How to simplify your life (for dummies)

Jana Gajdová To come up with a topic that appeals to all genders, age groups, a variety of mixed students and individuals is always a tremendous task. Being an impulsive writer, I am coming out of my current feeling of being overwhelmed by all my responsibilities, relationships, duties and homework – not only from …

A hero in his own right

Jan Tichý Tom Lom, as he calls himself now, was born Tomáš Lowenstein in Prague in 1924, to the Jewish family of an optician. His father remarried before life with his second wife Anna and their boys was interrupted by the rise of Nazism. Three days before the Nazis entered …

3,2, 1, Say Quarantine!

Nicole McEvoy #QUARANTINE I’ve been scrolling through my phone for the past half hour. What to do? What to do? I have so much on my plate at the moment. And I’m not talking about the fresh-out-of-the-oven frozen pepperoni pizza with sweetcorn on top. Or the slowly melting tub of Magnum. …

From your Editor

Dear readers,I am happy to announce that The Messenger has once again been enriched by several excellent articles written by students of AJ_EJTM. It is an inspiring, culturally and socially engaged issue and I thank everyone who has participated in its development. I would like to thank Robert Bičovský who is going …

Edinburgh – What else?

Robert Bičovský I have recently been blessed with enough time and funds on my hands to think beyond rent and food. Naturally enough, I looked at travelling. Being the English language nutter I without a doubt am, I found the sudden realisation that I have never been to the UK quite baffling. And so it …