The Holy Trinity of women’s leg wear this summer
"In a moment of divine inspiration, I googled this years predicted fashion trends before I hit the January sales, in the hope that this year my outfits might be both cheap and trendy."
Multiple subjects to introduce typed exams
The University has recently confirmed that multiple Preliminary Exams and Finals will be assessed as in-person, computer based exams in 2023/24. These include English,...
Oxford in the summer
"Oxford in the summer is truly a unique experience because there are the same dreaming spires without the dreamers."
Summer 2022 Trend Predictions
Shoes - As someone who struggles to walk in anything with a smaller surface area than a block heel, I am pleased to report...
Trinity Term expectations: Oxford at its finest?
Trinity Term seems to have some sort of mythical status. Its mention in the presence of older years is met with sighs of yearning and assertions of how splendid it is. After the cold gloom of Hilary term and the months when darkness settled over the city at 4PM, I sure am looking forward to experiencing Oxford in all its sunny glory.
Summer Heat on the Tip of the Tongue
Readers, your quest towards Hot Girl Summer is incomplete without capsaicin.
Run-of-the-mill summer recipes are heavy on sugar, acid, and ice, dominated by freezer-ready desserts,...
Deconstructing ‘Hot Girl Summer’
Is Hot Girl Summer only Hot Girl Summer if the world and its wife are there to bear witness?
Sipping in the sun
Though I’ve lived in England for most of my life, when I was but a small child my father had a mid-life crisis and...
Ode to the Sunflowers my Dad bought for me
"You –
yellow in 5 Acts,
yellow in division to make up a whole
– belong to the morning"
Thirsting for a heatwave
"In the end, the same heatwave can inspire lewd lyrics or thoughts of doom and global warming."
Veraneio
"Raised in the endless, relentless summer of tropical living, snapshots of summer swamp my memories of childhood – beachside days, aching sunburns, blond locks tainted unflatteringly green by chlorinated pools."
On my white window ledge
'Now I see them yield to the light, papery and, with old age, translucent.'
Confessions of an (un)qualified Au Pair
“Don’t you dare cry. Don’t let them see a chink in your
armour,” I told myself. Commands, negotiations and bribes had failed miserably,
simply falling on...
Vita and Virginia (2019)- Review
"...probably best left a source of nice stills and Pinterest GIFs."
