I recently spent an evening with two friends and their Small Boy. We live at opposite ends of the country, so time spent in each other’s actual physical company is a rare treat. Small Boy has just turned two, and is more of a Medium Sized Boy these days. When I was a child, I used to hate it when adults told me how much I’d grown, but as an ageing millennial, it’s a phrase I find myself using more and more.

The Arden Library team are looking for your stories on using the library service for the Student Voice section of the next issue of the Library Newsletter!

Share your experiences with your fellow students and the wider university, by writing a short article (approx. 750-1,000 words) to feature in future issues! We want to hear from you on topics such as:

In his 2014 book on the subject, Damon Young writes that ‘attention is a scarce and precious resource; frustrating as this might be, we have to be canny with it.’ To be distracted, he contends, is ‘to admit that we’re squandering our mental and physical assets; something we value less is diverting our efforts from something we value more.’ (2014)

The School of Design have been planning a Design Festival week of activities, events and workshops. The festival is open to all staff and students across the whole university, and hope it will be a great design week that is informative and creative.