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Student/Parent: Change
Today marks a year since my son’s due date. Of course, like most babies, he didn’t arrive on his estimated … More
Now and Then: Uniting the Class
CW: Mention of transphobia and of racist and homophobic comments What, exactly, is Alex Salmond’s new Alba Party? What about … More
Student/Parent: Trauma
CW: sexual violence The news and social media have been difficult to look at over the last few weeks. The … More
Why Pop Culture is a Classic(s) Matter: The Forgotten Pleasure of Doing Nothing
If you, like me, are a fundamentally lazy person, you will agree that summer break is the ideal time to … More
Why Pop Culture is a Classic(s) Matter: The Persistence of Heroic Culture in Western Society
A soldier, endowed with supernatural strength, fights epically in defence of the principles at the base of his national culture, … More
The Garden of Forking Languages: English Epilogue
When I was still attending my high school in Italy, I read the book Dubliners, by James Joyce. I found … More
The New Normal: Feeling Guilty and Coping with it Badly!
I feel guilty about something almost all of the time. If I have to take a day off work, cancel … More
The Garden of Forking Languages: Goodbye Sepúlveda
A month ago, as I was watching television, the tragic death of Luis Sepúlveda from Covid-19 was announced. I was … More
The New Normal: How to Win Life during Lockdown
When I sat down to write this column last month, the university had just made the decision to cease face-to-face … More