Think pieces

Does your brother have ‘special needs’?

4th December, 2025

“Growing up, I didn’t know a single person like me.”

The hell of adolescence: ‘All About Lily Chou-Chou’ (2001)

25th April, 2025

“[Emotions] are almost a currency which the teenagers trade anonymously online.”

UEA celebrates Trans Pride Day

14th May, 2024

“The idea was to establish an annual event […] to celebrate transgender students and to offer support and community in the midst of a continuously difficult sociopolitical climate.”

Norwich: Fashion on the Map

14th May, 2024

“Clothes shopping should be fun, not a way to punish yourself.”

Relearning to cycle at 22

19th December, 2023

“It can seem humiliating to start from scratch[…] but there are so many rewards for going out of your comfort zone.”

Earth as alive at the Sainsbury Centre

14th November, 2023

“I liked the idea of nature being ‘a character not to be conquered but to be seen, respected and conversed with’.”

Night out or night in? The student job dilemma

17th October, 2023

“Taking on part-time work alongside studying can be a juggling act.”

Celebrating UEA’s Black Alumni

17th October, 2023

“UEA is home to a plethora of black alumni who have contributed substantially to sectors such as arts and humanities, sciences and politics.”

Co-Editor Eve Attwood in Conversation with Writer and Researcher Benjamina Efua Dadzie

2nd October, 2023

“Who gets to benefit from the material culture and cultural heritage of a people?”

Forming healthy relationships with movement

September 2nd, 2023

“When girls are encouraged to exercise, we’re encouraged to lose weight and become thinner.”

The Sam Levinson effect

15th August, 2023

“I’m tired of directors and writers pretending they are producing something innovative and groundbreaking by simply having their characters dress half-naked or smoking cigarettes every five minutes.”

Designer in focus: Jackson Wiederhoeft

10th August, 2023

“Every day is an opportunity to dress in fun, at times outrageous, or theatrical clothing.”

UEA pledges to divest from fossil fuels — but what’s next?

February 14th, 2023

“As of November 2022, 65% of the country’s higher education sector is refusing to make investments in fossil fuel companies.

Student nurses vs the NHS staffing crisis

January 17th, 2023

“They are completing the work alone that should be covered by a team.”

The Women’s Rights Movement has opened up an unlikely new front — the Islamic Republic of Iran

December 20th, 2022

“Now, they are demanding their voice be heard.”

Is BeReal a performance of authenticity?

December 13th, 2022

“How many users have put off answering their BeReal notification until they are doing something eventful later in the day?”

Is the cost of living crisis having an effect on which universities freshers are relocating to?

October 18th, 2022

“I wanted, like every other student, to be able to enjoy university instead of spending each day dreading my bank balance.”