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Oxford: A tale of two cities

"There are 2 worlds at knuckleheads, grappling over Oxford’s identity."

Let it be?

The last month has too frequently left me wondering what the obsession with revivals...

A crash course in British politics: What does the public care about? (Week 7)

So, the voters are quite clear – the economy, immigration and healthcare services are generally most important to them.

Violence, fear, and womanhood 

"We view women as something akin to public property that must be regulated as convenient."

Academic pressure and the overachiever mentality

When everyone strives to be exceptional, some inevitably end up becoming merely ‘mediocre’. This gives rise to the central problem surrounding academic pressure and the ‘overachiever’ mentality — that while we are fully aware of its harms, everyone still strives to ‘overachieve’, for fear of being left behind, of being ‘mediocre’. 

Alliances with the West

What do international alliances actually mean for big and small countries?

Georgia and the New World

What does America's reaction to Russian operations inside Georgia mean for the future of the land of the free?

A threatening agenda

Iraq's shameful denial of education to its Baha'i community

Girlz gone wrong

The disturbing sexualisation of pre-pubescent girls

Oxide runs out of breath

Is this the end for Oxford student radio?

Dishing out the dirt

Political memoirs are rarely what they seem

Democracy in Africa

What have fifty years of freedom achieved?

Not-So-Golden Brown?

The PM still has a chance to make good on his time in office

South America’s Cash Crop

Where student drug-of-choice cocaine comes from

Interview: Tom Phillips

Britain's Ambassador to Israel is reinvigorating the peace process

Interview: Joseph Nye

The West's future is brighter than pundits think

A Candle in the Wind

Does protest really make a difference?

Dawkins, Einstein, and God

Scientists are wilfully misquoted in the fight against God-bashing

A Bad Week

Creating human-animal hybrid embryos opens a Pandora's box

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