The Examined Life

First published in TCS Lent Issue 2, 2011

Not having exams is great but at the same time it's a bit of an anticlimax. You get to May Week and you realise you have no reason to celebrate. Well, right, you've handed in your thesis but it's just not the same feeling. So then you don't really feel like going to May Balls anymore. Or maybe that's just the '4 years+ at Cambridge' syndrome...

Fresheritis

First published in TCS Michaelmas Issue 1, 2010.

Hello, Freshers! Welcome! We love you really. You're the future of this university, after all. Oh God. That one's a Goth. And that one looks like a right slapper. And that one's already going to Cindies instead of lectures. And that one!... Noisy slackers! Pompous brats! Back in my day...! (etc)