‘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
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·14th March 2021The murky ethics of research during the pandemic Divya Godbole As a student new to the English system of education, it has been heartening to learn of the stringent ethics...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
Identity·19th January 2020Mixed-up: the mixed-race experience Chloe Manuel Image Description: The author with her mother and paternal grandmother ‘Where are you from? … No, where are you really from?’...Read More
Identity·30th May 2020How the Coronavirus has got me into cooking Korean food Coral Kim Soy sauce, sesame oil, minced garlic, whole garlic, onions… If this new social distancing lifestyle has taught me anything, it’s...Read More
Identity·4th May 2021She calls a taxi Hanxuan Jiang Image Description: Painting of a girl upon a blue background looking at an empty taxi The day the quarantine...Read More
Identity·19th February 2020Watch out! An infectious disease is spreading! No, not coronavirus… racism. Katherine Zhou I understand the fear that follows a viral outbreak. When swine flu broke out in 2009, I was terrified –...Read More
Identity·5th June 2020‘Killology’ is not a satirical field: Police Training methods and lethal shootings Toye Oladinni The Minneapolis police department has only very recently arrested and charged Derek Chauvin with murder in the third degree concerning...Read More
Identity·19th May 2021BTS and the Othering of Non-English music Ruchita Raghunath Image Description: All seven members of BTS posing in suits. She stood beside me, awaiting my judgement. I could feel...Read More
Comment·8th July 2020“Fancy an Indian studying Greek!” How I found my place in the Classical Tradition as a British Indian Yaamir Badhe Image description: The famous Gandhara Buddha: a beautiful and moving fusion of Greek, Indian and Persian artistic motifs (Pakistan, 2nd...Read More
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...Read More
Identity·22nd April 2020Coronavirus and Marginalisation: A pre-existing condition? Myesha Munro Image Description: Doctor talking to a patient From its very beginnings when emerging in Wuhan last December, to the current...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
Identity·5th June 2020Conversations with my (white) friends on the death of George Floyd Natalina Popat I saw one of my close friends – who importantly is one of my POC friends – the other day,...Read More
Identity·9th July 2020Call Me by My (Real) Name Nupur Patel Image description: A cup of coffee and a name tag. For as long as I can remember I’ve had a...Read More
Identity·7th June 2021A playlist navigating identity Maya Dhillon Image Description: Charli XCX performing at a festival It is sometimes said that while art is how we fill up...Read More
Identity·9th November 2020A black and white choice? On Anti-Union Boycotts Yii-Jen Deng Image Description: Anti-racism protest outside the Oxford Union from May 2019 Joshua Virasami has recently posted on Twitter about his...Read More
Identity·14th November 2020Diwali in Lockdown: Making the Best of a Bad Situation Nupur Patel Image Description: close up of lit diya lamps for Diwali Despite the cultural complexities that I have faced growing up...Read More
Identity·23rd May 2020For People Like Me, Virtual Trinity Is A Blessing In Disguise Dania Kamal Aryf Throughout the whole of Hilary Term I suffered a debilitating illness that severely affected my mobility, alongside my ability to...Read More