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Leaving home and going home: dwellings on departing Durham

July 17, 2026August 8, 2026 sub.editors 0 Comments Mya Downing

“I am not quite over Durham; there are days I fear I may never be.” Travel Editor Mya Downing reflects on Durham one last time.

Indigo Stage

Review: For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Hue Gets Too Heavy

June 20, 2026June 20, 2026 sub.editors 0 Comments Aaliyah Angir, Adeoluwa Adesemowo, Ayoola Bamgboye, Dan Katsande, Jeremy Aikins, Lanre Pratt, Midun Odunaiya, Mwambu Haimbe, Mya Downing, Nasrin Kasim, Oluwatimilehin Soyinka

‘paradisaically incredible’ Travel Editor Mya Downing is blown away by Roots Theatre Company’s For Black Boys.

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Europe’s upcoming era of queens: the imminence of female rule

March 12, 2026March 10, 2026 sub.editors 0 Comments Mya Downing

“After millennia of men as monarchs, it will be these young, twenty-something year old women who will soon be dominating Europe’s political landscape.” Travel Editor Mya Downing discusses the significance of the monarchical gender change soon to occur in Europe.

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Fairytale of (not-so-New) York

December 6, 2025December 6, 2025 sub.editors 0 Comments Mya Downing

“A New York Christmas entails spending, a York Christmas enables spirit.” Travel Editor Mya Downing discusses how a Christmas getaway doesn’t have to break the bank.

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5 questions for 5 months

November 24, 2025November 24, 2025 sub.editors 0 Comments Kate Coupland, Mya Downing

“Please go to Colombia. Don’t believe in the stereotypes people might tell you, because they are simply not true!” Travel Editor Mya Downing speaks to Kate Coupland on her time in Colombia.

Indigo Visual Arts

Pearly whites: how pearls functioned as markers of identity in the Late Renaissance

January 20, 2025January 20, 2025 sub.editors 0 Comments Mya Downing

“The unknowable value and fluctuating status of the pearl enabled it to emblemise the differing depictions of female identity in the early modern court”. Mya Downing explores the symbolism of pearls in Late Renaissance art.

Indigo Travel

Back to barca: a student’s wish to be somewhere warmer

October 30, 2024October 30, 2024 sub.editors 2 Comments Mya Downing

‘Whilst we were all dressed for the sun of Barcelona, we were currently in the drizzle of London.’ Mya Downing reminisces on a turbulent journey to Spain.

Satire

An updated, honest, satirical review of the Durham Colleges

June 28, 2024July 2, 2024 sub.editors 0 Comments Mya Downing

Congratulations! You have received an offer from Durham! Now it is time for probably the most important decision you will make at the university: which college will you choose?