Looksmaxxing has quietly metastasised from obscure online forums into a full-blown digital subculture, complete with its own influencers, jargon and increasingly dangerous rituals – and young men are paying the price.
New graduates consider their future in the UK
As cherry blossoms start to bloom along the Hogsmill, a familiar anxiety settles over Kingston University’s final-year students. With spring bringing dissertation deadlines, final projects, and exams, an uncertain future looms.
Now You See Me 3: A magical return
More than a decade after the Four Horsemen first dazzled audiences with their blend of illusion and high‑stakes heists, the Now trilogy has finally reached its third act. Now You See Me: Now You Don’t arrives as both a continuation and a celebration of what made the franchise iconic.
Over half of Kingston University students have considered sex work
If you’ve ever wondered how students are affording £6 coffees and £50 concert tickets and rent prices that make us cry, here’s one possible answer. Sex work among students is more common than many may assume and financial hardship, stigma and secrecy all play a part.
Pickles to Pringles: KU students confess their weird (but wonderful) Nutella combos for World Nutella Day
With World Nutella Day finished and done, Kingston University students have proven that the well-known chocolate-hazelnut spread is far more …
Poppy Playtime Ch.5 – Not the finale we are expecting
Poppy Playtime Chapter 5 was expected to serve as the franchise’s grand finale. Instead, it often feels like another instalment stretching the story beyond its natural conclusion.
RAYE performs a standout set at the O2 Arena
I’ve been a RAYE fan for more than ten years, back when she was the name tucked inside songwriting credits, the type of artist you’d play for friends with a quiet insistence that she was going to be huge one day. When she stepped on the stage at the O2 arena this year, not as a support act, not as an unknown backing vocal, but instead as the headlining show for her own tour, I realised that she wasn’t my little secret anymore, and I couldn’t think of anyone else more deserving of her success. The atmosphere before she came on wasn’t the usual pre‑show buzz; it felt more like a collective breath being held.
Resident Evil: Requiem – we are so back
Resident Evil is back, baby. Capcom’s bold, dual-natured entry has embraced the series’ split identity between both survival horror and explosive action. By dividing its campaign between two distinct protagonists, it creates a dynamic rhythm that constantly shifts tone, mechanics, and pacing.
Silent No More: KU students speak out against violence against women
Recent figures from the Metropolitan Police show sexual offences in Kingston-upon-Thames have risen by 13%.
Storybook love vs real love: Does ‘happy ever after’ exist outside of fairytales?
Happy Ever After, for the longest time, was understood as a romantic plot device that would wrap up stories. That perception and understanding of happily ever after has been framed by media, from …