Category: Phoebe Eccles
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Unleash Your Inner Angst through a Literary Alter Ego
Read more: Unleash Your Inner Angst through a Literary Alter EgoI have often considered it unfair that the bigwigs of the music scene can split themselves into two by virtue of a stage persona and still be taken seriously. On more than one occasion I have put on my extra-large hoop earrings and demanded that my peers call me Pheyoncé, and on more than one…
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Bike Eulogy
Read more: Bike EulogyTo those of you who were born and bred in the land of Nether, I imagine that the bicycle appears as everyday an object as your kettle or thumb: a precious tool, but not one that inspires the poetry of the muses. However, to a humble Londoner like myself, (whose experiences of bikes before arriving…
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It’s Not the End of the World – The Sublime On a Small Scale
Read more: It’s Not the End of the World – The Sublime On a Small ScaleHow does one track down the sublime? It is not moldy lemons that I am referring to here (haha do you get it??) (sorry), but that feeling of your organs permeating through your skin, of your stomach turning into an abyss and swallowing the rest of you up whole. I remember a few years ago…
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The Problem With Using Philosophy For Self-Help
Read more: The Problem With Using Philosophy For Self-HelpThis morning I awoke from an elongated stupor to find myself hunched in a dark corner of the library, surrounded by Nietzsche books and empty budget-coffee cups. Nearby undergrads eyed me up warily. I dimly recalled having thrown a dictionary at them earlier because they were eating fruit too loudly. Looking down at my hands,…
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