Five local spots to fulfil your sustainable desires
Martine A Hess
It is sustainability week at KU, which makes it the perfect time to reflect on our personal environmental efforts. What is important to remember, however, is the need for year-round…
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Wordle: 2022’s biggest craze so far
Madichi A Brown
Wordle is the new viral sensation that has taken the world by storm. The game has a simple concept in which players have to find the daily five-letter word in…
KU graduates share tips for final year students
Abby Lake
With graduation on the horizon for many KU final year students, it probably isn’t an understatement to say that many of us will be excited but mostly terrified about our…
Scandinavian pottery, colourful knits and comfortable underwear: Three sustainable businesses to support in 2022
Nora Marie Vatland
With Valentine’s day less than a weekend away, you might be looking to gift your loved ones or find a way to treat yourself. However, February 14, in many ways…
Lunar New Year 2022: Interesting facts and legends
Xenia Cherednychenko
Lunar New Year 2022 also known as Chinese New Year fell on Tuesday February 1. This is an important event in China and other Asian countries. Chinese New Year is…
KU students reflect on skills they learned over lockdown
“I became an academic mentor in university mentoring, mentoring first year students in economics and it helped me with my confidence with public speaking. I am still participating with leadership…
Whipped coffee, bread baking and mullets: An ode to pandemic trends
As covid-restictions ease, the trends that kept us sane through multiple lockdowns seem to be a fading memory. When the World Health Organisation (WHO) announced a pandemic in March 2020,…
Covid restrictions: a look back at some of the stranger ones
Evie M Barrett
Throughout the pandemic, there have been multiple waves of “new normal” which we have learned to live with. We have lived with many restrictions but some were stranger than others.…
Veganuary: Where to eat in London
Chris Dudek
As we all know January is all about the new beginnings and some of us may feel like we want something different after all the festivities in December. We may…
Is dating doomed?
Dating is undoubtedly difficult, but as humans, it is natural for us to fantasise about meeting our soul mates and establishing an unbreakable bond. For years, the notion of finding…