Perspectives
by Abhinav Chaturvedi Especially during economic downturns, it is essential for businesses to create a compelling case for their brands. Countries and companies that succeed in this may be able to weather the downturn. As high streets continue to struggle amidst inflation and the impact of disastrous coronavirus lockdowns, Japan, Inc. is taking advertising to […]
by Hal Conte Timing an exhibition can be a knotty problem for an art gallery or museum, but it helps when your subject matter is trending by default. “Breaking the News,” running at the British Library through late August, covers 500 years of media history using old newspapers, video footage, pamphlets, and more. It has […]
by Beatrix Stark Edie Sedgwick is enshrined in popular culture as a 1960s fashion icon and muse to Andy Warhol. The seventh child of Francis and Alice Sedgwick, Edie was born into a life of luxury and privilege. The Sedgwicks were an extremely wealthy, influential American dynasty that stretched back centuries and appeared to live […]
by Beatrix Stark In a televised speech broadcast on Monday, Feb. 21, Russian President Vladimir Putin invoked – and rewrote- history in order to justify Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The once-glorified Soviet leaders Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin were recast as figures of failure who betrayed the Russian nation by surrendering the territory which now […]
by Beatrix Stark A new production of Shakespeare’s Hamlet is being performed for the first time in the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse as part of the Globe’s Winter 2021/2022 performance series. A story of corruption, deception, and madness, Hamlet is one of Shakespeare’s most haunting plays. Set in the remote, garish Royal Court of Elsinore in […]
Eugenia Perozo examines the events leading up to the 2020 presidential election and its aftermath – with the rise of covid-19, what does a new era mean for the United States, and the world?
A detailed insight into synthetic biology, and the potentially bright or dark futures it has in store for humankind, by Sameda Velaj, a third year Biomedicine student.
Third year Philosophy student Euan McGinty discusses the importance of language, and how we should consider how our attitudes are connected to the meaning of words.
An exploration of the future of medical marijuana on university campuses in Arizona by Valentine Sargent, a student at Northern Arizona University.
Our former Editor in Chief making waves in local climate planning, Tom Harrison, reflects on the recent climate talks in Katowice and offers an interesting perspective on how we should respond to tackle climate change.
US Foreign Policy Masters student, Tasha Smith, offers a thought-provoking and hard-hitting insight into the experiences of women during and post conflict across the world, and explores options for rehabilitation into civilian life.
Warwick Globalist Co-Editor, Matilda Smith, shares her thoughts on the nature of race relations in Trump’s America following the recent anniversary of racial violence in Charlottesville.
co-Editor-in-Chief, Matilda Smith, discusses her interview with the Foreign editor for the Economist, Robert Guest, gives us his take on 2017, its impact on our future and the role of globalisation in all this
Sociology student Jade Hargreaves discusses the issues that arise from our ethnocentric education system
Hakim Khatib discusses the complex position Atheism has within Muslim majority countries. He is a research fellow at the is a research Fellow at the Goethe University Frankfurt and the editor-in-chief of the Mashreq Politics & Culture Journal (MPC Journal).
Co-editor-in-chief Anita discusses the worrying state of Poland’s political, social and cultural landscape.
The national UCU strike begins on Thursday. Malcolm Lowe explains the importance of maintaining and defending the picket line and what you, as students, can do to support striking staff.
Jason Hung investigates both shortcomings and contributions from working as a photographer in humanitarian services.
Dora examines the history of the controversial refugee camp, ‘The Jungle’, at Calais, tracking its development from its conception in 1999 to its current standing in today’s turbulent climate.
In an open letter, Finn Halligan addresses the highly problematic approach that most centre-left liberals take to the some of the methods of Antifa.
Bogdan Padalko discusses the Greek philosopher, Gorgias, drawing parallels between his oratory and the modern discipline of Economics.
Last night’s election was nothing short of a mixed bag. Our co-Editor-in-Chief, Finn Halligan, addresses some lessons to be learned from the shock outcome.
With the fate of America sealed for the next four years, Finn Halligan examines exactly what the president-elect stands for and why it is so hard to identify.
Connor Woodman breaks down the mainstream British intellectual culture incapable of coming to terms with the UK’s role in the Iraq War.
In the first of the new ‘A Student Explains…’ series, Finn Halligan provides a historian’s perspective on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, explaining that nationalism, not ideology, lies at the core of the crisis.
Maddy Winters critiques the role of NGOs in social movements, arguing they hold back progressive politics and act as a force of co-optation and marginalisation for the state and private power.
Finn Haligan questions why Britian’s period of colonial involvement in India continues to be remembered nostalgically.
Perspective’s Editor Thames discusses the film ‘The Lobster’ in the context of online dating and suggests that looking for love and searching for a job have more in common than you think.
Since Oriel College in Oxford responded to a 2,300-strong petition calling for the removal of a monument to Cecil Rhodes, mainstream commentators have gone into hyperdrive. Connor Woodman analyses what it tells us about the British media.
Arts & Culture Co-Editor Clare Hymer explores how developments in communications can help us to foster empathy by bridging geographical, cultural and temporal distances.
Campaign Against Arms Trade’s Rachel Melly exposes the British state’s complicity in the global arms trade.
Most in the West remain oblivious to the material reality facing the vast majority of people in the world, and the causes underlying these conditions. Nowhere is this reality clearer than in the DRC, the poorest country on earth and the subject of centuries of vicious foreign interference, writes Editor-in-Chief Connor Woodman.