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The Whale: An Unjustified Adaptation That Misses Blubber

by Ben Wormald March 11, 2023March 11, 2023

Talk of the Gown: The Best Kebab Van in Oxford

Alexis Wood Nov 11, 2025 6 min read

A typical kebab van with a customer standing outside.

“Kebab vans are a crucial part of university and nightlife culture here at Oxford. But which one is the best, what are people’s favourite orders,…

Outside OX1 Week 4: USA, Sudan and Iraq

Elana Roberts Nov 10, 2025 13 min read

The Editor’s Note Welcome back to this week’s edition of Outside OX1! With term half-way over already, the deadlines are coming through thick and fast…

Luddite Renaissance: Eleven Months with a Dumbphone

Noah Petts Nov 10, 2025 7 min read

A picture of people in a library common room. Everyone is looking at their phones.

“The first days and weeks were like a rebirth. The magnetism of and cravings for my smartphone faded as it lay turned off in a…

Rising and Falling

Ava Doherty Nov 10, 2025 2 min read

‘I write when it’s late, when there’s rum on my breath and salt in my hair’. Ava Doherty’s reflection on waves and creation.