"The word ‘performative’ is growing in use..." Bella Roberts interrogates the rise of the dismissive 'performative' label and the danger it brings for literary tastes.

Former Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and Durham alumna Mo Mowlam commemorated with blue plaque outside Trevelyan College.

With the recent announcement that RENT will transfer to the West End this winter for a limited engagement at the Duke of York’s Theatre, there could scarcely have been a more fitting moment for Durham ...

Polished and bursting with heart.” Stage Editor Alex Roy concludes her journey with Palatinate, with a 5 star review of DULOG’s Sister Act.

Degrees must mean more than “The student had AI competence”. When someone graduates from Durham with a First or 2:1, the university must be able to say, “Yes – they earned that degree”. In summer 2026 ...

Rating: 5 out of 5. This week, I had the privilege of venturing to the Assembly Rooms for the Finalists’ Showcase, a gorgeous celebration of one of Durham’s most talented graduating cohorts. Spanning ...

British Rock band ‘Radiohead’ have sold over 30 million albums, and boast six Grammy Awards, four Ivor Novello Awards, and five Mercury Prize nominations, the most of any act. Alongside their highly ...

South College students staged a walkout during a Christmas formal last night in protest at the event’s guest speaker, columnist Rod Liddle. The college’s Principal, Professor Tim Luckhurst, shouted ...

Sport subs go towards the upkeep of each sport, including the costs of pitch hire and new equipment. At the beginning of the 2023/24 academic year, Team Durham Sport introduced a fixed £35 membership ...

New statistics show that Durham University admitted the lowest proportion of state-educated students in the 2020/21 academic year, compared to any other UK university. Just 61.6% of the new cohort, ...

This academic year saw the opening of South College; bringing the total number of Durham University colleges to 17. However, South is far from Durham’s 17th college. In its near 200 year history ...

After the end of June, the joyous month of Pride, throughout which we have had to deal with the resurgence of transphobic tweets from a once much-loved children’s author, it is more important than ...