personal reflections Archives

Photo of a woman using a phone and a laptop.

Identity

A Camera Roll in Language

by Ruby Sampson November 20, 2025November 21, 2025

Food

Flavours of Home: Tempura, a Metonym

by Zac Yang June 7, 2025June 7, 2025

An indian home buffet including chicken curry.

Lifestyle

Flavours of Home: My dad’s chicken curry

by Aria Chakravorty May 17, 2025May 17, 2025

Health and Wellbeing

A Guide to Surviving Oxford If You Don’t Drink (Much)

by Ngoc Diep (Alice) May 9, 2025May 9, 2025

Identity

An Ode to my Hometown

by Mahima Nayak January 23, 2025January 23, 2025

Identity

Faith, Fractured: Confronting Cracks and Complexities of Christianity

by Alexis Poindexter October 30, 2024January 22, 2025

Identity

At Home in Oxford: Overcoming Imposter Syndrome

by Maria Obrebska October 30, 2024January 22, 2025

Zootopia? Urban foxes are Oxford’s cleverest companions

Ilse Von Heimburg Dec 2, 2025 3 min read

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…

The Politics of the Prop: Analysing Hanson’s Parliamentary Pageantry.

Saba Ahmadzadeh Noughani Dec 2, 2025 11 min read

On 24 November, Pauline Hanson, a long-serving far-right Australian senator and leader of the far-right anti-immigration One Nation party, wore a burqa in the Australian…

Fleet Foxes: an album worthy of attention

Olivia-Mae Butterfield Dec 1, 2025 5 min read

“Fleet Foxes’ eponymous debut album is the gift that keeps on giving for lovers of acoustic, vocally-interesting tunes”. Olivia-Mae Butterfield discusses her favourite underrated album.…

Generation Z Protests in Mexico: Anti-Violence or Pro-USA?

Lola Dunton-Milenkovic Nov 30, 2025 9 min read

A poster during a protest in Mexico which says in Spanish: "In Mexico, it is safer to be a drug dealer than to be a student."

Lola Dunton-Milenkovic explores the recent Generation Z Protests throughout Mexico, evaluating their anti-corruption and anti-violence sentiments, as well as their potential political motivations which might…