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For as long as university students have existed in modernity, there has always been a stereotype that they never have any money, they live in freezing cold houses and eat nothing but beans. Whilst I’d like to disclaim that many people do indeed lead very impoverish lives as students who certainly  should be admired for their resilience, there are an overwhelming amount of people who live reasonably lavish lifestyles off the back of their student loans, and can afford things that years ago would not have been possible for the average student. In this week’s post I’d like to examine from a student’s perspective, what exactly it means to be a student in 2018 - what lives are we able to live and what commodities are now within reach thanks to student loans, and is this a good or bad thing? Take me for example. I live in a central London flat. You go into my room and there’s a wardrobe completely full of clothes, a brand new Fender Jazzmaster guitar and amp, a dresser full of ...

Hey gang. So, after spontaneously getting a third tattoo this week (don’t ask, I’m clearly repressing something, oh and it’s pictured below lol), and recently getting new piercings and what not, I often get asked the same sort of questions on them. They are the kind of questions that I was always intrigued about before I had any tattoos or piercings, because whether you like them or not, they certainly do spark some interesting talks and opinions. So, I asked my Instagram followers for some questions on this topic and this is what everyone wanted to hear (please don’t take my opinions as gospel, I really know nothing). Thanks for sending your questions in dudes, hope you find this helpful! Did you always want multiple tattoos or was it something that you decided after you got your first one? For sure I thought that it was going to be one and done. I was so intrigued as to what the process of getting a tattoo would be like, and had had the same idea (my hand of God one) i...

Today I woke to the news that one of my favourite bands of all time, The Strypes, had announced their split. With music released not so long ago and touring seeming to be frequent, this was not something I thought was on the cards for a band I love so much. To say I’m sad is an understatement. It felt wrong not to dedicate a post to them after this awful news, as with all the Radiohead and Led Zeppelin talk that comes with the music content on my blog, it felt right that I should write a post wholly for them, as they certainly deserve the recognition - for a personal blog I must mention the things that mean the world to me, and this band really is one of them. My first memory of The Strypes was in my best friend’s house. We were about 15 years old and finally starting to develop from the world of cheesy pop music and One Direction obsession into more alternative music. We were watching various music videos on YouTube, sharing all the ‘cool’ new music we’d been discovering, and sh...