As a Hindu student, I was keen to go along to the traditional Holi celebrations that took place at the University’s Oriental Museum. Holi is a Hindu festival, known as the Festival of Colours, it falls on the last full moon day of the Hindu month of Phalgun: around late February or March.
Holi away from home
It was my…
After spending 14 years in Catholic education, it seemed a bit of a culture shock walking into a secular environment, not starting the day off with our usual prayers and having no longer having the compulsory School masses and RE. My introduction to Durham’s student faith support started at my old School with the President of…
The Easter season is upon us; and unfortunately, to much of the student population (in particular the arts and humanities students), this means that “summative season” has started. For those of you lucky enough to be blissfully unaware of what summatives are, they are essentially coursework: work usually in the form of…
To this day, I still feel incredibly fortunate to have performed in the cast of Ordinary Days that Durham University Light Opera Group (DULOG) performed back in March of last year. Ordinary Days is a musical that tells the story of four young New Yorkers, as their lives intersect in their search for fulfillment, happiness, love…
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I am finally taking a break from some essays to post a blog about Spring Break travels!
Over the Easter holidays, my friend Kelsey visited me from Spain! We used to work together at the University of California Education Abroad Centre and she is now living in Spain!
Edinburgh
We met at the airport in Edinburgh and went…
If you think you have just one family, you may be in for a shock. Arriving into Hatfield College I too thought this way, until I was introduced to my Durham College Family, my ‘College Mother’, ‘College Father’ and two ‘College Siblings’. I soon fell in love with my ‘College Family’ and I’m treating this…
It’s one of the things that makes Durham stand out from other Russell Group universities, and it’s also different from the Oxbridge collegiate system, but what is it that makes Durham colleges so good?
Your college is like your own little community. Unlike other universities, where you are likely to only make friends with…
This year the theme for Instep Dance Society’s annual show was Technicolour! On the evenings of Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th March, dancers from across all disciplines were dressed head to toe in colourful costumes and took to the stage in the Durham Students’ Union ballroom.
Instep Dance Society is a hugely popular society…
Menna Rose, a second year from Hatfield College, has been playing lacrosse for 9 years, and now plays in Durham University Women’s 1st team. We asked her about what it’s like being involved in a sport in Durham, and why people should consider getting involved in lacrosse.
How did you first get involved in lacrosse?
It…
Hi, my name is Samantha Bagulay and I am captain of the Durham W2’s basketball team. Being part of the university team has changed my whole uni experience for the better. The team are some of my closest friends and win or lose, I know they are always there for me.
Through playing basketball, I have travelled all around the…
