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On Gravel and Quads: Woolf’s Oxbridge in ‘A Room of One’s Own’
Virginia Woolf’s extended essay A Room of One’s Own is probably the most important 20th century piece of writing concerning women’s place in literature and education. It illustrates the...
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Benjamin Waterer
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Algorithms of individuality: ‘The Consciousness Company’
As Stephen Fry wrote, The Consciousness Company by M.N. Rosen addresses the “enormous ethical,...
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Maddie Gillett
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Why all this fuss about ‘Wuthering Heights’?
Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights, Netflix’s Pride and Prejudice, Greta Gerwig’s Narnia, HBO’s Harry Potter....
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Rosa Moore
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What literary character is your college?
Oxford’s colleges are all infamous for different reasons, and come with their own unique...
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Hannah Becker
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An improbable journey to the East
Sam Dalrymple reflects on mundanity and self-discovery in Bouvier’s The Way of the World
Reconsidering the Lobster: Wallace’s Dostoyevsky
David Foster Wallace cuts to the core of what makes Dostoyevsky invaluable, writes Barney Pite.
Project 1917: The revolution will be tweeted
The historical Project 1917 is bringing new life to the Russian Revolution, writes Lucy Enderby
Assassination attempts amid the violence that tore Kingston apart
The first book written by a Jamaican to win the Man Booker Prize is an epic in the truest sense of the word, writes Jacob Cheli
Exploring the poetry of the everyday world
Quiet, mysterious Haruki Murakami fuses local culture with global emotions, writes Lucy Enderby
Alain de Botton: “The university system is failing people”
Author Alain de Botton, founder of the School of Life, talks philosophy, mental health and the education system
Meet Woolf’s doll house inspiration
A miniaturised book which inspired Woolf's Orlando is to be published
In this fractured world, does empathy really hold us all together?
Against Empathy is a compelling and relevant reevaluation of compassion
There’s more to prehistory than cave drawings and diplodocuses
Katie Sayer revisits Yuval Noah Harari's tale of a revolutionary world
A flawed man with a revolutionary aim
Ethan Croft explores Philippe Girard's admirable Toussaint Louverture: a revolutionary life
The science books that every non-scientist should read
Rosalie Wells lists the best science and medicine books to read this summer
“A woman sitting alone, doing nothing”
Tilly Nevin reviews Mary Ruefle’s stunning and startling new collection 'My Private Property'
A rhetorical revolution on Trump?
Ethan Croft explores the academic discussion of Donald Trump's election and administration
Interview: A.C. Grayling
John Maier in conversation with A.C. Grayling about New Atheism, analytic philosophy, and the EU
Tiny words: on the art of small talk
Ellie Duncan ruminates on the place of everyday interaction in literary writing
‘Deeper than the Abyss’: Resisting the Holocaust
Sam Sussman reviews Peter Hayes' new book, 'Why? Explaining the Holocaust'
Representing sex in young adult fiction
Cherwell Books focuses on the importance of consent and honesty
Imagination and immediacy in travel writing
Ellie Duncan interviews Neil McQuillian, Senior Editor at Rough Guides
Between the World and Ta-Nehisi Coates
Altair Brandon-Salmon on an autobiographical look at American racism
Reinvention: a love affair with language
Tilly Nevin reviews approaches to the interplay of language and creativity
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