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Flavours of Home: Tempura, a Metonym

by Zac Yang June 7, 2025June 7, 2025

Purple embroidered brain. Purple represents the colour of epilepsy.

Living with Epilepsy – Part 1

by Flora Prideaux June 4, 2025June 4, 2025

An indian home buffet including chicken curry.

Flavours of Home: My dad’s chicken curry

by Aria Chakravorty May 17, 2025May 17, 2025

Image of the top section of the book cover of “Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant”.

Everything I Learned from the Author of “Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant”

by Jess Milligan April 21, 2025April 23, 2025

In Love With Home(lands)

by Ivett Berenyi March 15, 2025March 15, 2025

Photo of scrabble pieces, spelling out the word care.

Yes, uni students do care! Young carers from a distance.

by Freya Gray March 4, 2025March 3, 2025

Photo of the Radcliffe Camera in Oxford.

How I ended up at Oxford after dropping out of medical school

by Ebba Neifer February 23, 2025February 22, 2025

Photo of a rugby stadium taken from the stands.

Why I enjoy watching sports as a ‘non-sporty’ gal.

by Rosie Creighton February 13, 2025February 13, 2025

An oxford building in the background, a book in front with a LGBTQ pride flag as a bookmark. It is a symbol for queer academia.

Diaries of a Thought Son

Diaries of a Thought Son: ‘The price of happiness’ 

by Jaami Al-Choudhury February 10, 2025February 10, 2025

Kitchen: Food as a Love Language

by Nina Naidu June 14, 2024June 14, 2024

In Praise of Love at the Burton Taylor Studio: Reviewed

Chau Anh NguyenNov 1, 20253 min read

An image of two cast members sat on a sofa of the set looking at each other

“For a play that tackles heavy subjects such as death, refugee trauma, and the post-war generation’s jadedness, In Praise of Love still brims with moments…

Naming the Violence: Uzbekistan Urged to Recognise Femicide

Saba Ahmadzadeh NoughaniNov 1, 20259 min read

The flag of Uzbekistan blowing in the wind

“Domestic violence has been criminalised in Uzbekistan for two years,” writes Saba Noughani, but gender-based violence persists nevertheless. Saba uncovers the true scale of femicide…

The Detention at the Michael Pilch Studio: Reviewed

Rohit GhoshOct 31, 20254 min read

An image of four cast members sat and laughing around a table of the set

“By the time the play was over, I had a big smile on my face, and the profound feeling that I needed this. The Detention…

Uncle Vanya at the Keble O’Reilly Theatre: Reviewed

Esme GutchOct 31, 20256 min read

Uncle Vanya at the Keble O’Reilly Theatre: Reviewed

“Robey’s Uncle Vanya certainly ‘unlearns’ this type of English Chekhov: it finds something rawer, hungrier, and closer to soil.” Esme Gutch reviews Fennec Fox Productions’…