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Escape/ Vienna
Back in the country and back on track. Easter seems to be sprinting past, and the glorious hour of final deadlines is heading into view. It’s been a little while since my last post, the ebb and flow of student life taking over as it sometimes will, and truthfully just wanting to immerse myself completely whilst I was abroad. It had been nearly a … Read More Escape/ Vienna
North vs South
Sometimes at university, you’re able to spot divides between people. Lecturers vs students, older vs younger, boys vs girls… in the most harmless sense of course, it’s natural that we have loosely different categories. In Portsmouth there are a great many students have have either been born and raised in Portsmouth itself, or a town or two away. This is actually quite lovely, as … Read More North vs South
You can be heroes…
Long time now speak… my apologies. Life has somewhat overtaken for the last week or so as a student- but I’m back to report it’s all going rather nicely, if a little bit of a shock to the system. Different priorities and changes seem to gather momentum in the university at this time of year- deadlines appearing closer in the distance, solid study groups … Read More You can be heroes…
Let’s Misbehave…
I had a thought this last Saturday morning. I finally allowed myself a long booked in advance night on the town with my entire house (it was a friends 30th birthday, which I classed as a ‘special occasion’). I thought it about time, what with deadlines drawing near, my friends already planning to leave Portsmouth permanently in just under a month, and feeling confident … Read More Let’s Misbehave…
‘Miss Brown won’t see you now.’
In a year and even recent few months of genuinely superb film being delivered by the great and good in Hollywood- I should have been prepared for just how excruciating (pun intended) Fifty Shades Freed was going to be. As I woke up this morning to the joyous news of Gary Oldman’s receipt of his long anticipated Oscar and the quadruple win of my … Read More ‘Miss Brown won’t see you now.’
Dry dates
On we continue! Returning a little to the original base theme of this blog, I’d better check in after having researched and presented my pitch last week, the room practically bubbling with nerves and anticipation (happily everyone did more than a sterling job with their own, and clearly delighted in supporting one another). Whilst researching both the local and global culture of drinking/ partying/ … Read More Dry dates
Truman at Tiffany’s
A sunny, frosty and joyous afternoon to you. Another week’s been rapidly threaded and (happily) plenty achieved. In amongst sprinting alongside other clever and dear uni friends, doing our best to create, mature and critique our way from Monday to Friday, it’s been a time of rebalance. I don’t know about you, but the more I read other authors, watch new films and research, … Read More Truman at Tiffany’s
The Shape of Water
As usual, when arriving at the cinema last night my expectations were incredibly high. I’d agreed with a friend to go and see The Shape of Water, and had worn my aqua green top and vintage sea-weed-looking scarf (always love a theme.) When we arrived the screen was surprisingly packed- for some reason I thought it wouldn’t be a particularly popular film (Blank Panther … Read More The Shape of Water
Valentines sans Vino
Back on track eh? Another week has motored by, smoke puffing from the exhaust, leaving us panting for breath. One of the most wonderful luxuries of university life is it’s looseness with time. Time to relax, work, walk, write, gym, eat, clean, go out with friends and indulge or stay in and do the same. Being my second turn on the university merry-go-round, I’m … Read More Valentines sans Vino
Happy Birthday Father.
Sunday is always a day of reflection. I’m not religious in any sense, but it would be strange I think if there weren’t a day each week when we stop to pause, look back on our achievements over the last six days, and forward on what we wish to achieve in the following. This Monday more than most others, I’m in a decidedly reflective … Read More Happy Birthday Father.
Initiation.
To start this post honestly, I have to say that my initial plan for university as a woman of twenty five was to live a relatively quiet and untroubled existence. The previous decade of my life has been filled with more than a little personal turmoil, changes, losses and setbacks including the loss of my father just shy of a year and a half … Read More Initiation.
Portsmouth ahoy
So, let’s get into it shall we? The focus of my blog is supposed to be around the first chunk of my year here as a student, and I can certainly say I was both surprised and perhaps a little apprehensive about Portsmouth as a whole when I first moved here. Having previously lived in Cambridge, I’d become adept at understanding a city and … Read More Portsmouth ahoy
By The Sea. 