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
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
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?
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’
PolSoc Paper’s first film review! A review of Pride (Warchus, 2014). Continue reading Screening Solidarity
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
The first purpose-written ‘arts and culture’ feature for the PolSoc Paper! Continue reading The Street Art Revolution
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
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
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.
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