28th March 2023
Neon filled escapist paradise is perfect for student relaxation. As the sweet melody of whatever upbeat pop tune accompanying the previous evening’s Love Island recap fills my living room for the sixth time that week, my flatmate, who has never actually watched the show themselves, asks for an update on who’s kissed who now. Even ...
21st February 2023
Self-help books: follow these simple steps and your life will improve. Probably. In the depths of the 2020 lockdowns, I’m sure many of us can recall the period of pressured self-growth imposed on us on social media. My timeline definitely held a narrative that I should be using the time at home to develop myself, ...
10th December 2022
Rebecca Richard reviews The Commitments musical as it toured Glasgow in early December. Grasping my ludicrously priced plastic cup of wine, I entered the brightly lit auditorium to the cast chatting and drinking on stage, to my surprise. Defying the usual use of an unassuming stage curtain, it was a nod for what was to ...
6th May 2022
Rebecca Richard reveals why the TikTok recommended “page-turner” isn’t the When Harry Met Sally-esque novel she was promised. The bright pink cover of Emily Henry’s You and Me on Vacation (also known as The People We Meet on Vacation in the US for some reason) had been appearing on my TikTok “For You” page for ...
23rd March 2022
Our Health and Wellbeing editor recounts her experience of commuting to university in her first year, and offers advice to students tormenting themselves with the pros and cons of staying at home or moving away. Much of my first year at uni was spent squashed into the corner of the Glasgow Subway. Plagued with the ...
15th March 2022
Rebecca Richard dissects the Wordle trend growing on social media and the impact it can have on users. Typing “AFTER” into my phone has become my new morning ritual, willing the little black squares to flip to green, or at least yellow, for me to feel accomplished at the start of my day. For those ...
24th December 2021
Rebecca discusses our communal love for a long-lived Christmas tradition. After seeing online that Amy Hart, former Love Island contestant, was starring in her local pantomime, it got me thinking about why so many celebrities get involved in them. John Barrowman’s performance in the 2012 SECC pantomime of Jack and the Beanstalk was probably my ...
18th December 2021
How realistic is it to expect students to shop only ethical fashion? A boy at school once made a backhanded comment to my face about my mustard-coloured knitted jumper one dress down day. While it was pretty harmless, I was left feeling like all I could and should wear was skinny jeans and Topshop crop ...
18th December 2021
Health & Wellbeing Editor Rebecca Richard talks us through why she’ll be listening to her books this semester. I’ve fallen asleep to some variation of an audiobook for my whole life. Whether it was my parents reading me chapters of The Chronicles of Narnia when I was little, or Jim Dale’s narration of every Harry ...
17th November 2021
Rebecca Richard explores how to make time for creative hobbies as high-speed life ramps up. As the initial three-week lockdown slowly turned into three months, I found myself at a loss for how to fill my time. The normally hectic months at the end of the academic year were suddenly freed up as exams were ...
