Early Start

I'm not including myself in this. Sorry.

Library Fever

Not only he'll fail his PhD but also everyone else's.

Worthwhile Preparations

One day I'll convert my whole PhD thesis to Wingdings.

Getting inspired

First published in TCS Michaelmas Issue 3, 2010

'Maybe Tim's research is on the historical evolution of porn through the ages?' I hear you ask. No it's not. Not that he didn't try to write on the topic, of course, but every single aspect of it had already been covered by generations and generations of male MPhil students.

The Freshest of all Freshers

First published in TCS Lent Issue 2, 2010

15-year-old student admitted at Cambridge! WOW scandal! How's he going to cope with all the sex and booze and heavy drugs? And his supervisors are going to need a CRB check!

We get that story pretty much every year. But then all freshers are tiny and look confused anyway so you don't know which one's 15 and which one's done 3 gap years already.