Written By Adiyat Zahir I do not regret my early contact with David Graybeard; David, with his gentle disposition, who permitted a strange white ape to touch him... In those early days I spent many days alone with David. Hour after hour I followed him through the forests, sitting and
Written By Theodore Spaliviero-Shaw 2026 has proven to be an action-packed year. If you're a Year 2 med student like me, that has meant wading through a seemingly never-ending swamp of Anki cards. At the Health Policy and Management Society (HPM), however, we have been
Written By Anthea Gabot and Jack Brown Introduction When you turn on the news, you will likely come across titles such as “The Earth’s Climate is further out of balance than any time in recorded history”1 or “Temperature exceeds 19C on the warmest day so far for parts
Written By Amman Ahmed Imagine a great oak door that extends past your head twice over, adorned with carvings that speak of a history that stretches through pandemics, strikes and stories that started and ended before you could take a breath. Watch as the door strides along its hinge, softly
Written By Anya D. Roy From the devotional peace of Kirtan to high-stakes neurology wards, Amrit Kaur leads with an unwavering "service-first" mindset. Steering MedSoc to record-breaking engagement, she has navigated the complexities of student politics while prioritising cultural integrity and collective empowerment to ensure
Written By Anya D. Roy Whether it’s navigating the cockpit of a light aircraft or the intricacies of neurosurgical research, Dr Fahm Deen remains a visionary defined by meticulous precision and inspirational drive. Taking the helm of the UK’s largest surgical society during its landmark 25th anniversary, Fahm
Written By Fahm Deen, Nikhita Bhatt, Devanandh Murugesan, Anna Baker, Gladys Ng Introduction The International Neurology and Neurosurgery Conference (INNC) 2026 marked an exciting return of one of the UK’s largest student-led events in the field, held over two days at UCL East’s Marshgate Campus in London,
Written By Sreeja Roy Interview with Dr. Nimesh Patel The dreaded exam season is quickly approaching and all that time we thought we had is disappearing just as fast, or even faster. Suddenly doing back to back Sports Ball and Jashn doesn’t seem like such a good idea anymore…
Written By Theodore Spaliviero-Shaw Biotech startup teaches human brain cells to play cult classic video game ‘Doom’ On 25th February, Australian biotech startup Cortical Labs announced that it had taught a “biological computer” to play the first-person shooter game ‘Doom’.1 Whilst it won’t win any professional
How UK news outlets want you to think about the resident doctor strikes Written By Lizzie Pop Ideology is everywhere: in advertisements, in the films we watch, and, most importantly, in the things we read. There are two definitions of ideology that are pertinent to this discussion. Firstly, ideology is
Written By Esha Amjad Introduction: Surgery is a discipline which does not tolerate imprecision. Whether it be a misplaced incision or a lapse in sterile technique, such error carries considerable consequences for both the patient and the surgeon. The speciality prides itself on this rigour; it has built its entire
Written By Antonia Beevor-Martinez For decades, many young children, some still infants, have undergone cosmetic genital surgeries, with very little public outcry. These children are intersex: they have rare conditions that affect not only their reproductive organs, such as their genitals, but also their genes and hormones.1 Historically,