In defence of living out
"All things considered, then, I’d still choose to live out. Maybe it isn’t perfect, but living out has been a staple of Oxford student life for decades, and it’s one of the only similarities it has to the typical student experience at any other university."
The Not So Secret History: Healthy Habits
As this is the first instalment of my column, it would be natural to give a little bit of background to what I’m going...
Toilet training: the unexpected troubles of living out
It started with a whining. A soft, barely discernible purring every time we flushed the toilet or turned the taps. “Character”, we called it....
Landlords, neighbours, and noise complaints
Aidan Balfe’s reflections on a year of living out in Cowley, and the communal living myth
