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Zootopia? Urban foxes are Oxford’s cleverest companions

by Ilse Von Heimburg December 2, 2025December 2, 2025

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Bats in Oxford: A Spotter’s Guide

by Oliver Ray May 9, 2025May 9, 2025

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Hiding in Plain Sight: Searching for Oxford’s Birds

by Oliver Ray February 26, 2025February 26, 2025

Bias for the Beautiful

by Edie Abrahams May 26, 2024June 4, 2024

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

Things in Jars

by Poppy Thornton April 29, 2024November 2, 2024

Carrion Review

by Maisie Burgess February 9, 2024February 9, 2024

Sublime Drizzlings: My case against Paddington

by Chloe Smith February 9, 2023October 22, 2023

In Defence of Cockroaches

by Daniel Bostic November 1, 2022November 1, 2022

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Beating the Blues: colleges organise activities to boost wellbeing mid-term

by Freya Jones November 13, 2021June 24, 2022

Minority Report: I Am A Proud Human Supremacist

by Oliver Buckingham September 30, 2021September 30, 2021

Growing Up: The Beginning of an Oxford Experience

Nancy Pierre Dec 9, 2025 6 min read

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“It is not a loss to forget some of my old routines and habits, but a privilege to learn new ones, and to share my…

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

Matthew 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…