Not a global catastrophe
Globalisation is a term that seems to have been created solely to encapsulate just what it is about the world that a particular political movement hates. Incorporating issues from the increased homogeneity of global culture to the suppression of labour rights in the 'developing' world, it was the process that inspired thousands of protestors to take to the streets in cities such as Genoa and Seattle, cities that have now become synonymous with leftist idealism....
Features: Entering the blogosphere
Over the past two years, a quiet revolution has been underway in the media world - and it's changing the way that people relate to the news. This revolution goes by the name of "blogging", and if you're not yet familiar with this term then mark these words well, because you soon will be.
Features: A New World View?
Joseph Stiglitz, one-time Drummond Professor of Economics at Oxford, has had a busy decade. He served on Bill Clinton's Council of Economic Advisors between 1993 and 97, including two years as Chairman, and was Chief Economist and Senior Vice-President of the World Bank from 1997 to 2000.
Features: Oxford's Green and Pleasant Land
Green College can make no claim to be anything like the oldest college in the university. The graduate college celebrates just its 25th anniversary this year, yet like so much of Oxford the site itself has a rich and varied history.
Features: Exactly What It Says On The Tin
Tenerife is an ideal holiday destination - if you crave all the delights of Spain (warmth, sea, sangria and possibly carnal satisfaction) without 'Culture' encroaching on your agenda. Sometimes you just want to be left to grill your skin, and get over that fuzzy-tongued morning-after feeling without museums, monasteries or 'Sites Of Great Natural Beauty' intruding on your indolence. Tenerife (at least, the side of it that my party was fortunate enough to experience) is conveniently devoid of all such distractions, leaving you at liberty to concentrate on the 'finer' things....
Features: A Plague On All Our Houses
On May 11th last year the walls came tumbling down for the The New York Times as it published an unprecedented 14,000-word investigation and apology, published on the first four pages of the newspaper. The reports, by seven reporters under the guidance of three editorial executives, revealed how the newspaper's former reporter Jayson Blair had systematically lied, plagiarised and falsified his whereabouts in articles including coverage of September 11th and the Washington Sniper, and in interviews with people he had never met. ...
Features: Where Even Oxford's Tourists Fear To Tread
A raven croaks overhead as the mist descends onto Broad Street. In front of Trinity is the eerie sign: 'Hear spine-chilling stories from Oxford's past'. The spectre-like figure of our guide beckons his bony finger towards me.
Features: If You've Got it, Flaunt It
I have lost count of the number of times Oxford has been fashion-bashed for its lack of dress sense by those outside the bubble, and crept to the top of "Worst-dressed University" polls. It seems, however, that far from lacking a sense of fashion, the prevalent mood of Oxford students is to throw caution to the wind, to experiment with the best of them and to treat clothes as toys. Fashion in Oxford is expressive and fun, an attitude that is typified by Unique and Fashionable Objects, a company starting a quiet revolution that could well cement Oxford's place on the fashion map. ...
Features: This War on Terror
A war against terrorism cannot be won. This simple fact, criminally neglected by Bush, Sharon and Blair, becomes more apparent with every addition to the list of cities that currently features New York, Washington, Bali, Istanbul and Madrid, with every Israeli soldier killed in Gaza and the West Bank, with every mutilated American body caught on camera in Iraq. ...
Features: Suraya Jina danced the night away at the Danceworks Charity Showcase
As I entered the packed room in Jongleurs on the night of the Danceworks Charity Showcase Event, I thought to myself, "What a great idea."
