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Image description: Left: me outside my natural habitat holding a tin of alcohol as I watch the boat race, with my thumb held up. Right: a blurry photo of me, in my natural habitat, dancing in a nightclub, hands waving. You really don’t need to drink at uni. I know, it’s contrary to popular opinion […]
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Like many, I find it easy to promote the existence of spaces exclusively for the LGBTQ+ community, but difficult to imagine the practice. We are a community in advocacy of inclusivity; harbouring those who face rejection for who they are and providing the familial support that so many need. How can this possibly be married […]
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If you like unlimited vodka and things with lard on, and of course you do, then there is only one place you should be on Saturday the 23rd of February: the main hall behind St. Giles’ Church. Why, pray tell? Because one of the best nights in the Oxford drinking calendar is to be found […]
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Image credit: Louis Thomas As the renowned Chinese poet and Tang dynasty government official Bai Juyi quipped, “the grand household snorts at syrupy wine, the exalted scholar laughs at petty poetry”. The first of this sentence was stolen from Wikipedia, the latter half from Janet Z Wang’s presentation to Bacchus, the University’s wine society (of […]
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On 6th February this year, Britain celebrated a landmark anniversary. The day marked one hundred years since the first women in this country were granted the vote; full female suffrage was achieved ten years later in 1928. This centenary year is an opportunity for reflection on what has changed since then. While there is much […]
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The beating drum of the relentless march of time is constant and relentless. So being hungover every other day doesn’t help me maximise what little time I have before my next essay deadline, before I leave Oxford, before I die. In fact in relation to the last point, the cause of a hangover will actually […]
Continue ReadingLincoln College has threatened to cancel its end-of-term bop due to the excessive drinking and misbehaviour of students.
Continue ReadingDo doctors need to worry about James Bond, or are students more of a concern? Jessica Poole Mather explores. It is a well-known fact that James Bond likes a vodka martini, ‘shaken, not stirred’. Specifically he asks for “three measures of Gordon’s, one of vodka, half a measure of Kina Lillet”, eliciting the response of […]
Continue ReadingWaking up hungover, eating a diet that mainly consists of instant noodles and chips, forgoing sleep in order to complete yet another essay: there’s little about the Oxford lifestyle that is beneficial to your health. But could it actually shorten your lifespan? The NHS Oxford health profile indicates that there are many potential health minefields […]
Continue ReadingWith student loans still to land in many bank accounts, the crucial question is not how battels will be paid, but how we’ll all get smashed. Luckily Tesco have it covered with their ‘Everyday Value’ cartons of wine, which will give you a litre’s worth of Rosé for just £4.49 (and it was even cheaper […]
Continue ReadingThe Junior Censor at Christ Church has banned drinking games in college and is set to review subject drinks following repeated excessive alcohol consumption. Subject drinks this term caused multiple students to throw up while one was hospitalised. In an email sent to Junior members of the college, the Censor alerted students to the potential […]
Continue ReadingSarah Gashi dispells some myths about drinking at Oxford.
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