Equality in Oxford: Are we there yet?
Not There Yet: the exasperated response that could as easily be the muttered response of a law finalist when asked “how’s it going?” as of the editors of our own publication as our final issue of term...
View ArticleAnd now for Summerthing completely different
For most of us, Summertown has unshakeable connotations of exam stress, be it feverishly cramming in the sub fusc-packed Starbucks or walking through the marquee of doom to face another three-hour...
View ArticleShezan: beautiful, but you’re better off Goan somewhere else
I’m inclined to reserve all judgements about restaurants, a habit that has opened up many curious eateries to me and also made me the victim of not a few total disasters. The reason for this is...
View ArticleRock the Kazbar
It’s not often I wander out to Cowley, as the journey more often than not ends with a disastrous tute, so it was with some apprehension that I left the Dreaming Spires with my trusty companion, Danny,...
View ArticleHitting the Gee’s spot
Gee’s is fresh from a refurbishment, and it is freshness that is at the heart of the restaurant’s philosophy. A short walk down Banbury Road, it’s a world away from the identikit chains that populate...
View ArticleQ&A: Much Ado About Nothing’s Joss Whedon, Amy Acker and Alexis Denisof
Filling the Oxford Union debating chamber, Joss Whedon, Amy Acker and Alexis Denisof walked in with genuine smiles and some waves, as well as a few glances around at the impressive room. On tour for...
View ArticleDeserving of Much Ado: Interview with Joss Whedon, Amy Acker and Alexis Denisof
Ilana Masad talks to the director/writer and cast of the new Much Ado About Nothing about combining theatre and film, sex scenes, and getting drunk on set. The Oxford Union’s Gladstone Room couldn’t be...
View ArticleGeorge Watsky Interviews Fast
George Watsky has only been on stage for about five minutes when the unearthly screech of microphone feedback obliterates all other sounds. He is in the middle of explaining how unfriendly the security...
View ArticleOh, for the love of Blog
The birds do it, the bees do it – even educated fleas do it – almost everyone writes a blog. And by God are they bad at it. There’s no vetting system, no qualification which allows competent people...
View ArticleAgony Lad on Wimbledon
Oxford’s prince of pulling, baron of banter and lord of lash returns with his thoughts on Wimbledon I’ve been spending my summer grappling with a tricky philosophical question: what’s shitter –...
View ArticleThe Mad Hatter serves up something to go to your head (and it ain’t mercury)
Something a little different this week, as the Gourmand and Danny go down the rabbit hole and emerge bewildered, enchanted, and drowsy as dormice. A recent and exciting addition to the increasingly...
View ArticleTwerk Experience
Internships, work experience, voluntourism or bona fide slave labour for The Man. It’s pretty likely you’ve done one or more of these in your summers away from Oxford, or even that wonderful purgatory...
View ArticleUp the Muddy Pipe
Oxford is an ancient city, full of mystery and magic and moaning myrtles haunting the corridors that history’s favourites strolled along centuries before. What usually gets neglected is that the more...
View ArticleCafé Coco: where the food’s loco…but in a good way
Back in Cowley this week, and this time we pay a visit to Kazbar’s sister establishment, the intriguing Café Coco. It’s been a feature of the Cowley Road (and, until recently, Park End) for longer than...
View ArticleBrainchild Festival: the Perfect Glastonbury Antidote
There’s nothing like a festival to spark the start of summer. However, whilst everyone was heading off to Glastonbury, I packed my bag for Merton Farm in Canterbury, the site of this year’s Brainchild...
View ArticleThe Royal Baby: symbol not of the monarchy but the cult of celebrity
…Republican in a tiara on a mission of cynicism. Even if I had witnessed firsthand the birth of Kate and William’s spawn, with an actual crown on its princely placenta covered head, landing onto a...
View ArticleVacation, Vacation, Vacation
The long vacation can seem like a distant dream when you are struggling through your first fifth week blues or experiencing the vicious chill of your first February in Oxford, but once you’ve dropped...
View ArticleThe lifestyle’s murderous: will Oxford actually kill you?
Waking up hungover, eating a diet that mainly consists of instant noodles and chips, forgoing sleep in order to complete yet another essay: there’s little about the Oxford lifestyle that is beneficial...
View ArticleA Veteran’s Guide to Packing for Oxford
Packing for Oxford can seem like a daunting task. Condensing all that you need for eight weeks into one car load may initially appear to be impossible, but with this helpful guide, you will probably...
View ArticleTwo weeks of Edinburgh’s Fringe. One girl. Zero audience participation.
A beardy man is standing on a stage trying to break the ice. In one of the most beautiful examples of the free market, he is being paid by the audience to make them laugh. Except they aren’t. He...
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