Staring into the unknown

Man standing in front of skyscraper

Recent Magdalen graduate Penny Woods ponders the ups and downs of living in the real world. From high-pressured, high-paid city jobs to the doldrums of the temping agency, life after Oxford is a very different place indeed.


Features: Bending the rules

Uri Geller

World-renowned psychic and entertainer Uri Geller spoke to Tom Mountford about celebrity, the paranormal and Michael Jackson.

Features: Thinking differently

Joseph Nye

Professor Joseph Nye is arguably the best-respected international relations theorist of our age. Currently spending two terms as visiting fellow of Balliol College, the man who coined the phrase ‘soft power' spoke to Kate Shea-Baird about the future of American diplomacy.


Features: Still fighting for every last vote

Is a desire to extend democracy endangering its very aim? As world attention shifts towards the prospects of conflict with Iran, Charles Brendon looks at the contradictions behind our quest for greater global stability.

Features: Ox2 Centre

The neuropsychology department at the John Radcliffe Infirmary in Oxford

In a personal account of her successful recovery from anorexia, Laura Penny recounts the trauma of treatment and her newfound lust for life.


Features: Magnetic attraction

Man pulling sled in snow

Life after Oxford doesn't have to be dull. Over the next few weeks, two recent Exeter College graduates will be making the final preparations for an expedition to the Magnetic North Pole. Ollie Williams looks into the challenge facing the pair.