‘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
Profile·31st January 2023‘Peace isn’t just the absence of war’: Smajo Bešo OBE, Bosnian Genocide Educational Trust Founder and Chair Anna Davidson Content Warning: mention of war, rape, islamophobia Smajo Bešo OBE, academic and the founder and chair of the Bosnian Genocide Education...Read More
Comment·19th August 2022Why are the police ignoring the anti-Semitism in my assault? Heather Allansdottir Last year, a colleague assaulted me after spending the evening making derogatory comments about the fact I went to Tel...Read More
Identity·1st May 2022A convergence of holy days Iona Neill For the first time in 30 years, the three holy seasons of Easter, Passover and Ramadan are set to fall...Read More
Identity·2nd March 2022Who’s A ‘Real’ Refugee? Matt Holland Image Description: Sticker on street pole reading “Refugees welcome, Bring your Families” I woke up this morning to the news...Read More
Identity·25th February 2022SAD and Me – In Defence of Sun Beds Madi Hopper Image description: Man sitting in a dark room with face in hand. I miss the sun. I suppose most people...Read More
Identity·4th February 2022There’s No Such Thing As Personal Space In An Ethnic Household, But Now My University Room Feels Empty Aarthee Parimelalaghan Image description : Film camera image of the Somerville library and its surrounding greenery From that moment you open UCAS...Read More
Column·25th January 2022Conversations with My Mother: Perspectives on Misogyny in Oxford Tatiana Quintavalle Image description: A poster on a pole with the words ‘However I dress, wherever I go, Yes means Yes and...Read More
Identity·20th January 2022Between Space and Self: The Journey Back to Living Alone in Oxford Ayushi Aruna Agarwal Image description: An array of clothes hanging in a bedroom cupboard. On my way back home to Delhi, I had...Read More
News·6th December 2021Application Extended: Senior Editorial and Creative Team for Hilary 2022! Alex Foster and Andrew Wang Image Description: the words “Application extended!. Join our senior editorial team. Applications open until 11:59PM on Wednesday, 8 December.” against...Read More
Identity·17th October 2021Don’t Touch My Hair Simone Dawes Image description: A woman with her head thrown back “Don’t touch my hair, cause it’s the feelings I wear” is the...Read More
Features·27th January 2023Holocaust Memorial Day: what the lives of the ordinary people of Nazi Germany tell us about being an ordinary person today Anna Ashkinazi Every year on Holocaust Memorial Day, I think one day a year could never be enough to say everything that...Read More
Profile·10th June 2022Balliol Politics Don, Sudhir Hazareesingh: Don’t De-Colonise the Curriculum, EXPAND It Samuel King Seated opposite in a relaxed pose, Hazareesingh is flanked by shelves of leather-bound hard backs. Stacks of the London Review...Read More
Culture·5th April 2022A Doll’s House Review: The Weight of One’s Grief Dania Kamal Aryf Upon entrance into the Keble O’Reilly, one cannot help but immediately notice how the overall set design is overwhelmingly beautiful....Read More
Identity·2nd March 2022Ekushe February: Celebrating International Mother Language Day Anisah Qausher Image description: Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (centre), Founding Father of Bangladesh, with his family. মা, তোর মুখের বাণী আমার কানে লাগে...Read More
Identity·25th February 2022Long to Reign Over Us Matt Holland Image description: Queen Elizabeth II waving from a car window on a trip in Queensland, Australia. When Queen Elizabeth II...Read More
Identity·4th February 2022Bloody Sunday and Unjust Representations of ‘British’ History Olivia McQuaid Image description: A muted image of a crowd of people, some holding banners, gathered in front of a white wall...Read More
Profile·21st January 2022Michael-Akolade Ayodeji: The Man, The Myth, The Legend Dania Kamal Aryf Image description: Michael, clad in a patterned shirt and a beret, smiles for the camera. In a crowded corner of...Read More
Entertainment·18th January 2022A Doll’s House: Dancing to the Tune of Mitski, Colonialism, and the Male Gaze Dania Kamal Aryf Image description: Drawing of a wooden house falling apart and floating at sea. Niru Helmer is everything that a man...Read More
Profile·15th November 2021In Conversation with Tema Smith on Being Black and Jewish in North America Dania Kamal Aryf Image description: Tema Smith, curly haired and bespectacled, smiling. Some time in March of 2021, I had the opportunity to...Read More