Epigram (newspaper)

By Emilia Ibarguen Donoso, Head of Photography With 5 anticipated films set to release this year, Anne Hathaway is booked and busy. Let us dive into her career, as it has been no easy journey becoming a Hollywood star. In 2001, lives were changed. Well maybe not for everyone, but for younger me who felt represented by Mia Thermapolis’ (Anne Hathaway) curly hair and artsy mother, Anne Hathaway became a staple in my household.

By Beth Robinson, SciTech Deputy Editor This article is satire. It is intended for entertainment, and any resemblance to factual events is purely coincidental. A professor at the University of Bristol has filed a complaint following an incident he described as a 'criminally intimidating breach of etiquette’ in his lecture hall.

By Sophie Robinson, Third Year, Film and TV Having been in Bristol for 2 years now, I feel as though I have a leg to stand on when I say there is a somewhat unspoken schedule of where you should go for a night out depending on the day of the week - unless I’m showing myself to be a creature of habit… Importantly, this is not a complete and foolproof guide of how to spend your upcoming freshers week.

By Izzy Geddes, Epigreen Columnist Bristol is renowned for its music scene and its environmental prowess, and Forwards Festival is an exciting culmination of the two. From hydrogen-powered stages to compostable cutlery, Forwards offers a glimpse into a sustainable future where innovation abounds. I spoke to Charlotte Jackson, a member of the sustainability team at the festival, to get further insight into what goes on behind the scenes to create such an inclusive space.

By Charles Hubbard, Film & TV Deputy Editor The announcement that a major movie studio is releasing a dark and gritty reboot of Robin Hood is now greeted with virtually as much frustration and face-palming in film circles as a US president announcing their entry into a new war in the Middle East that will totally be quick and easy and won’t turn into a decades-long quagmire littered with horrific human rights violations and terrible long-term impacts on the global economy.

By Lenny Osler, News Editor The University of Bristol has promised emergency funding to cover living expenses, travel, and visa costs for six Palestinian students set to begin master’s courses at the University this term. At around 2 PM BST, the students, currently in Gaza, learned the University had found the funds necessary to support their maintenance costs.

By Dana Datu, News Deputy Editor Those eligible include past or present university staff, visiting speakers, applicants for academic posts, and non-student members. It encapsulates the OfS's (Office for Students) strategy for 2025 to 2030 to ensure that all students from diverse backgrounds benefit from high-quality higher education.

Plant species identification plays a crucial role in scientific research, as well as in food and medicinal identification. It may seem that using DNA for plant identification is a more scientific and reliable approach. But is this really the case? By Yingqi Han, Third Year Biology Traditional plant identification methods can assign an organism to a species by observing the leaves, flowers, and habitat of the plant and comparing these features with a taxonomic key.

By Alfie Coan, Third Year, Physics The dinosaur subgenre has been through a lot since evolving from its early 20th century silent era roots. Stop-motion legends like Willis O'Brien and Ray Harryhausen refined the combination of dinosaurs and live-action actors in the ‘50s and ‘60s. Spielberg’s use of CGI revolutionised the look of on-screen dinosaurs in his masterpiece Jurassic Park (1993). But what comes next?

By Jed Dixon, Co Editor-in-Chief In June, the UK government announced that starting from Spring 2027 social media would be banned for under 16s. According to their consultations, 9 in 10 parents and two thirds of young people agreed with the ban, aligning with the 67 per cent of Epigram readers polled on the subject. Why, then, do many experts on the effects of social media on children seem far less supportive of the ban?