Birmingham Christmas Market
Hello, everyone! The day (or should I say night) is finally here: Christmas Eve! I hope you all have a wonderful evening tonight, and an awesome day tomorrow, whoever you’re spending it with! I know I’ll be all curled up on the sofa, with some chocolate and the Nightmare Before Christmas, later on, to […]
I’m dreaming of a student budget Christmas…
I’m dreaming of a student budget Christmas… For students, the time leading up to Christmas is a time to scrimp and save. I’ve got a few ideas to make these cold winter months as debt-free as possible! Cheap wholesome food ideas: Cinnamon and banana porridge Is there any better way to warm you up on […]
Merry Christmas!
Hey everyone, this is just a short post to say that I hope everyone has had a wonderful Christmas, and that they have a lovely rest of December as well! However, as this is an English blog, I feel I should probably also throw in a link to literature somewhere. So I’ve been trying to think […]
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 […]
Festive Montage: Rocky Balboa
What work does a final year English student have to do over the Christmas holidays? Enough to require Rocky montage levels of efficiency, that’s for sure. I’ve achieved such a speed several times this semester and it ain’t pretty, much like the great man himself. First deadline is the Special Subject essay, 5000 words, on […]
Buon Natale: The Muppet Christmas Carol
Everyone’s busy so this’ll be quick: panettone. You heard me. What is the one word that describes Italy at Christmas? Panettone. There are stacks of them at the supermarkets and in the shop windows. Everybody brings them to everybody else’s house as a present at parties. Their huge basilica-sized boxes form a miniature city in […]
Merry Christmas Everyone
I could not be more excited to go home for Christmas. Even though we’ve had a Christmas tree up in our house since November it hasn’t felt that Christmassy until yesterday when I finally gave in my essay. The stress of finishing the first essay of the new academic year has eclipsed the majority of the […]
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