The River says: General Election
Natalie J Crookham
Students complaining is an every-day occurrence. ‘Why do we have to pay tuition fees?’ ‘I wish there was better public transport around!’ ‘Why is single-use plastics still a thing?’ Going…
Comment and Opinion
Rainbow poppies for LGBTQ+ soldiers is not disrespectful
Charlotte Dorans
“In Flanders Fields, the poppies blow. Between the crosses, row on row…” Whilst watching the poppies flourish in the battlefields of Northern France and Belgium, John McCrae wrote his iconic…
The River says: Environment
The environment surrounds us. It was here before us and it will be here long after us, so why are we not taking better care of it? People’s interest in…
To the people who take the lift just one floor. Why?
Marie Mannes
We have all been there. Fifth-floor lecture? Take the lifts! Only someone else has a class on the first floor and joins the ride. Argh! Lucie Skorvagova shares her frustrations.
The River says: Mental health needs to be talked about
Mental health services. People just need to be made aware of their existence. In the modern world, mental health is taken a lot more seriously and it is more widely-recognised…
Margaret Atwood’s The Testaments was worth the 35-year wait
Isabella Ruffatti
Did he live or die? What a cliff-hanger, right? Sherlock fans had to wait two years for the burning question of whether their beloved series protagonist, played by Benedict Cumberbatch,…
Banning private schools isn’t the way to solve inequality
Stephen Hall
To be very clear, I was not privately educated myself and am not particularly a fan of the Eton Elite that permeates the upper echelons of our society. However the…
Stop giving drug dealers business
Robyn White
So, of course, as students, we all appreciate a bit of extra cash. A night at the pub, some new clothes, those pesky bills…but would you resort to drug dealing?
Wealthy students avoid £6K of interest on tuition fees: it’s not fair
Angel Pearce
When I was nine years old, my primary school took me on a school trip to our local private school, Whitgift School in Croydon.
Uber’s ban from London only serves to limit travel choice for students
If the last two years for Uber has proved anything, it’s that it is unable to please anyone irrespective of the service it provides. The fight for the company to…