offices, (3) the trade exhibition, (4) the apartments, (5) the restaurant, and (6) the roundabout. Being made up of such a wide range of sketches, it’s difficult to explain the plo

Illustrations by Grace McKenna In this day and age, I would be hard pressed to encounter someone who has not heard of Chat GPT. While this form of generative AI is sweeping the internet, delivering computer-generated content from text to images, many of us have already been wondering what impact this will have on creative industries like art, writing, and even media. This week we are bringing the subject of AI closer to home, examining the implications of AI on generating the

Illustrations by Grace McKenna A thirty-four year old, Muslim, immigrant, democratic socialist is elected mayor of a city hailed as the center of capitalism just one year after an inexperienced, convicted felon accused of authoritarian rhetoric is elected for the second time to lead the land of the free and one of the most powerful states in the world. I’m Gwynne, The Broad’s new Politics columnist, and I’d like to get to the bottom of this kind of dissonance by exploring the

Photograph by Isabel Beiboer (@ibfilmforyou) From the outside, the Edinburgh music scene appears a close-knit and impenetrable community. I was unsure about how to get my foot in the door and this column off the ground. However, through mutual friends, I was recently and happily introduced to Daisy Casemore. I first met Daisy at an intimate evening of music and poetry she organised in her living room, to fundraise for Medical Aid for Palestinians, but I had heard her name man

Illustrations by Grace McKenna Choosing a seat when buying theatre tickets can become a deliberation that lasts many hours. Do I splash out for the front row of the dress circle and guarantee a good view? Do I save money and sit in the gods, knowing I’ll at least be able to hear the show wherever I am? Or do I want to be at the front row of the stalls, almost on the performers’ laps? I have spent hours scrolling through aviewfrommyseat.com  trying to make up my mind while squ

Illustrations by Grace McKenna After much deliberation, last Wednesday my flat mates and I treated ourselves to dinner out. A Dane, an Italian, a Spaniard, and an Englishman (and woman!) put their culinary fancies aside in the name of a shared common love, albeit with a twist - Chilean sushi.   The previous night we had gathered on the wooden pallets-made-seating of our common room to muse on our one month of friendship. The mood was nostalgic with a latent hint of domestic d

EUTC, Immaculate Rating: ★★★★ The second coming of Christ came to Bedlam Theatre this Halloweekend, and it was so very fun.  Having premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 20 years ago, Immaculate is about Mia (Eve Nugent), a young woman who wakes up six months pregnant. Mia is someone who finds everyday life banal, so she instead became a dominatrix/mistress/sex-worker – whatever you’d like to call it. The catch is, she doesn’t have sex with any of her clients; in fact, s

Illustrations by Grace McKenna Picture this: with popcorn and drink in hand, you go to your local Vue. Ready for the big-screen entertainment that is always promised, you walk in only to find the cinema practically empty. And yet, I doubt many of you will have to picture this at all. In a cinematic climate dominated by streaming culture, this feeling is becoming the new norm throughout mainstream, chain cinemas in the UK. Independent cinemas are regaining their place in this

Illustrations by Grace McKenna Hi, I’m Maeve, your new Society and Culture columnist. Or, in other words, your one-stop-shop to being a cultured member of society here in Edinburgh. Whether it's current affair titbits or student-life specifics, I’ll ensure you are up to date with the city and the world’s happenings. I am lucky enough to live here in Edinburgh, where Scottish culture runs through the veins of every cobbled street and alleyway. Fear not, though, we will be talk

On Tuesday night at Home Bar, four performers made it their home and graciously welcomed us inside – or down below, I should say. The brainchild of Edinburgh students Daisy Casemore and Sasha Mansfield, the October 21 gig was a magical offering. On descending into the basement club, I was enveloped in an orange glow around the lamps, stage and anticipating guests. The poster did not lie!  Image by Isabel Beiboer The ceiling was low but spirits were high. My eyes were drawn to

The Broad's Seasonal Recommendations are back! Kristy, Daniel and Alexis from the Creative Team have put together their picks for you to listen to, watch, and read to get you in the autumnal mood. From cosy and comforting to spooky and mysterious, there is something for everyone on this list! Illustrations by Grace McKenna TO LISTEN Kristy's pick:   Lord Huron, The Cosmic Selector Vol. 1  Lord Huron, ‘The Cosmic Selector Vol. 1’, Spotify Lord Huron’s most recent album treads

Illustrations by Grace McKenna There is something quite petrifying when attempting to write about music. Revealing your music taste, after all, feels like a strangely intimate act. A favourite song cannot be compared to something as prosaic as a favourite colour, food, or season. A favourite song can transport you, in mere seconds, to the deepest, darkest corners of your brain that hold those wonderfully specific memories, some of which you may even have tried to forget. A fi

Illustrations by Grace McKenna From make-up to cosmetic surgeries, women are always being sold something to change their appearance. Thick eyebrows aren’t cute, but be careful – you can’t pluck them too thin, that isn’t cute either. Being skinny is in, but make sure you still have a bum silly! Of course, don’t worry if you don’t look like this or that; here is a list of the 50 latest trending products that you can buy to turn you into the perfect woman! And just when you thou

EUTC, Little Women Rating: ★★★★★ Since the world was first introduced to the March sisters in 1868, plenty have tried to recapture the unbridled and contagious spirit of Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women  in print, on stage, and on screen. Its most recent iteration, Greta Gerwig’s critically acclaimed 2019 film, is the seventh cinematic adaption of the coming-of-age novel.  It seems almost obligatory for Hollywood’s leading female stars to have played Jo, the headstrong second

Illustrations by Grace McKenna On the 6th of October 2025, the Supreme Court of India issued notice  in the most significant Habeas Corpus petition in India’s democratic memory since Additional District Magistrate, Jabalpur V. Shivkant Shukla . The case at hand pertains to the detention of the 2018 Magsaysay Award winner Sonam Wangchuk: a scientist, educator and climate activist based in Ladakh, India. The plea has been filed by Dr Gitanjali Angmo, Sonam Wangchuk’s wife, seve

Illustrations by Grace McKenna Public memory of Hiroshima and Nagasaki has long been shaped by a U.S.-centred narrative that frames the...

Rating: ★★ Edinburgh University Shakespeare Company’s Fringe Festival offering this year follows a female surgeon stepping into the shoes...