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Author Archives: Jessica Searle

Jessica Searle is a third year PPE student, and she loves reading - so much so that she once read 140 books in a year!

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Friday Night Dinner: A Home Away From Home

Jessica Searle Feb 19, 2026 5 min read
Friday Night Dinner: A Home Away From Home

“Assuming the average UK life expectancy of 83 years, I can expect to experience around 4,000 Fridays before I die.” Katherine Van Wyk explores the…

Is it Time to Start Writing Starmer’s Political Obituary?

Jessica Searle Feb 19, 2026 13 min read
Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Lord Peter Mandelson.

Sir Anthony Seldon has become very used to this sight by now. Cabinet briefings, outspoken party grandees, and agitated backbenchers are all signs that have…

Varsity Bound: An Interview with the Oxford Netball Captain Abi Moss

Jessica Searle Feb 19, 2026 5 min read
Varsity Bound: An Interview with the Oxford Netball Captain Abi Moss

Abi Moss is netball mad. A fourth year Chemist, and now Captain of Oxford University Netball Club (OUNC), she has been playing netball since she…

Risk Appetite: On the Cinematic Dining Experience

Jessica Searle Feb 18, 2026 7 min read
A food fair at the 626 night market at Santa Anita park (in Arcadia, California)

“While watching a film, you laugh with others; you cringe with others. In a sense, even the imperfections remind me of being at home, reacting…

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