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Four Days In The Belly Of The Beast

I went to London to see what all the fuss was about. After all, it has a long history of looking in our direction first. It’s the third week of uni, which means I should be pretty locked in: highlighting readings, colour-coding my calendar, and convincing myself this is the semester I finally become the hyper-organised academic weapon I keep promising myself I’ll be. Instead, I’m knee-deep in Skyscanner deals, again,...

Who Gets to Be High?

The big move South to university opened my world.  One night you’re sitting at home with your parents, half-listening to them hammer in their values and opinions at the dinner table. Next, you’re living in close quarters with a few hundred frothy eighteen year olds. People from different families and areas happen to give exposure to differences in culture, beliefs and morals. Who would've thunk it. This all came to a...

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