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Photo of a wooden table, with two glasses about a quarter-full of red wine, a bottle of red wine, and a brown notebook on it.

Sparkling for All Occasions – Prosecco, Pét-Nats, and Beyond

by Jack Wharton January 29, 2025January 29, 2025

Photo of a statue outside the Sheldonian Theatre. The statue has a girl's eyes and fringed superimposed onto it, and is wearing a sash that reads "Class of 2025"

My pretentious friends: Michaelmas, Hilary and Trinity

by Eleanor Ware January 28, 2025January 28, 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: 2025

by Lucy Pollock January 26, 2025January 26, 2025

A row of statues, coloured blue, against a background of bricks on a temple.

Skog

by Poppy Thornton December 19, 2024December 19, 2024

Illustration of central Oxford, with the Radcliffe Camera and Bridge of Sighs situated in a bubble, next to the words "Beyond the Bubble".

Beyond the Bubble: Clarkson’s Pub.

by Rosie Creighton December 12, 2024December 12, 2024

Are you bored of me yet?

by Ruby Bailey-Proe December 5, 2024December 5, 2024

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: No Day Like a Snow Day

by Lucy Pollock December 1, 2024December 1, 2024

Illustration of a quill in an inkpot. Blue butterflies and swirls surround the quill.

Words of a Multiple: Did the therapy work?

by Evelyn Patronus November 30, 2024November 30, 2024

Photo of a wooden table, with two glasses about a quarter-full of red wine, a bottle of red wine, and a brown notebook on it.

The Journey So Far – November 2024

by Jack Wharton November 28, 2024November 28, 2024

Illustration of central Oxford, with the Radcliffe Camera and Bridge of Sighs situated in a bubble, next to the words "Beyond the Bubble".

Beyond the Bubble: Headington

by Rosie Creighton November 24, 2024November 24, 2024

Cultural Unmasking – Bestride Two Cultures, At Home in None

Arun Lewis Feb 12, 2026 4 min read

Cultural Unmasking – Bestride Two Cultures, At Home in None

Arun Lewis explores the experience of cultural unmasking when faced with the difficulty of reconciling two different parts of your identity. Image by Arun Lewis,…

Raindrop

Avani Rao Feb 12, 2026 2 min read

Raindrop

It’s the moment before a raindrop hits the ground. The sunlight, muted as it passes through the clouds high above, is enough to make the…

Jean Cocteau’s La Voix Humaine at the Burton Taylor Studio: Reviewed

Menna Wilson Feb 12, 2026 5 min read

The lead actor of La Voix, Grace Gordon, sits crying holding a telephone.

“The actress should give the impression that she is bleeding, losing her life’s blood, like a wounded beast.” The message, inscribed in both English and…

In defence of college food

Matt Donnelly Feb 12, 2026 3 min read

In defence of college food

Photograph by Horace Nicholls (1917), Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons College meals at Oxford and Cambridge certainly aren’t regarded as the pinnacle of gastronomic excellence.…