afternoon tea

i'm lee. i live in england and am studying history. i adore said history, along with punk, folk and falafal.

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We're inter-railing. Classic clichéd freshers, right? We were in the Jewish quarter of Venice last night. It was good to be back.

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Luce and I concocted the most incredible salad out of some bits and bobs...

Oranges, feta cheese, fennel, celery, spring onions and watercress - with a honey, orange juice, olive oil and cumin dressing. Divine!

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Durham cathedral in a sparring match with the sunset for biggest babe award

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Paul Simonon and David Bowie backstage at The Clash's concert at Shea Stadium

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Exams are over!!!!!

Grandad knows what’s up.

This from a man also known as ‘Top Almost-Octogenarian’.

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Sunset walks to shake off exam-induced wobblies

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10 Struggles Of Being Not Fat, But Not Skinny Either

A friend of mine just shared this on facebook, and, indulging in the prime post-lunch procrastination lull that seems to spiral downwards from articles of genuine interest and/or importance, through a spectrum of buzzfeed quizzes, and into articles of absolutely no use to anyone, I clicked and read. This word-vomit-esque article definitely falls into the latter category. 

Does the author really believe that saying

"The only thing that can change this is when a guy says “I would fuck you in that. ” A guy wouldn’t openly say that he would fuck a fat girl. So it must mean you don’t look fat. Right?"

is summing up what a fairly significant number of women think?

What?

If she does, and if it is, surely she ought to address the issue instead of basking in a bowl of woes and seeing this as entirely normal and dandy. Some vague acknowledgement of the fact that this mindset is unhealthy would be a little reassuring. 

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The sex education curriculum and programme could improve a lot even if it were just to discuss this one article.

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Easter raspberry cheesecake fairy cakes!

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'Get your arse out, mate': we turn the tables on everyday sexism – video

Leah Green goes undercover to see how unsuspecting men react to sexist situations experienced by women – but this time perpetrated by a female

this lightened up Latin revision no end.

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Hi, I am thinking of applying to Durham for history and I saw you're doing it there at the moment. Would you like ot wherever you did it or is Durham particularly good? People have told me it is but I don't know anyone who goes. X

Hey! That's great! You should definitely come on an open day. Best decision I ever made. I probably would love History wherever I were to be, but there's something special about here and the course is infallibly great. There's one module I don't like the lecturer for, but I still love the module because it's organised so well, so it's basically impossible for you not to find something that makes you happy. I guess you're in lower sixth so you've got a while before you have to decide etc but if you want a History course that makes your insides squeal, give it a go. If you want to message me privately or whatevs, I'll do my best to give you specifics! Good luck with everything!

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Fountains Abbey busy being delicious yesterday.

Weather-wise it was a foul day, but I had the best day, regardless. Exquisite.

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Can we just take a sec to appreciate that Terry Deary is coming to do a charity auction in our college bar next week!!!!!!!

The man himself.

I'm going to wear my 'I <3 HISTORY' t-shirt.

(I might not).

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Chatsworth house, Bakewell, Derbyshire, England

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So we slept in the cathedral last night for charity, and was beautiful. There was an amazing moment around midnight where Saz and I were mucking with a balloon under the central tower, someone was playing Tom Petty on guitar, people were lying on their blankets around us, and just as we were saying how it felt like a scene from a film, confetti began to fall from the ceiling - there were people scattering it down on us from 60 or so feet above us. Absolutely gorgeous.

There’s a certain beauty in the fact that I was able to hand in an essay on the Venerable Bede at 4pm, then go and sleep under the same roof as him at 10pm.

I took this picture in November, as you’d figure from the orange of the leaves, but it’s so damn pretty. Durham, I love you so much.

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We had a sleepover in our kitchen and it was really cute n nice.

As my friend pointed out, 'couldn't do that shit in a catered college'.