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Hot Gay Summer Reads

by India Gray June 28, 2021June 28, 2021

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

Your College Auntie: Hello, Freshers!

Anonymous Author Nov 7, 2025 5 min read

A student with brown hair holding a phone with a text on it reading "Dear Agony Aunt". A banner in pink at the top reads "Agony Aunt"

“Hello dearies! Your favourite agony aunt in all the land is BACK – and this year, as well as being your college auntie, I’ve become…

I, Medusa: Reviewed

Emma Cooley Nov 7, 2025 8 min read

“Gray brings sidelined voices to the fore by centring black pride, and if you’re a keen reader of retold Greek mythology, I would recommend adding…

Louvre Heist: Paris in Shock After €88 Million Theft

Vinci Ng Nov 6, 2025 6 min read

Louvre Heist: Paris in Shock After €88 Million Theft

Paris awoke last week to the kind of headline usually confined to cinema. In a meticulously planned operation, thieves audaciously stole jewels worth an estimated…

The Reality of Studying Languages at Oxford

Sophie Harrison Nov 6, 2025 5 min read

Provided by Sophie Harrison, used with permission

“But, like, what do you actually do?” This seems to be a universal question faced by modern languages students. Contrary to popular belief, we do…