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Living Better: Alastair Campbell

October 21, 2020October 24, 2020 sub.editors 1 Comment @entwistle_will, Anna Kuptsova, Will Entwistle

Profile Editor, Will Entwistle, speaks to Alastair Campbell, former Downing Street Director of Communications.

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Seun Twins and Nailah Haque: “Online spaces are not safe for many women of colour”

October 12, 2020December 11, 2020 Joe Rossiter Imogen Usherwood, Tash Mosheim

Palatinate spoke to Durham SU President, Seun Twins, and Undergraduate Academic Officer, Nailah Haque, about their recent experiences of racism and misogyny in Durham and online, as well as their plans as student leaders this academic year.

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Durham Survivors: “Nothing that you did, wore, or drunk could possibly implicate you”

September 22, 2020October 9, 2020 sub.editors 0 Comments Isabella Green

“There needs to be a community that will offer light when no other route will.” Profile Editor, Isabella Green, interviews Durham Survivors about their work in providing a safe space for survivors of sexual assault.

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Jess Dunning: “This year has been a whirlwind”

August 6, 2020August 6, 2020 Deputy Editor 0 Comments Imogen Usherwood, Tash Mosheim, Toby Donegan-Cross

“It’s sometimes hard for people to understand exactly what it is you do”: Palatinate interviews Jess Dunning, former SU Opportunities Officer, about the past year.

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Sam Johnson-Audini: “I felt guilty for talking about racism and decolonisation because of the backlash”

August 3, 2020April 11, 2021 Deputy Editor 0 Comments Imogen Usherwood, Tash Mosheim, Toby Donegan-Cross

“Obviously, I knew not everyone would agree with my priorities or my work and that’s a normal, and healthy, part of being an officer.”: Sam Johnson-Audini speaks to Palatinate about being SU undergraduate officer.

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Kate McIntosh: “My days are spent defending students”

July 31, 2020July 31, 2020 Poppy 1 Comment Imogen Usherwood, Tash Mosheim

In her final week as SU President, Palatinate spoke to McIntosh about life in lockdown, being a woman in leadership and democracy at the SU.

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Conversation and Company: Chit-Chat

June 18, 2020June 18, 2020 sub.editors 0 Comments Will Entwistle

Exploring the power of conversation, particularly during lockdown, with Durham student and founder of Chit-Chat, Lewis Alexander Baxter.

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South College Principal: “It is designed to be a community”

June 4, 2020June 5, 2020 sub.editors 1 Comment Max Kendix

To mark South College unveiling their crest and motto, Max Kendix speaks to long-serving journalist and academic Tim Luckhurst about the college’s development and some of the challenges it faces.

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Coronavirus: How it will impact people, in their own words

March 18, 2020March 18, 2020 sub.editors 0 Comments Tash Mosheim

In this crazy, confusing, Corona time, we have brought together a group of personal responses to this strange new situation.

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Sir Norman Lamb: “A massive historic miscalculation”

March 7, 2020 sub.editors 0 Comments Theo Golden

Profile talks to former government minister and mental health campaigner Sir Norman Lamb.

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