Skip to content

PolSoc Paper

University of Sheffield Politics Society Newspaper

  • Political Theory
  • Arts and Culture
  • Human Rights
  • Climate and Environment
  • Health
  • UK
  • International
    • EU
    • United Nations
    • China
    • US
  • PolSoc
  • Paper Updates

Category: Arts and Culture

Arts and CultureLeave a comment

Queer Sheffield: 10 Students Voices

February 27, 2025March 4, 2025 Megan Conisbee

A Sheff special to explore and celebrate queer student life in the city. With testimonies and photos all by students, this contribution to LGBTQ+ History Month is a little closer to home! Continue reading Queer Sheffield: 10 Students Voices

Arts and Culture, Political TheoryLeave a comment

Book Review: Thinking Fast & Slow

October 10, 2024 LeonFirth

This review of Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman explores how new breakthroughs in economic research have highly-relevant implications for the politics and media in today’s society.  Continue reading Book Review: Thinking Fast & Slow

Arts and Culture, Human Rights2 Comments

Does Social Media Activism Count?

October 8, 2024October 8, 2024 Eli Axcell

It is inarguable that social media has increased our access and awareness of the news and current events, but it is not a one-stop-shop. Continue reading Does Social Media Activism Count?

Arts and CultureLeave a comment

Sheffield’s New ‘Sapphic Society’

October 2, 2024October 2, 2024 Megan Conisbee

The PolSoc Paper editor interviews the President of the University’s new Sapphic Society – a society hoping to represent an overlooked contingent of Sheffield’s queer student community. Continue reading Sheffield’s New ‘Sapphic Society’

Arts and Culture, UKLeave a comment

Screening Solidarity

August 30, 2024August 30, 2024 Will Roebuck

PolSoc Paper’s first film review! A review of Pride (Warchus, 2014). Continue reading Screening Solidarity

Arts and Culture, UKLeave a comment

A Study in Satire

August 29, 2024October 2, 2024 Megan Conisbee

A study in satire. Is is all just jokes and laughs, or is satire a window into the farcical state of politics? Continue reading A Study in Satire

Arts and Culture, Human RightsLeave a comment

The Street Art Revolution

June 4, 2024August 29, 2024 Megan Conisbee

The first purpose-written ‘arts and culture’ feature for the PolSoc Paper! Continue reading The Street Art Revolution

Arts and Culture, InternationalLeave a comment

The Refugee Crisis

October 10, 2023August 29, 2024 jessicalrob3rts

I spent two months in northern France volunteering for Care4Calais, a charity that supports refugees across the UK and France. I have written a couple of poems about the refugee crisis and my experiences on the French-British border: Today, Together … Continue reading The Refugee Crisis

Arts and CultureLeave a comment

Triggered

February 25, 2022August 29, 2024 Joshua Thory-Rao

 There seems to be a serious lack of nuance in the so-called ‘culture war’. In recent weeks I keep seeing, from right-wing commentators, outrage at the supposed censorship that is going on at UK Universities. And what is the specific … Continue reading Triggered

Arts and CultureLeave a comment

Why (Historical) Fiction matters.

December 6, 2021August 29, 2024 Joshua Thory-Rao

There’s a tendency for those who read academic work all day to avoid doing this in their spare time. The stuff is interesting, sure, but it’s not exactly what you want to be spending your time doing when aiming to … Continue reading Why (Historical) Fiction matters.

The University of Sheffield's Politics Society Paper. Articles written by politics students for politics students.

  • Instagram
  • Facebook
  • X
Create a website or blog at WordPress.com
  • Subscribe Subscribed
    • PolSoc Paper
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • PolSoc Paper
    • Subscribe Subscribed
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar