I read the note passed to me as I sit in my year nine French class. I’m the only girl of African descent in a sea of white. I am hyper-aware the instruction is meant for me. I read the note again and glance up to see if anyone’s looking at me. They are. All…
Music
Blossoms Foolish Loving Spaces “stories of love, heartbreak and confusion”
It’s been four years since Blossoms broke through and provided us with hit singles like ‘Charlemagne’ and ‘I Can’t Stand It’. The music they released in 2018 had a range of influences, such as New Wave. I particularly liked it because it was recorded whilst they were touring for their first album. Their latest LP…
Features
Have a hand in being heard: the importance of course representation.
Over the course of the last few months, it has become apparent that in order to help improve the environment around campus, student voices need to be heard. One bottom-up initiative is the Student Staff Liaison Committee (SSLC), where elected student representatives and faculty members meet to discuss any issues, concerns or praise they have…
Arts, Venue
A book that makes me happy: Like Water for Hot Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
This is a book that once opened wraps its pages around me. My copy is old and battered and borrowed from my mum, but the vibrancy of the words has never faded. It’s the story of Tita, a young woman in a large family on the De La Garza ranch during revolutionary Mexico. She, the…
TV, Venue
Review: Love Island 2019
Love Island caused a great deal of controversy when it came out, and five series later it has moved on from being every viewer’s guilty pleasure to something that fills up everyone’s social media timelines. Love Island this year might have appeared to be the same – the attractive contestants, the large luxury villa, even…
Travel
Paris: My time in the city of love
The city of love, home to the Eiffel Tower and Arc de Triomphe, and last but not least, my summer destination this year. Paris was the city that my boyfriend and I chose for our first holiday together and also somewhere to celebrate my 21st birthday. It was a perfect fit – providing a rich…