Pi Online Archive
Public Execution: Have we Returned to the Middle Ages?
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.
What Art Remembers: Love, Law, and Apartheid
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.
The Role of Student Journalism in Unmasking the Cornell Story
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.
Are We Obsessed With Ourselves?
While a certain amount of insecurity is natural, it seems our unintended narcissism pulls us away from who we are, towards who we think we should be.
Pi to the Nearest Decimal - A Brief History of UCL’s Oldest Student Publication
A Brief History of UCL’s Oldest Student Publication
