March 2021

The current political climate does not bode well for pro-Europeans: The Brexit vote last year has not only set the United Kingdom on course to leave the EU, but move it farther and farther away from the European continent and all it stands for more generally. Some call this the vision of a truly ‘Global […]

With many Premier League footballers earning in excess of £100,000 a week, many have stated how professional footballers earn far too much for what they do. Some have questioned that if they are going to be earning such extortionate amounts of money, are they going to ever give back to noble causes? Step in Manchester […]

The Students’ Union building on square 3. Credit: Wikimedia Following our report on the controversy surrounding Essex Students’ Union’s overturn of a majority student vote for SU transport to the ‘Free Education’ demonstration in London, the SU Vice President for Services and Communications and Sabbatical Trustee Board member, Tancrède Chartier, kindly offered to sit down […]

This is the modern world. A world in which young English footballers are the best in the world. This is something fans, pundits and coaches have been dreaming of for the decade since the disastrous qualifying campaign for Euro 2008. Rather than just the one golden generation with the likes of Terry, Lampard, Gerrard and […]

Primed to release their EP ‘Paradise Lost’, Cheltenham based emo pop-punks Lightblue caught up with us to chat about their new material. With sounds comparable to that of Neck Deep and Boston Manor, the band are hitting the scene hard with their punchy riffs and catchy lyrics. Rowena: So, where did the name ‘Lightblue’ come […]

On Wednesday the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Phillip Hammond, presented to the House of Commons his Budget, setting out the Government’s tax and spending plans for the next year. His speech, and the budget document itself, covered a wide range of topics, but one barely mentioned issue was young people. In his speech to the […]

If you live off campus and in Colchester, this is the weekly update for your MP Will Quince’s activities in Parliament. Speeches and contributions Will Quince did not make any contributions to debates in Parliament this week. Votes Will Quince voted six times this week, all of these votes were on issues relating to Brexit. […]

If you live off campus and in Colchester, this is the weekly update for your MP Will Quince’s activities in Parliament. Speeches and contributions Will Quince made two contributions to debates in the House of Commons this week, both of which were on Monday on the study of Mandarin. He first asked a question to […]

If you live off campus and in Colchester, this is the weekly update for your MP Will Quince’s activities in Parliament. Speeches and contributions Will Quince did not make any contributions to debates in Parliament this week. Votes Will Quince voted eight times this week. All these voted were on matters relating to the EU […]

“What some would call an ordinary life, was now a snatch of badly printed news”. This is how relatable to an average and real life the journey of Julie Cope is, despite the fact that she is not real. Julie Cope is a fictional Essex woman character created by the English artist Grayson Perry. Through […]

That’s right, the time is almost upon us for the annual Theatre Arts Society Panto. This year the play of choice is Puss in Boots, written by Chloe Atkinson and directed by Jack Parker and Finn Todd, all recent Essex Drama graduates. So what’s it all about? Loosely based on the classic fairy tale, Puss […]

Does absence make the heart grow fonder? That is a question numerous couples must ask themselves as an abundance of students commence their year abroad, many leaving behind a significant other. I am currently on the third month of my exchange year in Chile and have found myself in a long distance relationship. Undertaking studies […]

If you live off campus and in Colchester, this is the weekly update for your MP Will Quince’s activities in Parliament. Speeches and contributions Will Quince made four contributions in Parliament this week across three different debates. On Tuesday the MP for Colchester made two contributions during a debate on the Rohingya Crisis. Mr Quince […]

Marie White, 22 years young, and a girl by her own admission. A girl who enjoys making music, hanging out with her girlfriend, and writing about herself in the third person. Reluctantly accepting many of the requests to ‘move along’, Marie started busking in Rye at the age of 15, performing soulful ballads, most of […]