The Saint

Happy Scary Aries season! The first (and best) sign of the zodiac ushers in the start of a new astrological year. Mercury also enters Aries on the 27th, officially leaving the murkiness of Pisces behind. Remember to read for your rising sign. Ram on! Aries (21 March – 20 April) …

Happy Aquarius season! Omicron is here and so is Mercury retrograde. The planet of communication has been travelling backward through Aquarius from January 13th to February 3rd, ensuring chaos and disruption for all. Go give birth to dancing stars! Remember to always read for your rising sign, which you can …

Boo! It’s Scorpio season. The biggest bits of astrology happening over the next few weeks are the new moon in Scorpio on November fourth, and Venus entering Capricorn on the fifth. Remember to always read for your rising sign, which you can find by putting your birth date, time, and …

I don’t normally watch romantic comedy dramas, least of all those with teenage protagonists, because I know that they will always depict a skewed perception of what adult writers think teenage lives are: at least two (usually heteronormative) romantic relationships; every main character must be in a romantic coupling. Visibly …

It was a mild Friday in late April last year, the time when spring inches towards summer, and coursework deadlines are suffocating students before the mental marathon provided by revision week. I was on the Stagecoach 99 bus to St Andrews, the same bus I still get every day to …

Feature article published in University of St Andrews' student newspaper.

Feature article on my year abroad, published in University of St Andrews' student newspaper.

“I cried pretty much on every shift, sometimes two or three occasions a night,” Jessica said. “I’m not a person who gives up really easily, but at that point I just thought it was time to leave. One night, I just burst into tears. I said I can’t do this …