Caves, Quimper, and Crêpes
February 23, 2015
This blog post was written by third year English and French student, Amelia Smith from the School of English. Four months into my year abroad and all is going amazingly. I got to celebrate my 21st Birthday here, and even my parents flew in for the occasion! It was great to show off my new life: introducing …
How to pick housemates
February 16, 2015
This blog post was written by second year English student, Katie Randall from the School of English. Introductions are something I’ve never been very good at, but here goes. Readers my name is Katie Randall and I’m a second year English student from London. I’m a total coffee addict, travel freak and secret folk music enthusiast …
In Defence of ‘Commercial Fiction’
February 9, 2015
This blog post was written by first year English and Hispanic student, Sally Hirst from the School of English. I, like many other English students, have been prone to moments of literary snobbery in my life. I fully disdain the famed 50 Shades of Grey and its rise to popularity. However, much of this ‘mainstream fiction’ gets far …
New Year, New Reading List…
February 2, 2015
This blog post was written by MA English Literature student, Nicole Jones from the School of English. Hi, everyone – I’m Nicole, a postgraduate student on the English Literature MA. I was an undergraduate at Nottingham as well, which hopefully indicates how much I love being here- three years just wasn’t enough for me! In theory this …
I watch films as part of my degree… !
January 26, 2015
This blog post was written by second year English student, Una Kunhya from the School of English. It was 2pm, I was sat in bed in my jammies, and my housemates walked into my room and found me watching The Hunger Games. I should mention that this was on day 3 of the first week of autumn …
Living the Dream
January 5, 2015
This blog post was written by third year English and French student, Amelia Smith from the School of English. Every day I wake up with a smile as I think to myself, I’m here, I’m in France, I’m on my year abroad. As a student of French and English, I’m currently on my compulsory 3rd year abroad …
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