The Oxford pub crawl, week 1: Angel and Greyhound
A pub that can barely justify its claim to be a Cowley local, the Angel and Greyhound sits on St Clements, just off the Magdalen roundabout. The unremarkable outside, littered with picnic tables and...
View ArticleHome sweet home, away from home
College accommodation – whether you’ve hit the jackpot, or feel at the bottom of the pile as far as room allocation goes, there’s always something you can do to make yourself more comfortable. On a...
View ArticleGreat desperations
At the great risk of surrendering any possible hope of constructing a cool and mysterious pseudo-persona for myself, I shall admit that the inception of this piece occurred at about 12am on the second...
View ArticleThe Oxford pub crawl, week 2: The Trout & Jacob’s Inn
Port Meadow on a sunny day takes some beating. This is Hardy’s England, the star of Albion; there is no escaping the sense that one is stepping into a Constable painting, with the lingering impression...
View Article“Fantastic and fascinating” autism zine launches
Last Friday was the launch of a collaborative magazine that discusses a topic widely publicised but little understood: Autism. The Aut of Communication is a collection of perspective on what autism is,...
View ArticleNavigating from matriculash to maturity
The early bird catches the worm, they say. University is the time of your life, they say. Putting aside the ludicrous incongruity of my coupling ‘early bird’ with ‘university life’, I’d like to propose...
View ArticleRestaurant review: The Cherwell Boathouse
Like death, graduation can take us by surprise. After all, it seems like only yesterday that I was embarking on that giddy first food shop of university, careering gleefully through the aisles of the...
View ArticleTales from Plettenberg’s lost school
Stepping off the plane at Johannesburg Airport following an eleven hour overnight flight, I was exhausted and clinging onto the last vestiges of sanity. And so, after well over twenty four hours of...
View ArticleFalling in love with lunch at Alpha Bar
I discovered Alpha Bar in Trinity term of my first year, and quickly became addicted, eating there at least once a week, and dragging friend after friend to my new favourite place. The bar serves both...
View ArticleDining in, the Covered Market way
I am not a man of extravagant tastes. I like my Hassan’s with ketchup and my wine with a screw-top lid. However, every now and then it’s nice to put a little extra effort into your cooking, and...
View Article“It’s still Oxford’s jewel in the crown”
John is having a bad day. Inside the Covered Market not much is happening. A few tourists reluctantly follow a laborious guided tour. Workers rush through with coffee cups and rucksacks. Students are...
View ArticleAn evening of wine and good company
This week saw the inaugural session of the wine tasting introductory course hosted by The Oxford Chelt Wine School at St Peter’s College. Voted as the UK’s Top 3 companies for wine education by Harpers...
View ArticleInterview: Jung Chang
Jung Chang the author best known for her autobiographical work Wild Swans speaks to Harriet Fry about her new biography of the Empress Dowager Cixi, the banning of her books in China and the danger of...
View ArticleEurope and the English language
“Is there anyone from Germany in the audience?” Comedian Henning Wehn asked as he opened his set. After several minutes of incomprehensible German conversation whilst the rest of us sat dumbfounded and...
View ArticleChallenging the system from within at the Emerge Conference 2014
Hanli Prinsloo is standing on stage talking about her passion for water. And the funny thing is, I am feel touched. That I would never have thought about setting up an NGO to promote ocean-awareness...
View ArticleThe Oxford pub crawl, week 4: The Rose and Crown
Oxford has some of the best and most interesting pubs in the country. This is what one must always remind oneself when in the city centre, surrounded by former independent pubs that have had to join a...
View ArticleThe new model: introducing social entrepreneurship
Can successful businesses be profitable while simultaneously making the world a better place? Just what responsibilities do corporations have towards society as a whole and how can they best impact and...
View ArticleMeeting General Sir Graeme Lamb
I have to admit a little apprehension coming into this interview. Coming from a military family, I was well aware of General Lamb’s reputation for brusqueness, straight talking, and his intense dislike...
View Article5th Week escapism: Indulging in Japan’s forgotten season
If you’ve ever been to Japan, you might have noticed that the country places a strong emphasis on its four seasons, and with good reason: each one has distinct characteristics that set it apart from...
View ArticleGeir Lippestad: Defending the man behind the massacre
It seems like an ethical thought experiment, an exercise for a philosophy class – someone who has committed an atrocity of unimaginable cruelty, a despicable murderer, stands in the dock, and has...
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