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Image Description: A young woman reads by candlelight in a dark room. Different modes of conversation have entirely different effects. How does one situate continuous daily conversation in the context of artistic research? How does one make the phrase ‘understand others’ accessible and narrow down the word ‘others’? I look to my surrounding friends. […]
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Image Description: Red hearts on a red background When asked the question “What does Valentine’s Day mean to you?” my mind goes blank; I’ve always been fairly apathetic when it comes to Valentine’s Day. In my mind, it is the day when scores of couples’ photos flood my Instagram feed. However, many people find the […]
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Image Description: Nupur Patel’s DPhil Diaries The last time I noted down my thoughts here, I was in a bit of a miserable place with my DPhil. In all honesty, I was bored, fed up and anxious about the thought of getting stuck into corrections and preparing for a second draft. Being so close to […]
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Image description : three telephones, two connected together by their cords and one with its cord trailing off. Just over a year ago, I watched one of my best friends step off the National Express opposite The Four Candles and ran to hug her for the first time in my life. This was a girl who […]
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Image description: Scrabble pieces spelling out “mental health” Oxford privilege exists. But that doesn’t change the fact that lockdown has played havoc with students’ mental health. Students at Oxford have a lot to be grateful for. We have been able to attend a university that will undoubtedly improve our employability, we have been given some […]
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Bahá’í is what we might consider to be a ‘new religious movement’, because it has only come about within the last 150 years. It considers its recent emergence to be one more step on humanity’s advancement towards maturity, as the Bahá’ís believe that all religions brought about great leaps in human progress and understanding. Bahá’í […]
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The stereotypical behaviour of students is often incompatible with Catholic morality. If you believe that getting drunk, taking recreational drugs, and any kind of pre-marital sex are all morally unacceptable (which, admittedly, not all Catholics do) you are probably in the minority. The conduct of people around me – people I genuinely like and respect […]
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As we get further into term and dreaded finals (or prelims) edge ever closer, finalists’ gloomy faces become easier and easier to spot around college. With this in mind, here is a super easy guide to cheering up a your finalist friend/college parent with a care package. Coffee. I would explain why this is a […]
Continue ReadingTeenagers still only communicate with a small number of people despite having hundreds of “friends” on Facebook, according to a recent Oxford study. Young people were found to operate an unconscious system of ‘one in, one out’ policies such that their communications patterns and number of close friends remain the same even who they socialise […]
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