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Scarves, Spirituality and Stereotypes: The Double Standard of South Asia in the Western Imagination
Illustrations by Grace McKenna With Coachella in April and the Met Gala in May, for the last few months my social media has been flooded...
Srishti Ramakrishnan
May 225 min read


uninformed, ununinformed responses, November 5
Illustrations by Grace McKenna Dip your fingers in my scalp. Touch the warm patches the sun left behind. Sully the straight division,...
Ruth Ginsburg Hix
May 11 min read


Leopold III
Illustrations by Grace McKenna I crave some sort of ghostly hereafter, History is a myth, after all. My hands swallowed and unswallowed...
Amelia More
Apr 252 min read


Tackling Misogyny in Sports: Let’s Talk about Women’s Rugby
Illustration by Grace McKenna When I arrived at Edinburgh’s Hive stadium for my first Women’s Six Nations match, I couldn’t help but...
Molly Barrow
Apr 144 min read
Gregg Wallace Faces the Heat: MasterChef Star’s Recipe for Public Image Ruin
When the annual calendar event occurs, and another high-profile, well-loved and respected male television personality wakes up to...
Emilia Lauder
Feb 163 min read


The Scots, the Snobs, and the Edinburgh University Complex
There is a glaring eye all Scottish university students know well. When an outsider makes a mocking comment about our nationality, a...
Emilia Lauder
Feb 163 min read


The Paradox of "Abroad": Indians in Edinburgh's Expanding Cultural Bubble
Illustration by Devanshi (@devanshidg) When I first set foot in Edinburgh as an Indian graduate student, I was filled with excitement and...
Vidisha Gupta
Feb 37 min read
La Guajira: Abundant Energy, Scarce Water
La Guajira — a Colombian peninsula bordering Venezuela — is home to one of the largest open coal mines in the world. This area was first...
Nicolle Delgado
Dec 19, 20243 min read
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