Interfaith Christmas: The Significance of Jesus (Peace Be Upon Him)
Image Description: A bauble used at Christmas. For some, it’s that time of the year; sleigh bells ringing, tinsel shimmering, and many waiting for their moment under the mistletoe. Rudolph’s nose...
View ArticleNovax, No Thanks
image description: Novak Djokovic playing tennis Throughout the entire Pandemic, Australia has managed to tackle COVID much more effectively than most other countries, with only 1.9 million cases in...
View ArticleBetween Space and Self: The Journey Back to Living Alone in Oxford
Image description: An array of clothes hanging in a bedroom cupboard. On my way back home to Delhi, I had three things on my mind: all the food I was going to enjoy, the question-fire I was going to...
View ArticleMichael-Akolade Ayodeji: The Man, The Myth, The Legend
Image description: Michael, clad in a patterned shirt and a beret, smiles for the camera. In a crowded corner of a high street coffee shop on a cold January afternoon, Michael and I eventually had the...
View ArticleConversations with My Mother: Perspectives on Misogyny in Oxford
Image description: A poster on a pole with the words ‘However I dress, wherever I go, Yes means Yes and No means No’ CONTENT WARNING: This article contains explicit discussions of trauma and sexual...
View ArticleHolocaust Memorial Day: A Time to Remember
Image Description: The Holocaust Memorial in Berlin Owing to their federal system of Government, Germany only has two national holidays which apply to every federal state: German Unity Day on 3rd...
View ArticleOxford’s Zero Emission Zone: E-mission to clean the city
The pilot form of Oxford’s zero emission zone (ZEZ) is set to launch in February this year with the aim to encourage the shift to low and zero emission vehicles and improve local air quality. The clean...
View ArticleOn the EHRC and the Legal Concept of Sex
Image Description: EHRC logo. On January 26th, 2021, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) wrote to the Scottish government about the reform of the Gender Recognition Act of 2004 and...
View ArticleBloody Sunday and Unjust Representations of ‘British’ History
Image description: A muted image of a crowd of people, some holding banners, gathered in front of a white wall on which ‘You are now entering Free Derry’ is painted in thick block letters On the 30th...
View ArticleThere’s No Such Thing As Personal Space In An Ethnic Household, But Now My...
Image description : Film camera image of the Somerville library and its surrounding greenery From that moment you open UCAS track on a sunny (read: bucketing down with rain) mid-August morning (i.e.,...
View ArticleColumn: Voices of Oxford
If students across Oxford were to be polled on their thoughts about recent elections in Georgia, one would likely hear responses about Blue vs. Red, swing states, culture wars, and the inevitable...
View ArticleColumn: Travelling with a gay accent
Fuck, I don’t want to go back to America. There is no part of my identity that is not political. I am an American. I am queer. I am a man. I am a leftist. I’m a goddamn communist. I feel like every...
View ArticleThe nights of an Oxford insomniac: getting it together as everything’s...
Ah, good old 3am. The perfect time to answer questions like: is this yogurt I left out all day still edible? The packet says up to six hours, it’s almost certainly been at least 24, but I’m bored and...
View ArticleWomansplaining: The US election and abortion rights
Despite all the talk about election results taking days, even weeks to determine, it was already clear which way the election was swinging a few hours after polls closed. It became increasingly...
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Oxford Victorian Christmas markets: a combination of Christmases and cultures
Trees strung with sparkling lights, festive jumpers peeking out from underneath coats and chocolates shaped like Santa Claus and snowmen for sale in every supermarket in the city: it looks like it...
View ArticleClassics’ class crisis
“Are you rich?” This was the response I received upon telling someone in Freshers’ Week that I was studying Classics. Was I surprised? Far from it. More than any other degree, I argue, the common...
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Málaga Maketh Man: a month navigating life in Spain (ft. beaches, a...
Just over five weeks ago, I landed in Málaga, my home for the next nine months. Greeted by scorching thirty-degree heat, I couldn’t help but feel a great sense of novelty as I sat at a beachside bar...
View Article“Humanitarian Crisis”: Language Erases Identity
During the formal matriculation ceremony on Sunday 13th October, a key moment broke through the tradition and pageantry when a member of Oxford Action for Palestine spoke up. According to the student,...
View ArticleMovember: A study
Movember. Every year, we watch our male friends valiantly try to grow facial hair (and try our best to be supportive when it looks terrible). This year, I realised I didn’t really know what Movember...
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A stroll through Yerevan at night
In Yerevan, golden hour starts at 16:30. If I am in my apartment at that time, I periodically look outside the window to see where the light has reached. At first, the skyline is covered in light,...
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