“Not a dry eye in the house”: Home is not the Place review
Home is not the Place tells a tale of two lifetimes, but one bloodline. In her one-woman show, Annie George intertwines the story of her life with her grandfather’s, deftly…
Poem of the Week: Mad Girl’s Love Song
Mad Girl’s Love Song’ is the poem that finally convinced me poetry wasn’t some elite art form whose deepest values would forever evade me. It’s one of those poems that…
Looking back at a semester of literature
Each year, the autumn months take the ready-rich tapestry that is Edinburgh’s literary scene and take it to new heights. The last four months have been an unrelentingly busy time…
University slashes funding for low-income student bursaries
The University of Edinburgh Scholarship, which awards up to £8,500 of financial support to UK students from low-income backgrounds, will no longer be available to students entering the University in…
Book Club Society discusses The Vegetarian by Han Kang
A new society at the university, Book Club Soc had their first meeting on 30 September. The meeting was an unexpectedly riotous success, seeing more than 40 people show up to discuss…
‘AstRONomical experience’: SymphRONica review
A showcase of ‘jazz for the playlist era’, SymphRONica aims to change preconceptions about jazz and bring it up to standard for modern ears. Made up of the classical pianist,…
Panel Discussion: Sustainability and the Fringe
The Student‘s editor-in-chief Maisy Hallam sat down with Kerry Cheek from the Edinburgh University Social Responsibility and Sustainability department, and Grace Thorner and Oli Savage from BoxedIn Theatre’s zero-waste venue…
‘Hilarity and fabulous nonsense’: Tilda Swinton Answers an Ad on Craiglist review
In what is perhaps the nichest drag act in the history of drag acts, Tom Lenk takes to the stage as the supernatural moonchild that is his Tilda Swinton impression.…