Freshers advice
1. Don’t spend all your money at Freshers. Trust us. Despite all the hype put on it, you will end up having better nights out when, y’know, you actually have friends and you know where to go. They are the nights you’ll actually want money. 2. Learn to cook (& love) pasta, because you’re going to be living on it. …
Review: The Skeleton Cupboard by Tanya Byron
Professor Tanya Byron is the Chancellor of my university, so this gives a few different layers to this review. Firstly, there’s a pretty big chance I would never have ended up reading this book, had I not found out about it at graduation (& thank God I did!), and secondly, due to the nature of the book, it was especially …
Hairdressers
There are few things in life that I find more awkward than a trip to the hairdressers. Being caught naked by my boyfriends family perhaps and… Nope. That’s it.
#AppleLive
I think we can all agree that the Apple Live Stream was a mess. Running home to set up the Stream on our Apple TV we were heartbroken to see an error message. When we finally got a picture we have Chinese dubs. We had the stream cut out and restart multiple times and a quick search on Twitter showed …
Sorry I don’t have babies yet.
Before I start, let me point out that this rant is not directed at people with children, regardless of whether these people be younger than me with 4 children, or my age with their first on the way. This rant is aimed solely at those people who constantly insinuate that I am doing something wrong in life by not yet …
Books that changed my life
I was recently asked on Facebook to list the 10 books that I feel have ‘changed my life’. It was just a quick list, but looking at my 10 majestic books (okay, I cheated and added series’, so kill me!) I decided there was too much to say than could fit on a status. So here goes! 1. The 5 …
Advice from an old-ish lady
Dishing out important life advice to those students who may need it… you’re welcome!
NUS Exclusive: Apprenticeships (2013)
Whilst at the NUS student media summit today, Vibe Media were given a first glance at staggering new research that has emerged in regards to apprenticeships. This is a breaking press release, given only to the students at this conference, heard at the Amnesty International HQ in London, a whole 24 hours before it will be released to the national …
My naked pictures are none of your business
Let’s get this out of the way from the start. I have taken naked and suggestive pictures of myself. Not just when I was naive and ‘young enough to know better’, but recently. For the eyes of my boyfriend only. When I was younger, the pictures were taken in a mirror, carefully planned and practised, making them worth the 25p …