• Fri. Apr 19th, 2024

Maisy Hallam

By day, Maisy is Literature Editor for The Student and a fourth-year student of Linguistics and English Language at The University of Edinburgh. By night, she is an environmental activist and avid crime fiction reader. Follow her on her slowly developing Twitter, @lostinamaiz.
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Alternative Pancake Recipe: vegan, savoury and delicious!

This one’s a recipe for Pancake Day: the most sacred of traditions. A time where we all get to gorge ourselves on lemony sugary – or syrupy bacony – goodness…

Audacious Women Live!

Attending an event called Audacious Women Live!, we’d all expect to leave a little bit empowered, a little bit inspired, and a little bit offended at the sheer audacity of…

Developers must build more housing for the local community

The local Edinburgh children’s hospital is going to be turned into student housing. A fantastic controversial headline, but not really the whole truth. The Royal Hospital for Sick Children, affectionately…

Fishnet

Fishnet is a breath of fresh air; it’s the kind of book everyone should read at least once. Kirstin Innes must be commended on her years of research into the…

Under Threat: eco-friendly alternatives to pads and tampons

At Lifestyle, we are starting a series exploring the issue of sustainability and how small changes can result in us leading more sustainable lives. Each article will cover a different…

What’s on: Growing Stories at the Scottish International Storytelling Festival

We all know the city of Edinburgh is world-renowned as a hub for cultural arts. In August, festival-goers flock to Scotland’s capital to soak up everything the Festival Fringe has…

The Art of Losing Control

The Art of Losing Control is a philosophical non-fiction that begins to answer a fundamental question – how do we seek to switch off our minds? Influenced by his traumatic…

Guid Crack Storytelling Session

Walking into Guid Crack would fill anyone with an immensely warming feeling. Another instalment in a series of storytelling events, tonight we sit upstairs in Edinburgh’s Waverley Bar, as stories…