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Tuesday 30th December 2025
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The ghosts of the King’s Arms’ past, present, and future
Ever felt a supernatural presence hovering over you in what claims to be Oxford’s oldest pub, the King’s Arms? And no – not the ghost of an ill-fated first...
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Josephine Stern
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The Gee’s knees: Brunch in North Oxford
Good things often come in threes. Having reviewed both Parsonage Grill and Quod, it...
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Beatrix Arnold
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The luxury of political ignorance
PPE at Oxford is often seen as a one-way track to ending up in...
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Morien Robertson
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It’s beginning to look a lot like Oxmas
I begin listening to Christmas soundtracks in September. I theorise decorations in October and,...
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Elizabeth Bourn
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Recipe: Date night on a budget
Esmé Curtis shares a duo of dishes that won’t fail to impress
Letter from Abroad: Yaroslavl
Pip Cull is greatly envious of Russia’s readiness to embrace childhood fantasy
Life Divided: drinking societies
Jamie Onslow and Emma Leech debate the merits and misogyny of drinking societies
Blind Date: John and Bessie
John and Bessie fail to see eye to eye on their blind date
Cocktail of the week: Lemon drop
Sam Purnell suggests a cheap, but highly refreshing cocktail to enjoy this weekend
Time-turners and doppelgängers: battling homesickness at Oxford
Nicola Dwornik talks about the difficulties of finding a true home within college walls
Letter from Abroad: Paris
Eleanor Whitchurch speaks of Parisian courtesy in an unsettled atmosphere
An experience of Oxford Women Speak Out
Emily Beswick discusses using her time, and body, for activism
Food diary: why brunch?
Ellie Duncan explores the role of brunch in history, culture and her weekend routine
Recipe: Gluten-free pancakes
Naomi Bradshaw shares a versatile recipe to brighten up your weekend
Fear, frustration and self-loathing: welcome to an Oxford lecture theatre
Daniel Curtis takes a socially-awkward look at the perils of the contact hours in the humanities
A tale of two brunches
Julia Alsop reflects on contrasting versions of Oxford’s favourite meal
Life Divided: rowing
Francesca Salisbury and Sian Bayley debate rowing from differing (seat) positions
Cocktail of the week: Raspberry fields forever
Sam Purnell shares a not so long and winding recipe
Dodging Oxford’s cyclists
Emma Leech shares the life lessons learnt from a bike crash
Recipe: Crispy mock duck pancakes
Kanak Shah shares a free-from alternative to a classic Chinese recipe
Cocktail of the week: red snapper
Julia Alsop shares a refreshing vegan cocktail
Letter from abroad: China
William Gardner on intercultural exchange in China, via The Great British Bake Off
Pandora extols wisdom, seated upon box
Pandora the cat presents her own coping mechanisms for Oxford life.
Life Divided: sub fusc
Nicola Dwornik and Noush Kavanagh debate the good, the bad, and the ugly of Oxford’s sub fusc
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