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Luddite Renaissance: Eleven Months with a Dumbphone

by Noah Petts November 10, 2025November 10, 2025

Illustration of Oxford buildings and study materials surrounding text that reads 'Second Draft'

Second Draft: Introductions and long words

by Eleanor Davies November 10, 2025November 10, 2025

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‘So am I looking at a sex addict?’ And a lost art for seduction.

by Adrien Grün November 7, 2025November 7, 2025

A student with brown hair holding a phone with a text on it reading "Dear Agony Aunt". A banner in pink at the top reads "Agony Aunt"

Your College Auntie: Hello, Freshers!

by Anonymous Author November 7, 2025November 6, 2025

A man sits at a table alone, eating a bowl of ramen.

Risk Appetite: On Eating Alone

by Valerie Wu November 5, 2025November 4, 2025

A picture of people in a library common room. Everyone is looking at their phones.

Luddite Renaissance: A Case for Limiting Laptops in the Classroom

by Noah Petts October 28, 2025October 27, 2025

Our regular image for the Diaries of a Thought Son column, a castle with a flying bookmark featuring the LGBT flag.

Diaries of a Thought Son: “I’m (almost) feeling 22”

by Jaami Al-Choudhury October 26, 2025October 26, 2025

The image shows a tampon with red sequins on, against a lilac background.

Ovary It – Losing my Cycle, Losing Myself

by Issi Marklew June 27, 2025October 24, 2025

The image shows a cream envelope with a small pink heart on the seal. Behind the envelope there is a pink cloud with small pink hearts.

Love Letters: The Last One

by Lucy Pollock June 27, 2025June 27, 2025

This image shows a street sign which reads 'Cowley Road', against a brick wall.

Cowley Flavors: Mario’s

by Shixin Zhao June 26, 2025June 28, 2025

Outside OX1 Week 4: USA, Sudan and Iraq

Elana Roberts Nov 10, 2025 13 min read

Image Credit by Evie Fairclough-Kay

The Editor’s Note Welcome back to this week’s edition of Outside OX1! With term half-way over already, the deadlines are coming through thick and fast…

Luddite Renaissance: Eleven Months with a Dumbphone

Noah Petts Nov 10, 2025 7 min read

A picture of people in a library common room. Everyone is looking at their phones.

“The first days and weeks were like a rebirth. The magnetism of and cravings for my smartphone faded as it lay turned off in a…

Rising and Falling

Ava Doherty Nov 10, 2025 2 min read

Rising and Falling

‘I write when it’s late, when there’s rum on my breath and salt in my hair’. Ava Doherty’s reflection on waves and creation.

Second Draft: Introductions and long words

Eleanor Davies Nov 10, 2025 5 min read

Illustration of Oxford buildings and study materials surrounding text that reads 'Second Draft'

“I now find myself saying things like, ‘Let’s meet at plodge’, ‘Have you bought your sub fusc?’ and ‘I need to pay my battels’ with…