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The psyche behind a museum gift shop

Like most soon-to-be finalists, I spent the majority of my summer vacation after second year researching and preparing for my dissertation.

Acts of time, physical giving, and words of touch

Ask someone their love language, and they’ll probably have an answer. They might even pull out online test results.

Cooking for friends: An apology, served hot

“It’s probably a bit bland,” my friend said tentatively in the first week of living out of college, just after they had put down a delicious plate of fish and rice.

Beyond the Rad Cam: My quest to visit all 22 Bodleian Libraries

Between March 2025 and October 2026, I visited all 22 Bodleian libraries, from the reading rooms of central Oxford to the obscure medical libraries.

Creaming Spires HT15 Week 6

This week, Ava Gina has an enlightening conversation.

Bexistentialism HT15 Week 6

Life is rough for this second year

BDSM helped me get over my rape

An anonymous contributor explains how she turned a corner with a new relationship

Will hope ever spring eternal?

Emmeline Skinner Cassidy visited two very different parts of the Palestinian territories

Bar Review: Lincoln

This week the Bar Review Team looks at this Turl Street treasure

What’s really going into your ball?

Tinting Stutter reveals the behind-the-scenes actions of a ball committee

Bexistentialism HT15 Week 5

Life is tough for this second year

The new revolution in body hair

Alannah Jones tackles societal norms around pubes

Bar Review: Christ Church

A disappointing evening is had at this college bar

Bexistentialism HT15 Week 4

Life is tough for this second year

Creaming Spires HT15 Week 4

This week, Ava deals with an embarrassing academic encounter

A beginner’s guide to foot fetishism

Rhiannon Gibbs-Harris meets an unusual BDSM practitioner.

The highest sights of Tamil Nadu

Ione Wells talks to a member of an endangered community

Bexistentialism HT15 Week 3

Life is tough for this second year.

Creaming Spires HT15 Week 3

This week Ava Gina deals with an old taboo.

Creaming Spires HT15 Week 2

This week, Ava Gina explores the perils of flirting.

Bexistentialism HT15 Week 2

Life is tough for this second year

Making it through the wilderness of sex

Millie McCluskie debates whether virginity is just a construct

A fairytale childhood in New York

Clarissa May Jones returns to the 'City that never sleeps'

Oxford’s most-loved Japanese

Benjamin Berry kicks off Hilary with Edamame's Thursday sushi night

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