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Cowley Flavors: Real Kungfu Noodle

by Shixin Zhao May 13, 2025May 20, 2025

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Ovary It: Of Course I’m Angry

by Issi Marklew May 13, 2025May 13, 2025

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Love Letters: Grey Hair

by Lucy Pollock May 11, 2025May 11, 2025

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Ugly Feelings: The Sting and The Shove

by Briony Arnott May 10, 2025June 4, 2025

An oxford building in the background, a book in front with a LGBTQ pride flag as a bookmark. It is a symbol for queer academia.

‘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

An oxford building in the background, a book in front with a LGBTQ pride flag as a bookmark. It is a symbol for queer academia.

Diaries of a Thought Son

Diaries of a thought son: ‘Handsome but not my type’

by Jaami Al-Choudhury March 17, 2025March 17, 2025

Is Nuclear Energy the Future?

Holly Neaves Mar 9, 2026 7 min read

Is Nuclear Energy the Future?

Depending on who you ask, you will always receive different views about the role that nuclear energy will play in the future.

Who is a Terrorist in 2026?

Elana Roberts Mar 8, 2026 17 min read

A Banksy stencil showing a judge beating a protester with a gavel on the Royal Courts of Justice in London.

Terrorist. Are we allowing our fear of what this word represents to make us complicit in the growing imposition on free speech? Or worse, as…

Wadham Holds Panel in Honour of International Women’s Day

Lara Solie-Tuluie Mar 8, 2026 9 min read

Wadham Holds Panel in Honour of International Women’s Day

On Friday 6 March, in Wadham’s Hollywell Music Room, a panel discussion was held in honour of International Women’s Day. The panel consisted of Lucy…

Bombings destroy, not build: the radical uncertainty of Iranian democracy

Fionn Parker Mar 8, 2026 8 min read

Bombings destroy, not build: the radical uncertainty of Iranian democracy

Image credit to Khamenei.ir Used under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via Wikimedia Commons. On 28 February 2026, the United States and Israel launched…