Spectrum Ball: a kaleidoscope of colour
The much-anticipated Spectrum Ball created by the partnership between St. Anne’s and St. Peter’s and held on Saturday 13th May brought a colourful ball to the Oxford ball scene. The £95 ticket included...
View ArticleEarthy Eats: St Ebbe’s Kitchen
It’s Tuesday lunchtime as I pull up on my bicycle outside Modern Art Oxford, on Pembroke Street. I’m not here to look at anything remotely artistic however; I’m here to review some food. It is actually...
View ArticleDomi-Know game developed by local pupils to encourage language learning
A group of all female students at a local school have started their own company to encourage language learning. The group, from Oxford High School, created the company Quartz last September and have...
View ArticleAn inside look at Oxford’s games development scene
The games industry is booming in the UK, and Oxford is no exception. Around 35 developers and publishers are registered in the county alone, such that in 2014 the Association for UK Interactive...
View ArticleProfile: Gina Miller on Brexit and the media
Have you ever wanted to be a celebrity? Be honest, I’m sure you have thought about it. I’ll admit a small part of me feels a self-indulgent attraction to having my own Wikipedia article, or being the...
View ArticleA walk in Wytham Woods
Down George Street, the ugliest road in the city centre; straight on through the cyclists’ death-trap (the junction before the bridge); past the pharaonic Saïd Business School, and follow the cycle...
View ArticleTurtle Bay: A taste of the Caribbean in Oxford
It was the kind of beautiful sunny evening that merited sunglasses and bare legs when I made my way to Turtle Bay, the Caribbean restaurant and bar tucked down Friars Entry (behind the big Tesco on...
View ArticleEarthy Eats: The Oxford Kitchen
The Oxford Kitchen is tucked away in Summertown, North Oxford, and maybe a ten minute cycle ride from the city centre. Me and my second set of taste buds, Davina Forth, visited last Tuesday at...
View ArticleProfile: Julianne Pachico
I meet the charming author Julianne Pachico one evening in Blackwell’s Norrington Room, where a story from her first book, The Lucky Ones, is to be performed as part of their Short Stories Aloud event....
View ArticleProfile: Mark Gatiss
“I feel like I should be proposing something controversial,” Mark Gatiss confides smilingly, with an effortless flair for the debonair that screams Mycroft Holmes. Cleanly-cut in stylish gray suit, it...
View ArticleProfile: Susanna White
BAFTA and Emmy-winning director Susanna White has worked with the best dramatic talent offered by British drama, from Sherlock’s Benedict Cumberbatch to Downton Abbey’s Maggie Smith. From BBC serials...
View ArticleThe Bitcoin Paradox
Imagine if you had bought $5 of Bitcoin seven years ago. Today, you would be $4.4 million richer. From its addition to the Oxford Dictionary to its recent price surpassing $3000, Bitcoin has made many...
View ArticleProfile: Tony Mitton
If you’re wondering why Tony Mitton’s name is so familiar, think back to your English classes at school or time spent in the reading corner as a young child. Perhaps you even saw him perform in person....
View ArticleRest well in Freshers – and you’ll reap the benefits later
In the next few weeks, students will be pouring into Oxford and settling into their colleges in anticipation of a busy term ahead. But before term starts, there’s all the excitement of Freshers’ week...
View ArticleBiotechnology: bridging the gap between science and entrepreneurship
Biotechnology is at the forefront of the twenty-first century’s biological revolution, developing novel therapies grounded in the mechanisms already exploited by biology. Biotech companies themselves...
View ArticleListening outside the echo chamber
At its worst, liberation culture in Oxford revolves largely around social one-upmanship, and the LGBTQ+ community is particularly guilty of this. From Facebook shaming to real world side-eye,...
View ArticlePerspectives: Isabella
The Oxstu investigates the lives of LGBT people in Oxford, one story at a time. Isabella is a second year at St Peter’s College. She first realised she was bisexual when she was young, and started...
View ArticleTales from the Bakery: BakeSoc is back for Pre-Season
There are few things finer in life than freshly-baked goods. Be it the beautiful eruption of a gooey chocolate brownie or the cool crunch of a crisp caramel slice, the foodgasm which results is a...
View ArticleThe Cherwell Boathouse: riverside dining
On the banks of the river Cherwell – before it reaches the Isis – sits the Cherwell Boathouse. The restaurant began in a real Victorian working boathouse next to the punt station. It still remains,...
View ArticleLayla Moran: “Fighting social inequality is my fire that helps me get up...
The last time we spoke to Layla Moran, she was a parliamentary candidate, busily fighting for a marginal seat in the 2015 general election. Despite an inspiring campaign backed by strong community...
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