Counting Down My 10 Favourite Inventions
10. The Spork One can only imagine how consumers got by before the advent of the spork. It was a…
Rise of the Floor Bed
Fall flat for the best snooze of all… The Spartan section has seized the LSE zeitgeist, and it sure shows…
Yes, Trump is ‘Almost Certain’ to Lose Re-election in 2020
Nearly a month ago, I wrote an article for this paper arguing that the Democratic Party’s primary contest in 2020…
Queen Mary University Staff Warned of Investigation for Low Grading
Staff at Queen Mary University of London received an email advising them that an investigation may be conducted against them…
UK Research Councils Sign Declaration Against The Use of Journal Impact Factors in Evaluating Research Excellence
All seven UK Research Councils have joined others from across the globe signing the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment…
“Stegosaurus”: a play about eating disorders and mental health at the VAULT Festival
Described as “emotion in its purest, most innocent form” from Broadway Baby and a “powerful drama” by The Sunday Times,…
Royal Society of Biology Announces Strawberry Blond “Isn’t a Real Hair Colour”
In an unexpected and controversial statement made on Friday, the Royal Society of Biology stated that the hair colour known…
The Perfect Gig: Developments in the Modern Economy
Platform businesses have long been on the rise. Tech firms, such as Deliveroo and Uber, have reduced search frictions and…
The Lessons of McMafia: A Response to ‘The Russian Threat is Real’
Why Britain does not need to prepare for a Russian invasion… At a conference somewhere sometime held under Chatham House…
Economics is Dead – Long Live Political Economy
When the Global Financial Crisis hit in 2008, the economics profession was shaken. The world looked on as economic models…
