It was great to see everyone again at WelcomeFest on Friday. Moss House really came alive for the day and there was something for everyone. So, if you missed out in favour of another duvet day, then it was a big mistake! Apart from the […]

A heavy cold has meant I have been watching more of the Winter Olympics than is perhaps good for me. And I have got to ask myself why? (Why I have been watching it, that is.) Well, I reckon it just boils down to my […]

As a foodie, there is one film I can’t wait to see and that’s Boiling Point – starring Stephen Graham as a chef on the brink of, well, just about everything. There have been rave reviews for the film that comes in a long line […]

Continuing with the Christmas theme… If you don’t have Netflix, this blog is maybe not for you, but I believe I’m speaking to the minority there as 52% of households in the UK have a Netflix subscription (Szalai, 2021)! And let’s be honest, if you […]

When I want to relax, one of the things I do is watch Anime. For those who don’t know, Anime are Japanese animated works. I started to watch them when I was a child, but I didn’t think they were Japanese, as probably many of […]

Now that Halloween and Bonfire Night are over, I think it’s perfectly acceptable that the Christmas festivities begin! Christmas is my favourite time of year, so I like to start celebrating as early as possible. I always swear to myself that I will get organised […]

Birmingham: more trees than Paris, more canals than Venice – and the biggest German market outside Germany or Austria. No student could have missed the fact that the annual spectacular is back in town after a Covid-induced absence. And no doubt many will be wanting […]

Will you be celebrating Hallowe’en this year? Dressing up in spooky headgear, sporting a skeleton suit or carving a pumpkin lantern? For most of us, it is just another excuse to party (as if we needed one) and admittedly it does add a certain thrill […]

If you’re in your first year of uni, you’re probably surprised that we have a week off already. If I’m completely honest, I don’t know why we do but I’m definitely not complaining. It’s kind of in the name: Reading Week is for reading. But […]

Students don’t have a lot of money, but it doesn’t mean that you can’t go out and have fun, as some activities in Birmingham don’t require money. However, maybe you just moved to Birmingham from another city, and you don’t know where to go! I […]