Photo by Paul Silvan on Unsplash The House of Commons was a scene of absolute chaos due to the Speaker, Sir Lindsay Hoyles, handling of Scottish National Party’s (SNP) motion calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. His decision overruled the House rules and allowed for a Labour amendment which sparked many questions regarding his ability...
Photograph taken from Unsplash On a busy Thursday afternoon, 8 February 2024, a total of ten students and staff from City, University of London gathered together in the Pool (the College Building) for a special talk on black queer history in the United Kingdom. This talk was hosted by Veronica McKenzie, a writer, director, and...
Photograph by: Nicky Ebbage (Unsplash) On 7 February 2024, City University’s School of Health and Psychological Sciences held a hybrid panel event to celebrate the members of the LGBTQI+ community who made the greatest contributions to improving healthcare throughout the United Kingdom, especially for people who identify as LGBTQI+. Before the talk began, the majority...
Photo by Nik on Unsplash. On a cold Thursday evening on 17 January 2024, the Islington Green Party held a meeting at the Islington Town Hall to discuss the Green Party’s stance on the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas. Chaired by the Green Party’s Councillor for the Borough of Islington, Benali Hamdache, this hybrid...
Photo by Bruno Martins on Unsplash. Since the pandemic, there has been a drop in Tube usership which has not been as fast to pick back up as expected, especially on Fridays, as a tweet from London’s mayor, Sadiq Khan, states. With ridership being consistently 12 per cent lower on Fridays compared to the rest...
Gary McFarlance (top left) giving his speech on Franz Fanon and resisting colonialism. Michelle (bottom right) chaired the meeting. [Photographed by: Masato Shibayama] In the late evening of Thursday, 25 January 2024, the Islington branch of the Socialist Workers’ Party held their weekly meetings at 84 Mayton Street to discuss their latest concerns and solutions to...
Panellists of the Assembly (from left to right): Sophia Beach, Dr Omar Abdel-Massan, Fatima, the chairwoman, Andrew Murray and Jeremy Corbyn. [Photographed by: Masato Shibayama] On the evening of Wednesday, 31 January 2024, a historic meeting took place. In contrast to the quiet, relaxed environment which pervaded the streets, cafés and bakeries outside the Archway...
Violence takes to the streets after a knife attack occurred which led to a woman and multiple children being injured. Anti-immigration looting and rioting has taken over Dublin, with over “400 Irish police officers … involved in the height of the response.”
Queen Elizabeth II, the longest serving British monarch of 70 years, passed away on Thursday, 8 September, aged 96. Buckingham Palace announced that the Queen passed away peacefully, with her family gathered at her Scottish Estate, Balmoral Castle.
Olive oil, cumin seeds, juniper berries, barley and cotton; Syria’s biggest exports, yet in the last decade it has been the country’s war documentaries which have shaken up the global consumer market.
There is a war in Eastern Europe that many are calling a threat to democracy. Ukraine is still facing Russian attacks, desperately defending itself despite invasion. Numbers of displaced families are increasing daily. Here is a rundown of what has happened so far. Darkness was looming over Ukraine for months prior to Russia’s invasion. The...
To be a poor man is hard, but to be a poor race in a land of dollars is the very bottom of hardships. Why is the racial wealth gap still plaguing the US economy?