Exploring queer history through The Gryphon archive
Archives aren’t all dusty books and crumbling manuscripts -research into past issues of the Gryphon(including in its former life as...
Features
“C’est le common sense”: Student Protests Take to the Streets of Montreal, Canada
In Canada, students face many of the same problems as they do in the UK: rising tuition fees, high rents,...
What the Treatment of Child Q Says About the Safety of Black Children in the UK
In December 2020, a 15-year-old Black schoolgirl in Hackney, referred to as Child Q, was removed from her mock exam...
Adultification Bias: the effect of racial prejudice on policing and beyond
A fifteen-year-old black schoolgirl, known only as Child Q, was strip-searched by police officers in 2020. The police were called...
“We’ve all started to realise just how important being creative is…”
Left Bank is no ordinary church. Walk in through its heavy wooden doors and you won’t find any sermons being...
Koko Popperz on the Commercialisation of Drag
In the last few years, interest in the world of drag has skyrocketed. Today, more Queens than ever before are...
Raw Meat, Redrum and Rosary Beads
The lovechild of satire, drama and raw immorality. A beast wearing six-inch red acrylics, shoddily glued-in extensions and cheap lip...
An Interview with the Leeds Refugee Forum
The Leeds Refugee Forum (LRF), formed in 2003, is a community organisation with the main objective of providing a strong...
Formula 1: MaFIA and the Politics of Motorsport
The politics and power-plays of Formula 1 were laid bare during the 2021 championship weekend. Irrespective of the Verstappen verdict...
What a court case about a cake says of religious expression and LGBTQ rights in Northern Ireland
In 2014, a Christian-run bakery in Belfast sparked controversy when they refused to make a cake for local gay rights...