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CRUSH preview: ‘A chaotic scramble through the teenage years’

I sat down with Hannah Eggleton, Director & Writer of CRUSH, to talk power, performance, and the making of her debut full-length play, premiering...

Disability and deferral: My unconventional journey to Oxford

Just over three years ago, I received my Oxford offer. Like most sixth formers, my Oxford acceptance email came in the middle of my mock...

Handwriting is a necessary skill and a dying art

Seeing the writing of some of my undergraduate friends, I’d rather hold my pen than hold my breath!

To Julian – Ella O’Shea

you’re enwombed within stone, this anchorhold,wool on your skin, the draught on your feetink on your nose, barley in your teeth.to look at a...

Cut the job chat

It’s Michaelmas term of my final year. The days are short, my patience even shorter, and every conversation seems to circle back to the...

Unfortunately, the Union Matters

Within a decade of being founded, the Oxford Union was already doing its best to tear itself apart – complete with a faux-epic of...

Screw the Scrooges, students deserve to have fun

Having survived 5th week Blues (didn’t hear any Louis Armstrong), students can now look toward the end of Michaelmas. The days get shorter, the...

Ticketmaster hurts student concert culture

Competitive, difficult, and opaque. All words associated with the Oxbridge admissions process. More recently, however, they have been used by disappointed Oasis and Coldplay fans in relation to Ticketmaster.

What Oxford owes Oxfordshire

“Where are you living this year?” For some, this question brings back memories of scrambling to organise tenancies and coordinate renting plans. The panic of...

Kitchen Sink Drama

The first hurdle is whether used utensils even reach the kitchen, let alone the sink, and the appropriate time for them to do so.

How to make rizz-otto

If like me, patience when cooking is not your forte, find a friend to cook it for you

A delightfully sweet summer at Cocoa Runners

People often say that patience is a virtue, and I embraced this mantra (unintentionally) during my quest for a summer internship. Whilst many friends...

New College student greeted by “escort” in their room amidst hotel havoc

A student at New College was met with a “woman sitting on bed in a lingerie robe” when they opened their room door...

Embarking on the year abroad

"Navigating job applications, and the nightmare that is obtaining a Visa post-Brexit all whilst juggling the notorious Oxford workload, proved a stressful time."

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