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As an English student, I got the chance to live the exotic European life over the past year, more specifically in France and Portugal. Despite unexpectedly bagging myself a long-distance British boyfriend while in Paris, I got a chance to dabble in le Tinder français beforehand. And in Portugal, my amigo número um João has […]
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It is a truth universally acknowledged, that an Oxford student nearing graduation must be in want of three things: a First, a Blue, or a spouse. It’s easy to scoff at this unofficial Oxford doctrine but the search for a meaningful life does not always need to involve curing cancer or becoming a top barrister. […]
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1989 was one hell of a year. In international politics, the Berlin Wall fell after 28 years, one of a series of events that would see the end of the Soviet Union, while Brie Larson, of Captain Marvel fame, was born. Here in Oxford, in Hilary Term, something else was born, the Oxford Doctor Who […]
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Image description: The Volga Embankment, Yaroslavl Four years ago, I sat looking through some testimonials in Oxford Modern Languages leaflets at an open day, in awe of the list of amazing places students had been on their years abroad. With law internships in Berlin, banking placements in Zürich, and events management in various châteaux in […]
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The St. Hilda’s college bar; home of the fabled Rhino, Thursday Night Live, our BOPs, and our hearts. The bar is nestled at the bottom of Hall Building and also serves as our Junior Common Room and Buttery. The space is large, and although in the ‘basement’ of the building, does not share the same […]
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The St. Hilda’s college bar; home of the fabled Rhino, Thursday Night Live, our BOPs, and our hearts. The bar is nestled at the bottom of Hall Building and also serves as our Junior Common Room and Buttery. The space is large, and although in in the ‘basement’ of the building, does not share the […]
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It was the kind of day that we all dream of, but never seems to come. That elusive, sunny Oxford afternoon when students, like the rays of the sun, beam in all-too-momentary freedom from the dark, grey cloud cover of essays and deadlines. Revelling in that glorious British sunshine, I finished my tea, switched off […]
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There is nothing that twenty-somethings love more than a good trend. The latest and greatest topic making its way through the media is climate change, and it’s about time that eco-consciousness left the realm of hipsterdom and into the mainstream. Caring about the planet is for humans, not just hippies. It doesn’t matter what I […]
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Image description: May Day celebrations in Wheatley, Oxford We’ve all been there. The Cheese Floor still ringing in your ears as you trudge down a High Street which would not look out of place in Shaun of the Dead, with the promise of hearing better music at the end of it. The ever-disapproving sun rising […]
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Despite its many benefits, life in Oxford can be a constant challenge. In my experience, the key to survival is stamina. Though short, its terms resemble a marathon more than a sprint. Academic life isn’t just difficult; it’s monotonous. The constant deadlines seem to erode any sense of accomplishment: completing one piece of work is […]
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“you have to understand, no one puts their children in a boat unless the water is safer than the land” – Warsan Shire, “Home” From civil wars, political and religious persecution, or tyranny; the decision to flee one’s country is often seen as a last resort, a risky journey considered safer than staying. Despite […]
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“…une grande flamme désordonnée et furieuse dont le vent emportait par moments un lambeau dans la fumée.” “…a great flame, messy and furious, from which the wind by moments took away a shred in a whirl of smoke.” – Victor Hugo, Notre-Dame de Paris (1831) Au feu! – Fire! – I can imagine Parisians bustling […]
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Above: Bridge St., Chester If rumour has it that the North is a no-go zone and rumour also has it that Chester is not in the ‘real’ North, then Chester is the destination. So Southerners (in particular), prepare to be pleasantly surprised by the contents of my must-have guide. Chester is a Roman city […]
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I matriculated in 2014 and graduated in 2017 with a BA in Oriental Studies (Egyptology with Coptic). Since then, I have earned an MA in Archaeological Science with German and I am now halfway through my first year of a DPhil in History (specifically, Late Antique and Byzantine Studies). That must all seem like an […]
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During the second year of my BA, I was on the JCR committee of my college. The role that I held was called ‘academic affairs officer’, making me the person that students could come to for everything from losing their Bod card, to someone to represent them to the senior tutor during disciplinary procedures. There […]
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As summer approaches, talk of getting that ‘beach body’ abounds, and fasting, gym gains, and carb-free diets are brandished as trophies in the quest to achieve this ideal body. So what? – some might ask. Nothing wrong with getting in shape for the summer, or finally mustering the motivation to shed those extra pounds. It […]
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(Lady Ademola, second on the right, was the first black woman to graduate from the University) Ask most people what “Oxford” means to them, and you are likely to be met with a plethora of stereotypes and received ideas. Indeed, in the 923 years since the start of its development, the University has hardly wanted […]
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The holidays. Ah, sweet, sweet holidays. Or are they? I always relish the beginnings of the holidays, time to escape without an essay deadline hanging over me or a piece of reading in sight. But then, about two days in and two series deep into Gilmore Girls [insert wholesome substitute here], that nagging feeling of […]
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The ‘science’ component of the social sciences is often the subject of jokes, with the idea that disciplines included in this label are not ‘real’ or ‘hard’ sciences. Their defenders are often quick to argue, however, that the quantitative tradition is a prevalent one among disciplines such as economics, demography, or political science. In my […]
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