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July 2024 saw Rachel Reeves become the UK’s first female Chancellor of the Exchequer, a landmark achievement. Yet six months on, there have been rumours that she could be sacked. The question is, why?

My termly commute from the safe confines of London to the cold and mystical land of Durham is one fraught with dangers; train delays, loud phone conversations, and fourteen-year-old boys who like to ...

With F1 only permitted to have a 25-race calendar (as stipulated by the Concorde Agreement with F1’s teams), the sport has explored eclectic methods to facilitate races, with the most effective being ...

The Pemberton Building, home to the Durham Union and located on Palace Green, will be closed for the remainder of the Epiphany term due to exterior renovation works.

Beatrice Nicastro explores 1920s literature through the conflicting relationship of Zelda and F. Scott Fitzgerald ...

The BBC have announced a radical new format to University Challenge in a move which many anticipate will greatly increase Durham University’s chances of winning the coveted trophy for years to come.

Holly Simms discusses the potential candidates for Canadian liberal leadership in the face of an upcoming election.

Jasmine Davey explores the Tobacco and Vapes Bill, which aims to create a “smoke-free generation” by banning tobacco sales to those born after 1st January 2009. While health advocates support the move ...

"The decade produced some of the greatest musicals in history", Film and TV Editor Isabel McDermott gives her recommendations of the best movie musicals of the 1960s.

Saturday the 18th of January saw thousands of women across the UK protest within a worldwide coordinated campaign to put a feminist agenda back on the news. Marching in solidarity with oppressed women ...

As Biden’s term ends, President Trump proclaimed “America’s decline is over”. Like in 2017, Mr. Trump’s intention with much of this address seems to have been to paint an image of a catastrophe-ridden ...