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Between Lines & Life

Thoughtful takes on career, culture & life

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    The life of a showgirl: Taylors most controversial album yet

    October 6, 2025 - By Sophie Stapley

    Unless you live under a rock you would have heard that Taylor Swift has released her 12th studio album titled 'the life of a showgirl' on October 3. Amongst the hype and excitement, many 'swifty' predictions were seen to be wrong this time around...

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  • Culture

    What we know so far about Taylor Swift’s life of a showgirl

    October 2, 2025 - By Sophie Stapley

    Taylor Swift is about to enter yet another new era , and the swifties (and honestly, the entire internet) are buzzing. Her upcoming album Life of a Showgirl drops on October 4, and from everything...

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  • Career

    Is Journalism Still Worth It?

    September 29, 2025 - By Sophie Stapley

    Every time I tell someone I want to be a journalist, I get the same reaction: “Does anyone even read newspapers?” Honestly, I’ve asked myself the same thing more times than I can count. With constant...

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  • Culture

    What I learned from being online too much

    September 22, 2025 - By Sophie Stapley

    I’ll admit it, I spend too much time online. My screen time stats could win awards (and not the good kind), Like most of us, I’ve fallen into doom scrolling way too many times, starting with one TikTok...

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  • Student Life

    Why no one talks about the quiet parts of university

    September 15, 2025 - By Sophie Stapley

    When you imagine university, the picture is almost always loud: nights out, societies, packed libraries, endless stories with friends. That’s what gets shown in films, TikToks, even by the universities... .

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  • Opinion/deeper thoughts

    When was the last time you were actually bored?

    September 8, 2025 - By Sophie Stapley

    There was a time when I used to sit in silence and just... exist. The kind of silence that made the days feel longer than they were and I’d wish more than anything that I had something productive to do but...

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  • Culture

    Man’s best friend: Sabrina Carpenter’s lyrics, wit, and bite

    September 1, 2025 - By Sophie Stapley

    There was a time when Sabrina Carpenter was best known as a Disney Channel star. But in the past few years, she’s become something much bigger: a pop powerhouse who has TikTok in a chokehold, landed on the charts worldwide. But what stands out about our girl Sabrina is that…

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    Student Life

    5 things a career placement teaches you that university never could

    August 25, 2025 - By Sophie Stapley

    After years of lectures, coursework, and carefully constructed assignments, nothing prepares you for the chaos, pressure, and buzz of a real workplace like...

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    Career

    How I decided what I wanted to be at 13 and never changed my mind

    August 18, 2025 - By Sophie Stapley

    Most people change their mind about their career ten times before they turn 20. I never did. From the moment I started delivering newspapers at 13, I said to myself: “One day, I’ll be writing in...

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    Welcome to between lines & life

    August 11, 2025 - By Sophie Stapley

    After spending so much time reading, writing, and sharing on other people’s platforms, I decided to finally build one of my own. Between Lines and Life is where I’ll be writing about everything from career confusion and uni moments to pop...

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  • Oct 06, 2025 The life of a showgirl: Taylors most controversial album yet
  • Oct 02, 2025 What we know so far about Taylor Swift’s life of a showgirl
  • Sep 29, 2025 Is Journalism Still Worth It?

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