As we talk apples drop from the trees outside, Worms feast on the fallen glories. As we talk grey clouds fist up in the sky, Birds return to their nests. As we talk the spiders fiddle to strengthen their webs, Then sit directly watching, waiting. Winter whips around, It whips those worms into the […]
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The Seasonal Visitor (Daisy Saunders)
You have no face, but I know you’re there, You creep around corners and leave warm skin bare, You slip into my covers and hide under my sheets, You stalk and you blow around cold, damp streets, You whisper an echo of what’s come before, You shake against curtains and rattle my door, You […]
Gone but not forgotten: toppled tree to be recycled
In what will be a ‘re-leaf’ for many students, timber from the toppled historical Reed Hall tree will be made into a commemorative seat and table on campus. The iconic leaning Monterey pine, which was brought over from California in the 1830s and thought to be one of the original plantings in the UK, fell overnight in the […]
Storm Imogen uproots Reed Hall tree
Reed Hall footpaths have been closed off after a tree fell victim to Storm Imogen last night. Many students based to the west of campus in Duryard and Birks Grange accommodation, amongst others, were forced to take an alternative route to campus this morning, after a footpath near the Reed Hall steps and an area along […]