Student life can be brilliant, funny, and challenging. My memories of university hold some of both the best and worst times of the past few years and it is definitely an experience that shapes you as a person. However, as much as it feels like you're all experiencing this together, student life can be wildly …
Book Review: The Dry, Jane Harper
Jane Harper's debut novel, The Dry, is as intense from the opening page to the last word. Last month I published my first ever book review, Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng. As fabulous as that book was (I was thoroughly gripped by the ending), I decided to move on from smaller suburban fires to …
Book Review: Little Fires Everywhere, Celeste Ng
Celeste Ng's novel, Little Fires Everywhere, is a tale of morals and motherhood, centred on a controversial adoption case and set in a suburban nightmare. Meet The Richardsons, a seemingly perfect family in Suburban middle-class America, and their new tenants; nomadic artist Mia, a single mother, and her shy daughter, Pearl. Celeste Ng perfectly captures …
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Before you do a joint honours degree
Graduation was a beautiful, scorching day this week as hundreds of graduates took to campus to pose next to Old Joe and tried not to melt in the heat. Graduation was also a lovely reminder of how the past four years of my degree have been spent - desperately trying to balance two separate departments …
Is this the end?
"It's a beautiful day to be happy and healthy" This exam season has brought with it the expected panic and some unexpected beautiful weather. In the lead up to one of my exams, I sat outside and attempted to eat some lunch even though I'm normally too nervous to manage anything. And then, a text …
