Educrastination: A guide to the Internet
Imagine a scholar’s life before the Internet. They probably had to leave their rooms to avoid achieving things and their lives must have been heartbreakingly bereft of adorable cat pictures....
View ArticlePutting the Imp into improv
Going to see the Oxford Imps at the Wheatsheaf, we didn’t really know what to expect. Their reputation precedes them; often cited as Oxford’s first improvisational comedy troupe, they have been...
View ArticleHoroxscopes
Aquarius: January 20th – February 18th It’s a week since Valentine’s day, and the roses are beginning to wilt. This has two consequences: first, many a bedroom is littered with rather sad looking...
View ArticleAsexuality: the sexuality that isn’t
This year’s homage to St Valentine presented us with the usual parade of sentimentalism and saccharine paraphernalia in high streets. Whether or not you were celebrating, it’s worth bearing in mind...
View ArticleRaising the Standard
Many Northerners bemoan the dearth of good Indian eateries in Oxford, but this is a claim that’s certainly unfounded: one need only sally forth down Walton Street to find The Standard, an understated...
View ArticleThe Old Bookbinders
Tucked away in the residential backstreets of Jericho, away from the bright lights and cocktail bars that line Walton Street, lies an unassuming watering hole surrounded by equally unassuming houses....
View Article“It’s all about the pump”
I am sitting in a room of four disgusting walls and a low claustrophobic ceiling; there is sweat dripping from every possible corner, there is groaning and you have to move fast to dodge the quick,...
View ArticleEscaping the Oxford bubble
Days off are few and far between at Oxford, so seize them while you may. Although it may seem tempting to catch up on the last few weeks’ worth of lost sleep, the rare and elusive ‘free time’ is...
View ArticleVideo Interview: The Oxford Student meets Michael Howard
Abbas Kazmi meets Michael Howard when he speaks to the Oxford Guild Business Society in the chamber of the Oxford Union in February 2013.Michael Howard, Baron Howard of Lympne, is a British politician,...
View ArticleInternet Gems: habitrpg.com
It often seems that all the Internet has to offer are adorable pictures of either cats or babies. Bestowing cute animals upon the world-weary student is an important role, however, sometimes, after...
View ArticleHow to (ab)use your vac freedom
Unless you keep to an almost military standard of discipline, all the good intentions of Eighth Week such as ‘this holiday I will use my time wisely’, ‘perfect time for some CV-enhancing work...
View ArticleApril Fools’ Day 2013: The best of the jests
Ah April Fools’ Day. That one special day of the year when the elaborate lies and schemes we construct in order to deceive and humiliate our friends and loved ones for our own sadistic amusement come...
View ArticleOn The Road: The Gourmand & Co. Journey To Mexico
When people ask me about my religion, about what I really believe in beyond all other things, I often need a moment’s pause to ponder the subject. Do I believe in something all-pervading and universal,...
View ArticleRussia: Where’s the last century gone?
I was skeptical about going to Russia, to say the least. To me, Russia is the place where individual freedoms are oppressed, the government is corrupt and gay people are beaten up in the street. As a...
View ArticleOxStuff: Letters to the Editor, 0th Week
You don’t have to be dodgy to work here but it helps Dear Editors, It’s only been a few weeks that I’ve been on the OxStu team, and it’s already clear that I’ve been wallowing in a cesspit of...
View ArticleHope in a Barren Land
A phrase I often heard during the time I spent visiting the Dabane Trust: “We begin with water”. The Trust is a local Christian Aid partner organisation working with rural communities in arid parts of...
View ArticleOxStuff: HackDaq, 0th Week
George “Lord” Hicks UP 28.3 Of all the cultural atrocities imposed on us by post-Juno twee culture (Dr Who, 90s nostalgia, Lana Del Ray) nothing is worse than acoustic covers of rap songs. Awful...
View ArticleThe Gourmand: Six Partners in Gluttony
One cannot help but observe that eating is an innately social practice; student life aside, in polite society, one would be given slightly bemused – and even pitying – looks by the maître d’ upon...
View ArticleThe Functioning Alcoholic
With student loans still to land in many bank accounts, the crucial question is not how battels will be paid, but how we’ll all get smashed. Luckily Tesco have it covered with their ‘Everyday Value’...
View ArticleHow not to look like a Twit
Paris Brown, 17 year old ex-youth and crime police commissioner, summarises a generation’s response to tweeting-before-thinking: “They just make me cringe, not because they’re offensive but because...
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