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Image description: CS:GO virtual poster at Paris Games Week 2012 In the first week of November, the best CSGO teams in the world returned to the arena to fight it out for their share of a $2million prize pool. The first event to have a crowd in attendance in two years, the Avicii Arena in […]
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Image description: The cast sat outside on a pavement Through all my dark internet and backdoor connections (the Entertainment section Gmail), I wangled myself, where many others have failed since it sold out faster than you could say “New Labour”, a ticket, and I was very glad I did. The early slot show of the […]
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Image Description: a rather unfair side-by-side comparison of Pete Davidson and Ryan Reynolds’ faces. Many straight men I know have been fuming recently. Rumours have been swirling that Pete Davidson is involved with Kim Kardashian, as the two have been spotted together on various nights out, even allegedly holding hands at an amusement park. Sources […]
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Image Description: grainy footage of an unidentified aerial phenomenon. November 14, 2004 was no ordinary day for Commander David Fravor. During a routine training mission off the coast of California, he was sent to investigate the most unusual of radar contacts. For two weeks, the US Navy cruiser USS Princeton had been detecting unknown aircraft […]
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Image Description: the four main characters in black and white with the word “Quartet” above their heads. I walked into Quartet with little to no idea of what the plot was supposed to be (don’t judge me: I had an essay crisis), so I was intrigued to see what would be behind all the black […]
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Image description: an opulent dining setting with stereotypically old-money furnishings Artist, model, and oil heiress Ivy Getty made headlines last week for an extravagant and beautiful wedding ceremony, as media outlets from Vogue to CNN raved over her dress made out of broken mirrors. Critics, however, have pointed out that the media outlets glossed over […]
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Image description: Elon Musk smiling Elon Musk is perhaps the only billionaire with an actual fanbase–his Twitter features high engagement from fans of Musk’s supposed scientific and technological contributions as well his business prowess. This fanbase was as active as ever when Elon Musk made headlines again this Halloween for dangling the prospect of donating […]
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Image description: Timothee Chamalet and Rebecca Ferguson staring into the dusty distance in the film Dune Warning: Spoilers ahead! I must admit that I was really excited for the new Dune film. Stellar cast, excellent source material, and a range of settings that lends itself to expansive cinematography, taking full advantage of recent developments in […]
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Image description: a League of Legends character statue carrying a sword, surrounded by ice Since the first world championships in 2011, the question of which server is the most competitive has been hotly debated amongst fans and professionals alike. Generally, there is a division between the largest eastern leagues (China’s LPL and South Korea’s LCK) […]
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Image description: ‘The International 2015’ arena from an aerial view with ‘Dota 2’ on display Over the course of the week beginning 11th October, 18 teams battled it out for the most lucrative prize in esports history at the 10th edition of Dota 2’s world championship: The International 2021. After a thrilling best of 5 Grand Final, […]
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Image Description: a duck standing on a rock in front of a body of water. Some of us at the Oxford Student have long suspected the presence of a mysterious force pulling strings and watching our every move from the shadows. While it has been commonly suspected that birds are government agents, investigations have tended […]
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Image Description: Black and white close up of Adele’s side profile looking to the left. On Thursday night, Adele Adkins released her first single in six years, an insight into her upcoming album, 30. There are countless other articles out there speculating about exactly what her reasons for writing Easy On Me were, and about […]
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Image description: (1) Helena, clad in a white top and (2) Jahnavi, in a yellow dress, both posing for the camera. As I make my trek to Lady Margaret Hall on a cold November evening, (without getting lost, for once!) to witness the makings of ‘Murder In Argos’, I am greeted […]
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Image description: a poster depicting a collage of every character in ‘The Simpsons’ O ‘The Simpsons: Hit and Run’, how thee shine in my memory like the early 2000s diamond encrusted gem that thou art. How I remember, coming home after school to be greeted by the familiar collage of “Soaring like a candy wrapper […]
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Image Description: a selfie taken in a night club. Freshers week has been and gone, and our inevitable freshers flu induced hibernation is the perfect time to take a look at some of this week’s most popular outfits. A commendable effort has been made by – i dare say- the most fashionable freshers to date, […]
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Image description: Phone with the TikTok logo Addison Rae was invited to the Met Gala, and people were outraged. Since becoming interested in the event I can’t remember a time when one guest caused quite so much initial backlash. But why? Well, apart from the fact that she turned up in a fairly bog standard […]
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Image Description: a snail on a green background “You and a super intelligent snail both get 1 million dollars, and you both become immortal, however you die if the snail touches you. It always knows where you are and slowly crawls toward you. What’s your plan?” These words, originally from a post on r/AskReddit, form […]
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It’s the midst of autumn, and as the leaves drop off their branches, so too are relationship statuses being dropped from bios and couple photos being dropped from profiles. In their place, my feed has been flooded with ambiguously sad captions. Around this time of year, freshers who entered university committed to a relationship almost […]
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The addictive formula of short videos and easy scrolling makes TikTok one of the most influential social media platforms at the moment – TIkTok uniquely enables and incentivizes users to watch an enormous quantity and diversity of different videos. This in turn creates an ecosystem where extremely niche creators and content can develop large audiences […]
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