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News·12th February 2018‘This Much I Know’, New Writing Festival: a warm portrayal of family politics Miriam Tomusk The concerns at the centre of This Much I Know may strike very close to home for an audience of...Read More
News·11th November 2020‘Travel window’ and Mass-Testing for student return at Christmas Josh Boddington The government has told universities to allocate departure dates during a “student travel window” between 3rd and 9th December, with...Read More
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News·20th April 2013‘Being powerful is like being a lady…’ How Thatcher combined femininity with authority in her iconic style Lucinda Toole Margaret Thatcher’s death has triggered evaluations of every aspect of her life. But, whatever your opinion on the woman’s politics,...Read More
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News·16th October 2020‘Herd Immunity’ approach backed by Oxford professor labelled as ‘fallacy’ Jamie Slagel and Josh Boddington Professor Sunetra Gupta of the Zoology department has had her proposal of herd immunity as a solution to the Covid-19...Read More
News·22nd January 2020‘Hostile Architecture’ appears on Woodstock Road Emily Charley Extra armrests had been added to a bench on Woodstock Road, where it is believed a homeless man was sheltering....Read More