‘IMMERSION’ is an exploration of how we can make travel more sustainable for ourselves and the world around us. With a focus on slow, solo travel, Lily Alford examines and resolves the linguistic and cultural disconnection between ourselves and our surroundings when abroad in a way that protects our individuality.

There’s one topic me and my mother will never see eye-to-eye on: ‘That thing’.

...al llegar a Barcelona, te darás cuenta de que la arquitectura fotogénica no es solamente una cosa para publicar en Instagram, sino las fundaciones de la ciudad y su cultura vívida.

Everyone has gone to Barcelona. Or so I learnt the week prior to my arrival here, as we snatched coffees or pints under the temperamental skies of Southern England. You must go here, try this tapa and remember the name of this shop and - WHATEVER YOU DO - watch your phone when you’re walking down La Rambla.

Meet Lily A., our Adelante Official Blogger, as she begins her Digital Content Creator internship in Barcelona, Spain! As a gap-year student, Lily is learning what it’s all about to be independent, before starting university in the Fall. Hear what she has to say about her first month of exploring and living like a local in Barcelona.

Madrid cautiously awaits Joe Biden’s policy towards the Western Sahara, following Donald Trump’s controversial declaration of support for Moroccan sovereignty over Spain’s former territory.

Alumna Maia Thomas is spearheading the Black Lives Matter Movement in Devon. [...] Pupil Editors Rosie Cromwell and Lily Alford caught up with her a few weeks after the first protest.

For obvious reasons, months in isolation will cause real mental health problems for thousands of people. For me, it's been a blessing.

Exeter School has had a long history with Exeter Chiefs, the South West's pride and joy in the world of Rugby Union. [...] With such a success story down the road, The Exonian's Lily Alford and Tess Gebbie jumped at the chance to interview... coach Hayden Thomas [,...] scrum-half Stu Townsend [...and...] Manager of the Community Department Aaron Struminski.