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Category: Columns

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Diaries of a Rusticated Student: Hibernating Season 

by Anonymous Author November 7, 2023December 21, 2025
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Look Good, Feel Good?: Why I Don’t Love My Body

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Diaries of a Rusticated Student: Climbing and Coping

by Anonymous Author November 2, 2023December 21, 2025
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Music Makes the People: My Nursery Rhymes

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Look Good, Feel Good?: The bodily ‘ideal’ as a source of social and economic elevation

by Isabelle Bland October 28, 2023October 28, 2023
The illustration depicts a selection of ornaments, including a ballerina, candle, teapot, shell, and other decorative objects. The text ‘Sublime Drizzlings’ can be seen in the background, seemingly a handwritten note.
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Sublime Drizzlings: One Art

by Chloe Smith October 25, 2023October 20, 2023
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Diaries of a Rusticated Student: Terms, Conditions and Trying Not To Care…

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Diaries of a Rusticated Student: On Quote Collecting and Invisibility 

by Anonymous Author October 20, 2023December 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: God Stopped When We Landed – A Passage to India

by Chloe Smith October 19, 2023October 19, 2023
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