The traditional image of the binge drinking student is being slowly shattered as statistics show that young people today drink less than in past decades. The number of young adults who choose low or no alcohol drinks to help moderate their drinking has nearly doubled since 2018, according to a Drinkaware poll. Are the current generation simply prioritising their health? Or are other factors, such as economics, social stigma, and safety, at play?
We interviewed Sir Stephen Houghton, Labour leader of Barnsley council, on the rise of the far right, the importance of local government, and where young people fit in politics.
Director Kleber Mendonça Filho’s new slow-burning neo-noir thriller, set in 1975 and following a former engineer now on the run from political persecution in Brazil’s brutal, right-wing military dictatorship, will likely frustrate those who approach it with anything but a completely open mind. Filho’s work (Aquarius, Bacurau) defines convention, and The Secret Agent is nothing like a typical genre thriller. Even the title is ironic (borrowed from Jean-Paul Belmondo in Le Magnifique, a low-budget satire of ‘70s spy movies.)
Our lecturers are mysterious individuals. Most of us know very little about them aside from the occasional shared anecdote from their lives beyond teaching. Of course, we know they’re academics, we know they’re especially skilled in what they’re teaching us, but it’s easy to forget that they are learning, researching, and writing while they’re here, too.
