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My journey with British identity

I was gently raised with the idea that Britain was fair and decent, a country that meant something good. This was likely shaped by growing up in Devon, somewhere...

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Performative perfection and the reality behind the Instagram post

It’s a beautiful Sunday morning, and I’m scrolling through Instagram. One of my resolutions...

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The girl who lived

Like Harry Potter under the stairs, I was ‘the one who lived’. A rainbow...

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The art of snacking in an ingredient household

There’s something quite liminal about being a student. One minute you’re running around a...

Lifestyle Hannah Cowley -

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Everyone has heard about the coronavirus test in one vague way or another. We’ve read about it in the news, watched Trump call them ‘overrated’ and...

Turning twenty in my bedroom: the illusion of being older

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Lockdown Eats: Shakshouka, five ways

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Maccies After Midnight

her mascara was running into the corners of her fake mustache, which had clearly already weathered a serious storm

Lockdown Eats: Galette Recipe

on the table today is a somewhat ersatz, rustic, rough-and-ready tart

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Instagram and BLM: Is it better to say the wrong thing or nothing at all?

The oppression of human lives is not a trend, and should not be treated as such

Trinity: A Term out of Touch

The components of Trinity 2020 were approximately 15 zoom calls and a pervasive sense of disappointment.

My Thoughts

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Trinity in the time of pandemic

Scraping dredges of hummus with my last-but-one piece of flatbread, my first year at Oxford ended with an anti-climatic sigh as I clicked ‘send’...

The legacy of banana bread: how coronavirus transformed my relationship with food

It speaks volumes that in the midst of a pandemic, we are still so scared of getting fat.

Review: Florence Given’s debut book Women Don’t Owe You Pretty

Florence Given sells feminism as what it is: freeing and utterly delicious. She affirms and articulates precisely the points it feels so hard to put your finger on sometimes.

In Conversation with Ken Loach

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“It could have been worse”: the danger zone of sexual harassment

Implicit in every catcall is a recognition that my existence in your world is limited to how much voyeuristic pleasure you can derive from my body. You are reminding me that by leaving my home I am apparently consenting to being sexualised by total strangers. It is symptomatic of a wider culture whereby female existence can be seen as a medium for male gratification.

Lifestyle

My journey with British identity

Performative perfection and the reality behind the Instagram post

The girl who lived

The art of snacking in an ingredient household

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