A Unique Friendship: My Experience with ‘Writing Back’

Ruby Wait-Weguelin on 17 November 2022

Ruby Wait-Weguelin shares her experience of taking part in the ‘Writing Back’ scheme at the university. She considers how loneliness affects us all, before turning to the heart-warming moments and memories she gained from this scheme.

Could Frank Ocean be making his musical return soon?

Charlie Lake on 17 November 2022

Might a new Frank Ocean album be on the horizon? Click to read more.

Beabadoobee brings her masterclass in live rock to Manchester Academy

Elsie Oulton on 15 November 2022

Our Writer, Elsie Oulton, travelled to Manchester to immerse herself in the world of ‘Beatopia’.

Henrietta Lacks and the HeLa Cell Line

Frankie Brown on 15 November 2022

The story of Henrietta Lacks and her family is unfortunately one of many accounts where science and medicine has disenfranchised people in ethnic minorities. Writer Frankie Brown discusses Henrietta Lacks’ contribution to cancer and vaccine research.

Celebrating Forgotten Scientists: John Edmonstone

Zoe Parker on 15 November 2022

Charles Darwin is known as one of the greatest scientists of his time for his theory of evolution. The practice of collecting evidence for his theory can be credited to a free man living in Edinburgh at the same time as a young Darwin, who taught him the skills necessary for taxidermy.

Celebrating Forgotten Scientists: Onesimus

Alessia Stanistreet-Welsh on 15 November 2022

The smallpox outbreak of 1791 in Boston, Massachusetts was only brought under control by the process of inoculation, introduced by a slave from West Africa called Onesimus.