The Orwellian Spanish Security Bill
I learned this week that the Spanish government have recently been taking lessons from George Orwell.
Commonwealth: Beginning of the End?
As the controversial 23rd Commonwealth Governmental meeting in Colombo closed earlier this week there was widespread feeling that the Commonwealth has suffered a huge dent in its credibility. In March 2013 (for the first time in its history) the Commonwealth set out a new charter...
Confessions of a GTA: Part 6
After marking 56 papers we become a bit overdramatic
Of cleaning (still), partnerships and Chessums
The recent cleaning response from Campus Services (see front page) indicates that some progress is being made in the ‘cleaning situation’.
Since when was wealth common?
What could possibly link Angelina Jolie and the first female President of Sri Lanka, Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga? Why William Hague and last week’s Commonwealth summit, of course!
The Role & Responsibility of Comment
Comment sections across a broad variety of newspapers all share a common thread. The bulk of their published material will prove emotive for a sizeable portion of its readership...
Depression – My Story
I was diagnosed with clinical depression when I was 17. For me, the diagnosis helped. It helped to give a name to the bizarre way that I had been feeling for over a year.
Confessions of a GTA: Part 5
GTAs are helpful only when asked nicely
Don’t be Agnostic About Interfaith
Umar Nasser, President of Ahmadiyya Muslim Students Association, on matters of interfaith
“Grub first, then ethics”
Somewhere in the imposing tome, Less than Nothing, author Slavoj Žižek relates an anecdote about the attitudes taken by Bertolt Brecht and Dashiell Hammett in their respective McCarthy-inspired HUAC trials.
Of Cleaning and Immigration
Taking a look at the bis story of the week
The only time you should hit a woman
The President of IC Wing Chun about misplaced chivalry in martial arts.