The university of no grass

The university of no grass
15th June, 2007
It has come to my attention that the London School of Economics and Political Science may be unique in that it is the only university in the UK with no grass on campus, anywhere. I do not mean to say that patches of weeds are unable to settle in [...]

Alma Mater

There is but one serious question that comes to us every time we make a clean break, and that is to ask: what happens when one disappears from memory? My presence effectively disappeared from this blog for months and I am sure I have already lost 99% of my readers for good. That is perfectly [...]

Backlash

No controversial article this time I am afraid, though not for the lack of trying. I have four pieces in the pipeline and all have to be done next week. At this rate, The Economist is going to get four submissions from me, each for a different internship/department. I cannot even send in the same [...]

Growing Up

As I write this on the eve of starting my second to last term at Cambridge, I am wondering how much I have developed as a person during my time at university. I suppose I could rant about how nothing that is worth knowing in life can be taught and then drop clichés about separating [...]