Sport

A sports editorial

This week’s sports pages see a welcome contribution from the chess and bridge clubs. Perhaps this will encourage more of the "alternative" sports clubs to write material as well.

This weekend sees the swordsmen going for national BUSA glory, and the football firsts and fourths furthering their respective title challenges. See you next week, possibly

From Issue 1082

7th Mar 1997

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White Nights

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White Nights

Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s short novella revolving around loneliness, unrequited love,  and dreams still resonates with our society today.  The nameless narrator of White Nights, a lonely young man, meets Nastenka, a young woman with whom he forms a strong relationship,  yet  they  promise to  keep it friendly rather than romantic.

By Dariga Atayeva