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Les Cahiers d’Esther and the Problem of Writing Childhood

by Eve Coiley September 22, 2024September 22, 2024

The BookTok film we have all been waiting for: Review of ‘It Ends with Us’

by Kiaya Phillips August 22, 2024August 21, 2024

The new modern author: Coco Mellors – “characters that are as addictive as the substances that plague them.”

by Kiaya Phillips August 15, 2024August 14, 2024

“my heart is a church bell but nobody visits”: a Review of Joelle Taylor’s C+nto & Othered Poems

by Alice Brooker July 2, 2024July 2, 2024

The Dolly Alderton Breakup – ‘Good Material’

by Kiaya Phillips May 20, 2024May 20, 2024

Illustration of figs

Books on Love: The Island of Missing Trees

by Sophie Harrison February 27, 2024February 27, 2024

Me, My Shelf, and I

by Nina Naidu February 12, 2024February 12, 2024

I would like to thank Jo March…

by Libby Morrell February 2, 2024February 2, 2024

An Introduction to the Classics: Wilkie Collins’ The Woman in White

by Sophie Harrison January 29, 2024January 29, 2024

Nina is Not OK (and nor am I)

by Nina Naidu January 27, 2024May 12, 2024

Investigating the Kidlington Waste Pile

Ewan Messenger Dec 7, 2025 5 min read

Investigating the Kidlington Waste Pile

On 21 November 2025, between the river Cherwell and the A34, the Environmental Agency declared the presence of a 150m (490ft) long and 6m (20ft)…

The society trap: when finding yourself becomes losing yourself

Matt Donnelly Dec 7, 2025 3 min read

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At this year’s Freshers’ Fair, I signed up for tennis and touch rugby with the unmistakable arrogance of someone who has never experienced the workload…

Rare aesthetic: being humbled by study influencers

Téa Sand Dec 6, 2025 5 min read

An image of the Radcliffe Camera against a blue sky

“Whilst I was spending hours in the library on one essay, they were sauntering through assignments in infuriatingly short time-stamped minutes.” Téa Sand talks about…

Return Flight: Spying on my old self

Esmé Hubbert Dec 6, 2025 5 min read

An illustration of a map of Western Europe with an arrow connecting Leipzig and Oxford

“I assumed things would feel different this year – fewer friends, more stress from impending finals – but I didn’t realise I would feel so…