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The curve has been flattened. The peak has been passed. Life might soon, slowly begin to return to normal. There is no doubt that lockdowns imposed by governments across the world and social distancing guidelines followed by millions have strongly reduced the transmission of coronavirus and have prevented hundreds of thousands of deaths. But as […]
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Part of me loves going to lectures that I know are not 100% relevant for my papers. Perhaps the lecturer will talk about an author I’m not going to be examined on in finals, allowing me a few guilt free minutes of ecstatic freedom to scribble dresses. I don’t sit too close to the front, […]
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Image credit: Prudence Earl. Description: racks of colourful clothing in a shop. In Oxford, aside from academic necessity, I love going to lectures just to see what people are wearing, to take part in the silent communication that takes place through the language of clothes. That is how I see fashion – as being fundamentally […]
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Image Credit: khfalk-Description-Fashion Magazines In Oxford, aside from academic necessity, I love going to lectures just to see what people are wearing; to take part in the silent communication that takes place through the language of clothes. That is how I see fashion – as being fundamentally about communication and connection between human beings. I […]
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Image Credit: TEDxSydney/Fe Lumsdaine/Lumsdaine Photography Benny Wenda, the leader of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua, is to be considered for the Freedom of Oxford award in a Council debate this week. Residing in Oxford since 2002 when he was granted asylum, Wenda has continuously campaigned for the independence of West Papua, a territory […]
Continue ReadingOf all the trends that have swept student unions across the nation recently – the boycott of The Sun, the banning of Blurred Lines – one trend has stood out above all others as the worst: adopting a policy of “No Platform”, banning speakers with extremist or undesirable (decided by the SU in question) views […]
Continue ReadingThe deal agreed by the three main parties undoubtedly heralds a new age for the British media. Some newspaper editors and Tory MPs have compared the new restrictions to Putin’s Russia or African dictatorships, the death of a free press independent of government interference. Yet all the deal includes is a plan to commission a […]
Continue ReadingOxfam is to receive the Freedom of the City of Oxford in October in recognition of its achievements both in the city and worldwide. Chief Executive Dame Barbara Stocking and Oxfam Chair Karen Brown will be presented with a Freedom of the City scroll at the Town Hall by the Lord Mayor, Councillor Alan Armitage. […]
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