Earlier this month, the University of Nottingham announced that it was considering cutting up to 48 courses from its programme, encompassing 15 subject areas. The reason given for this decision was the courses no longer being “financially viable” for the university. A look over the subject areas highlighted for the ban vary widely, from food… Continue reading The Discontinuing of Language Education in the UK- A Step Further From Global Britain?
At a time when the vocabulary of the progressive left feels hollowed out and political participation continues to decline, a handful of figures are trying to reverse the slide. In today’s shifting political landscape, progressive voices are redefining what it means to advocate for social change. Two leaders at the forefront of this movement are… Continue reading Two Faces of the New Progressive Politics: Zohran Mamdani and Zack Polanski
In a city just south of Seoul, the government is ordering cafés to erase English from their signs. In France, Le Académie Française continues to issue new warnings against the use of Franglais. Meanwhile, in the U.K., the Oxford English Dictionary adds over fifty Korean and Japanese words to its pages. And Spanish Royalty decrees… Continue reading Words of Power: How Language Borrowing Reflects Global Shifts in Cultural Influence
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770-1831) was a German philosopher during the late 18thand early 19th centuries and was key in the development of German idealism. Hegel’s work varies from idealism to the concept of the “Geist”, the philosophy of art, and metaphysics. Therefore, Hegel is not easy to read nor is he easy to interpret or apply to politics.… Continue reading Hegel’s Dialectics and Marxism in Europe
Sudan today stands at the edge of collapse, its people caught in the crossfire of a brutal war between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). What began as a power struggle in April 2023 has metastasized into a nationwide conflict that has destroyed cities, displaced millions, and left the… Continue reading Sudan on the Brink: A Nation Unraveling Amid War and Humanitarian Collapse
Around the 5th Century BCE, in Ancient China, one notorious commander declared that “all warfare is based on deception”, and ultimate success purely stems from tactics of evasion and subtlety. The work which this quote has been acquired from, The Art of War, is attributed to Sun Tzu; however, by 1469, the year Niccolò Machiavelli… Continue reading The art of the prince — Machiavelli and the endurance of deception
Elephants are the world’s largest land mammals, whose tusks and teeth have historically been considered a valuable commodity. The demand for ivory has led to continuous cases of elephant poaching, which has resulted in a large decline in the African elephant population. While ivory sales have been banned, African elephants remain listed as endangered on the IUCN Red… Continue reading The Origins and Evolution of the Illegal Ivory Trade
Marked by natural disasters, famine, mass migration and internal conflict, the last two years in South Sudan have been some of the darkest in its short history as an independent nation. In a country where some 9 million people are in need of humanitarian aid, aid workers are carrying out life-saving work on the frontlines.… Continue reading Risking more and getting less: how the insensitive practices of NGOs are killing aid workers in South Sudan
Behind the quiet doors of Britain’s private investigation firms lies a world that answers to almost no one. No licence, little oversight or barrier to entry – just a website, a phone number and the promise to find out what others can’t. It’s a profession that trades in secrets but operates largely without scrutiny, its… Continue reading Inside the Wild West of Britain’s Private Investigators
I was on the toilet when I first became acquainted with Zohran Mamdani. I wasn’t reading an article or listening to a campaign speech, but rather I was mindlessly scrolling through Instagram. Despite initially swiping up, it was perhaps the warmth of his smile I had glimpsed for a half second that compelled me to… Continue reading How Mamdani Reeled Me In
