Is there any better way to commemorate the almost-finished premiership of Boris Johnson than by serialising his scandals? This list has narrowed down the scandals to those that took place during his time as Prime Minister only. After all, there’s only so much one can read in one sitting. As…

A quick search on Google for “U.K. traditional festivals” reveals a pretty disappointing lot: New Year’s Day: Not British and more of an excuse to get really f*cked up than being anything “traditional”. Plough Monday: I, along with everyone else under 60, have never heard of this festival. Easter: A…

Whether it be Australia’s trade deal with the E.U. (i.e. no trade deal at all) or their immigration policy (i.e. having as little immigration as possible) this Tory government seems obsessed with replicating our ex-colonial friend’s shortcomings. Now, apparently, we must copy their asylum system too (i.e. getting rid of…

Confidence votes and byelection results aside, we all know Boris Johnson’s days are numbered. So even if the horses’ gates haven’t officially been opened, for all intents and purposes, the race to become the next Tory leader is on. Because of the dragged-out nature of Boris’s fall from grace, a…

The pre-sesh It’s Saturday night and somehow my Spanish girlfriend and her Mum have persuaded me to watch Eurovision. How did I get here? I’m not sure, but I can feel my 20-year-old past self shuddering with a cringe. The show opens to three artificially excited hosts: Mika, an Italian pop star…

A few weeks ago my girlfriend left me home alone. I decided to take the chance to visit an old home of mine: Madrid. Despite living there between the ages of ten and 16, I had yet to return since. So, off I went! After checking into the edgy El…

Lisbon is a city you miss as soon as you leave. It’s beautiful, to be sure. But it also has a distinctive personality. Lisbon doesn’t feel like ‘any other’ European capital. A pivotal event that helped turn Lisbon into the wondrously unique place you can visit today happened nearly…

The never-ending fall Media mogul Rupert Murchoch once described his newspapers as “rivers of gold”. A few years later, once the internet took hold of our access to information, he said, “sometimes rivers dry up.” Media outlets struggled to make good money, even when they made it online. In the US, daily online…