Can comedy bounce back after the pandemic? Joshua Bates reports
Students protest against Turkey’s anti-LGBTQ+ and politically motivated rulings
The Turkish President, Recep Erdogan, has been facing backlash after appointing a new rector from his political party for Bogazici University and later for making several anti-LGBTQ+ claims against protesting students. Ioana Grădinaru reports.
Negligence of universal LGBTQ+ rights? UN report on human rights abuses in Iran
A UN report on human rights abuses in Iran, released on the 10th February, details “electric shocks and the administration of hormones and strong psychoactive medications” for lesbian, bisexual, gay and transgender children.
Molly Rampton investigates the oppression of LGBTQ+ people in Iran.
LeadLUU: Rory Yeates
As voting for LeadLUU kicks off, we speak to the Gryphon Editor candidates. For manifestos and more information, click here. Who are you? My name is Rory and I’m a third-year student studying Philosophy, Politics and […]
LeadLUU: Neive McCarthy
As voting for LeadLUU kicks off, we speak to the Gryphon Editor candidates. For manifestos and more information, click here. Who are you? I’m Neive and I’m in my final year studying English Literature! This year, […]
LeadLUU: Iona Tompkins
As voting for LeadLUU kicks off, we speak to the Gryphon Editor candidates. For manifestos and more information, click here. Who are you? My name’s Iona and I’m a 3rd year History and Asia Pacific studies […]
LeadLUU: Calum Pinches
As voting for LeadLUU kicks off, we speak to the Gryphon Editor candidates. For manifestos and more information, click here. Who are you? Hello readers! I’m a second year Politics, Philosophy and Economics student and […]
LeadLUU: Alex Gibbon
As voting for LeadLUU kicks off, we speak to the Gryphon Editor candidates. For manifestos and more information, click here. Who are you? I am a single and lonely and my instagram is @alex.gibbon Otherwise, […]
A De-hetrified History in Response to the Drag Race Craze
Zaide O’rourke dives deep into the history of the crazed art form that is drag, and discusses the countless possibilities in the future of modern day drag.
“We did not give police permission to enter and they did not knock”: Students still feel unsafe in halls
Calum Pinches speaks to students about their experience of the police entering their university accommodation. LUU respond.
When social media influencers become political: Egypt’s dark new marketing strategy
A new craze of political marketing has seen influencers being paid to promote campaigns. In Egypt, 20 social media influencers have been recruited to ‘support Egypt’s image in the media’. Alice Spall reports.
Australian government takes on tech giants over ‘world-first’ legislation, enforcing media dues
In an age of vast access to media, newsfeeds are updating by the second. Whilst tech giants amass great sums of revenue from promoting this material, ought journalists to be compensated fairly for their content?! Will Nixon reports on a new Austrailian law which purports to do just that.