Creating the perfect revision playlist
Every year I kick off my revision by making a humongous timeline of tasks and of course the yearly revision playlist. I thought I’d go through what makes the perfect revision playlist from the opinion of a easily distracted English student. 1- Calm music: I think we all know we don’t want […]
Countdown to Christmas
Well it’s officially the Christmas holidays- hooray! That being said, I haven’t managed to get home yet because I’m staying an extra week to get an essay done before I give up for Christmas. It’s feeling pretty bleak at the moment because I’m in my student house alone and am battling with a constant fear […]

Looking Back at Exams: The Karate Kid
Now that I’ve sat my last exam, I’m in a position to look back and survey the damage. This one’s going out to all you incoming students: what is the nature of the English exam at the University of Leicester? Let’s take a look, shall we? I’ve sat quite a few different exams here, and […]
Managing Revision
Last week I handed in my last ever undergraduate essay at the University of Leicester. It was exciting, terrifying, and a bit sad all at the same time – that’s a lot of emotion for an essay to produce! So, all that’s left of my degree now is 11 days of revision and one three-hour […]
Films for Thought: Cinema Paradiso
I’ve mentioned before that a film can be an excellent aid to visualisation and that, since I’d much rather watch a film than revise, my visualisation abilties have reached a level only slightly below ‘Superhuman’ but slightly above ‘Batman’. Here I’ll post some brief opinions on a selection of films I’ve watched whilst in Italy […]

A-Level Aftermath: Blazing Saddles
Jennifer wished you good luck, now I’m here to see how the dust has settled. The clear place to start is with congratulations to all those of you who are now going to university in the autumn. You’ve reached the top of the ladder and discovered the bottom of a newer, better ladder with platinum-coated […]

Summer Days: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Suddenly we’ve been hit by some kind of strange weather, similar to winter except, like, the opposite if that’s possible? It’s really strange and hard to describe. It’s like if cold were upside down, you know? The kind of weather where you might be able to actually go outside only wearing a t-shirt. Special reports […]
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