Trigger Warnings: Suicide Attempt, Self-Harm, Home Office Almost exactly a month ago, my 12-year-old sister was refused entry by UK … More
Category: Columns
The New Normal: How It Began
I have been consistently unwell in one form or another for five years. I’ve had chronic migraines since I was … More
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Brexit Stage Left: Facts and Figures
As the spectre of a no-deal Brexit looms, public interest is focused on possible food shortages, plummeting currency values … More
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The Garden of Forking Languages: Spanish Ramblings
It is the summer after my second year of university, and I have gone back to my hometown in Italy … More
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At the Pictures: Cinema Outside the City Limits
My last three columns have focused on Glasgow’s relationship with its cinemas both evolving and extinct. While Glasgow has a … More
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From the Tiber to the Clyde: Rome, Healing, and the Epistemology of Autopsy
I’m in my Roman bedroom, which looks nearly the same as it did three years ago. The various posters, photos, … More
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At the Pictures: Bannockburn II – Now Showing at a Cineworld Near You
Robert the Bruce, a relatively low-key Scottish release has been the subject of a disproportionate amount of controversy for its … More
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From the Tiber to the Clyde: Reflections on Pride Month
In 2013, my high school in southern-eastern suburban Rome was a place where veiled and insidious discrimination against anyone defying … More
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Ways of Seeing: Where We Go From Here
I finished my University degree at the beginning of May. After two hours, the invigilators said that’s your time up. … More
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The EU Ramblings
Just to start off EU election day with a bang: on the way to work, last Friday, I found a … More
