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Category: Columns

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Rare Aesthetic: getting your first essay back and realising you kind of suck

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Risk Appetite: On Bubble Tea and Home

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Ugly Feelings: Send me to the Seaside

by Briony Arnott November 12, 2025November 11, 2025
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Diaries of a Thought Son: The museum of all my memories

by Jaami Al-Choudhury November 12, 2025November 12, 2025
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The Intermediary: On Parisian Heists and Cinematic Self-Parody

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Luddite Renaissance: Eleven Months with a Dumbphone

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Second Draft: Introductions and long words

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‘So am I looking at a sex addict?’ And a lost art for seduction.

by Adrien Grün November 7, 2025November 21, 2025
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Your College Auntie: Hello, Freshers!

by Anonymous Author November 7, 2025November 6, 2025
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Risk Appetite: On Eating Alone

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