The Story of the Trapdoor.
The following story took place across two different parties. If you had happened to have been at both parties, in …
Tag Archives: Students
Tychy@ the Fringe: Deadline.
“Deadline” is written by Olivia Knowles and Pierce Reid, and both are performing this play at Greenside on Infirmary Street. …
Tychy@ the Fringe: Fresher.
Ten first-year undergraduates enter a therapist’s sanctuary one by one. They seat themselves in a circular firing squad formation. The …
The First Attempt (1/2).
Ellen Stewart had stood thunderstruck on first hearing the news. Fourteen people had sponsored her husband to complete the Edinburgh …
Decision Time For Edinburgh University Students.
In the forthcoming referendum, students at the University of Edinburgh will go to the polls to make that once-in-a-lifetime decision …
What a Speculative Society Meeting Looks Like.
On the bus yesterday, between Leith and Morningside, I sat and examined the Edinburgh University Student Newspaper’s front-page investigation into …
The End of the Fringe: The Project.
Nottingham New Theatre’s “The Project,” which has just finished at the Pleasance Zoo, is my 47th and last play of …
Tychy@ the Fringe: Boys.
There is some lean, fit acting on display in this production of Ella Hickson’s “Boys,” but the play itself is …
Tychy@ the Fringe: Meat.
[The following contains mild spoilers.] Welcome to the ruling class. The pseudo-infrastructure of university clubs and societies is usually a …
Book Review: The Edinburgh LDP’s Main Issues Report.
“The LDP can’t guarantee that houses are built…” is probably the most significant line in the recently-published Main Issues Report, …
Mysteries of Pablo: Case One.
[Since the retirement of Detective Inspector Rebus, Edinburgh has lacked a leading crimefighter. It has happily come to my attention, …
Alain de Botton: Another Point of View.
Pontificating about pontificating is a deplorable habit in any website; and the millionaire self-help “philosopher” Alain de Botton seems to …
A Brief Report from the Edinburgh University Anti-Cuts Protest.
I only joined the demonstration organised by the Edinburgh University Anti-Cuts Coalition as it reached Haymarket, on its way to …
Too Big to Fail? – The End of the Edinburgh University Settlement.
The Roxy Art House’s “Death Weekend” was advertised as a “celebration of death on Halloween weekend” – with parties featuring …
Battlefield.
Dr. Farzin Harim had been up since six ministering to his students, until his research assistant Mahsa had finally warned …
