Written by Sophie Steel Throughout the past few years, ‘plastic-free’ lifestyles have become increasingly popular all over the world. In an effort to minimize waste and pollution, a plastic-free lifestyle consists of a person eliminating all aspects of single use plastic, such as clingfilm, plastic bottles and processed food wrapped in single use materials. Yet,… Read More No More Plastic: How Effective is the Plastic Bag Ban?
Written by Tali Schlanger ‘The tulips are too excitable, it is winter here’ writes Sylvia Plath[1], contrasting the vibrancy and life of the tulips to her own listlessness. This multicoloured flower that blooms in the Springtime is indeed striking, and although one wouldn’t expect it from a plant, has quite the socio-economic history The tulip… Read More Tulipmania: How a flower crashed the stock market
Written by Madylene C. Beardmore The pulling down and defacing of statues and monuments is not new. It is now a commonly held belief that due to the volatility of Roman politics they stopped making new statues for each emperor and their relevant generals. They would create stock bodies in togas or uniforms and just… Read More The Monumental Problem: How can we move forward on the debate of controversial statues?
Written by Tabitha Wilson The world of travel vlogging has been steadily growing over the past few years and spread from YouTube onto other social media platforms such as Instagram and, more recently, TikTok. During the pandemic, an increase in media consumption has led to an explosion in popularity of the travel community, and allowed… Read More The travel vloggers offering you a new way to see the world from the comfort of your living room
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