Time to go back

Time to go back

by | 8 Sep, 2019 | Lifestyle, Opinion, University

Summer days come like that exciting TV episode that you’ve so long-awaited for, saying goodbye to all the deadlines, the planning, all of those afternoons spent at the library trying to concentrate and “study”. You forget about those nights when you went out and were...
DeeCon 2019

DeeCon 2019

by | 1 May, 2019 | Campus News, Culture, Lifestyle

There aren’t many reasons for me to wake up at 9 am during the holidays, especially when I’m usually passed out until 11 am, but comic con does wonders for nerds like me and our messed-up sleep schedule. Every comic con that I’ve been to has had such a warm and...

A Global Kind of Self

by | 26 Jan, 2019 | Lifestyle, Opinion

The question of “us” or “them” is pretty much a constant. It doesn’t change. It’s the answer that changes. Take me for example, I’ve lived in three countries, studied in two and had to deal with adjusting to a different daily repeatedly -as gruelling as it sounds...
Throne of Glass book event

Throne of Glass book event

by | 17 Nov, 2018 | Lifestyle, Opinion

When it comes to books and writing, Sarah J Maas is my hero. She is the reason I write and read, the reason I’m taking a degree in English and Creative Writing. Every choice I have made since I read her book Throne of Glass, four or three years ago, has been inspired...
My first Scottish comic con: Rai-Con

My first Scottish comic con: Rai-Con

by | 8 Nov, 2018 | Lifestyle, Opinion

Before I moved for university I would always see on my friend’s Instagram photos of him at MCM Scotland, Edinburgh comic con and Deecon, a massive smile on his face. He would then message me, recounting his tales of the day, telling me how many people he met, the...