Nostalgia is generally thought of as a sentimental feeling for the past, whether that be a longing for that time to come again, or merely an idealised, rose-tinted memory. This is something I’ve been experiencing in buckets as the end of third year approaches. A sentimental memory of first and second year has combined with a sentimental longing for pre-Covid days, making the usual finalist nostalgia altogether more intense.
So, do you think we’ll be friends forever? Such a question may sound a little over-dramatic, but when a bunch of finalists start to reflect on the status of their friendships in their last year of university, this question feels like a valid one. Speaking from personal experience, my uni friends are now people I’ve Read More…
Sarah Lewis examines the struggles faced by this year’s finalists.
‘So, what are you going to do with your life?’ The fateful question posed by parents, friends and tutors alike. As the days and weeks go by, it gets more painful to answer with ‘I don’t know’. The career question has been around all our lives; throughout our school careers we are asked by our Read More…
Sarah Lewis reviews student written radio play, V-Card.
Sarah Lewis reviews ‘Emily in Paris’, starring Lily Collins, a comedy drama which has recently been released on Netflix.
Sarah Lewis reviews Declan McKenna’s ‘highly listenable, and yet thought-provoking’ new album Zeros.
I never intended to sit down and watch The Kissing Booth 2– it just kind of happened. I saw it on the Netflix homepage, and seeing as I hadn’t hated the first film, I decided to give it a chance. Unfortunately, it quickly became clear that this was another pointless rom-com sequel that we all Read More…
Sarah Lewis muses on what it might be like to return to Oxford, particularly to our old rooms haunted by the ghosts of times and memories past…
Sarah Lewis on her local town of Plymouth, which boasts a storied past as well as vibrant city life.