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‘You will laugh, you will sigh, and you will squirm’ Review of Les Liaisons Dangereuses

by Kiaya Phillips November 9, 2024November 9, 2024

Demystifying OUDS: Interview with President Lydia Free

by Kiaya Phillips October 6, 2024October 6, 2024

‘As clean and witty as the original script’: Review of The Real Thing

by Sofia Mollona September 15, 2024September 17, 2024

Shooting Trump

by Ethan Penny July 28, 2024July 28, 2024

‘Political, comedic, violent, emotive and moving’, James Corden returns to the stage: Review of The Constituent

by Kiaya Phillips July 9, 2024July 9, 2024

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.

Love Letters: What is Love?

by Lucy Pollock February 20, 2024February 20, 2024

Carrion Review

by Maisie Burgess February 9, 2024February 9, 2024

In Conversation with Bright Ong, puppeteer of My Neighbour Totoro

by Caitlyn Tan January 28, 2024January 28, 2024

Kin: A review of ‘helixed’ sisterhood

by Aleena Habbie November 16, 2023November 16, 2023

Toad of Toad Hall: A Review

by Kengyu Lai November 15, 2023November 15, 2023

Do different languages change the way we think?

Sophie Harrison Dec 4, 2025 5 min read

The Tower of Babel by Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1563), public domain

According to the legend of Babel, the existence of different languages on Earth began as a punishment. Humanity, daring to build its tower skyward, was…

Meta-Whorf-asis: on litost and translated fiction

Orla Case Dec 3, 2025 6 min read

Meta-Whorf-asis: on litost and translated fiction

‘The term depicts a feeling “as infinite as an open accordion, a synthesis of grief, sympathy, remorse, and indefinable longing”, which begs the question –…

Having a bath: it’s time to come clean

Matthew Donnelly Dec 3, 2025 4 min read

Jean-Pierre Norblin de La Gourdaine, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Embedded in British culture is a conspiracy of silence around what must be domestic life’s most overrated activity. Mention baths in polite company and faces…

Zootopia? Urban foxes are Oxford’s cleverest companions

Ilse Von Heimburg Dec 2, 2025 3 min read

a fox on a roof in an urban environment

As a visiting student from the United States, I had never seen a fox outside of a zoo before, let alone one in an urban…