Confessions of a human lab rat
This past summer I began giving up my body to the scientific community for a fiver at a time. As a right-handed English speaker with 20/20 vision and no mental health struggles I came prepared with...
View ArticleThe Folly: burgers and cocktails by the Thames
I may have eaten before eight, but that’s the only part of this writer’s visit to the Folly that reflected Tony Bennet and Lady Gaga’s rendition of ‘The Lady is a Tramp’, one of the highlights of their...
View ArticleThe real face of Parisian prostitution
When asked, “What is art?” Baudelaire answered —“Prostitution.” When walking along the Seine, it is easy to see how Baudelaire may have thought art was prostitution. A myriad of vendors sell identical...
View ArticleComptoir Libanais: a visual and culinary treat
It’s easy to say the new Westgate centre has transformed the Oxford shopping scene. Much like a spaceship that has only recently touched down, the shopping centre has catapulted Oxford into the 21st...
View ArticleThe Alchemist’s concoctions live up to the hype
As a student of English, the occult science of alchemy has never really appealed to me. That was, until a new branch of The Alchemist opened on Westgate’s sky terrace! The EarthyEats team visited last...
View ArticleSaffron, spice and everything rice
Barely two months at Oxford and I have already acquired a heightened sense of smell when it comes to sniffing out the best food in town. Emerging into the sunshine (atleast metaphorically) after hours...
View ArticleCruising China’s Centre
Dear Reader, In my previous column, I wrote about meeting strangers: how to do it, why you should do it, where you should do it. This week, I took my own advice. Where could I meet strangers in the...
View ArticleDoctor Who Christmas Special: reviewed
As River Song would say, ‘Spoilers!’ At 5:30pm on 25th December 2017, I, along with many other members of the Oxford Doctor Who Society, sat down to watch the latest Christmas Special, ‘Twice Upon A...
View ArticlePaul’s Christmas Menu
Paul is a pit of Parisian pretentiousness, of fake French food and overpriced sandwiches. Or at least that’s what we thought before we visited the Oxford branch recently, after Paul contacted us to...
View ArticleTrams, Tramps and Tantrums: The Realities of Travelling Abroad
Unintelligible languages, indecipherable currencies and airport delays; travel abroad is fraught with stresses and worries. Once the ordeal of packing has subsided there still remains the issue of...
View ArticleThe anti-psychiatry movement: pragmatic or problematic?
The controversial term ‘medicalisation’ describes the branding of natural and non-pathological human conditions as diagnosable, treatment worthy diseases. A particularly strong supporter of this notion...
View ArticleProfile: Rosie Wardle
Danny Evans talks with FAIRR’s Rosie Wardle about the critical issues surrounding industrial animal agriculture and the meat industry. It is currently estimated that over 56 billion animals are...
View ArticleBlack hole buried in giant star cluster
Using the European Space Organisation (ESO)’s Very Large Telescope (Cerro Paranal, Chile), astronomers have discovered a star in a massive globular cluster, which appears to orbit an invisible black...
View ArticleImplanted programmable robots help regenerate tissue from the inside of the body
Until recently, placing robots within the human body to aid in biological function restoration or enhancement seemed to be a figment of the imagination. However, a group of researchers have...
View ArticleAuntie Archie’s Advice: Dragony Aunt
As twenty gay-teen trundles on into a reality of messy Tuesdays and endless deadlines, our New Year’s resolutions begin to disintegrate like the corners of an aged student sofa. But fear not, Auntie...
View ArticlePerspectives 3: Charlotte
Alex Jacobs meets second year Charlotte in a local cafe to talk queer politics, relationships, and how her smoothie turned out to be surprisingly tasty despite having carrot in it. “I’m bisexual, well,...
View ArticleThe case for relationship anarchy
Following last week’s article discussing polyamory as a sexuality, one anonymous writer describes their own experience of practicing ‘relationship anarchy’, and argues for open communication to write...
View ArticleRichard Osman on Broadcasting, Bright Kids, and Biscuits
In a cavernous room beneath the Sheldonian Theatre, Richard Osman and I sit opposite each other beside a crate of Cadbury’s Dairy Milk, a fact which could easily have derailed the interview from the...
View ArticleIan Bayley on the path to becoming a mastermind
Dr. Ian Bayley (not Bailey, as I am loath to forget) is, to use the clichéd phrase, a man of many talents. A quiz champion at a national and international level, a lecturer in Computer Science, and a...
View ArticleWearable electronic skin used to control virtual objects
Researchers have developed a flexible ‘e-skin’ that is capable of tracking small movements and therefore endow users with novel means of manipulating physical or virtual objects. The artificial skin...
View Article