We’re all Romanian immigrants, deal with it.

The Evening Standard wrote about a group of homeless Romanians sleeping in Grosvenor Square, sheltering under the 9/11 memorial. After sharing this article with some of my Romanian friends who also study in… Read More

Romanian high-school heavily criticised for supporting LGBT History Month

A teacher at a high-school in Bucharest, Romania, has been heavily criticised for teaching her secondary school students about LGBT History Month. National Bilingual College “George Cosbuc” (CNBGC from now on), which I… Read More

The educational side of hackathons

When an 11-year-old Los Angeles girl won $20,000 for an app designed to prevent drunk driving she was one of the more striking examples of the rising trend for hackathons. App developers and… Read More

We know the future is bleak, thanks.

There comes a moment in the life of every student when they start to wonder whether they’ve made the right choices in life. Are you studying the right subject, are you really doing… Read More

Chin up, journo!

If you’re a student journalist, you probably still care what people think about your current and future profession. If you’re not, you may know that some people snicker recently when they hear a… Read More

You will make a difference

This Friday I found myself on a railway station platform a little after 10pm. I was coming back from a networking event, and I was feeling rather smiley and pretty friendly, so when… Read More

Edvard Munch – The Modern Eye

Tate Modern is currently hosting “The Modern Eye”, a collection of paintings, photographs, and even a film by Norwegian expressionist artist Edvard Munch. Tickets cost significantly less that the price tag of his… Read More

Don’t get a taxi from the airport in Bucharest

A japanese tourist was found dead in Ilfov County, Romania on August 15. The victim, named only as Yurika M by the Romanian press, was killed by Nicolae Vlad, a taxi driver who… Read More

Stylish Imitation: “The Choice”

Short story placing an ancient mythical plot in the modern world, supposedly in the style of James Joyce or modernism in general. Adapted for the Weekly Writing Challenge. The cell phone on the… Read More

Short dictionary of fandom vocab

Sometimes I have to stop in the middle of my internet activities, which usually include looking at yet another Doctor Who photoset or trying to find a story I read three years ago… Read More

Britain in a Day: it’s great to be human

Britain in a Day is a BBC project aiming to create a self-portrait of life in Britain in the 21st century. I’ve had the chance to work on it for one day archiving… Read More

Notes from a London 2012 broadcast logistics assistant

During the Games of the XXX Olympiad, also knows as London 2012, I have been working for Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS) at Greenwich Park, the venue which hosted the Equestrian events and Modern… Read More

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