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People are idiots. People listen to Justin Bieber records, people eat chicken from buckets and people paid to see Transformers 3. Therefore, it’s no wonder that when someone says an ancient civilisation, a magic book or a man in the sky told them that the world will soon end, many many people believe them. So […]
Continue ReadingTweet @restyrestall to get involved in OxStu Sport’s SPOTY2012 live blog! 23.00 SPOTY Post-script. Robbo has just got in touch to remind me: “you do owe me a pint for the lack of paul scholes nomination”. That’s right, I inaccurately predicted that the veteran Man Utd midfielder would be up for a nomination following his heroic return to football […]
Continue ReadingIt’s what you’ve all been waiting for… the OxStu’s famous Albums of the Year Countdown! We’ve surveyed a wide range of music lovers for their favourite records of 2012 and collected their choices in order to provide you with the definitive list of the year’s best musical offerings. To order the results, we assigned points […]
Continue ReadingTom Rutland will be next year’s OUSU President after claiming a decisive victory over Izzy Westbury. The Jesus JCR President polled just under a thousand votes more than Westbury and received over 60 per cent of vote. Rutland told The Oxford Student: “It’s an absolute honour and a true privilege to be elected OUSU President. […]
Continue ReadingIt’s the final countdown! The team here at Comment are going to be blogging live as the results come in. We’ll draw in sources from news sites, Twitter and elsewhere, and try and draw your attention to the big news that matters as each state declares. We’ll also look for anything funny that’s going on […]
Continue ReadingIn 1920s America, a craze swept the nation which provided escapism for those languishing in the Great Depression: dance marathons caught the public imagination. Entrants were required simply to dance for as long as they could while being cheered on by an audience, and the last one standing won a cash prize. Simple. The setting […]
Continue ReadingSwan Song began in a pub in Oxford as a solution for curing some angry thesis blues. An initially very embarrassing digging up of respective poetry ensued, plans for a two-woman show in a taxi were floated and an eventual decision was made to go for Edinburgh. Two women’s poetry, a couple of pints and […]
Continue ReadingPixar’s latest release, the Scottish themed fantasy adventure Brave, is unlikely to disappoint any of the fans of the studio who have grown up with such classics as Finding Nemo and Toy Story; it is amply endowed with all the qualities that audiences look for in a family movie. Its humor is never cutting and […]
Continue ReadingIt’s often been bandied around that the England team of 1998-2006 were perpetual underachievers. Three quarter finals and three heartbreaking eliminations on penalties were all the Three Lions had to show from an eight year period during which they were touted as favourites for World Cups and Euros. Perhaps England’s “golden generation” might have been […]
Continue ReadingDanny Boyle’s downloadable double disc release of the soundtrack to Friday’s majestic Olympic opening ceremony is sure to be divisive. Those blown away by the spectacle will happily part with a tenner to relive the magic, while the cynics will view it as a speedy attempt to cash in on Olympic-mania. Positioning myself comfortably on […]
Continue Reading‘Part of the experience of being colonised is having images of yourself made up by outsiders stuffed down your throat’ – J.M. Coetzee It is inevitable that culture and nationhood are intertwined in sporting achievement, no more so than in the brave new world of 2k12 and Team GB’s inevitable march towards our screens. To […]
Continue ReadingThe directors Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris have returned to the spotlight to promote their latest creation, a movie called ‘Ruby Sparks’. The excitement surrounding their reappearance is understandable, given the success of their last film, ‘Little Miss Sunshine’, which earned two Oscars, two BAFTAs, a score of other international and American film awards, and […]
Continue ReadingSecond year Daniel Hooker speaks to James Restall about his hopes for London 2012
Continue ReadingHaving recently returned to the fore in the form of a Frank Skinner-hosted TV panel show, Room 101, named after the infamous torture room in Orwell’s 1984, is more popular than ever. But what would you consign to a fate worse than death? The Queen? Fabio Capello? Andy Murray? No, this summer, Wenlock and Mandeville […]
Continue ReadingBenjamin Snyder is pessimistic about player fitness in the coming season
Continue ReadingWith competitive walking and synchronized diving both events at the Olympics James Restall asks why cricket still hasn’t been included.
Continue ReadingJames McKean isn’t going to let the apocalypse ruin his day.
Continue ReadingThe film team look forward to the big releases of next year. It all looks very promising.
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