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Issue 88 – Autumn 2024
Click the front cover to read Issue 88 of The Cheese Grater, UCL's Publication of the Year 2024.
Newsletter & Podcast
Episode 1: What was the Union President doing at COP29?
This week, editors Robert Delaney, Nick Miao, and guest speaker Lucy Reade discuss the Union President's recent trip to the UN climate summit, what th...
The Digestive – Issue 5
Good morning.
It’s been a good couple of weeks for student activists. Since our last newsletter, UCL has agreed to review its inves...
The Digestive – Issue 4
Good morning.
Hope you have had a productive reading week. We certainly did, just not in terms of uni work.
We’d like to take this...
The Digestive – Issue 3
Good morning.
In the week that the clocks turned back (meaning you can now complain about how dark it gets at 4pm) and the Rep Ele...
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News & Investigations
Union President ‘didn’t feel comfortable’ at COP29
Danaci admitted that her “first and likely last” COP experience was more about observation and networking
Nick Miao
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Humour & Satire
The Cheese Grater’s Guide to London
Sketch Director and seasoned Londoner Ben Scanlan offers a offers a comprehensive guide to the Ol' Smoke
Ben Scanlan
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The ‘thing going around at the moment’ knocks out entire UCL student population
The seasonal illness commonly referred to as “the thing” has been described by health experts as a more pathetic version of the “fresher's flu”
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Spotted on UCLove…
Shreya Jammalamadaka and Shriya Srinivasan
Humour and Graphics Team
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UCL-themed Halloween costume ideas
So, it’s Halloween and you’ve only just realised you don’t have a costume. Well, don’t panic! I have compiled a list of the greatest UCL-themed Hallo...
My culture is not your costume
Ben Scanlan Sketch DirectorImage by Couleur from PixabayTo whom this may concern, Hi, my name is Jingles, and I’m a proud member of ...
An encounter with the phantom flatmate
Rhi Skelhorn, Shreya Jammalamadaka, and Tvisha MehtaFreya, first year History of Art BAWho are they? What do they do at uni? Maybe they’r...
Dear phantom flatmate
Jasmine Yiu
Graphics Editor
Bentham box suggestions
Nyla Rizvi
Graphics IllustratorThis graphic appeared in the Digestive 4
Jeremy Bentham returns from the Shadow Realm to haunt UCL students
UCL has issued a ‘DO NOT ENGAGE’ warning to all students regarding the annual appearance of a zombified Jeremy Bentham. Elgin EdisonZomb...
Spooking the market: Scala ticket value skyrockets on Halloween
Scala has finally gone public on the London Universities Stock Exchange, and traders have taken to WhatsApp group chats to buy and sell tickets, gran...
Voices & Letters
Shrek review – sellout musical takes the Bloomsbury by storm
An incredible performance by the Musical Theatre Society will go down in history as one of the greatest Bloomsbury productions
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UCL’s harm reduction policy is a victory for compassion and common sense
UCL's new approach to student drug use is a “watershed moment” that recognises the problem as a complex issue that requires education, support, and co...
UCL deserves a culture of debate and discourse
If the Provost is serious about Disagreeing Well, he must support a culture of student-led debate on campus
Robert Delaney...
The Welkin review – a period drama with profound themes
The Drama Society's first Blooms show of the year was met with cheers and several standing ovations from members of the audience
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Our fight for freedom knows no distance
3,000 miles away from Tbilisi, Georgian students at UCL fight for another future
Elene Suramelashvili
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An Obituary of Middle Eastern Studies
The closure of one of the world’s oldest Middle Eastern Studies departments is a worrying sign for academic integrity and diversity in Europe and beyo...
Bloomsbury’s Bananas: a tale of massacres, coups, and ethical consumption
One recent gloomy day on campus, I made the arduous journey to the Union Bloomsbury Shop to get some study snacks. Trying to exercise some self-discip...
Jewish Society, wake up!
This is a desperate cry for change from a Jewish student who has had more than enough of the UCL Jewish Society’s underreaction to events unfolding i...
Robert Delaney: I will rebuild student media
On Wednesday, The Cheese Grater sent out a blanket invite to all four candidates competing to be Media Rep – Altay Shaw, Robert Delaney, Maria Kliuch...
Student politics is broken, and it’s our fault
Student politics at UCL has a major crisis of engagement. In last year’s Leadership Race, the Union celebrated a ‘record-breaking’ turnout of… 23.7%....