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Alex Barasch

I'm the current Arts Officer for St Hilda's College, the RSC's Student Ambassador to Oxford and one of Cherwell's Stage Editors. I can be reached at [email protected]

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Supermarkets could introduce ‘green labels’ after Oxford research

Entire cohort of medics forced to resit exam after alleged cheating

Liz Truss promises Oxbridge admissions shakeup

OURFC condemns Rugby Football Union’s ‘trans ban’

Trashing: Only Eight Students Fined Despite Promised Crack-Down

The Guardian of the Constitution: an institutional look at the jubilee

How did we get here? Democrats, political power, and the fight for American abortion rights

The life-sucking vampire: exams and the logic of capitalism

Northern Ireland’s three-way split

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Sonnet for Foxe by Anna Cowan and Ruth Port

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Once Long Ago

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Supermarkets could introduce ‘green labels’ after Oxford research

Slumber Party Pop: A New Authenticity with Chappell Roan

Why the human genome still isn’t fully complete

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Review: Le Petit Prince

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Spotlight: Drama and identity

Interview: Jessy Parker Humphreys

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