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Identity

Living with Epilepsy – Part 1

by Flora Prideaux June 4, 2025June 4, 2025

Columns

(Dis)abled

by Ruby Bailey-Proe November 13, 2024November 25, 2024

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(Dis)abled: The Holidays

by Ruby Bailey-Proe November 1, 2024November 1, 2024

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(Dis)abled

by Ruby Bailey-Proe January 23, 2024January 23, 2024

Lifestyle

Dis(abled)?

by Ruby Bailey-Proe November 17, 2023November 1, 2024

Generation Z Protests in Mexico: Anti-Violence or Pro-USA?

Lola Dunton-Milenkovic Nov 30, 2025 9 min read

A poster during a protest in Mexico which says in Spanish: "In Mexico, it is safer to be a drug dealer than to be a student."

Lola Dunton-Milenkovic explores the recent Generation Z Protests throughout Mexico, evaluating their anti-corruption and anti-violence sentiments, as well as their potential political motivations which might…

To “Slay” or Not To “Slay”

Elena Chiam Nov 30, 2025 5 min read

Provided by Ngoc Diep (Alice), used with permission. Website: The Oxford English Dictionary.

slay /sleɪ/: to impress someone very much or to be very good or impressive (Cambridge Dictionary, 2025); “slay the house boots down houston i’m deceased”…

Home and Abroad – examining China’s political messaging inside and outside the country

Anonymous Author Nov 29, 2025 9 min read

China remained shrouded in mystery to the West from the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949 until the 1970s. In 1972, US…

Doctor Faustus at the Keble O’Reilly: Reviewed

Rohit Ghosh Nov 28, 2025 6 min read

‘I was, at times, simply floored by Carrington’s production of this classic play; there was a constant tension, both emotional and sexual, that wound up…