I have, regrettably, always been the dumpee rather than the dumper. A consistent path I did not consciously choose. Rejection never really gets easier. You’d think after a few rounds you’d build up an emotional callus to it, but not at all. It’s even worse when it’s someone you genuinely...
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There is something semi-destabilising about seeing your home friends at their universities. They are the same people you grew up with, but are suddenly placed inside a completely different ecosystem, like a social experiment I didn’t consent to but must now emotionally process. It’s familiar and uncanny in equal measure....
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Every year, on 31 December, the world collectively celebrates something I have never enjoyed. Maybe I see the New Year as a step closer to death or the world being destroyed by climate change – a kind of boring Mark Corrigan-esque viewpoint of despair. Meanwhile, the real reset, I have...
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In the middle of my first year, when I felt like I was haunting campus like some social ghost, I decided to download Hinge. It wasn’t exactly a grand romantic gesture, more of a ‘why not’ moment brought on by boredom and mild loneliness. I told myself it was just...
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Rootes Grocery has been reborn – it’s back as a Co-op, with lighting that doesn’t threaten you. Yes, the time is now. The new Co-op is established and well-acquainted with students. I entered for the first time expecting to mourn, but I left oddly impressed – and not smelling of...
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I have always been a bit of a try-hard. At school, I put my hand up to answer questions like the classroom was my own personal quiz. I hoped to carry this passionate engagement into university work, but I was too busy being weird to properly lean into the try-hard...
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If you’ve ever stared down another night in Leamington or Coventry and felt somewhat disillusioned, it might be time to expand your horizons. And by expand, I mean go 17 minutes from campus to Warwick to visit a pub you will definitely want to brag about discovering: The Cape of...
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When I started university in the warm September of 2024, I was determined to shed my school self. No more nerdy try-hard who ate her gluten-free packed lunch in the art room while polishing off coursework. No more the girl who actually cared about her attitude to learning and grades...
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Student summers are strange, liminal periods for some. They’re meant to be a break – a much-needed pause from the academic stress and general university hysteria – but they can feel like more of a glitch in the system rather than a welcome comfort. With no structure, no deadlines, and...
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There is something so delightfully irritating about Chris Addison’s portrayal of Ollie Reeder in The Thick of It that you almost want to give him a round of applause and a slap in the face at the same time. Equal parts brilliant and unbearable, Ollie is one of comedy’s most...
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Clubbing is a strange craving. I constantly complain about it, as I do about most things, yet somehow, I keep going back. There’s something oddly compelling about it. The mess, stress, and maddening emotions it can trigger, for some reason, make it all the more enticing. Clubbing at Warwick is...
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There’s something oddly exhausting about trying to be efficient. Whether it’s brushing your teeth in the shower, boiling water at 6am for a flask, or laying out a breakfast spoon the night before – it seems that the cult of the microefficiency rules modern life. Tiny time-savers designed to claw...
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It is with a heavy heart and a strange cider in hand that I come to terms with the passing of Rootes Grocery Store – the uncontested ruler of Warwick campus cuisine. Though often slandered for its £2.50 potato dogs and expensive, eccentric noodle aisle, Rootes was more than just...
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