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Oliver Mizzi 11th June 2020 0

Covid-19: a window of opportunity for better global governance

It’s been three months since Europe became the epicentre of the global Covid-19 pandemic, and six months since it was first discovered in China in December 2019. Yet, in that…Continue Reading →

Science and Technology

The Transportation Arms Race needs to end: here’s why

I’m going to be honest right out of the gate, this wasn’t a fun one to research, and it…

Reflections on Covid-19: a crisis of freedom, but to what end?

Originally published in The Cambridge Student. What is freedom? Is it the right to choose and determine all actions which…

Politics

Covid-19: a window of opportunity for better global governance

Extinction Rebellion’s latest actions have ripped the lid off a Pandora’s box of issues

The Sikhs, and now the Kashmiris: the disease that is Hindu Nationalism

Climate and Environment

Climate Change – A Christian’s Perspective

Extinction Rebellion’s latest actions have ripped the lid off a Pandora’s box of issues

To tackle the climate crisis, the West should learn from the world’s indigenous populations

Society

Reflections on Covid-19: a crisis of freedom, but to what end?

How COVID-19 is exposing capitalism as the enemy, and socialism as the friend

Flickr, Alberto G., Creative Commons

Why grading systems are a flawed measure of intelligence

Science and Technology

The Transportation Arms Race needs to end: here’s why

World of Warcraft: How the MMORPG genre killed RTS games

A hard pill to swallow: animal agriculture is killing us off

Sport

Build your own match report for Australia’s Ashes retaining win over England at Old Trafford

City, Liverpool and the Premier League title race: never underestimate the power of winning

Tiger Woods: Masters win is a comeback only sport can deliver