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Molasses: The Movie that Defined a Diaspora

by Mariam Elantably November 20, 2025November 20, 2025

Photo of somebody alone flipping a book.

Eccentric Egocentric – the prototypical Oxford student as the flawed individualist

by Orla Case November 20, 2025November 20, 2025

An image with lots of different names on it.

What’s Really in a Name?

by Liv Ekdawi November 17, 2025November 17, 2025

The regular image for the diaries of a thought son column, showing a castle with a book with the LGBT+ pride flag as its bookmark.

Diaries of a Thought Son: The museum of all my memories

by Jaami Al-Choudhury November 12, 2025November 12, 2025

Our regular image for the Diaries of a Thought Son column, a castle with a flying bookmark featuring the LGBT flag.

Diaries of a Thought Son: “I’m (almost) feeling 22”

by Jaami Al-Choudhury October 26, 2025October 26, 2025

An image of the ocean off the coast of Spain, taken by Juliana on her year abroad.

From Oxford to Spain: “Finding myself” on my Year Abroad

by Juliana Pamiloza October 21, 2025October 20, 2025

An image of the Sheldonian theatre, where the lecture was held

Romanes Lecture – Mishal Hussain on ‘Empire, Identity and the Search for Reason’

by Dhillon Lalji October 18, 2025October 18, 2025

This image shows a picture of a sunset from an Oxford college, with the building in the foreground.

Musings of a Media Lover: Forgetting Sarah Marshall, writing, and finding my way back to myself

by Millie Acton February 7, 2025June 26, 2025

illustration of 2025 in blue and purple

‘New Year, (not so) New Me’

by Isabel Valovin December 31, 2024December 31, 2024

Are you bored of me yet?

by Ruby Bailey-Proe December 5, 2024December 5, 2024

COP30: Behind the Scenes

Elana Roberts Jan 20, 2026 18 min read

Image taken by Merna Elboghdady, used with her consent in the article. Shows the Global Youth Climate Training team at COP30.

Elana Roberts explores the importance, impact and limitations of COP30, which took place in Brazil. She first traces the historic significance of COPs before interviewing…

In defence of the assisted dying bill

Matt Donnelly Jan 20, 2026 4 min read

In defence of the assisted dying bill

The House of Lords by William Morrison Wyllie (1820–1895), Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons My grandmother died in 2020. At the end of her life,…

The Physicist Behind the Turl Street Orchestra: In Conversation with Dr. Felix Tennie

Luke Erly Dec 15, 2025 6 min read

Dr. Felix Tennie stands outside the Radcliffe Camera after our interview.

“If I had no music, I wouldn’t be as productive of a physicist. Whenever I don’t get to make music for a time, I become…

Snow

Nina Sablan Dec 15, 2025 3 min read

Snow

‘If something is frozen we say it’s unchanging — that it stays.’ Nina Sablan’s creative piece about snow and its effects on our landscape. Image…