Most students arrive at university with a lack of cooking skills, and a longing for “mum’s cooking.” Cooking for yourself can seem daunting, especially if you follow a stricter diet such as vegetarianism. I’m here […]
Yes, You Are Far Too Cool for Fresher’s Week
Incoming freshers, it is of vital importance that you understand you are much too cool and interesting to get involved with anything Fresher’s Week has to offer. You’ve just got back from that life-affirming gap-yah, […]
Seven Lessons From First Year
Being a fresher is unlike anything else. You’ll likely experience every emotion under the sun in what feels like a year of unrelenting highs, lows and pasta bakes. But, my emotional rollercoaster as a fresher […]
Embracing A New Way Of Learning
Coming from sixth form or college, moving on to the more independent way of learning that is required at university, can seem like jumping over a hundred-metre canyon — an impossible challenge. I can completely […]
How To Combat Feeling Homesick In First Year
I’m from China, and I’ve studied in Leeds since 2017. Being 4,830 miles from home, I know firsthand how hard the move away from familiarity is. I nearly gave-up over feelings of homesickness. But my […]
New Year, Same You
Before I left home last summer, I had this whole idea in my head that I was going to completely reinvent myself at University. I felt like I had a blank slate in front of […]
Peer Pressure To Be Single In First Year
We all have a friend or five that have told us: ‘You can’t have a boyfriend/girlfriend at uni’. ‘You won’t embrace the uni lifestyle properly’. ‘It’ll be so hard’. It’s commonly thought that having a […]
Our Guide to Freshers Week
Our Music & Clubs editor Neive McCarthy takes us through the best places to head to to ensure your Freshers experience is one long party
The Best Albums of Summer 2019
The gap between the end of exams and the start of the new academic year was long. Nevertheless, it was punctuated with some stellar albums; here is our pick of the best.
The Metamorphosis of Taylor Swift: From Fighter to ‘Lover’
Following her biting previous album, Taylor Swift is back with Lover: Lizzie Wright takes us through the albums highs and lows.
An Analysis of Taylor Swift’s ‘London Boy’
Following the release of her seventh album, our In The Middle Associate Hannah Stokes explores why exactly Taylor Swift’s single ‘London Boy’ is causing so many people so much anger.
Boomtown 2019: Stormy and Sweet
Arriving at the Matterley Estate, home to Boomtown Fair, it was impossible to not immediately be swept up into the festival feeling. Excitement was everywhere you looked; from the volunteers shepherding us inside in full […]