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Image Description: Six red game pieces are stood opposite one brown game piece (set against a neutral blue background). When it comes to racism, we’re living in a moment in which many people have had a ‘wakeup call’. Since the deplorable murder of George Floyd at the hands of American police officers, my social media […]
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Image description: A figurine of Lady Justice. The Court of Appeal’s ruling last week offers hope for Shamima Begum. The so-called ‘Jihadi Bride’ left the UK aged fifteen to join Daesh. She was found, four years later in a refugee camp. She explained to The Times that, after giving birth to two children and watching […]
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Image description: A picture of Jenny on a blue background. CN: Transition and transphobia. I first met Jenny Scoones on a cold Tuesday night in November. She borrowed a cigarette so that she could sing me a more accurate rendition of Lana del Ray’s Video Games as we stood in a crowd of Skittles attendees, […]
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Image description: the monument of Hagia Sophia, Istanbul The place of monuments, especially commemorative statutes, has become a highly charged debate recently. Their uses and place in our understanding of ourselves and history has come under scrutiny and rightly so. Monuments traditionally offer an idea of stability by providing an immortalised snapshot of history. This […]
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Image description: Two figures walking in opposite directions while wearing face masks. With the advent of the novel coronavirus came the advent of the mask. To some of us, this painfully unfashionable garment has become something of a necessary evil. To sport one is to do what is right, denying so would be folly. This […]
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An inability to forgive oneself is something many of us struggle with. We routinely identify mistakes or bad choices that we have made in the past and can become overwhelmed with regret, anger, and disappointment. Though the origins of these feelings can be complex, diverse, and multi-faceted, I believe the ways in which we understand […]
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Image description: A traditional Oxford formal It’s 7pm and the tables are set. Candles are lit, wine corks are flying, and the bells call for supper. As you look around you can see a gaggle of sub-fusc wearing students. Some you recognise, others you are interested in meeting. You really do care about their research, […]
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Image Description: A minimalist aesthetic – a succulent and pink candle to the left and money scattered to the right. “Minimalism is a tool to rid yourself of life’s excess in favour of focusing on what’s important—so you can find happiness, fulfilment, and freedom,” say ‘The Minimalists’, Joshua Fields Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus. It is […]
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Aged 17, I sat through a morning’s worth of application talks in the medical school lecture theatre, having been driven down to Oxford on a total whim for the last September open day. Undeniably terrified, but quietly fizzing with excitement, I diligently wrote down every plummy word that fell out of the presenting tutors’ mouths. […]
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Image description: A woman in a dark room, with her hands over her face. TW: Domestic abuse and mentions of intimate partner violence “Start with the cage and everything changes.” These are the words of Evan Stark, a forensic social worker and leading voice on coercive control. Despite recent changes to the law, our view of […]
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Image Description: figure doing a yoga pose (involving a handstand) against a colourful backdrop I am a Yoga with Adriene fanatic. Most days begin with rolling out my yoga mat and doing 30 minutes of stretching, deep breathing and being vaguely annoyed that my heels don’t touch the mat in downward-facing dog. I have, however, […]
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Image description: A girl standing with different contraceptive methods. In the middle of a pandemic, with many of us stuck inside our homes for most of the day, it might seem a little counterintuitive to consider how much sex our generation is having. All that aside, it will probably not come as a surprise that […]
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Image Description: Cracked rose-tinted glasses “Rose-colored glasses are never made in bifocals. Nobody wants to read the small print in dreams.” — Ruth Crowley (writing under her pen name: Ann Landers) To think a thought of longing, For days to dream upon, To hope for times gone once before, Yet know these times are gone. […]
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Image Description: A black and white graphic of a collection of fists raised in protest. They are mostly black, but with white hands interspersed. There are several signs which read ‘no+racism’ showing that this is representing a march or protest. CW: Discussion of racism and the murder of Trayvon Martin. If you want to know […]
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Image description: A cup of coffee and a name tag. For as long as I can remember I’ve had a very complicated relationship with my name: Nupur (nūpur). It was gifted to me by my mother; she always taught me to be proud of it. In the very beginning, before being wrapped up by the […]
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Image description: The famous Gandhara Buddha: a beautiful and moving fusion of Greek, Indian and Persian artistic motifs (Pakistan, 2nd century CE) Note: The author would like to clarify that the professor mentioned in this article is not an employee of Oxford University, nor is the summer school described one affiliated with the University. “Fancy […]
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Image description: A child screams into a microphone Killing Eve star Jodie Comer is well known for her extensive catalogue of accents. Part of the eerie charm of her character, Russian sociopath Villanelle, is how effortlessly she slips into a Scottish, German, or French dialect. This mastery of accents may have won Comer an Emmy, […]
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Image Description: A street view in Berlin In March almost all third-year linguists were forced to return home and had their year abroad cut short. These stories depict the unique challenges that those on their year abroad have faced in the last months and the disappointment of having to continue a year abroad in the […]
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Image description: Oxford’s Broad Street during the lockdown The final week of term is upon us, and a year (or another) has gone by. It was a year which flew by too quickly for some, for others, too slowly during lockdown; but for all of us, it was one which lamented the loss of a […]
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