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Poetry in the Digital Age: Instapoetry and Rupi Kaur’s Impact

by Nina Naidu November 25, 2023November 24, 2023

Remembering June Jordan

by Alice Watkinson November 10, 2023November 10, 2023

The Blueprint, Issue no.13: Summer 2023

by Niamh Walker, Izzy Lucas, Eliza Munday and Liberty Brignall November 6, 2023November 15, 2023

Poetry in The Age of Nostalgia

by Alice State April 11, 2023April 12, 2023

Sublime Drizzlings: Dwelling Fruitfully

by Chloe Smith March 23, 2023October 22, 2023

Unprintable: Poetry in Public

by Jessica Mason January 19, 2023January 19, 2023

Mary Jean Chan previews new poetry collection at Worcester College talk

by Charlie Bowden December 28, 2022December 28, 2022

Beyond Prejudices, Modern Poetry

by Laureline Latour August 26, 2022August 26, 2022

On Queer Joy with Frank O’Hara

by Alice Watkinson March 12, 2022March 12, 2022

The Queer Cost of Colonialism

by Humzah Ali March 12, 2022March 12, 2022

Passé ou Classique? – How Old Films can Hold Up for a Modern Audience

Astrid Rogers Jun 16, 2026 9 min read

Publicity photo of Charlie Chaplin for the film Modern Times (1936).

“As modern cinema becomes increasingly commercialised, films are primarily lauded for their entertainment value, a well-known cast of actors and provocative subject matter over form…

Lubomyr Melnyk Windmills at Exeter College Chapel: Reviewed

Isabella Hamilton Dale Jun 16, 2026 7 min read

Lubomyr Melnyk

“Over the course of around 20-minutes the piece transforms itself into something airy, high, light as though leaving this material world. Melnyk’s music may all…

Britain’s prophet steps forward

Saba Ahmadzadeh Noughani Jun 15, 2026 8 min read

Tony Blair, 9 July 2010. Photo published by the Office of the Prime Minister of Kosovo.

“Oh, oh! Agony, agony! Again the awful pains of prophecy are on me, maddening as they fall… What if no man believe me?” Thus cries…

Walking in silence: a lost art?

Jessica Gregory Jun 15, 2026 6 min read

An elegant, old-fashioned lady walking her dogs along a beach

On brighter days, I’ll venture to the Bodleian with Bad Bunny, or Stevie Wonder blasting through my ears. Come rain or shine, the music seems…