Features·3rd June 2015Build a library, build a future: The Somerville Ghana Library Project Claire Ben- Chorin “I have often thought that nothing would do more extensive good at small expense than the establishment of a small... Read More
Features·21st May 2015Memoirs of a NVSP Marysia Czepiel Fired up by the electric experience of rowing I had experienced in the Christchurch regatta, I set to work during... Read More
Features·21st May 2015An ode to the north Kate Plummer Coming to university means broadening horizons, being introduced to new ideas and concepts, people and cultures. For a Londoner born... Read More
Features·15th May 2015Focus: Oxford hub: schools plus Henna Shah Despite the obvious educational prestige associated with the city of Oxford, schools in our local area suffer from some of... Read More
Features·15th May 2015Prelims’ pressures and pains Laura Whetherly Exam season is well and truly coming. The sun has begun occasionally appearing over Port Meadow, finalists have disappeared into... Read More
Features·10th May 2015India’s daughter: gender- based violence in India Ariane Laurent- Smith 17/12/12. The news of the horrific gang-rape and murder of Jyoti Singh in India’s capital city, Delhi, captured the imagination... Read More
Features·10th May 2015Landeau chocolate Alissa Machin Starter: An unlikely find, but serendipitous nonetheless, spotted on a Sunday stroll in downtown Lisbon. Landeau, with its low-arching brick... Read More
Features·2nd May 2015The charm of Slovenia’s Lake Bled Leila Parsa When deciding where to venture for a break this summer, initial suggestions are unlikely to arrive at Eastern Europe, or... Read More
Features·2nd May 2015Focus: Mental health and welfare support Kate Plummer University can be conceptualised as a microcosm of society as a whole. A community with the same interests and enjoyments... Read More
Comment·1st March 2015Kirchner and Argentina’s dark heart Kathryn Welsh Argentina is the land of broken promise. With vast tracts of land and unexploited resources, this nation should have been... Read More
Comment·1st March 2015We need to talk about climate change Tobias Thornes The issue of climate change has been put on the sideline of politics for too long and left to charities,... Read More
Comment·1st March 2015We deserve a fifth week break, not blues Carolina Bax I write this as it pours with rain outside; it’s a dull Wednesday in 5th week, approaching 4am in the... Read More
Comment·1st March 2015Oxford Marxists respond to Le Pen Arturo Rodriguez In the midst of the polemic over Le Pen’s visit to the Union, a comment piece appeared in the fourth... Read More
Comment·22nd February 2015Protest has shamed OUSU, not the Union David Browne As the visit of Marine le Pen to the Union fades into the relative distance, the ideologies of the no-platformers,... Read More
Comment·22nd February 2015Degrees should be earned, not bought Sam Burne James It’s archaic, unfair, unnecessary, elitist and offensive, and the university should put a stop to it, some argue. Depending on... Read More
Comment·20th February 2015It’s war, but not as we know it Cason Reily Despite the violence we all see on TV, we live in a remarkably peaceful age. The global economy is more... Read More
Comment·20th February 2015Collections, what’s the point? Carolina Bax Last year, during my much-awaited Christmas vac break, I saw a Facebook status which really hit home. A fellow fresher... Read More
Comment·20th February 2015A victory for the common man? Sid Venkataramakrishnan When the Aam Aadmi – Common Man’s – Party first stepped in to politics, you’d have been tempted to laugh... Read More
Comment·13th February 2015Marine Le Pen’s visit to the Union is not all about Free Speech Thomas Mueller I am a defender of free speech. Being able to express your opinion, especially dissenting views, is important for social... Read More