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Riots and Reflections: What does it mean to be British?

Zagham Farhan questions what it means to be British in light of the recent UK riots, and the impact they have had on his own British identity. “Second day of Husby riots, three burning cars” by Telefonkiosk is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.

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Starmer could take some advice from Mary Poppins on tax

“Starmer has a real opportunity to show that spending can work.” Louis Treasure provides his take on Starmer’s approach to the £22bn “black hole” in government spending. Image ‘Rachel Reeves and Keir Starmer’ by JeffLynne1977, CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en, via Wikimedia Commons.

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The Podcast-ification of Politics: The Rest is Podcasts?

Ex-politicians giving their opinions on current affairs isn’t new – filling stadiums to do it certainly is. Political podcasts seem to have taken off in recent years. The frontrunner is far-and-away the confusingly titled ‘The Rest is Politics’ (TRIP), hosted by former New Labour spin doctor Alastair Campbell and ex Tory MP Rory Stewart. The…

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The Invisible War: Does Oxford University need to do more to support its neurodivergent students?

Just as nature’s intrinsic dance ensures that no two individuals except identical twins share the same set of fingerprints, or that no two snowflakes are able to form the same complicated designs, the human mind is a labyrinthine of extraordinary uniqueness. If science, history, sociology, anthropology, and any other subject can teach us anything, it…

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The Widening Gyre

“In Germany… the establishment braces to enter a critical battle in its war against the far-right. ” Ethan Penny investigates the potential of a far-right political win in Germany. “The Reichstag — the German parliament, one of Berlin’s historic landmarks” by Kur Kerdirichi is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.

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Sailing New Sea? IOM’s Vision for Safe and Legal Migration 

“I raise three points to propose why Amy Pope’s plea for a safe and legal pathway is paramount.” Shuvashish Thapa provides fresh perspective on the IOM’s vision for safe and legal migration. “File: International Organization for Migration ( IOM ) – Organisation Internationale pour les Migrations (OIM) – panoramio.jpg” by okapi is licensed…

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Sublime Drizzlings: Choupette 

Chloe Smith takes us through how she imagines a day in the life of Karl Lagerfeld’s cat Choupette. The absurdity of a cat celebrity is called into question. Illustration by Imogen Edmundson.

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