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G'Day Bella! From Italy to Down Under: a Millennial Migrant who did it for the plot.

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Sep 9, 2026
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  1. Issue · Sep 9, 2026

    I called Durham ‘the Wall’, like in Game of Thrones (opens the original)

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    In Europe, to apply for the Erasmus student exchange program you had to pass a language test. My test was in my sponsoring Professor’s office. Not the pink USB one. It was a little smokey room on the top floor of the oldest University in the world. The ceiling was low and the walls were covered in antique wooden bookshelves full of books. He reached over a shelf behind him and opened a book randomly. It was an essay from Descartes. He made me read it in English and translate it on the spot. He w

  2. Issue · Aug 10, 2026

    My second sworn enemy (opens the original)

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    Picture me in High School. A black blob with nerd inclinations and a strong sense of civil duty to peaceful school life. For that, and my love of make-up, I was even accused of being a ‘flower girl’, all looks and no substance, from my partner in crime, self-proclaimed ‘produce girl’. Among my flower girl classmates, there was one, the blondest and tallest of them all, who p

  3. Issue · Jul 15, 2026

    It’s the High School food chain. Nothing personal. (opens the original)

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    I was half enjoying the 'holiday’ part of my working-holiday VISA, and half panicking because I wanted to work and live in Australia, not leave. I know my accent might be tricky to understand but, come on! One day, as I was filling in more VISA paperwork while keeping an eye on job listings for my dream job, feeling like a lost student at a new school, doubts assaulted me and brought back first-day me

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