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South West Londoner •

J. M. W. Turner’s south-west London childhood home honoured with blue plaque on painter’s 250th anniversary

A Brentford pub where the landscape artist J. M. W. Turner once lived and received his first commission has been honoured with a blue plaque, unveiled 250 years after his birth.


The Weir Pub has received a boost in visitors after their unveiling ceremony on 4 September, which was attended by guests including the Mayor of Brentford.


Turner, who features on the £20 note and is considered one of Britain’s most influential painters, lived and worked across the Thames valley in South West Londo...
North West Londoner •

Barnet FC supporters frustrated as stadium hopes stall

Councillors have been accused of treating Barnet FC fans with ‘disdain’ after the club’s promotion to League Two only sharpened the sting of the club’s stadium being outside the borough. 


The “Back to Barnet” campaign was dealt a blow by Barnet Council in July after plans for a 7,000-seat stadium on Barnet Playing Fields were rejected.


The campaign argues a ground in the borough would provide growth potential for the club and the community, as well as bolstering local pride. 


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The New World •

The great university rip-off

Another read: “Starting to think the troops who left school early and went straight into the trades r [sic] the real winners. A skill set and a job for life that they didn’t put themselves into debt for” read another. Scroll through TikTok and it doesn’t take long to find graduates venting their frustration. “I have applied to 65 jobs since graduating and only had 2 interviews! I have a first-class honours degree, have completed 3 internships, and have been working since I was 14. WHAT. AM. I. D...
The New World •

Taylor Swift: the capitalist juggernaut

It amassed more than 14m likes in the first hour, 1m reposts in less than six, and dominated front pages and breaking news alerts across the globe. The following day, as the US president gave a press conference on serious matters of war, he was asked about it. And he answered with as much sincerity as Donald Trump could be expected to muster. I am of course talking about the earth-shattering news that Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are getting married. The world record-breaking Instagram post fea...
The New World •

Gen-Z want to 'rot' at home. What's wrong with that?

That’s the sum total of the lives of Chinese “rat people”: self-christened Gen Z societal dropouts, who on social media platforms like Weibo and Rednote try to ironically one‑up each other with their feats of inertia. Imagine something along the lines of “You doom scroll from the couch? Tryhard, I haven’t left my bed in days”.Wake up at midday, doom scroll on the sofa all afternoon, eat a vaguely warm takeaway, then go back to bed. The term went viral after a video from a 20-something woman from...
The New World •

Gen Z, the scared generation

Call it a twisted thrill from playing the role of a disapproving Gen Z whisperer, sharing tales of our idiosyncrasies: like the ones who use ChatGPT as a personal therapist; the viral “office siren” fashion trend among students who dress as if they are on their way to the office even though they’ve never seen one; and the fact that you’re more likely to see twenty somethings on the streets at 5am because they’re training for a marathon rather than returning home from a big night out. Forgive me...
The Cheese Grater Magazine •

Plight of working students 'sidelined' by History Department, campaigners say – The Cheese Grater Magazine

Research by working students calling for additional mitigations was “sidelined” by department heads, campaigners say.A report by the UCL History First-in-Family and Working Students Network (FIFWS) called on the Department to grant students working a certain number of hours a week access to Summary Reasonable Adjustment extensions.But the group said its findings were dismissed by a departmental tutor after being given less than five minutes to present its 3,000-word report at an EDI meeting last...
Pi Media •

The Case for Assisted Dying *Winner at the 2025 National SPA Awards*

My grandmother was born as Norma Helen Wilkinson in a small town in the Pennines in 1938. Mother to two daughters, she also worked as a dinner lady, a barmaid and a care home worker. The title of animal lover did not come close to describing this woman’s dedication to all creatures great and small. Once, when my Mum was a teenager, she came home after a night out and told Grandma she’d seen a cat hit by a car. At 3am Norma drove them both back to the spot to sit in the pouring rain with the cat...
The Cheese Grater Magazine •

Revealed: Universities admitting students with poor English proficiency – The Cheese Grater Magazine

Universities are prioritising high fees from international students over sufficient English language skills, a BBC investigation revealed this week.Trade unions told the BBC it was an “open secret” that UK universities admit foreign language students with limited proficiency in English for financial gain.An anonymous whistleblower previously employed by StudyGroup, a business that provides pathways and English language courses for international students, has compared the process to the “Wild Wes...
Pi Media •

Have Reform Hit Their Ceiling?

This was it. Reform’s big moment. As they storm ahead in the polls, the Government’s approval rating is in the bin and the leader of their main competition, Kemi Badenoch, is so irrelevant I can't even be bothered to come up with a joke about her. Time for the flagship policy announcement that’s going to position them as a serious opposition party and secure that 2029 landslide. And the vote winning, mandate securing, showstopper is…Burying National Grid cables underground.Might it be time to co...
Pi Media •

The Hypocrisy Behind the Farmer's Revolt

A revolutionary vanguard marched on Westminster with widespread media coverage, decrying the shameful treatment of the most abused and oppressed in our society. Ah, this must be the news that over ⅓ of children now live in poverty in the UK, no? Alright then, surely outrage over the fact Earth has now breached the 1.5C global warming limit. Wrong again? It’s that landowners will now have to pay a reduced form of inheritance tax on farms worth over £3 million? Give me strength. The protest, which...