Rayyah Uddin

There's a widely accepted story about university life that gets repeated in films, open days and Instagram photo dumps. It's the idea that university will be the best years of your life: a seamless blend of friendship, freedom, academic success, and unforgettable nights out. According to this narrative, you...

Rayyah Uddin  If you’ve ever screamed during a horror movie, only to immediately laugh and claim that ”you knew that jump-scare was coming”, then congratulations: you’ve experienced one of psychology’s most delightful contradictions. Humans, for reasons scientists are still debating, love to scare themselves. Not always, of course –...

Rayyah Uddin Once upon a time, you walked into your wardrobe, dodged an avalanche of hangers, before declaring: ”I have nothing to wear.” You were standing in front of enough fabric to clothe a small village- but nothing felt quite right. Behold, the beige wardrobe (and no, we don’t...

Rayyah Uddin There’s a special kind of thrill in finding a silk blouse for £3. It’s the same flutter you get when you pull a forgotten fiver out of your coat pocket- except in Nottingham, it happens all the time. Because in Nottingham, second-hand isn’t second-best, it’s the way...