Category: LIFESTYLE
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Identity, Visibility, and Pride: The Importance of The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade
Identity, Visibility, and Pride: The Importance of The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade By Edwina Cooke Affectionately dubbed “Gay Christmas”, Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras is a celebration of visibility, community, and pride. Beyond the loud music and bright lights there is also a deep history. The Sydney Mardi Gras…
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Malaga in View: Travel Tuesdays with Serena
Welcome back, dear readers, to this week’s Travelling Tuesday where I’ll be talking more about my trip to Spain, travelling on my own for the first time. This is part two of my journey through Malaga. To refresh, I had arrived in Malaga and seen a few tourist attractions on my way to the beach;…
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Spanish Shenanigans: Travel Tuesdays with Serena
Welcome back, dear readers, to this week’s Travelling Tuesday with me where I’ll be taking you down the narrow, cobbly streets of Spain and its sandy, sunny beaches. After another few weeks of studying, Easter holidays finally came around. Students have a whole month of holidays to relax, get back home to their families and…
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Cambridge Commotion: Travel Tuesdays with Serena
Welcome back, dear readers, to this week’s Travelling Tuesday where I’ll be talking about another random and not-well-thought-of trip around England. Perhaps a bit lighter in mood as opposed to last week’s, in this piece I’ll be writing about my experience going to the University of Cambridge. Ever since I was a little girl, I…
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The Insanities of UK Bars: Travel Tuesdays with Serena
Welcome back, dear reader, to Travel Tuesdays with yours truly. This week I’ll be writing about the insanities of UK bars and clubs and the events that have taken place in the past few weeks past the hour of two in the morning. For those who have been reading from week one, you’ll have…
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All Aboard the Brontë Bus: Travel Tuesdays with Serena
Welcome back, readers, to Travel Tuesdays with Serena where this week I’ll be writing about my travels on my days off from school and my horrible, horrible planning skills that almost led me to multiple panic attacks. (I’m fine now). After settling into classes and getting a pretty solid daily routine going, I found myself…
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Edition Five: Travel Tuesdays with Serena
“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world” Welcome back, readers, to this week’s column where I’ll be writing about the first week of uni on exchange in the UK. I initially thought that studying on exchange would be a cool additional thing to have on my record, which…
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Rose and Crown – Travel Tuesdays with Serena
“Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscious; this is the ideal life” -Mark Twain Welcome back, readers, to this week’s edition of Travel Tuesdays with Serena. The past few days have been both excitingly eventful and dreadfully uneventful at the same time. I thought once I got here I would be more than keen…
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Delighted in Solitude: Travel Tuesdays with Serena
“Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.” -Aristotle Welcome back to my travel column. The first day in a foreign country alone is, in my opinion, one of the most exciting and at the same time scary moments in one’s life. I can say with absolute certainty that I…