How are you going to socialise and meet friends with imposed social distancing, cancelled events and online learning?
Freshers’ Week Soulmates: The Lie
“for me, the most nerve-wracking expectation of Freshers’ week was that I would find the friends that I would bond with for life”
Helping A Friend With Depression – How To Not Be A Hinderance
Depression can manifest itself differently in everyone – some may have highs and lows, some may cry routinely, others may feel void of emotion. As a friend, it can hurt seeing a person you love […]
Goodbyes Are Not Forever… How To Cope With A Friendship Breakup
It can be said that a friendship breakup can be harder than an actual relationship breakup. Friendships are possibly the most important type of bond anyone can have. So when these end, it can understandably […]
How to Spot Whether Your Friend is Developing an Eating Disorder
Disturbed or abnormal eating habits are something which I feel are becoming more normalised in our society. But how do we see the difference between a friend making a casual deprecating comment about their figure, […]
Are Your “Friends” Toxic?
Whether you’re a fresher or doing your masters, you’re likely to meet or will meet, a toxic person. They could be a friend you’ve known since your school days, or you might have only met […]
Board Games to Play With Your Friends and Flatmates
Here’s a list of classicboardgames that will make for an entertaining evening.
Good Grief: The Society Talking About Student Bereavement
Society has been taken over this week by the Bereaved and Young Student Network (BAYSN). This LUU society are doing their best to support students who have ex-perienced death, by surrounding them with students who […]
Why TV is obsessed with the 80s and 90s
There has been a recent trend of television shows being set in the ‘80s and 90’s, including, Freaks and Geeks, Stranger Things and My Mad Fat Diary, to name a few. So why, in 2018, […]
Are we still friends with ‘Friends’?
Megan reminisces about one of her favourite TV shows, defending it from critics who find the sitcom ‘not progressive enough’. Friends. Often thought of as an epitome of the classic sitcom, it has brought joy […]
10 ways to de-stress now that exams are done.
There’s no two ways about it, exams are stressful. But now, thankfully, for most of us they’re over. So here are 10 ways to de-stress now that you’re free. Meet your friends for a coffee […]
Leeds researchers ‘virtually immortalise’ character in world first
A team of researchers at the University of Leeds have virtually immortalised Joey from popular US sitcom, Friends, in the first step towards transforming popular television characters into digital avatars. The character from the hit […]