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Opinion

Our Ever-Lasting Obsession with Beauty

Our Ever-Lasting Obsession with Beauty

By Dorothy Banaityte Superficiality and obsession with beauty is often considered to be a modern invention boosted by the rise of Instagram posts, TikTok trends and celebrity culture. However, whe...

Sports

‘When Issy met Sophie’, the Orbital in discussion with Sophie Christiansen CBE

‘When Issy met Sophie’, the Orbital in discussion with Sophie Christiansen CBE

On the 12th of December 2024, decorated Royal Holloway Alumni Sophie Christiansen CBE returned to the University for a visit. Reflecting on her time as a student at the University, she toured campus ...

Lifestyle

What’s Behind The Rise of Celebrity Criminals?

What’s Behind The Rise of Celebrity Criminals?

By Eleanor Harvey On 23rd December 2023, a 32-year-old woman from Louisiana was released from prison having served eight years for second-degree murder. Originally sentenced to ten years imprisonment, she pleaded guilty in 2016 for conspiring to kill her own mother with ...

Sports & Socs

‘When Issy met Sophie’, the Orbital in discussion with Sophie Christiansen CBE

‘When Issy met Sophie’, the Orbital in discussion with Sophie Christiansen CBE

BUCS SHOWCASE: Women’s Football 1st Team

BUCS SHOWCASE: Women’s Football 1st Team

BUCS SHOWCASE: Women’s Football 1st Team

BUCS SHOWCASE: Women’s Football 1st Team

BUCS SHOWCASE: WOMEN’S RUGBY

BUCS SHOWCASE: WOMEN’S RUGBY

Culture & Literature

Media Cycles, Microtrends, and the Rise and Fall of Chappell Roan

Media Cycles, Microtrends, and the Rise and Fall of Chappell Roan

Babitz, Brats, and Bacchanalia

Babitz, Brats, and Bacchanalia

An Interview with Nadia El-Fassi 

An Interview with Nadia El-Fassi 

Yellowface: the Parasitical Nature of ‘Wokeness’

Yellowface: the Parasitical Nature of ‘Wokeness’

Science & Technology

It’s so fluffy I’m gonna die!

It’s so fluffy I’m gonna die!

Who Really Gets to Be a Scientist? An Interview with Angela Saini

Who Really Gets to Be a Scientist? An Interview with Angela Saini

Sex on the Brain

Sex on the Brain

Beef VS Bug: how we can all limit the 1.5°C rise

Beef VS Bug: how we can all limit the 1.5°C rise