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LUSH X Valentine’s Day Products Launched Already: How Limited Edition Items Encourage Consumerism

January 13, 2026January 14, 2026

To put it plainly, LUSH waste absolutely no time pumping out new products to promote consumerism and exploit the next big holiday. Their strategy revolves around the lush exploit of next holiday…

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Lifestyle

A Very Thrifty Christmas: Festive Cheer on a Student Budget

December 7, 2025January 13, 2026

It is that time again. Deadlines are looming, your overdraft is whimpering, and somehow there is already mention of Secret Santa. The festive season is great: lights are twinkling, mulled wine is…

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Elon Musk’s wealth

February 7, 2025February 8, 2025

Elon Musk is crazy rich, almost too rich. Musk is the call a million dollars ‘spare change’ type of rich, which is pretty hard to comprehend for 99 per cent of people. …

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International/Politics

Exploring the Politics of Trade Protectionism

January 29, 2025January 29, 2025

Tariffs have become a major topic of international economic discussion and a policy priority of Trump’s administration.…

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The world around Stirling

October 16, 2024October 16, 2024

A ship tracking interface gives you the impression you could walk from Glasgow to New York on top of cargo ships.…

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SAAS announce new payment option during the cost-of-living crisis 

March 8, 2024March 9, 2024

The Student Awards Agency Scotland (SAAS) have announced their new payment option for the academic year 2024/25.  …

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Opinion/Politics

Scottish student mental health at all time low study finds – and it’s mostly financial

January 30, 2023February 6, 2023

The cost-of-living crisis is only getting worse, with student accommodation reaching a breaking point. In Brig’s previous print edition, we discussed how the budget outlined for 2023/24 by the Scottish Government was…

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Features/Lifestyle

Charles Attonaty, the man walking the world without spending money

June 23, 2022December 21, 2025

The 29-year-old has been on the go for almost two years, starting his 'world tour without money' on July 27 2020. On that day, he left his normal-life comforts behind and set…

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News

Studying from home could save Stirling students £500 a month, research shows

January 8, 2021January 8, 2021

Figures have revealed what students in Stirling could save each month by studying at home.…

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News

The hidden cost of graduations revealed

January 21, 2019January 21, 2019

NUS find the additional costs that graduating students can face…

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