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St Hilda’s opens May Morning event to public

St Hilda’s College will host a May Morning celebration on the Regina Pisa Rooftop. Tickets cost £90 and include a performance from Hilda’s music students, a champagne breakfast, and an address from the Principal. Most importantly, it includes a...
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Be more grateful

Zagham Farhan -
This term has been by far the hardest of my degree. Having chosen a slightly nightmarish paper combination, I have been forced to spend...

Tutorials are the antidote to declining public speaking skills

We struggle in an era where much of our most important communication takes place in writing
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Unhappy feet? Uni on thin ice over welfare penguins

Penguins should never be a prize for completing a Bodleian Libraries survey
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Oxford now has the right approach to animal testing

The current position of involving animal testing in research, but not teaching, is best
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Protect the organ scholarship, protect Oxford’s traditions

Calvin Chan -
Should the organ scholarship be abolished? At the time of writing, 23 of the 43 colleges in Oxford offer organ awards. These consist in...

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Helping the homeless: volunteering or voyeurism?

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In the depths of the spring vacation, with Finals and the looming emptiness of...

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A review of The Crux: Djo turns music into a profession

In his new album, The Crux, Djo, aka Joe Keery, perfectly inhabits and evokes peak 70s McCartney. At the same time, he seamlessly drifts between the sonics of ELO...
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Theatre

40 years after the miners’ strike, James Graham’s ‘This House’ still has a lot to offer

‘Humphrey: ‘If the right people don’t have power, do you know what happens? The wrong people get it. Politicians. Councillors. Ordinary voters.’Bernard: ‘But aren’t they supposed to, in a...
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Theatre

Persuading the public: The play as propaganda

The play as propaganda has a long history. From the regime-affirming productions of Hieron, tyrant King of Syracuse, to Lucy Prebble’s play The Effect, we can understand that theatre has...
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Trickster, terror, schemer, sly: Six years of April Fools

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Exclusive secrets finally revealed by an April Fools mastermind

Sport

Clean sweep for Cambridge at Chanel J12 Boat Race weekend

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After losing out in both...

Youth and Spares complete, time for the Boat Race

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The stage is set for...

Men’s Blues Hockey survive back-to-back relegation playoffs

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The heights of the BUCS...

Varsity a knockout for Oxford Boxing

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After turning the bastion of...

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