An Open Letter to Future Oxford Applicants. To Magdalen College, Oxford. The letter has been a popular internet meme for a couple of days and apparently has been knocking around on sites like The Student Room. But today, a relatively slow news day in the still of mid-winter, its hit the big time with mentions across a good.

Russia, Spain and the contents of my brain. Do you believe in life after Erasmus? A brilliant first semester in Russia came to an end, half-confirming the much cited cliché that the third year of a MFL degree is by far the best of your life. After a brief pause, I was set for Spain. The only problem was topping the first chapter of the year abroad with the following semester in Salamanca, Spain. Did I manage? A website that advertises for students of Salamanca. With this handy tool, you will be able .

Planes, Trains and Coffee Stains. Thank you for joining me as I travel about on my year abroad. Thursday, 8 December 2011. Curtains up, lights up, cue the music and let the show begin! That, my friends, is an introduction, if I do say so myself. And now to live up to it, or to try at least. Yet my deep appreciation of the tal.