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SU Sabbatical Officers urge Government to “remove the barriers” to Gazan students reaching the UK

Sabbatical Officers at the Oxford University Student Union (SU) have signed an open letter urging the UK Government “to ensure that students from Gaza who have been offered places...

Lindsay Skoll announced as new Jesus Principal

Jesus College have announced that British diplomat Lindsay Skoll will take up the role...

Oxford University Press ceases publication of Chinese-owned journal following ethical concerns

Oxford University Press (OUP) will cease the publication of the Forensic Sciences Research (FSR)...

Review: In Our Nature, Jose Gonzalez

González found unlikely fame thanks to a Sony Bravia advert which featured his charming cover of moody fellow Swedish synth-pop geniuses The Knife’s ‘Heartbeats’....

Genre Bending: Slowcore

Slowcore as a genre first appeared in the American music press in the late eighties and early nineties, with the advent of indie rock...

2007: The Summer of Cinema?

For many, 2007 was to be the year in which the cinema was the place to see and be seen. With about 80 films...

Brideshead revisited, revisited

Thrilled to be an extra for a blockbuster new film, Guy Pewsey soon discovered that silver screen Oxford is not as quaint as it...

DVD Review: 300

In keeping with the recent trend of films inspired by classical themes, 300 is based on the Battle of Thermopylae (c.480 BC) when 300...

Review: Grand Cafe

The Grand Café, with its opulent – some might say a touch overdone – décor, unintrusive background music, and friendly staff, has an atmosphere...

Why do we kiss?

The thought must have crossed your mind as you find yourself subjected to yet another Noo-Noo like clinch in some dingy club corner. Why...

Day Watch

Inspired by the novel by Russian author Sergei Lukyanenko, Day Watch is a fantasy horror epic in which the supernatural beings Dark and Light...

Flip Side: Converse Shoes

Sally Kidson Since their creation in 1923, 750 million pairs of Converse All Stars have been sold at a rate of 30,000 pairs per day....

Meeting Anthony Horowitz

Meeting Anthony Horowitz is probably the closest any of us will ever get to meeting someone who thinks like James Bond. Handsome, approachable and...

Sceneplay: Blade Runner

In a line up of the greatest actors ever to have graced the silver screen it’s unlikely that 63 year-old Dutch actor Rutger Hauer...

Stage Whispers: The Stagehand

It is the plight of the techie to facilitate but never to join in. To enable, but never to be adored. Our fate is...

Oxford Reaction

Sarah Kent examines the biases and stereotypes facing Oxford students. University is a liberating place: suddenly the overbearing parents are gone, the controlling girlfriend is...

Strange Sensations

I wanna be like Osama/ I wanna bomb a path to fame across the earth!” Not a quote from Al-Qaida’s latest video release, but...

How to be a college parent

 Whats love got to do with it? Gareth Peters on the gurus who would guide you to the perfect pickup. This summer, students approaching the...

Journeys by Claire Wiltsher

I enter the O3 gallery in the Castle Complex and my heels click intrusively on the stone floor. The gallery is a small grey...

Big Brother: St Hilda’s College

As the last all-girls college in Oxford, St. Hilda’s is often sterotyped, but in reality it is a community of great openness and broadmindedness....

On the Road With the Beat Generation

In 1964, Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters arrived in New York City. Travelling with them was Neal Cassady, Denver-born street kid, petty criminal...

Diary of an Oxford Scuzz

Term off to a bad start, as whilst diving into the porter’s lodge, bod card in teeth and skirting parents clutching fresher offspring to...

Risk of Cancer Reduced by Healthy Lifestyle

More exercise, weight control, and reduced alcohol intake can significantly reduce a woman's risk of breast cancer, according to leading Oxford researcher Professor Max...

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