When the world's most famous fashion show makes headlines for its designer lingerie and beautiful women, rather than the disturbing truth behind the bras - evidence of abuse, corruption, and exploitation - What are we to do?

In a world dominated by men, the publishing industry has seemingly forged a matriarchy.

Pike and Clancy have each faced a jury of twelve, but their real trial is being held before millions online. In a time of live-streamed court cases, each woman must endure her own cyber-courtroom before the face of the public, while an army of armchair sleuths (online “detectives”) rush to investigate their crimes and publish conspiracies, all without ever leaving their houses.

No country livestreams executions. Yet for one week in October, the United States planned to. On  October 8th 2026, Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth confirmed the plan to livestream the death by firing squad of the Fort Hood mass shooter Nidal Hasan.

The White House’s new press secretary, Katie Zacharia, was fired on Friday after facing scrutiny over her performance and legal credentials during her five days on the job.

Renee Li attends UCL’s Faculty of Laws on 9 October, where the the audience heard South African poet Adam Small reading What abou’ de lô. Art need not reveal a new fact to change what a fact means to us.

Their ability to uncover the granular, otherwise swept-under-the-carpet pieces of this story, reminds us of the importance of student-led reporting: publicly holding institutions accountable.

On 9 October, the United States imposed new sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC), escalating its campaign against the institution responsible for prosecuting war crimes, genocide and crimes against humanity.