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Fringe 25: Dr Orr
Rating: ★★ Edinburgh University Shakespeare Company’s Fringe Festival offering this year follows a female surgeon stepping into the shoes...
Kristy Galbraith
Aug 303 min read


Unmasking the Realities of ‘Net Zero’
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq As COP28 draws to a close, the ‘Net Zero’ buzzword is ubiquitous as ever. Net Zero refers to reaching an...
Lara Engel
Jan 16, 20243 min read


'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


You Do Not live in a Democracy
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq We are often reminded that we live in a democracy. Publicly owned news outlets, party political...
Owen Thomas Webb
Feb 21, 20234 min read


Keir Starmer’s path to No 10
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq On Sunday 15th of January Keir Starmer was pressed by Laura Kuenssberg on her Sunday morning politics...
Issy Clarke
Feb 9, 20233 min read


The forgotten crisis: period poverty and the cost of living
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq Period poverty management and education, has worsened in the current economic climate with the...
Sorcha Tipping
Jan 17, 20234 min read


From Westminster to the Jungle – What has Hancock done?
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq Matt Hancock, former Health Secretary and current independent MP for West Suffolk, has entered the jungle...
Sorcha Tipping
Nov 25, 20224 min read


Less Is More – Great Wealth Taxations and the Guaranteed Income
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq If a multi-millionaire stockbroker is in receipt of the same guaranteed income as a part-time bartender...
Owen Thomas Webb
Oct 31, 20224 min read


This is not a Financial Crisis —This is a crisis of economics
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq We are amid a crisis of economics. To make the first step towards understanding the crisis of our time,...
Owen Thomas Webb
Oct 17, 20224 min read


The Conservative Party is a Libertarian Party
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq What is a conservative? We use such a great deal of terminology in British politics that one doesn’t...
Owen Thomas Webb
Oct 10, 20224 min read


Rugby, the North, and the Conservatives
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq Last month Nadine Dorries, the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, attended an...
Daniel James
Jul 19, 20223 min read


The political wank: Just another scandal swept under the rug?
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq So Neil Parish MP had a wank. So what? People do it all the time, and while there is a question on the...
Will Penkethman-Carr
May 13, 20222 min read


Neil Parish and Misogyny in the Conservative Party
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq The world of politics is a minefield. It goes without saying that leading the nation through every manner...
Gem Kirwan
May 13, 20223 min read


The realities of queer activism in Belarus
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq In Belarus, the current unrest as a result of recent elections means that if you are a peaceful protester...
Elena Timoshuk
Feb 6, 20223 min read


A decade after launching the Istanbul convention,
its anniversary looms over a steep decline in women’s rights and safety. Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq 2021 marked 10 years since the...
Elena Timoshuk
Feb 6, 20222 min read


The hidden affairs of Andrej Babiš: Czech prime minister named in the Pandora Papers
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq Shopping in the Czech Republic is a game of Russian Roulette; whether it’s milk or chicken, throwing the...
Kája Kubičková
Jan 16, 20222 min read


Sarah Everard’s murder was a wake-up call. The government keeps hitting snooze.
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq The murder of Sarah Everard by former police officer Wayne Couzens shocked the nation. It sparked...
Gem Kirwan
Jan 12, 20223 min read


How do we comprehend the assassination of David Amess?
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq Conservative MP David Amess was assassinated on Friday 15th; his death has been treated as a terrorist...
Will Penkethman-Carr
Jan 12, 20223 min read


Is Scotland joining the anti-protest bandwagon?
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq On 30th September I watched the ‘No Protest Ban at Holyrood’ protest, and I was bemused. Having not...
Will Penkethman-Carr
Jan 6, 20223 min read


Fake it ‘til you make it: rigged elections and the unseen struggle for democracy
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq Nearly a decade has passed since the Snow Revolution, a time when thousands across Russia began...
Ava Reid
Jan 2, 20223 min read
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