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Image Description: a caricature of Conservative Prime Minister Boris Johnson. On the 1st September 2016, Prime Minister Theresa May raised eyebrows among right-wing Tories and the media at-large when she stated that her political hero was Liberal reformer Joseph Chamberlain. Chamberlain had a reputation as a radical mayor in Birmingham, enacting sweeping progressive reform on […]
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Cacophonous coughs echoing from mattress shanty towns; hands pining for offerings of food and change. Not Dickens though – this is the ever effervescent city of dreaming spires. From travel journals to television shows, Oxford is hailed as a vibrant, beautiful city. What one cannot fail to notice though, especially as it gets colder, is […]
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Image description: A pile of used clothing The start of the summer saw many of us crowded around family living rooms or tucked under the covers with a laptop every evening at 9pm. Only one force seems capable of forcing the British public into such a strict schedule: Love Island. With over 100,000 applications to […]
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Image description: A full lorry park The revolution of the shipping container is one that has been well-documented and stands as the pinnacle of modern trade. Standardisation of moving goods around the world, coordinating every port and every shipping vessel by this one model specification allowed for the whole world to get what they wanted […]
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Image description: The Oxford Student logo on a dark blue background with text Do you fancy yourself as an Agony Aunt, a recipe creating connoisseur or a political commentator? Pitch a column to us and shoot your shot at a weekly place in our newspaper in print and online! All ideas are welcome and no […]
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Image Description: the logos of Google, Apple, and Facebook aligned horizontally CW: mention of self-harm and addiction I’ve always been totally indifferent to the harvesting of my data. Why should I care that the government and a small cohort of multinational corporations can access the totally uninteresting mass of information that has accumulated to form […]
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Image description: a sheet of contraceptive pills on a pink and blue background It was announced at the end of July that the contraceptive pill, specifically the progesterone-only pill (HRA Pharma’s Hana and Maxwellia’s product Lovimacan) can now be sold over the counter at pharmacies without a prescription due to a change in classification. Yet […]
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Image Description: artistic blue, green, and purple spikey bacteria appear on a pale green background We all know how much COVID sucks. So if I said, “hey, look, there’s an opportunity to avoid the possibility of a COVID-like event—or worse—occurring in the future”, you’d jump at it, right? Here’s the brutal facts: we knew a […]
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Image description: Boris Johnson holds a Cabinet meeting It must be difficult being Boris Johnson. For our would-be World King, a Cabinet reshuffle is a delicate balance. The Prime Minister has to traverse a narrow tight rope: he must not promote anyone too talented that could make him look bad in comparison, but he must […]
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Image description: Scientist in lab holding small test tube and pipette Endometriosis is a chronic condition where tissue similar to the womb lining grows outside the uterus. Symptoms can include pelvic pain which is worse during a period; extreme period pain; pain during or after sex; and difficulty getting pregnant. Current treatments are limited to […]
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Image description: portrait of General David Petraeus Content warnings: Discussion of warfare, violence, conflict, and terrorist attacks. Dan Harrison interviews General David H. Petraeus, getting his take on the West’s involvement in Afghanistan and the challenges it poses to the UK’s global role. General Petraeus is an intriguing character. He lives a relentless life, where […]
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Image Description: A group of American soldiers facing a mountain. Proposition – Dan Harrison Withdrawing from Afghanistan feels like a shattering setback, but this should not be confused with defeat. Although the West must reflect on its failings, there has been patient and painful accomplishments. As the NGO, Human Rights Watch has outlined, in 2001 […]
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Image description: Taliban soldiers in a queue behind a table with several automatic weapons Two Oxford postgraduate students are trapped in Afghanistan after being refused access to UK evacuation flights, according to The Times. Fearing for their lives, the students are currently hiding in Kabul despite having documentation that entitles them to come to Britain. […]
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Image description: caricature showing Angela Merkel The current German election campaign is not proceeding in a very Germanic way. There is a fluidity, an unpredictability, a volatility to this election campaign, where neither Armin Laschet (CDU), Annalena Baerbock (Alliance 90/The Greens), or Olaf Scholz (SPD) are inspiring much confidence or certainty in Germans. It is […]
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Image description: Woman holds up sign stating covid-19 vaccine killed husband. Proposition – Poppy Atkinson-Gibson The government’s announced NHS COVID Pass or vaccine passport which will allow access to crowded indoor settings such as nightclubs, and outdoor events including festivals and spectator sports has sparked fierce debate, with many railing against the introduction of a […]
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Image description: White text on blue background asking for Creative Team applications: Illustrators, digital designers, and photographers Applications to join the Creative Team of the Oxford Student are now open. If you would like to be an artistic contributor in Michaelmas, now is your chance to apply! Click here for our application form All applications […]
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Image description: Protestors marching in Cuba holding Cuban flags and signs reading “Freedom to Cuba!” On Sunday 11th July, in the town of San Antonio De Las Banos on the outskirts of Havana, historic protests erupted against the Cuban government. In the following days the protests spread throughout the country, with protestors chanting ‘freedom’ and […]
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Image description: Ulster Defence Association mural with man wearing balaclava and aiming a gun. “It is the people of Northern Ireland who will suffer” if an agreement is not reached over the Northern Ireland Protocol, stated Lord Jay of Ewelme, the head of a House of Lords committee examining the problem. What’s new? After months […]
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Image description: the Pope, facing away from the camera. ‘Every time there is a single incident of abuse in the Catholic Church it is a scandal. And I’m glad it is a scandal’ – Cardinal Vincent Nichols’ response to questions on the Catholic Church’s continued association with rape and abuse of children was, in many […]
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