Poem of the week: Down by the Salley Gardens by WB Yeats
Play me the musical version of ‘Down by the Salley Gardens’ and you are guaranteed to see me in tears within seconds. I fell in love with the words of…
Poem of the Week: ‘They Eat Out’ by Margaret Atwood
Like many, I was first introduced to Margaret Atwood’s remarkable way with words via her prolific and groundbreaking novel, The Handmaid’s Tale, adapted as an acclaimed television series in 2017.…
Fleabag Season Two
Phoebe Waller–Bridge’s exemplary artistry shines through in the latest series of her beautifully candid comedy Fleabag. Set a year after the events of the first installment, Waller-Bridge’s second round reiterates…
Lent 2019: a time to give up bad habits and adopt good ones
With Shrove Tuesday (pancake day) having just passed, the time to start thinking about Lent is here. Originally a Christian tradition, Lent has long been associated with fasting. In recent…
Students should engage with the upcoming elections
To many students, the Edinburgh University Students’ Association elections are nothing to write home about. Each year, a handful of members of the student body go head-to-head for the chance…
On celebrity feminism
Type in the word feminist on Google and a whole host of celebrities appear, from Lily Cole to Shailene Woodley and even Benedict Cumberbatch. These days, the two words feminist…
Meet your new Editors-in-Chief
The Student sat down with incoming Editors-in-Chief, Grace Lavender (former Comment Editor) and Rufus Bouverie (former Features Editor), to discuss their plans for the paper, the content they’re looking forward…
BBC One’s Les Miserables
The BBC’s new adaptation of Victor Hugo’s classic novel, Les Misérables, exploded onto our screens at the beginning of January to much anticipation. Hugo’s epic novel takes place in the…