From Series – Lockdown Around the World: The Individual Stories – A Year Abroad Abandoned

I had survived all the other challenges and tests that come with a year studying abroad: new city, living in a … More

Travel Writing: Sexism in the South

This university year, I have switched the crammed streets of University Avenue for a life on the South East coast … More

No two experiences of a year abroad can ever be the same: whether that’s due to the location, or the … More

At the moment, I’m reaching child-like levels of Christmas excitement. Not for the holiday itself, nor Santa bringing me a … More

Last week Angela Merkel, the German Chancellor, visited Kiev and Moscow to talk to Poroshenko and Putin about a renewed, and … More

The rouble is devaluating so quickly that you don’t need to know much about economics to see what is going … More

When the country I temporarily live in was casually mentioned by Obama in the same sentence as ISIS and Ebola, … More

I have just spent eight days in the wonderful Baltic states. I could tell you how gorgeous they are and … More

How would you react if you couldn’t find any Finnish milk in the supermarkets? No big deal, right? But when … More