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The Perspective #04: April24

The Perspective #04: April24

Labour’s Railway Reform Juliette Hussey Last week, Labour announced their plan of nationalisation of British railways in a plan to scrap contracts with private companies once contracts eventually expire by fully absorbing them into the public sector within their first term. The announcement also comes alongside plans to establish

The Perspective #03: March24

The Perspective #03: March24

Donaldson and the DUP’s disaster Shay Patel On the 28th of March 2024, the leader of the Democratic Unionist Party was charged with the most serious crimes of rape and historic sexual offences. As the crimes came to light, Sir Jeffrey Donaldson resigned as the leader of the party,

AI: Is the super-intelligent takeover coming?

AI: Is the super-intelligent takeover coming?

Daniel Guha In recent years, the introduction of ‘revolutionary’ technologies, such as ChatGPT, to society has triggered an influx of articles, many considering the potentially desolate future that lies ahead. However, this bleak outlook is partially caused by a common lack of understanding behind the fundamentals of current machine learning.

The Perspective #02: February24

The Perspective #02: February24

Budget breakdown: Tory success or potential villainess Aditi Prashanth Have you ever wondered how the Budget could impact your pocket? Brace yourselves for the Spring Budget of 2024, promising a variety of financial changes. Time to debrief. It seems that Jeremy Hunt sure has played his cards well with the

South Africa's informal job sector

South Africa's informal job sector

Annabel Dickinson (The following article is the runner-up of this year's Economics Alive competition for year 12 economics students) The roads around Cape Town, in South Africa, are filled with locals selling a variety of objects to commuters passing by. The informal job sector in South Africa

The Perspective #01: January24

The Perspective #01: January24

The Houthi Red Sea Experiment Shay Patel Since the Israel-Gaza War, Houthi rebels have been targeting strikes on shipping that they claim are aiding the Israelis, in the Red Sea. The Houthis have also struck a British tanker, which they say was in ‘response to American-British aggression’. The

Brutalism: Not so concrete philosophy

Brutalism: Not so concrete philosophy

Otto Bajwa Greenwood In the 1940s and 50s, Swiss architect, Le Corbusier, had a sleek and disciplined vision of engineering, hoping to inject virility and life into concrete in a way that had never really been seen before. The post-war landscape, to which he was responding, was a time