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Comment from the Continent

Comment From The Continent: Santé! Early evening drinks à la française

by Anonymous Contributor February 4, 2022May 5, 2025

Let's Agree to Disagree

Let’s Agree to Disagree: “This Is A Serious Column”

by Jessica Steadman and Katharine Spurrier January 24, 2022February 12, 2022

Meet The Columnists! Part Two

by Jacob Reid, Meg Hopkins and Jade Calder July 19, 2021July 19, 2021

Meet The Columnists! Part One

by Jacob Reid, Sophie Benbelaid, Oliver Buckingham and Laura Norris July 17, 2021July 20, 2021

Must Read Voraciously to Improve Style: Is Elio and Oliver’s leisure idleness or Proustian introspection?

by Sophie Benbelaid July 13, 2021July 18, 2021

I’m A Female Classicist, Get Me Out Of Here!: Why Classicists Deserve More Credit

by Alannah Burdess August 5, 2020August 5, 2020

Desert Island Picks: Meet the Columnists! (Part 2)

by Victoria Stone August 2, 2020August 2, 2020

Wime Reviews: What Wine?

by Anonymous Author May 31, 2020July 17, 2024

Wime Reviews: Now Drink

by Anonymous Author May 20, 2020July 17, 2024

Wime Reviews: £3.79… Seriously

by Anonymous Author May 6, 2020July 17, 2024

Rising and Falling

Ava Doherty Nov 10, 2025 2 min read

Rising and Falling

‘I write when it’s late, when there’s rum on my breath and salt in my hair’. Ava Doherty’s reflection on waves and creation.

Second Draft: Introductions and long words

Eleanor Davies Nov 10, 2025 5 min read

Illustration of Oxford buildings and study materials surrounding text that reads 'Second Draft'

“I now find myself saying things like, ‘Let’s meet at plodge’, ‘Have you bought your sub fusc?’ and ‘I need to pay my battels’ with…

Massacre in Rio de Janeiro: 132 Killed in Bloody Police Raid

Lola Dunton-Milenkovic Nov 10, 2025 9 min read

An image of a wall in Rio de Janeiro covered in graffiti, with #FAVELISMO at the forefront.

“Assassinating young people in favelas isn’t public policy, it’s a massacre.” – Mônica Benício Lola Dunton-Milenkovic explores the deadliest police raid in Brazilian history, which…

Stitching a new narrative? A Look Inside Riyadh Fashion Week

Saba Ahmadzadeh Noughani Nov 10, 2025 12 min read

A photo of models walking across a runway at a fashion show

“One must recognise that fashion, like all forms of art, is never apolitical.” Saba Ahmadzadeh Noughani reviews Riyadh Fashion Week. Image credit: Michael Mandiberg / CC-BY…