Year Abroad student Daisy Wright explores the intricacies of getting to know a new home in the first instalment of her column.

Eve Mayes brings us her fifth instalment of her fascinating column on life in Kazakhstan, this time introducing us to Astana’s wacky hospitality culture.

In her fourth instalment, Eve Mayes muses on British communicative customs, and how they have become unfamiliar to her as a result of living abroad.

In the final instalment of her column, Freya Swinburne examines the rise of Clara Luciani.

In their final instalment of the term, Alex Jarvis introduces us to their favourite spots in St Petersburg, reflecting in particular on their final days in the city.

In her second column, Rebecca Gatti explores specific discourse markers in Italian, demonstrating how they can be used within online communication to mean many different things.

In the second instalment of her column Izzie Hackett reflects on the thin lines we craft between fiction and reality, the diverging paths that entangle these lines, and the stories we tell ourselves through some of the most famous Latin American writers and their stories.

Columnist Freya Swinburne discusses the rise in prominence of Pomme and her feminism-themed music.

In her third and final instalment of the term, columnist Eve Mayes takes us with her on her travels beyond Astana.

In their third instalment, Alex Jarvis takes us along the notorious Dumskaya street and to a delirium-inducing bubble-tea-stroke-rainbow-bagel counter.

Why do we choose to study the languages we do? In her second installment, Lily Alford teases the tricky question of cultural engagement, exploring how a love of reggaeton or Argentine politics may not be the only key to the great glass door of Spanish language learning and culture.

With the first instalment of her slow-travel series, Lily Alford reflects on the opportunities for personal growth which are presented to us through language learning. Some days the words spill, others they sputter, but they are never wasted.

In her first column of term, Rebecca Gatti introduces a new linguistics project she has helped to work on - a database of Italian words taken from WhatsApp, giving an insight into the way that language is used online

In the first instalment of her column Izzie Hackett explores the spectral undertones of Juan Rulfo’s Mexico by looking at the author’s photography and its relationship to the novel Pedro Páramo.

In her second instalment, Eve Mayes acquaints us with not only her new pastime (nailcare), but also the dichotomies of Kazakh culture.

In their second instalment, Alex Jarvis takes us to two more cafes in St Petersburg, the oddly named ‘Cucumbers’, and the ominous ‘Bunker’.

In her first instalment of term, Columnist Hanna Simojoki shares an insight into the Finnish national epic, the Kalevala - its history, impact on Finnish culture, and relevance today