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    Afghanistan Society protests the invitation of Hamdullah Mohib to Oxford Union

    BREAKING NEWS: St Benet’s Hall announces that university will not renew its official licence

    HRH Prince Charles visits Oxford University

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    Agatha Gutierrez Echenique shares some pictures of his sock knitting for his sustainable hobby feature.

    Sustainable Hobby Feature: Knitting

    Oxford Kite Festival to feature artists and thinkers such as Grace Jones, Richard Dawkins, and Ai Weiwei

    A Visit from Anthony Joshua

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    Is a Charles regency the way forward for the British Monarchy?

    BREAKING NEWS: St Benet’s Hall announces that university will not renew its official licence

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    Book Review: “Chums” by Simon Kuper

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    Review: Omnium Gatherum by King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard

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    SUNDAY ROW-ST: ALPACAS END HUMANITY’S PROBLEMS

    Oxford Students’ Toxic Traits

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    New assault from nature: Hepatitis in children

    Desalination on demand

    Talking Fungi

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    Agatha Gutierrez Echenique shares some pictures of his sock knitting for his sustainable hobby feature.

    Sustainable Hobby Feature: Knitting

    A person searching through a vintage clothing rack –  perhaps in search of formal clothes!

    A Definitive Guide to Second Hand Formal Clothes

    A map of the 2022 April floods in South Africa.

    On the Reality of the Durban Floods

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    Fuelled on Faith; Ramadan and Sport

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    Dates of Our Lives: Pints, poison, and puking

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Pink
·26th May 2019

‘A hotbed of aggressive transphobia’ or ‘Philosophy in the Bookshop’

Jessica Duffy
Image Description: Naomi Wolf. On Thursday, Blackwell’s hosted a ‘Philosophy in the Bookshop’ talk with Naomi Wolf to promote her...
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Pink
·19th January 2020

‘Colourfully queer’ – Finding an alternative family at Oxford

Jade Calder
Upon arriving at Oxford, I was initially tentative about dipping my toe into the water of the LGBTQ+ ‘scene’, as...
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Features
·3rd April 2015

‘Distant’ Voices: in defence of Birmingham

Ariane Laurent-Smith
You would think from the way certain Oxford students talk about it that Birmingham was one of the most distant...
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Features
·25th March 2020

‘Find My Pasta’: the app beating COVID-19 shortages

Sarah Alford & Jamie Slagel
On the 25th March 2020, St Peter’s College’s Jack Solomon and Merton College’s Julia Willemyns’s ‘Find My Pasta’ app was...
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Cover art of Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao.
Pink
·14th February 2022

‘Iron Widow” by Xiran Jay Zhao: A Review

Jessica DeMarco-Jacobson
Image Description: Cover art of Iron Widow, a book by Xiran Jay Zhao. Mechas, aliens, East Asian mythology – all...
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Features
·27th February 2012

‘Nothing surprises us’: What The Porter Saw

They’re the backbone of the university, an ever-present feature ensuring each day runs smoothly for visitors and students alike. Without...
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·13th November 2019

‘Planet Pledge’ 2019 launched

Rosie Good
Oxford SU’s veggie pledge initiative is returning, with pledges opening today and remaining open until the 30th November. This year,...
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FeaturesScience and Technology
·1st February 2017

‘Prevention is better than cure’ – Oxford leads in vaccine research

Fazle Chowdhury
Like wars and famine, infectious diseases are an eternal challenge to human progress and development. They remain among the leading...
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Features
·5th March 2017

‘The essence of our humanity’: Oxstu goes to International Mother Language Day

Tom Gould
On Saturday of 6th week Oriel had the honour of playing host to International Mother Language Day, promoting cultural diversity...
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Identity
·23rd May 2020

‘Becoming’ the Perennial First Lady

Amira Izhar
What does the Netflix documentary ‘Becoming’ reveal about Michelle Obama’s current role in a despairing society? ‘Becoming,’ a documentary directed...
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FeaturesPink
·17th February 2020

‘Be Gay, Do Crime’ – Appreciating LGBTQ+ representation in fiction podcasts

Wei Ai Ng
Image description: Player characters from The Adventure Zone: Balance. Image credit: “The Adventure Zone” by Nicholas Kole is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0  Like...
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Collage of OxCGRT Coders
Features
·24th October 2020

‘Defending ourselves with Data’: The Oxford COVID-19 Government Response Tracker

Jackie Brown
Image Description: Collage of some of the OxCGRT coders in a Zoom-like format.   COVID-19 has undoubtedly wreaked havoc upon the...
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A mother braids her daughter's natural hair.
Identity
·19th February 2020

‘Don’t touch my hair’ – the significance of ‘Hair Love’

Ibtihaaj Mohamoud
Household chores and childcare were pretty evenly distributed in my house but if there was one thing that fell directly...
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Food and Drink
·12th November 2016

‘Frankenstein Food’ Stakes a Claim in the Meat Sector

With almost a thousand students last week taking the OUSU veggie pledge, with pledges ranging from full veganism to ‘quitting...
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FeaturesFood and Drink
·12th November 2016

‘Jesus loves Wahoo’: A Tribute to the Bar (and Grill)

Chris Allnutt and Lizzie Shelmerdine
We did attempt to get some food at Wahoo before it closed for good (yes, it sounded weird as we...
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Features
·16th April 2019

‘Our Lady of Paris is in flames’: What was truly lost in the Notre Dame fire

Clotilde de Maricourt
“…une grande flamme désordonnée et furieuse dont le vent emportait par moments un lambeau dans la fumée.” “…a great flame,...
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News
·3rd August 2019

‘Plush for all’ accessibility campaign successful!

Rosie Good
Plush, Oxford’s only LGBTQ+ bar and club, published a press release on the 23rd July announcing the success of the...
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Features
·6th February 2012

‘Tax is such a shame’: Made in Chelsea star’s business secrets

“Tax is such a shame”, Francis Boulle comments mournfully. “It’s a damn shame that it exists”.  Tax probably does get...
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FeaturesNews
·4th November 2016

‘Where Diversity Meets Learning’ – Reporting from HLAB 2016

Scott Harker and Sam Sykes
Towards the end of Trinity term 2016, the two of us received a slightly strange email to the OxStu Editor...
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