‘We’ve just got to push the reset button’: Lord Peter Mandelson on Labour, Europe and Modern Communications
“It’s clear that Governments need to govern, that people want them to govern, and that they need to make these important decisions.” – In Conversation with George Monbiot
Life·3rd December 2020Fashion anxiety: a daily struggle Ksenia Dugaeva Image description: A woman holding shopping bags with a geometric edit on her face You wake up in the morning...Read More
Culture·2nd December 2020A Quick Guide to Reworking Clothes Anna Roberts Following the (very welcome) trend of departure away from fast-fashion consumption, the demand for pieces which have individual flair and...Read More
Culture·16th November 2020In Defence of Grayson Perry Scarlett Colquitt Image Description: A number of pots sculpted by Grayson Perry are exhibited in a gallery, with one in the foreground reading...Read More
Culture·14th November 2020Self-care books: Lockdown Edition Jennifer Zhou From literary classics to YA guilty pleasures, these reads will help you pass the long afternoons of lockdown. If you’re...Read More
Culture·26th October 2020The brief but not so brief OxStu Oxford fashion guide Riana Modi and Josh Boddington Image Description: Clothing rail with hanging clothes illustrated under the Bridge of Sighs So it’s Third week (already?) and you’ve...Read More
Life·13th August 2020Beyond the grave: artistic life after bodily death Ernest Lee Tintin and Alph-Art is the 24th and final volume of my favourite comic series growing up. Its creator, Hergé, died...Read More
Culture·23rd July 2020Boris and Banksy – a government graffiti artist? Poppy Atkinson Gibson Image description: Graffiti of a girl with a heart shaped balloon, from Berlin. Banksy’s status as a street artist will...Read More
Culture·15th June 2020A Playlist For When the Patriarchy Gets You Down Eve Laird Image Description: A sign saying ‘Smash the Patriarchy’ with cutouts of Janelle Monae, Dolly Parton and Doja Cat overlayed on...Read More
Life·3rd June 2020Art heist society: why is art theft so appealing to consume? Maga Flores-Trevino Image Description: The National Gallery Much like watching TV, listening to a podcast or going to the theatre, gallery-going is...Read More
Culture·30th May 2020Sunny Singh talks about the turbulent first few years of the Jhalak prize Myesha Munro Image description: Professor Sunny Singh holding the Jhalak prize trophy 2019 First awarded in 2017, the Jhalak Prize was founded...Read More
News·3rd December 2020Join the Team for Hilary 2021 Robert and Issy, Editors HT21 Applications to join the Editorial team of the Oxford Student are now open. All applications consist of a written application...Read More
Culture·28th November 2020The Wollstonecraft Statue: Feminism Laid Bare? Grace Lawrence Image Description: Photograph of the top of Maggi Hambling’s silver-bronzed sculpture honouring Mary Wollstonecraft, which features a naked female figure rising...Read More
Life·15th November 2020The show must go on: V-Card Alison Hall Image Description: the publicity poster for V-Card (a pink background, with ‘V-Card’ written in white and filled with peach, banana, and...Read More
Identity·5th November 2020Black Men in Fashion: Enninful and Bembury on Adversity and Perseverance Kiki Francis Image Description: Salehe Bembury during a photoshoot. CW: discussion of racism “What’s unfortunate is I literally designed the shoes that...Read More
Culture·22nd October 2020Tough Times at the Tate: How to Save Arts Jobs During Covid-19 Carol J. Jones Image description: People sit on benches looking at paintings in one of the galleries at Tate Britain. As the pandemic...Read More
Culture·27th July 2020Fast fashion: a sustainable future? Kate Hanton Image description: a shopfront with ‘sale’ in large lettering Recently, reports emerged showing that Boohoo’s suppliers had kept factories open...Read More
Identity·27th June 2020The beauty of raging: how Rap music has always been a political tool Myesha Munro Image description: Stormzy at Glastonbury festival 2019, wearing a stab-proof vest designed by Banksy While re-watching the momentous Brit awards...Read More
Culture·11th June 2020Protest Music: From Billie Holiday to Black Lives Matter Adam Hewitt As Black Lives Matter protests continue to rock the foundations of racist institutions all over the world, protestors are following...Read More
Culture·31st May 2020Alfredo: the surprise collaboration of Freddie Gibbs and The Alchemist Ernest Lee Image description: Freddie Gibbs and Madlib performing at The Echoplex in March 2014. A welcome surprise: Freddie Gibbs’ tweet, announcing...Read More