As school terms and university semesters come to a close, the time has come to pack up your stuff, scrub down the mildew, hoover under the beds and move out of your student abode. Whether it’s your 7x5m room in halls or your shared student house, the fear of the […]

Few people ever actually get the opportunity to live out their childhood dream. However, I am one of those lucky few. Growing up, as a female football player, America was always portrayed as the pinnacle place to play as a female ‘soccer’ star. So you can imagine my delight when, […]

What can I say about Ralph Fiennes that hasn’t already been said? Some time ago now, I guess it must have been mid November I found myself sitting more or less front row (alright it was front row) admiring a scruffily dressed and bearded Ralph Fiennes.  The occasion was one […]

If I could give any traveller one piece of advice it would be this – give all the obvious destinations a break, Europe has much more than Paris, London or Milan to offer. Having exhausted Paris, I felt it due to spread my wings and find a new corner of […]

Russia is a place of great contrast, yet also at the same time, it is home to a large number of paradigms. It is a country, which to the most part in Britain remains shrouded in mystery and intrigue. Having removed the shackles of the old USSR regime, she is, […]

Many students choose their local University for study, but Danish Diwan’s University of choice; approximately 5,000 miles away from his home, certainly made him notice a culture difference or two. University is generally regarded as a major part of one’s life. A journey of self-discovery: learning exciting new subjects and […]

‘9 out of 10 stories on young people don’t report what they say’  ‘Less than 1 in 4 stories are positive about young people’ These are a couple of many sad but true statistics that portray the majority of young people negatively in the press and media, however, there is […]

In two hours time I will be sitting very nervously in front of two French university professors and a microphone, armed with an oral essay with a few nifty subjunctives shoved up my sleeve. It’s the first French oral exam that counts since I started at uni, and they really […]