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In Benjamin’s Room
I spent the night in Benjamin's room. I didn't want to, or rather I didn't intend to. Even though I was alone it felt like he was there,...
Panashe Ndou
Jul 14, 20232 min read
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Revisiting Dada’s Women
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq Dada – an early 20th-century art movement often dubbed ‘anti-art’ or ‘absurdist’ – emerged as a reaction...
Niki Cleland-Hura
Jul 14, 20234 min read
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Celebrity: You, Too, Could Have It
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq Before the late twentieth century, celebrity was defined by difference: individuals were propelled into...
Grace Murray
Jul 3, 20234 min read
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'AI and Popular Culture': In Conversation with Dr Lee Barron
Image provided by Lee Barron. The Broad’s Creative Director Flora Leask chatted with Dr Lee Barron about his new non-fiction book AI and...
Flora Leask
Jun 27, 20234 min read
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'AI and Popular Culture' by Dr Lee Barron: A Review
Image sourced from https://books.emeraldinsight.com/page/detail/ai-and-popular-culture/?k=9781803823300 Academic Elana Gomel writes that...
Flora Leask
Jun 27, 20232 min read
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Pablo Escobar: why you shouldn’t romanticize Colombia’s nightmare
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq As a Colombian, it never ceases to shock me whenever someone makes a Pablo Escobar or cocaine joke (even...
Maria Saavedra
Jun 20, 20234 min read
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The age of Ozempic highlights the superficiality of body positive
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq The past year has seen a new drug sweeping through the medical cabinets of the Hollywood glitterati....
Tasha Stewart
Jun 20, 20233 min read
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The Changing Face of Internationalism
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq It was once written that the emergence of liberal democracies all around the world represented the end of...
Owen Thomas Webb
Jun 14, 20234 min read
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New Babylon
Content Warning: Racist language It was Tuesday on a sluggish June afternoon in 1956, and Samuel Cohn sat and smoked a cigarette, waiting...
Pablo Lacalle Castillo
Jun 5, 202315 min read
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The Misery of Meritocracy
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq I recently read an article in The Economist describing an American university professor’s experience with...
Issy Clarke
Jun 1, 20233 min read
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What is Money?
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq We live in a material world. We live in a world where people, no matter who or where, need houses to live...
Owen Thomas Webb
May 29, 20234 min read
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What is a Liberal?
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq Do you call yourself a liberal? If you are reading this, then there is a good chance that you do, but you...
Owen Thomas Webb
May 19, 20234 min read
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Qigong Heavenly Kingdom – The Peculiar World of Shen Yun
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq When Shen Yun came to the Edinburgh Playhouse to perform ‘5,000 Years of Chinese Civilization Reborn’, it...
Owen Thomas Webb
May 1, 20235 min read
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Freedom of Information and Industrial Action – In Conversation with Jonny Dennis
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq I wait in the window of Café Salut, the Old Medical School looming over me from across the street....
Kirsty Lawrie
Apr 24, 20236 min read
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The Four Ages
The Age of Discord The refugee’s home is my home But it only became my home when the refugee thanked me for it This is the Age of...
Owen Thomas Webb
Apr 14, 20234 min read
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EmPOWERMENt: Repurposing survivor-victim language
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq For as long as I’ve been a feminist, I’ve resented the term survivor being used in gender-based violence...
Aleyna Petts
Apr 5, 20233 min read
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Passing the buck: Shamima Begum is the UK’s responsibility
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq The case of Shamima Begum is not a simple one. Even when presented with all the facts, making an honest...
Tasha Stewart
Apr 3, 20234 min read
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In the Smoking Area, Bisexual, Long Distance (I)
In the Smoking Area Cristina Rizzo “You ok?” He scares me. His voice is hugged by the cushioned music from inside the club. My ears feel...
Cristina Rizzo
Mar 31, 20233 min read
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A pattern of disrespect: how the media influences narratives of dead or missing women
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq Recent reports in the mainstream media have demonstrated a pattern of disrespect towards women who have...
Sorcha Tipping
Mar 31, 20234 min read
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'We Don’t do God’: Religion, Progressive Politics and the Future of the SNP
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq In 2003, Tony Blair was famously prevented from answering an interview question about his religious...
Issy Clarke
Mar 26, 20233 min read
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