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Lost In Adaptation

by Hetta Johnson June 21, 2021June 21, 2021

Comfort Reads: (Oh God!!) not Jane Eyre again…

by Jessica Steadman May 17, 2021May 26, 2021

It’s Lit: The Rise of BookTok

by Sophie McDonald May 10, 2021May 10, 2021

Why is Murder Mysterious?

by Sophie Benbelaid April 19, 2021April 19, 2021

Why Sailor-town, but not Sailor-village, Sailor-city, or Sailor-world?

by Jay Mokchiyan April 9, 2021April 9, 2021

Don’t Judge a Book By Its Cover

by Alice Main March 30, 2021March 30, 2021

The Sound Of Magic: Revisiting the Pre-Covid Stage with Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

by Amelie Bhaluani March 25, 2021July 18, 2021

The Duke and I: the problems of the original Bridgerton novel

by Niamh Langton February 23, 2021February 23, 2021

The Asphalt Road: Why You Should Be Reading Ha Il-Kwon’s ‘Annarasumanara’ in Lockdown

by Javaria Abbasi February 19, 2021July 18, 2021

Valentine’s Day reading: Learning Healthy Love from Books

by Nina Holguin February 13, 2021July 18, 2021

Love Letters: To Acknowledgement

Lucy PollockJun 24, 20255 min read

The image shows a cream envelope with a small pink heart on the seal. Behind the envelope there is a pink cloud with small pink hearts.

‘When I’m tired, or feeling burnt out, it’s the hundreds and hundreds of different versions of me – past and future – that keep me…

Breakups and Burnout: A guide to term-time heartbreak

Judith HamiltonJun 23, 20255 min read

Breakups and Burnout: A guide to term-time heartbreak

“The college environment might seem the worst place possible to go through a breakup.” Judith Hamilton tells her story of heartbreak, and offers advice to…

Alice’s Oxford, Oxford’s Alice: Wonderland in Our City

Rohit GhoshJun 22, 20255 min read

Alice’s Oxford, Oxford’s Alice: Wonderland in Our City

“On Saturday 5 July, expect a day of spontaneous street performances, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland-themed city tours, croquet tutorials at Christ Church, and the famous…

Selina Todd On The Working-Class Reality Britain Keeps Forgetting

Ava DohertyJun 22, 20255 min read

Selina Todd On The Working-Class Reality Britain Keeps Forgetting

“There’s still this persistent idea, especially in Britain, that the ‘real’ working class is only white, male, and manual. However, that has never been the…