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How to Style a Room Around a Vertical Radiator
Having a vertical radiator in your room offers both functional heating and a unique design element that can enhance your interior space. Vertical radiators are perfect for maximising wall space,…
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How Collagen Powder Differs From Tablet and Capsule Forms of the Supplement
Collagen has gained significant popularity in recent years as a supplement that supports skin health, joint function, and overall well-being. Among the various forms available, collagen powder stands out as…
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What Ingredients Should a High Quality Daily Multivitamin Contain
Choosing a high-quality daily multivitamin can be a challenge with the plethora of options available on the market today. It is vital to ensure that your chosen multivitamin contains active…
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Who Gets to Remember?: When nostalgia becomes dangerous
“At the individual level, the mismatch between memory and history appears fairly harmless. For the collective, it can be terrible. The present, the only actuality, is firmly rooted in our…
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Monoculture isn’t dead, it’s online
Culture feels chaotic right now. The times of communion over music videos on MTV are officially over, and our lives are split across millions of screens and streams. It’s the…
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In Defence of the Bachelor Life
An anonymous author writes about their experience of being aromantic in a society that values romance above other types of love.
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Oxford
Goodwin Appearance Draws Protest at Union, foreshadowing Tommy Robinson Debate
Matt Goodwin’s speech at the Oxford Union drew protestors from Oxford Stand Up to Racism, foreshadowing the demonstration at Tommy Robinson’s arrival. Image credit to Chatham House, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.
Passé ou Classique? – How Old Films can Hold Up for a Modern Audience
“As modern cinema becomes increasingly commercialised, films are primarily lauded for their entertainment value, a well-known cast of actors and provocative subject matter over form and visual innovation. These trends, which favour fast-paced editing and action-filled plots, might be said to have blunted our capacity for critical observation and undermined our visual literacy.” Lorelei Fatima…
Shell Shock at Corpus: Bernard Wins Trifecta in 2026 Tortoise Race
Bernard the Tortoise won not once, but three times, at the 2026 Tortoise Fair at Corpus Christi. Meanwhile, there was room for humans to get involved, too. Image credit to Corpus Christi College.
opinion
We should have left ‘whimsy’ in 2025
Whimsical. Around a year ago, this word (and all its variations) sprouted roots on the internet. It somehow blossomed amidst the backdrop of heightened global seriousness, with people using it to share creative projects and spontaneous endeavours. It was not long before brands latched on, and the word started popping up in adverts, in TikTok…
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Britain’s prophet steps forward
“Oh, oh! Agony, agony! Again the awful pains of prophecy are on me, maddening as they fall… What if no man believe me?” Thus cries the tortured Cassandra in Aeschylus’ seminal tragedy Agamemnon. Cursed by Apollo with a gift of prophecy which is never to be believed, Cassandra is one of the most tragic figures…
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Call the violence in Belfast out for what it is: Pogroms
I refuse to use the phrases “anti-immigration riots”, “violent disorder”, “disruptions” or “unrest” to describe what ethnic minorities and those who present as visibly Muslim, have been experiencing in Belfast over the last few days. And this is not the first time we have lived through this. A quick Google search shows that a Pogrom…
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Outside OX1 Week 7: Armenia, Russia, and South Korea
This week for Outside OX1, Nancy Gittus takes a look at Armenia’s recent election, Cormac Edwards explores the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, and Chaehyeon Moon analyses the South Korean Local Election results, as well as scandals of ballot shortages. Image Credit to Evie Fairclough-Kay
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A Closer Look: At Eco-Consulting, Is It the New Sliced Bread?
Nancy Gittus takes a look at the everdeveloping world of eco-consulting in this week’s “A Closer Look”. An exploration of how firms can benefit from adopting environmentally friendly policies, and how eco-consultants may be the best way to get there. Image credit: Rosser1954
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Outside OX1 Week 6: Australia, China, and the US
This week in Outside OX1, Nancy Gittus, Cormac Edwards, and Noah Allerton take a look at the top stories from Australia, China, and the US.
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COLUMNS
Risk Appetite: On Gratuities and Goodbyes
“All the courses add up to something, and by the time dessert comes, you know your meal is coming to an end. It’s bittersweet.”
Low Concept: Pursuit for its Own Sake
“My thesis is not one implying a value to decentring work or academic commitments. It is one concerned with giving enjoyments and pursuits for pleasure the priority that they are due.”
Risk Appetite: On Long Tables and Still Eating Alone
“The next time at a long dining table, I’ll treat it like it’s an Oxford exam I’ve studied for: I’ll eat, ask questions about others that stem from genuine curiosity, and take peace in the fact that I’ve already done all the preparation I can and that it’s time to put it into practice.”
CULTURES
Hey ho, the Wind and the Rain (Or, Best Case Scenario, the Beauty of the Sun)
Directing a play opens one’s heart to a vast new spectrum of emotions, from the thrill of opening night, to the rush of pride watching your actors take their bows,…
Lubomyr Melnyk Windmills at Exeter College Chapel: Reviewed
“Over the course of around 20-minutes the piece transforms itself into something airy, high, light as though leaving this material world. Melnyk’s music may all be explained as having something…
On Some Far Shore at the Michael Pilch Studio: Reviewed
“How can you possibly even start a eulogy for a loved one – a parent you have relied on and looked up to your whole life? […] Louis Benneyworth’s new…
LIfestyle
Spotlight – An uneasy journey back to normality
With the end of Trinity now in sight, we thought this would be a good place to round off our Spotlight series for this term. As with every Oxford term,…
Walking in silence: a lost art?
On brighter days, I’ll venture to the Bodleian with Bad Bunny, or Stevie Wonder blasting through my ears. Come rain or shine, the music seems to meet me where I…
The Exportation of British Misogyny
The sound of accordion, and the sweet heavy smell of cinnamon and spices drifted pleasantly through the small winding streets, dappled with pale April sunlight. Yet, despite this beauty, something…
Identity
We Will Continue to Love
Isobel Gurnett writes from a pro-LGBT Christian perspective, confronting the homophobic rhetoric hiding behind the religion.
Friendship: Who I Am, Who I Was, Who I Will Be
Eleanor Harris discusses the relation between friendship and identity and how friends form who we are.
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