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Katya’s grocery haul left-overs
Before being unexpectedly evicted from St. John's College, I did a big Tesco shop and got a whole load of incredible items in the...
Tuesday, January 19, 2021
- News
Emergency accommodation for rough sleepers in Oxford open for 19 consecutive days
In view of the ongoing pandemic, rough sleepers in SWEP accommodation are now offered their own room for the night, while in previous years they would sleep in shared spaces.Thames Valley Police will fine those who “wilfully and blatantly” break lockdown rules
Home Secretary Priti Patel defended police presence in a press conference on Tuesday (12 January), where she confirmed 45,000 fixed fine notices have been handed out across England for lockdown breaches to date.BREAKING: University confirms 45 positive cases this week
"The University has confirmed 45 cases of Covid-19 amongst staff and students from Early Alert Service tests for the 9th-15th January, with a positivity rate of 20.3%."PresCom write open letter after University pays £20k to WPUK
PresCom has released a letter stating its condemnation of “the University and History Faculty for supporting transphobia” and that they “are extremely disappointed that...Covid-19 hospital admissions in Oxford have increased steeply in the last month
“Our hospitals are fuller than they were in March and April last year. We are doing all that we can to care for our patients with COVID but, if people do not stick to the national lockdown rules, we are likely to see cases rise even more and the pressure on our hospitals and our staff will increase further.”
- Opinion
Why 2020 Should Not Be Forgotten
Many want a Men in Black-style mind wipe that will erase the past year from our collective memory, only to be recalled 50 years down the line when a funky new virus dredges up the memories from the bottom of the dustbin. This, I think, is a mistake.Capitol Riots: Putsch and Prejudice
'It is difficult to overstate the rage I feel against America’s right wing for allowing us to get to this point. Shame on Mitch McConnell. Shame on Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley. Shame on every Republican who acquitted Trump of impeachment charges. Shame on the entire Trump family and every single one of his enablers.Opinion: On Scotland, Devolution, and The Labour Party
Unionism can only work if all nations are satisfied: a real regard for the Scottish people must be made. Such regard that is formed by compassion and a distribution of wealth, power and opportunity would ensure that this positive situation is not only made but sustained.I’ll Bark if I Want To: On Letting Women Be Angry
So I say: let women be angry. Let us bark at men in the streets who catcall us, let us foam at the mouths when men tell us to smile more, let us hiss at those who deem our clothes 'too revealing.'
- Long Reads
The limits of liberté: France’s ‘global security law’
Is France’s proposed ‘global security law’ a necessary step to protect individual police officers or a breach of international human rights? At the end of...Clubs in crisis: the UK’s declining night time industry
"If not for a healthy dose of nostalgia to remedy bitter envy, remembering the cultural importance of clubbing will ensure the scene doesn’t collapse entirely."Going Viral: Religion and the Pandemic
Pandemics are nothing new, but we now live in a technological age - a globalised world where people and information travel further and faster...And They Call It Puppy Love: Pets in Lockdown
I was the kind of child that hankered after a fluffy four-legged friend – the hopeful child that exasperated parents would try to fob...‘We Don’t Need No Education’: Assessing What Matters in Schools
"In this drive to ascribe value to students, we risk losing sight of what learning can and should be: an ongoing, unfolding and communal process."
- Science & Tech
The bloody problem of PMS research
"Women have historically been side-lined from medical attention at a greater degree than men and there is little known about the premenstrual syndrome (PMS)."What does the climate crisis mean for global health?
"It’s clear that the World Health Organisation were right to declare climate change one of the major health challenges of the 21st century."Science Snippets: Outrageous Octopuses
"octopuses are prone to a peculiar habit. They have been seen punching (yes, punching) fish"Science Snippets: Cardiac Construction
"A study from the University of Minnesota ... reports the successful creation of a functioning, scaled-down human heart pump using a 3D printer."The Oxford Vaccine – How generalisable are the trial results?
"Oxford-AstraZeneca has devised a vaccine in an unprecedented amount of time... However, with any and all science, it is important that we be critical of the claims being made, and question the scientific method used to arrive at such conclusions."
- Lifestyle
- Culture
- Source
A Love Letter to Living With Scientists/An Apology to My Housemates
'I am not sure what broke me. I think it's a close tie between the discussion around NaCl when I asked for the salt to be passed down the table or when someone genuinely asked the group what their favourite way to measure the centre of mass was.'Drawing Attention
'I'm making mistakes I'm crossing them out I'm making it ugly I'm making it shout'Little Giveaways
"Jazz was being played over the stereo like theme music, as if they were acting in a television drama where each character had some essential trait, some crucial role."
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