Focus: Mental health and welfare support
University can be conceptualised as a microcosm of society as a whole. A community with the same interests and enjoyments of wider society, but also with the same challenges. One of these challenges...
View ArticleThe charm of Slovenia’s Lake Bled
When deciding where to venture for a break this summer, initial suggestions are unlikely to arrive at Eastern Europe, or more unlikely still, Slovenia. Not the most obvious destination for a holiday,...
View ArticleHoney vs. Twitter: Round one
There is a certain thrill to brawling in 140 characters or less. Though the pain inflicted can cut much deeper- casting aspersions on my grand total of four followers doesn’t make your manhood any less...
View ArticleBritish Street Food Awards come to Oxford
As most of us recovered from May Day hangovers and got an early night, Friday saw the arrival of the central and eastern heat of The British Street Food Awards arrive in the grounds of Oxford Castle....
View ArticleDreams of change: an ideal government
The people have spoken: the results of the 2015 General Election are out. With the Tories scraping a majority government, and three opposition leaders resigning their posts in less than an hour, it’s...
View ArticleMore dreams of change: another fantasy government
Elections are boring. Important, yes, and let’s not forget it – but even Ed Miliband has become so fidgety that he’s gone searching for sparks with the nation’s favourite sex-addict. So here’s an...
View ArticleFirst-generation students unite
What’s it like to be the first in your family to go to university? It’s a question very few Oxford students are in a position to answer. Everyone remembers the sense of pride and achievement they felt...
View ArticleLandeau chocolate
Starter: An unlikely find, but serendipitous nonetheless, spotted on a Sunday stroll in downtown Lisbon. Landeau, with its low-arching brick ceilings, is more monastic than your average chain and the...
View ArticleIndia’s daughter: gender- based violence in India
17/12/12. The news of the horrific gang-rape and murder of Jyoti Singh in India’s capital city, Delhi, captured the imagination of a nation. Protesters, both men and women, filled the streets to...
View ArticleArting Around – Brasenose Arts Week
Brasenose Arts Week is set to be better than ever this year with a full seven-day programme running all of third week, packed with artistic and social events, spanning across many different art forms....
View ArticleRowing at Oxford: Memoirs of a Not-Very-Sporty-Person
I was first seduced into rowing at Brasenose by the prospect of being “part of the oldest rowing club in the world on its two-hundredth anniversary year” and by the suggestion that I should “give it a...
View Article#SupportAFinalist
As we get further into term and dreaded finals (or prelims) edge ever closer, finalists’ gloomy faces become easier and easier to spot around college. With this in mind, here is a super easy guide to...
View ArticleDrive for dignity for Oxford homeless women
The Lib Dems lost almost £150,000 following the recent election. That’s a shocking figure any day but in light of the budgetary cuts which have already been announced and the even deeper cuts which...
View ArticlePrelims’ pressures and pains
Exam season is well and truly coming. The sun has begun occasionally appearing over Port Meadow, finalists have disappeared into the bowels of their rooms, and the first pictures of ecstatically...
View ArticleFocus: Oxford hub: schools plus
Despite the obvious educational prestige associated with the city of Oxford, schools in our local area suffer from some of the lowest pupil attainment at GCSE level in the country – Oxford was ranked...
View ArticleChicken saltimbocca on a budget
Saltimbocca is a popular European dish which was originally made by cooking seasoned veal, wrapped in prosciutto in a wine sauce. In many recipes chicken has come to replace veal while richer sherry or...
View ArticleAn ode to the north
Coming to university means broadening horizons, being introduced to new ideas and concepts, people and cultures. For a Londoner born and bred, one distinctive group I have had to come to grips with...
View ArticleMemoirs of a NVSP
Fired up by the electric experience of rowing I had experienced in the Christchurch regatta, I set to work during the Christmas vacation to increase my fitness and come back sporty enough to be able to...
View ArticleWe ball all night
Nothing is quite like an Oxford ball, except maybe another Oxford ball. The first one you go to is definitely an experience, however, particularly when it involves other firsts… Navigating Radcliffe...
View ArticleThe do’s and don’ts of dinner dates
Congratulations are in order. You’ve finally invited that special someone over to yours, you’ve even offered to cook them diner. It’s a shame that you can’t remember the last time that you cooked for...
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