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Brig Advent Day 17: Has Consumerism Stolen Christmas?

December 17, 2025December 19, 2025

Christmas is a lot of things. And not to play too much the Grinch here, but it seems that one of those things is a holiday of over-consumption. …

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Film & TV/Opinion

Brig Advent Day 8 : The Christmas Movie, Rewritten

December 8, 2025December 9, 2025

How streaming, speed, and sameness reshaped a genre once built to last. There was a time when Christmas movies carried a sense of ceremony. They weren’t simply watched; they were anticipated. They…

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Comment/Opinion

Opinion: Scotland has an urgent duty to students’ mental health

December 2, 2025December 3, 2025

In the midst of a post-pandemic Scotland and a cost-of-living crisis, university students’ mental health is now more than ever in need of sufficient support through counselling and mental health services provided…

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Opinion/Politics

Opinion – There is nothing left to conserve for the Conservative Party

October 20, 2025October 20, 2025

Brig writer Bertie looks into how the Conservatives have performed historically and how they're doing now.

Do you think Reform has completely replaced the Conservatives?…

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Comment/Opinion

Stirling University could do with some dots

October 10, 2025October 10, 2025

The University of Stirling has an accessibility and inclusion department with an excellent reputation, but still, the campus features almost no braille signage, rendering me functionally illiterate here.…

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Comment/Opinion/Politics

Growing Labour pains show after party conference

October 2, 2025December 3, 2025

The Labour Party have just concluded their annual nationwide party conference, which ran from Sunday, September 28 and Wednesday, October 1. Elected representatives (MPs, MSPs, and MSs) and party activists gathered in…

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Comment/International/Opinion/Politics

Ann Coulter, you clearly have no clue about American history – so stay out of it

July 23, 2025December 3, 2025

Republican media pundit Ann Coulter clearly doesn't understand the importance of Native Americans, or the power of hate speech.…

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Comment/Opinion

Social Media: Friend or Foe?

April 13, 2025April 14, 2025

Social media: it is something that slowly but surely has not only made its way into the modern world, but it has helped to shape and create it. Instagram, Snapchat, the infamous…

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Opinion/Politics

Political Philosophical Perspectives: The House of Lords Debate 

April 10, 2025April 10, 2025

The House of Lords is a peculiar mix of tradition, political power, and aristocratic governance. The political institution is undemocratic, with unelected members influencing legislation.…

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Comment/Opinion

The Greenpeace Trial Means More Than Bankruptcy – It Threatens Democracy

April 6, 2025October 3, 2026

Greenpeace has been ordered to pay $600 million in damages to an oil company for protesting a pipeline cutting through Indigenous land…

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