Rocky (Road) Comms?
I like to consider myself a rocky road aficionado. There is a beautiful alchemy in mixing the various standard ingredients with a few wild...
In defence of living out
"All things considered, then, I’d still choose to live out. Maybe it isn’t perfect, but living out has been a staple of Oxford student life for decades, and it’s one of the only similarities it has to the typical student experience at any other university."
The patience of ordinary things
"A different perspective exposes something new in Oxford’s tangle of streets and colleges; from afar, students on bikes and tourist groups and traffic disputes stop feeling like a nuisance, revealing instead a quiet, understated sort of loveliness."
“Staying in the trouble” at Oxford
“Staying with the trouble”. This was a quote from feminist geographer and all-round academic queen Donna Haraway (2016), cited in Elwood and Leszczynski’s (2018)...
Nickrophelia — my lockdown cardboard companion
Stripped of social interaction, structure and variety, lockdown-living is a lonely and oppressively drab state of existence.
We all have our own way of combating...
Bops, BBQs, and Berocca: reflections on student drinking culture
CW: Mentions of alcoholism
In many respects, Britain and excessive alcohol consumption have become synonymous. Our ‘drinking culture’ is something that is regularly brought up...
Growin’ up with Emily
'three girls sat dangling out the doors of a car, sea salt and suncream'
Walking Together
Because I’ll miss you became
The I love you for friends
Anxiety and Me
If I am having a bad day I am going to tell you and have no shame about it.
Lady Pat R. Honising: Frisky Friendships
Dear Lady Pat,I write to you, as you may expect, in a state of dire embarrassment, shame and confusion. As I’m sure you know, the...
How to Maintain Meaningful Relationships over the Vac
Pretty quickly you realise that Oxford socialising is intense. A week of regular cups of tea with someone can create speculative rumours about your...
How to Maintain Meaningful Relationships over the Vac
Pretty quickly you realise that Oxford socialising is
intense. A week of regular cups of tea with someone can create speculative
rumours about your relationship with...
Finding friends: what’s the hurry?
We talk about the rat race: the fiercely competitive
struggle for success, the unrelenting battle we rage against our peers to come
out on top. But...
Friendships: easier made than kept?
Sometimes it seems like you only show up any more when you want something from me”. An old friend of mine told me that...