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Author: George

  • Top 5 places to eat/drink/be in York

    2 March 2017 by George
    5 minute read

    Now you may or may not have confirmed your place at York, but either way it would be helpful to know a little bit more about the place. There are…

  • Dramasoc is reason enough to join York

    6 February 2017 by George
    4 minute read

    I am sweating buckets. Quite a few of us are. For this is our first play at a new university, in front of people we barely know. And I am about…

  • Studying Dante and Italian

    3 February 2017 by George
    3 minute read

                      This afternoon I will attempt to translate a canto of Dante’s Inferno from its original Italian. This is something I never would have thought…

  • English at York: liberating and self-affirming

    21 December 2016 by George
    3 minute read

    In my first term at university, I learned so much. It felt like my mind was suddenly so much more receptive to new ideas. *CLICHE ALERT* I saw the world…