South Asian upbringing: Communal munch
“Once upon a dinner time…no that’s cringey, don’t use that. I’ll disown you.”
Tea, dinner, munch, whatever you call it, is better when it’s shared...
South Asian upbringing: Laila-Majnu
What Lord Byron called ‘the Romeo and Juliet of the East’ has passed through the Arabic, Persian, Turkish and Indian languages. The story of...
JCReviews: Cocaine and pin-machines, Worcester and New College
The colleges of this ancient place are numerous, and so are the common rooms which accompany them. Whilst most of us will never get...
Europe Underground: Journalism on the edge
Amidst the Ukraine crisis that has dominated European politics for the last several weeks, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán travelled to Moscow to meet...
Observing Oxford: The Radcliffe Camera
It is a truth universally acknowledged that no one has ever gone to the Radcliffe Camera to actually do work, and if you do,...
La Vie en Rose: Babysitting the strawberries
Nowadays there’s a lot of ‘main character’ talk. One woman who has not only understood the assignment, but puts to shame all other competing...
Reflections on Rustication: Suspending to see the bigger picture
CW: Mental Health, Suicide, Depression, Eating disorders, Substance abuse
In Michaelmas 2021, I attempted suicide by paracetamol overdose. Following three days in hospital, I made...
Observing Oxford: Pret
I will preface this article with an acknowledgement of the fact that the staff of Pret-A-Manger on Cornmarket Street have probably seen me at...
Pens, Paper and Panic: On the differences between OCD at home and at university
CW: anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, or OCD, can be characterised by a heavy reliance on routine. Individuals such as myself that...
Hiraeth: An ode to the unclaimed objects in my bag
Last autumn, I was forced to pick and choose pieces of my life that I wanted to bring with me to university as I...
What’s happening in the chapel: An introduction to college chapels
When coming up with an idea for a column, I found myself thinking of my college chapel. I am a chapel warden at Lincoln...
La Vie en Rose: New year, many me(s)
A couple days ago I went to see a Baudelaire exhibition, and as I meandered through colourful rooms full of poems about flowers and...
Douze Points: Defying the odds, Eurovision’s biggest disappointments
According to the famous ABBA song, the winner takes it all. Yet as the undoubtedly most famous act to have won Eurovision, it’s no...
Brain Freeze: The C word waltz
CW: Cancer, surgery.
So I’m talking to someone, right. Say I don’t really know them. Well maybe I do, a bit. A friend of a...
