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Category: Columns

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Ugly Feelings: The Sting and The Shove

by Briony Arnott May 10, 2025June 4, 2025
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‘Is it better to speak or to die?’: Diaries of a Thought Son

by Jaami Al-Choudhury May 7, 2025May 6, 2025
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Your College Auntie: End of Term

by Anonymous Author March 23, 2025March 23, 2025
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Love Letters: Goodbye Hilary!

by Lucy Pollock March 23, 2025March 23, 2025
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You are not a firework. You are a torchbearer. 

by Mili Thakrar March 20, 2025March 20, 2025
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The Ten-Minute Night Out

by Eleanor Ware March 18, 2025March 18, 2025
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Diaries of a thought son: ‘Handsome but not my type’

by Jaami Al-Choudhury March 17, 2025March 17, 2025
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Objectifying Oxford – Varsity Signs

by Antonia Rogers March 16, 2025March 16, 2025
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by Ivett Berenyi March 14, 2025March 14, 2025
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Love Letters: Room Ballot

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