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Musings of a Media Lover: State of Grace & States of Desire

by Millie Acton June 26, 2025June 26, 2025

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Love Letters: To Acknowledgement

by Lucy Pollock June 24, 2025June 24, 2025

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Ugly Feelings: Persuasive Pronunciation (Or, a Defense of Jane Austen)

by Briony Arnott June 13, 2025June 13, 2025

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Musings of a Media Lover: Lucy Dacus and Love Songs

by Millie Acton June 12, 2025June 26, 2025

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Ugly Feelings: Oranges, Tits, and Something Else

by Briony Arnott June 11, 2025June 11, 2025

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Ovary It – You’re Allowed a Bit of Melodrama

by Issi Marklew June 11, 2025October 24, 2025

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Diaries of a Thought Son: ‘Amman ya jameela- عمان يا جميلة’

by Jaami Al-Choudhury June 9, 2025June 8, 2025

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Love Letters: Rain

by Lucy Pollock June 8, 2025June 8, 2025

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The Best Kind of Tired

by Mili Thakrar June 5, 2025June 5, 2025

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Cowley Flavors: Khalifa

by Shixin Zhao June 3, 2025June 19, 2025

Massacre in Rio de Janeiro: 132 Killed in Bloody Police Raid

Lola Dunton-Milenkovic Nov 10, 2025 9 min read

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“Assassinating young people in favelas isn’t public policy, it’s a massacre.” – Mônica Benício Lola Dunton-Milenkovic explores the deadliest police raid in Brazilian history, which…

Stitching a new narrative? A Look Inside Riyadh Fashion Week

Saba Ahmadzadeh Noughani Nov 10, 2025 12 min read

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“One must recognise that fashion, like all forms of art, is never apolitical.” Saba Ahmadzadeh Noughani reviews Riyadh Fashion Week. Image credit: Michael Mandiberg / CC-BY…

TEEN SPIRIT at the Burton Taylor Studio: Reviewed

Freddie Beddington Nov 9, 2025 4 min read

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“The creative decision to use grunge music allows us to understand Noah, and forms a big part of the soul of the play.” Freddie Beddington…

A View from the Bridge at the Oxford Playhouse: Reviewed

Rohit Ghosh Nov 7, 2025 7 min read

A View from the Bridge at the Oxford Playhouse: Reviewed

“As the play nears its calamitous final moments, even this meagre display gets stripped down, pared away into a blank space: by privileging sparsity, the…