As winter prevails, Courtney Priday discusses how these cold months can affect our mood Making the distinction between mental illness and mental wellbeing and how we can support each other. Seasonal Affective Disorder commonly known as “SAD” or “the winter depression” is a form of depression in which sufferers experience symptoms in correlation to the […]
Winter
Christmas Lunch
Olivia Garrett establishes what makes the perfect Christmas lunch Imagine this: it’s the 9th of December 2018 and you’re almost finished with your first term of university. You’ve decided to do a Christmas lunch with the new friends you’ve made in Birks Grange. You’re all so eager and excited that you all get up early […]
The Winter Depression
Scarlett Parr Reid, Print Science Editor, discusses Seasonal Affective Disorder, an issue facing as much as 20% of the UK population
Coupling up in Cuffing season
Georgia Shepherd explores the relationship trend of coupling up in the colder months
The Winter Wind
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 […]
Winter Warmer Recipe: Easy Butternut Squash Pie
As the weather shows no sign of getting any better, and in fact seems to be getting colder like some cruel punishment for starting second term, comfort food rapidly is becoming more appealing than the well-intentioned dieting of January. This easy, comforting, and somehow not too unhealthy recipe is exactly what is needed to get […]
Winter Warmers: Cake-inspired porridge
Anyone who has ever lived with me knows about my love for porridge. My usual morning consists of a social media trawl, cleaning out my inbox, putting the kettle on and making a massive bowl of porridge, usually smothered in almond butter and topped with whatever fruit and form of dark chocolate I have kicking […]
January Blues
Fireworks go off, drinks go down, and New Year’s Resolutions kick in. Three days later they promptly kick out, replaced by the dawning realisation that no, it’s not a new chapter of your life filled with self-betterment, gyms, new languages, instruments, and exciting change, but rather just another day like any, except this one happens […]
All I want for Christmas is food
Costa My bank account is begging me not to do it, and I can see my friends shaking their heads in despair as I return, clutching my purchase: Costa Christmas specials have arrived! I might think twice about spending the extortionate sum of £3.85 on actual real-life University essentials like avocado and quinoa, however, on […]
Battle of the Beverages
ENGLISH BREAKFAST TEA When it comes to the best hot drink around, I think it’s difficult to look further than English breakfast tea. It may not have the as ‘Exetah’ vibes of a chai latte, or be en vogue like Costa’s new Black Forest Hot Chocolate, but there are a multitude of reasons that tea […]