Three titles shortlisted for Blackwell’s Book of the Year
A panel from Oxford institution booksellers Blackwell’s have named Mary Beard’s Emperor of Rome, Martin MacInnes’ In Ascension, and Pari Thomson’s Greenwild as winners...
She’s Glad Her Mom Died. And I understand why.
'In a sea of celebrity memoirs, I'm Glad My Mom Died stands out as one of the most poignant releases of 2022.'
How To Kill Your Family by Bella Mackie: A review
I read How to Kill Your Family while at home during the vacation and given my own parent’s unnerved curiosity as they scanned the book’s title, I can understand the necessity of the dedication to Mackie’s parents: “I promise never to kill either of you.”
Reversed: A Memoir
'One of the striking points the memoir illustrates is the level of abuse children with learning disabilities face, from teachers and others' says Kurien Parel
Patriotism and Chilean Poetry
Bridget McNulty discusses Hugh Ortega's debut collection and Chilean identity
Iraq is not a twentieth century Crusade
Oxford historian Christopher Tyerman delivers a polemic speech against rhetorical comparisons between the war on terror and the crusades
Review: The Leopard
Altair Brandon-Salmon revisits the classic Italian 20th century novel
Were the Nazis on drugs?
The Nazi regime was permeated with drugs, from morphine to heroin, taken by almost everyone in the Reich, from soldiers to housewives. This shocking...
Review: Treasure Neverland – Real and Imaginary Pirates
Ben Ray sets sail to find his ideal desert island book
Book review: The University of Oxford, a History
Ben Ray digs into this herculean history of the university, undertaken by Magdalen's own Professor Brockliss
