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How to be a vegan – and an Oxford student

I have a disturbing secret to admit, which might cause people to think I’m crazy, and Katie Hopkins to think I’m smelly: I’m vegan. I have been vegan for over...

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The ultimate guide to May Morning

Dating back over five hundred years, May Day celebrations (traditionally) present an opportunity to...

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Coffeesmith – the paw-fect café?

I can’t think of many better ways to be welcomed into a café than...

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Food in Ramadan: Fast or feast?

Take a deep breath in, and hold. Hold it for as long as you...

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A day in the life of an Oxford influencer

“Yet though they might be close physically, sometimes watching these videos makes me feel worlds away from the lives they live”

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Athens: souvlaki and political graffiti

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Erin Goldfinch looks ahead to a year abroad of dubious accommodation, rugby and potential self-discovery

Country Diary: Shotover

'Places are not the same by night. They are transformed. Shapes and forms take on different sizes, colours and shades. Perspective becomes blurred, sounds sharper'

Country Diary: The Water Meadow

“Under no circumstances should any students enter the Deer park. We will treat this extremely seriously”

Country Diary: Fiddler’s Island

'There’s a wonderful feeling of freedom that comes from being in the water, especially here where it is deep enough to kick your legs out without touching river-bed'

'In such a forest there is of course much more than visual pleasure; there’s the sound of wind bending and creaking age-old timber, or the whiff of damp leaves, the smell of air, damp, imbued with life.'

Country Diary: Port Meadow

'Port Meadow is steeped in myth; it’s the unploughed landscape, the land earned from resisting the Danes, a sacred spot where the Freemen graze their cattle'