Stop Killer Robots
Writing by Anna Olszewska. Artwork from https://www.stopkillerrobots.org/. Lethal Autonomous Weapons (LAWs) are still characterised as a...
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Oct 22, 20223 min read
Privatised Prisons in a Privatised World
Writing by Melissa Malick. Artwork by Sarah Dobbs. In the 1980s, the United States and United Kingdom governments found themselves unable...
Oct 22, 20226 min read
Liberating the Liberty Caps: Psilosybin Mushrooms and the Battle for Western Legalisation
Writing by Elli Efird. Artwork by Mary Buchanan. “The rejection of any source of evidence is always treason to that ultimate rationalism...
Oct 22, 20224 min read
Labels, Lies, and Greenwashing: How Corporations Are Undermining Our Efforts
Writing by Jamie Calder. Artwork by Berenika Murray. ‘100 fossil fuel producers and nearly 1 trillion tonnes of greenhouse gas...
Oct 22, 20223 min read
The Tories Have Dug the Grave - Now the Labour Party Must Put Them In It
Writing by Ciara Savvides. Artwork by Polly Burnay. The Tory Party have recently revealed their so-called ‘growth’ plan, which will...
Oct 22, 20224 min read
The Damaging Implications of Instagram's Continued Misogynistic Censorship of the Female Body
Writing by Ruth Stainer. Artwork by Berenika Murray. Launched in October 2010, Instagram was initially perceived to be an innovative app...
Oct 22, 20224 min read
Money, Money, Money: How Mass Consumption is Killing the Planet
Writing by Naya Sudra. Artwork by Alina Sandauer. As Halloween is fast approaching, people have begun to purchase costumes and...
Oct 22, 20223 min read
Hope as a Vice
Writing by William Lewallen-Jordan. Artwork by Annie Whiteson. As the last of the warm summer air left and we all stepped into the...
Jun 1, 20224 min read
Emmanuel Macron’s bittersweet victory over right-wing extremist Marine Le Pen
Writing by Ellie Bye. Illustration via Unsplash. There is a sense of déjà vu to the French presidential race this year as it was the same...
Mar 3, 20222 min read
KAOS and The Invasion of Ukraine: Humour as a Coping Mechanism
Writing by Isabella Henricks. Lots of people are making jokes about the invasion of Ukraine in bad taste. However, if there is one...
Mar 3, 20223 min read
Why this is the last time I will ever talk about Boris Johnson.
Writing by Ellie Bye. Illustration by Hannah Grist. When Boris Johnson first came to power, the UK looked, for better or for worse, more...
Jan 25, 20226 min read
A Pandemic of Inaction: the Climate Movement’s Battle Against Chronic Stasis
Writing by Ellie Bye. Illustration by Heather Baillie. As a species, we often think of ourselves as separate from nature. We have usurped...
Jan 25, 20223 min read
Anonymity and Accountability
How anonymous online platforms are changing attitudes and responses to sexual assault and harassment in Edinburgh Writing by Bella...
Jan 25, 20224 min read
Question Evolution, question everything – a graffiti of doubt
Writing by Lilli Steffens. Writing by Berenika Murray. “Question Evolution”. These two words, accompanied by a cross, have recently...
Jan 8, 20224 min read
Molly Mae's '24 Hours' Statement is Symbolic of a Much Wider Issue
Writing by Isi Williams. Image via Unsplash. The recent comments of Love Island star, Molly Mae Hague, went viral last week for their...
Nov 25, 20215 min read
The Taliban Renaissance Should Not Come as a Surprise
Writing by Jamie McDonald. Photograph by Andre Klimke. “I want to say that the hearts of the free world are with you. We will never rest...
Sep 23, 20215 min read
How the Coronavirus Pandemic has sparked an unprecedented discussion about Welsh Independence
Writing by Ruth Stainer. Illustration by Berenika Murray. Devolution, defined as ‘the process of transferring power from the centre to...
Sep 23, 20215 min read
Can Freedom Really Be Measured by One Number?
Writing by Jamie McDonald. Illustration by Juliet Richards. Freedom House is a US-based non-profit organisation, famous for its annual...
Sep 23, 20216 min read
Freedom is Limited
Writing by Ece Kucuk. Illustration by Berenika Murray. On 15 July 2021, The High Court of the European Union made a decision that the...
Sep 23, 20213 min read
Edinburgh and Disability: How accessible is the city now that we have “freedom” again?
Writing by Bella Henricks. Illustration by Berenika Murray. August 2021 saw the vast majority of Covid restrictions lifted in Scotland....
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