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Jasmine McQuade
Dec 9, 2024
Darts and Draught at O'Neill's Maidenhead - Review
Recently, three members of The Spark were kindly invited to visit and review O’Neill’s pub in Maidenhead. The establishment sits...

Becca Sebire
Nov 28, 2024
Opinion: It Starts, and Ends, with Men
Photo by Thames Valley Police There are some uncomfortable truths in society that nobody likes to face as realities. Women are instructed...

Kallum Price
Nov 3, 2024
How Climate Change is Disrupting Reading’s Hydro Power
There is no denying that the University of Reading is a leading force in climate change awareness and has championed the move to...


Alper Yasarata
Oct 29, 2024
Is TikTok changing the way we think?
It's undeniable how far social media platforms will go to keep our attention span short yet focused on the endless stream of content...


Julie Hooper
Oct 28, 2024
Initiations at University
Around this time every year you are guaranteed to see a flock of students downing snake bites dressed in fishy themed costumes (Surf...

Kallum Price
Oct 28, 2024
In Conversation with Dr. Fabio Oliveira
This past week I had the opportunity to sit down with Dr Fabio Oliveira, lecturer in entrepreneurship and innovation, to discuss...

Finlay McPherson
Oct 28, 2024
Macron stands alone in Europe
When Emmanuel Macron ascended to the French Presidency in 2017 he did so on the platform of introducing widespread reform across a raft...


Gloria Boateng
Jun 14, 2024
All Dreams Are Nonsense
Our eyes fixate on a march to freedom, some sort of practicality Growing up is being taken away from the world’s tactful strategies The...


Finlay McPherson
Jun 10, 2024
An Indefensible D-Day Decision
The decision of a Prime Minister, and a Conservative one at that, to remove themself from such a momentous day as the eightieth...


Isaac Lomax
Jun 1, 2024
As One Closes...
My wonderful Spark team, readers and viewers. September 2024 will see out my fourth - and last - year of leading a student publication,...


Isaac Lomax
Jun 1, 2024
Are YOU One in 17,000?
Pole position at The Spark is up for grabs. Do you fancy your chances? Reading University’s homegrown publication (one of the UK’s...


Culann Robinson
May 25, 2024
Poetry Past
(Written by a former Reading student) The first poem, Hominem Te Esse Memento, is about war. The second one went through a few subjects....


Will Grice
May 24, 2024
General Election, July 4th – Why Has Rishi Sunak Gambled for an Early Election?
On the morning of May 21st, rumours were swirling around Westminster and the political sphere that, finally, Rishi Sunak was going to...


Louise Colechin
May 9, 2024
Branches Intertwined
Growth, transformation, exploration, and reflection The calmness and beauty of nature’s imperfections The world is changing all around...

Nisha Patel
May 9, 2024


Fabergé Warland-Edge
May 9, 2024
The Sleeper's Debt
The world is so lonely when no one is awake Me and the window And the words I leave On the sill, Hoping the wind will sneak in and sneak...


Tilly Healing-Perry
May 9, 2024
Winner's Comment
It is with great honour and pleasure that I get to write this, after having helped to judge The Spark’s 'Metamorphosis' spring contest...


Grace Wayne
May 9, 2024
The Allure of a Fallen Flower
Laid motionless on the ground, cut from my life source, on the brink of beauty’s end. Where there was once the promise of growth, now...


Will Grice
Apr 26, 2024
The U.S Reaffirms Support for Ukraine and Israel Against Iran. Yet, the Geopolitical Stage Is More Uncertain Than Ever
In the past few days, after months of delay and desperate calls from Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky, U.S Congress approved a...


Shae Young
Apr 18, 2024
Finch: Self-Care Pet. An App Review
Waitlists. That tedium associated with seeking help, known all too well by the general public. Unless you’re blessed with private...
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