Netflix’s latest release that has the world buzzing is their docudrama, The Social Dilemma. The title itself reveals the subject at hand: the dilemma of the tight grasp social media has on society. One might speculate on why this has become a topic worthy of debate yet again considering the vast majority of us are […]
Emerging out of lockdown, many of us have acquired new hobbies or distractions that are concerningly difficult to shake. With more time on our hands during the pandemic and a need for feeling connected to people we couldn’t physically meet, many have pursued any opportunity for ‘closeness’ that could be found. This provided an ideal […]
A few years ago, my family’s beloved dog passed away at the old age of 14, and my parents swore they wouldn’t get another dog for years. Fast forward to COVID-19 and the prospect of spending the next six months at home with absolutely nothing to do meant that my sister and I were on […]
Freshly labelled ‘university students’ quickly realise the three questions that can provide a gateway into conversation with their new peers: “what do you study?”, “what year are you in?”, and “where are you from?”. The final question, which at a glance should be the easiest to answer, can actually be the most difficult for many. […]
Superstitious as I am, I was prepared for bad news when Friday the 13th rolled around last March. That particular Friday was spent with a friend in Edinburgh’s infamous Vodka Revolution; sipping on popping-candy espresso martinis, followed by a walk through the Meadows, slightly buzzed and very content. The news then broke that not only […]
From an early age, it is engrained in us that to be successful in life we need a university degree. But the unspoken yet established part of attending university is to ‘experience things’. This ambiguous phrase is repeated to us from an early age and it is not as abstract as it might sound. We […]