Small Joys for Dark Days
I’m an eternal pessimist. Always have been and probably always will be. Invasive thoughts have made a home in my mind – and this negativity...
Emma Stirland (Nottingham ‘21)
Emma Stirland (Nottingham ‘21)
Editor-in-Chief for Nottingham 20/21
3rd Year English Language and Literature student
A bit of a coffee addict, lover of cats and candles and modernist literature
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Songs That Got Me Through Deadlines and Beyond
Being a student at Christmas never feels like a holiday, does it? Exams, essays, portfolios to work on, and I won’t mention the word...
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Albums That Defined My 2020
2020 has been a year of opposites: ups and downs, joy and sadness, growth and loss, love and loneliness, and my Spotify Wrapped for the...
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Let's Talk About Period Poverty
‘Time of the month’. ‘Red tide’. ‘The blob’. ‘Aunt Flo’. And apparently even ‘Emma’ in the German language, which is slightly unfortunate...
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Let's Talk About Discharge
Emma kicks off Her Campus Nottingham's new series 'Let's Talk About' by discussing all things discharge and the importance of knowing our...
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Imposter Syndrome During a Pandemic: 'I Don't Feel Ready to Start School Anymore'
"A feeling shared by a lot of my peers is that we don’t feel ready to be starting our final year."
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Lockdown, Loneliness and Love?
From a breakup to staying up until 1 am laughing over Tinder profiles with my best friend, and even going on a date – it’s been an...
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Animal Crossing: More than Just a Game
Animal Crossing New Horizons has taken the lockdown world by storm with its escapism to a tropical island where you can (literally) craft a...
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Review: Tiger King
Tiger King, Netflix’s latest fix for fans of true crime documentaries, is a wild watch and the show’s tag line ‘Murder, Mayhem and Madness...
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Review: Getting My First Tattoo
One of my favourite forms of procrastination is Pinterest – short hair styles, nail art designs and, more recently, tattoos are my pins of...
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Review: The Taming of the Shrew by the RSC
The Taming of the Shrew, a play about gender and power, has been turned on its head in this production by the Royal Shakespeare Company...
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I Found a Lump in My Breast
I expected the Christmas holiday to consist of coursework writing, reading and consuming all the food and drink in sight, definitely not...
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The Rise of Skywalker: A nostalgic tribute to the galaxy
It was my dad who dragged me along to the see the last instalment of the Star Wars saga. I was rather reluctant to sit through it for...
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Review: 'You' Season 2 on Netflix
This review contains spoilers! The second series of the psychological thriller starring Penn Badgley, aka Dan Humphrey from Gossip Girl,...
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Review: Broadgate Park Christmas Party
Being a second-year student, I’ve already had my fair share of formal dinners and uni balls so I wasn’t expecting too much from this year’s...
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Review: The Amazons at Rock City
When my closest friend asked me to go with her to see her favourite band, The Amazons, I was slightly hesitant. I’d only heard two of their...
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#MeetTheTeamMonday: Emma Stirland
Each week we will be introducing you to a member of our team with our series #MeetTheTeamMonday. This week, Emma is answering some...
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Review: 200 Degrees Coffee
It’s safe to say that I have a slight coffee addiction: from my usual flat white to a double espresso (especially necessary after Crisis),...
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Review: Nail Art by Instagram's Dorta Nails
I have always enjoyed having my nails done and since moving to uni last year, I’ve been on the lookout for nails comparable to the ones I...
