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Acts of Kindness
Next week is Random Act of Kindness Week. No honestly, it’s a real thing. So what was the last random act of kindness you witnessed? Last weekend I was travelling…
My Funny Valentine
So it’s this time of year again: V-Day. Now, up until about a month ago this column would have been a cynical rant about an over-commercialised celebration intended to make…
Alone, Together
As of Tuesday I will have been single for an entire 5 weeks and so for the first time in two years I will be ‘celebrating’ Valentine’s Day as an…
The Two Families of a Student
As Christmas holidays slowly, and yet somehow surprisingly, appeared at the end of last term, I only had to look at the 3 day old chicken carcass still sitting on…
New Year’s Resolutions
As January rolls around, just as my post-Christmas belly does, there’s just one question on my mind: ‘Why is it that many New Year’s Resolutions don’t work out?’ Perhaps it’s…
World of Food
In Poor Richard’s Almanac of 1733, Benjamin Franklin advised us to ‘Eat to live, and not live to eat’. This Christmas I had the chance to reflect on Franklin’s maxim…
Exam Technique
There is a simple formula for exam success: intelligence + hard work = a decent grade. If you found that too difficult to understand, or are a lazy procrastinator, then…
Lizzy v. Lana
January: often seen as the month of reinvention. People aim to become fitter, healthier, kinder, less annoying or whatever else it is they have resolved to do. Why then have…
