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Category: Columns

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Diaries of a Rusticated Student: Penultimate

by Anonymous Author March 2, 2024December 21, 2025
This illustration shows an alcove filled with personal items, including a teapot and toy ballerina, with the column’s title ‘Sublime Drizzlings’ in the background
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Sublime Drizzlings: Son of a Preacher Man II

by Chloe Smith March 1, 2024March 1, 2024
The image shows a cream envelope with a small pink heart on the seal. Behind the envelope there is a pink cloud with small pink hearts.
Posted inColumns

Love Letters: February Blues (or, rather, Greys)

by Lucy Pollock February 27, 2024February 28, 2024
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Diaries of a Rusticated Student: The Grey (or Going Mad in a Poetical Way)

by Anonymous Author February 24, 2024December 21, 2025
This illustration shows an alcove filled with personal items, including a teapot and toy ballerina, with the column’s title ‘Sublime Drizzlings’ in the background
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Sublime Drizzlings: Son of a Preacher Man I

by Chloe Smith February 23, 2024March 21, 2024
The image shows a cream envelope with a small pink heart on the seal. Behind the envelope there is a pink cloud with small pink hearts.
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Love Letters: What is Love?

by Lucy Pollock February 20, 2024February 20, 2024
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Britain on Holiday: a Beast Caged

by Poppy Thornton February 19, 2024April 29, 2024
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Sublime Drizzlings: My Values

by Chloe Smith February 19, 2024February 19, 2024
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Musings of a Media Lover: ‘Scott Street’, Strangers, and Reconciling Old Friendships  

by Millie Acton February 18, 2024June 26, 2025
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Diaries of a Rusticated Student: London Town  

by Anonymous Author February 17, 2024December 21, 2025

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