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Good afternoon everyone! If it’s not afternoon when you’re reading this, then well done. You beat the curse. I’ve been living this afternoon over on repeat for what seems like hundreds of years. I have to hear my outdated 2016 Meghan Trainor ringtone every time I reset. This is a cry for help. No one […]
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Image Description: people sitting at a wooden table with various laptops and gadgets The past 18 months have shaken the traditional idea of a 9 to 5 working week. With the concepts of hybrid working or working from home now becoming a full-time reality for millions of people, a skilled job has never seemed so […]
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Image description: a miniature portrait of James Barry by an unknown artist, c. 1813-16 Transgender Awareness Week occurs annually between November 13th-19th. This week is meant to celebrate the achievements of the trans community, as well as memorialise the victims of transphobic violence. This is done in the hopes of bringing attention to the necessity […]
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Image description: Destination Star Trek London: 5 Star Trek captains – Scott Bakula, Avery Brooks, Kate Mulgrew, Patrick Stewart and William Shatner Last weekend I took a slight foray into watching Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Aside from failing to develop any lasting interest beyond the first episode, what I did briefly notice was almost […]
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Image description: An area of deforestation A 2021 report by the World Wide Fund for Nature Cymru (WWF Cymru), the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds Cymru (RSPB Cymru) and Size of Wales titled “Wales and Global Responsibility: Addressing Wales’ Overseas Land Footprint” emphasizes the ways in which Welsh imports of cocoa, palm oil, […]
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Image description: Tema Smith, curly haired and bespectacled, smiling. Some time in March of 2021, I had the opportunity to speak to Tema Smith, who describes herself as a “diversity advocate, writer, and Jewish community builder.” My conversation with her took place via Zoom (as all pandemic-lockdown interviews happen to take place). From the comfort […]
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Image description: Hello my wonderful little rats. I’m back, and since Guy Fawkes Night and 5th week blues are long gone, I officially declare it Oxmas. Wahoo!! Onto the qualms of the week: Hi, Agony aunt. Where are the best libraries? My college library is dank and not in the good way? Hi […]
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Image description: gold bitcoin superimposed upon computerised background with graphs showing share prices Modern history has borne witness to several major milestones in the evolution of trade and commerce. With emerging technologies shifting civilization in new and unforeseeable directions, finance seems ever in the wake of a digital remodelling. In the last decade, we have […]
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By now, anyone on social media has most likely seen a slurry of posts denouncing ‘fast fashion’ for its detrimental effects on the environment. ‘Fast fashion’ is cheap, mass-produced clothing that typically imitates the high-fashion trends of the season. Online stores like ASOS and SHEIN, as well as physical stores such as Primark, Zara, and […]
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Image description: As is usually the case, the protest’s effects were felt before it could be seen. Longwall Street was filled with the cacophony of car horns blaring, a steady drum beat and the faint hum of brass instruments. Once on the High Street, the source of this noise could be determined: Thousands of people […]
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Image Description: the trans flag drawn in chalk on concrete There’s a sense in which I love that I am transitioning. I see my own development into who I want to be as a kind of art form. After a difficult, tumultuous childhood I have come to realise what the end is; that is to […]
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Image Description: a brown gavel with a shadow against a white backdrop It’s been a while since the papers were flooded with images of camps in Greece, proclaiming there was a “refugee crisis” which was to define the European political landscape of 2015 and shape immigration policy decisions for years to come. But what is […]
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Image description: a human skull on a black background Do you keep a journal? Do you write it in black pen? Do you only wear dark clothing and tweed? Do you drink coffee in old cafés and only enjoy listening to vinyl? Do you spend too long in the library at the expense of your […]
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Image description: a large wooden book case with many books As a French student at Oxford, I do a lot of reading, whether it be entire volumes of poetry, chunky novels, philosophical texts or the “Cambridge Companion to __” when the next essay crisis is just around the corner. Even in between terms and during summer […]
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Image description: Chickens being farmed in battery cages Last December a new strain of avian flu caused concerns at a Russian factory farm. Chickens started to collapse and die, and over the course of a few days 900,000 birds were quickly killed to prevent the spread of this strain known as H5N8. While avian flu […]
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Image Description: Buckingham Palace and the Queen Victoria memorial Time reported in August 1981 of “A splendid Prince, his beautiful Princess, a carriage, a crowd: fantasy come to life, a dream.” Lady Diana Spencer’s marriage to Prince Charles captured the public imagination for what it later emerged to be anything but: “a dream”. What followed […]
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Image description: An aerial view of Glasgow, where the COP26 Summit is being held Often described as Earth’s last best hope to limit the effects of global warming, pressure begins to mound as state leaders, climate experts and activists prepare for the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26). The summit, already a year postponed, will […]
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Image description: A cartoon figure holding a sign saying ‘Agony Aunt’ stood in a green field with a pink flower. Welcome, welcome one and all to this week’s agony aunt session with yours truly, Bronwyn. I’m writing this while “tired in upper old bod,” as I texted my sister, which she thought was a way […]
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Image description: an array of red plastic party cups for imbibing cheap wine such as Echo Falls This time two weeks ago I would’ve been hard pushed to explain to you what on earth an Oxford Crewdate entails: a social bonding experience? an opportunity for members of a crew to pair off into a blind […]
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