May Thomson began writing for The Durham Tab in 2024 as a student writer, and will be Editor in Chief for The Durham Tab from 2025-2026.
After studying Politics, English Language, Art, and English Literature, May enrolled in an English Literature course at Durham University. Currently a second year, she is particularly interested in Sapphic and Victorian Literature.
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When are they going to recast Austin??
We spoke to the incredible women who are fighting in Wilder Student Fight Night (Round 11) this Sunday
We spoke to some of the men fighting in Round 11 of Durham’s Wilder Fight Night
Your college, your costume (a pretty bad day to be in Hatfield)
A brief discussion of my experience as a sapphic woman at Durham University
I lost my father during my first term at Durham: This is my story