How does FOMO affect our generation’s sleep schedules?

15th October 2021

FOMO, or ‘Fear of Missing Out’, is very much a prevalent phenomenon within our social, digitalised, high-schooler age group, and is defined as the ‘anxiety felt by an individual when it seems that others are having rewarding experiences without us’. It’s becoming more and more challenging to be able to be autonomous in your activities, without being influenced, directly or indirectly, by peer pressure, our environment, and the media; however, is this socially orientated lifestyle forcing us into the wrong kinds of habits and putting our health (physical and mental) at risk?

How does FOMO affect our generation’s sleep schedules?

A review of David Hockney’s Arrival of Spring.

15th October 2021

I’m sure we all remember Spring of 2020 to be an idyllic time. Although, certainly, no-one enjoyed it more than David Hockney, who spent it in his beautiful countryside residence in Normandy and recorded its arrival on his iPad. His ‘iPad paintings’, as he calls them, were exhibited at the RA this year. The exhibition was a thorough record of the passage of the 2020 Spring in Normandy, with a helpful visual aid of each cloud, pond and grass that crossed Hockney’s path. I was not actually going to see this exhibition until recently when in September, the ground a sludge of dead leaves and wet slugs, off I went to celebrate the Arrival of Spring.

A review of David Hockney’s Arrival of Spring.

A guide to urban foraging

15th October 2021

As cliché as it may sound, I’ve never really considered myself a ‘city girl’. Before moving to London, I lived in very rural areas, giving me an intense appreciation for the wonders of the natural world. I love the (albeit romanticised and unrealistic) concept of ‘living off the land’ and have always been fascinated by the practical uses and applications of wild plants. Despite living in London, one of the most urban areas in Britain, I try to nurture this interest of mine, primarily through foraging.

A guide to urban foraging

Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock’s lecture

8th October 2021

I think everyone who attended Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock’s talk at WHS on Wednesday can agree that it was extremely informative and inspiring… so let’s delve a bit deeper into the key components and messages of the night. In an interview by The Royal Society, Maggie describes how people often ask her: “You’re a black dyslexic kid from a broken home in London. How come you’re so interested in space?” Maggie’s response to this was, “although dyslexia makes reading and writing quite hard, now I see it as my superpower because dyslexia makes me think of things differently”.

Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock’s lecture