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Image Description: Alex J. O’Connor Alex J. O’Connor is the founder of the Cosmic Skeptic YouTube channel, podcast and blog, and his work is dedicated to the open discussion of philosophy and religion. He is an experienced public speaker, debater, and interviewer, and has over 300,000 YouTube subscribers. He also finds time to study at […]
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After spending a relaxed Wednesday morning on a cup of peppermint tea and the obligatory – always prolonged – scroll through Instagram, I telephoned Her Grace Emma Manners, Duchess of Rutland, to talk with her about her work as CEO of Belvoir Castle and ask her some questions about successful – and unsuccessful – business failures, […]
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Dr. Janina Ramirez is a popular art and cultural historian, and a member of staff at the University; studying English at St. Anne’s, Janina went on to study for an MA and PhD. She has presented a number of successful documentaries for the BBC and written numerous books, including a three-part ‘Viking Mystery’ series for […]
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Image description: Rosie Sourbut canvassing in the constituency Studying English in the year above me at Somerville College, I have been good friends with Rosie Sourbut since first year — and have followed her as she ardently campaigns for the issues which she is most passionate about. At only twenty-one years old, Rosie recently became […]
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Image description: Róisín McCallion Róisín McCallion is the VP Welfare and Equal Opportunities at the Oxford Student Union where she works following the completion of her undergraduate degree in French and German at Merton. Róisín’s name has been hauled through national newspapers recently due to her involvement in passing the motion to promote BSL applause […]
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After graduating from Oxford University in 2016 with a degree in PPE , Alexandra Wilson pursued a career at the Bar. Wilson is now a criminal and family law barrister at 5 St Andrew’s Hill and is a member of the Criminal Bar Association Social Mobility Committee. She has recently been given a portrait in University […]
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Labour Assembly Member Mark Drakeford is known for his unassuming style of leadership. I was, I confess, taken aback slightly by Drakeford’s candour: particularly gutsy was his open indifference towards Oxbridge (especially as the Welsh Government has put improving access firmly on the agenda, through programmes like the Seren Network). My overall impression, however, was […]
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Who would come up in your mind when you think about rock bands? Queen, Rolling Stones, The Beatles, Bring Me the Horizon, Vampire Weekend… All those big names from Europe and America that have thrilled generations and have dominated the global rock music industry, in which we can hardly find any Asian faces. Can you […]
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So, you were at the Brits last night – how were they? You took along a listener, can you tell us more about how that came about? Yeah, so we went with Katie. We do a thing called Bleak Mornings at around half past six to get the show going; we have people who share […]
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Like all the coolest students at Oxford University (myself sheepishly included), Gaby Elise-Monaghan studies Classics. What is even cooler is how, during the three and a half years she has spent here, she has become a regular feature on the city’s music scene, first as a member of two piece-band Coldredlight, then as front-person for […]
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‘Every bit of this is of enormous nostalgia for me’ Ivo Graham says. ‘At Oxford I read the OxStu, and I applied with my friend and roommate Matt to be music editors…we didn’t get it and we carried that bitterness with us.’ I assure him that since the OxStu let me loose on the music […]
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How long have you been working on writing this play and how did it come about in the initial stages? I actually started writing Bandages in about 2016, when I was 17. My drama teacher had signed us up for the National Theatre New Views competition and a group of us would meet up occasionally […]
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“What was wonderful about going through some dark times,” confesses Katie Monks, lead singer and guitarist of rock band Dilly Dally, “was the fact that I had to turn inward”. Dilly Dally’s latest album, Heaven, might be read as a rallying, fiery expression of self-love and inclusivity. The record functioned as the band’s auditory toolkit […]
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Danny Parrott and Richard Lloyd are two Oxford graduates who first met on their Chinese Studies course at the university. In 2011, they established a social enterprise called Gotoco with their Chinese partner, Lisha Tang, which allows university students from various parts of the world to travel to travel to China on summer teaching and […]
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It’s a huge personal investment being both writer and director of a play. Do you feel this production to be very much your own or have there been other influences and voices? To be honest, if there were people who actually wanted to direct my writing I’d probably give it to them. If I had […]
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Alice Williams talks Omelette Productions about their upcoming performance of Pirandello’s Henry IV ‘I think it will be really memorable’ says Kathryn Cussons (Henry) ‘it’s the kind of play you’ll see and won’t forget, and that’s quite exciting. There are a lot of shows that you can go to that are enjoyable for that evening […]
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Fantastic Cities is the current exhibition at Modern Art Oxford, on until the 3rd of March. The exhibition is a glimpse into the work of artist and filmmaker Penny Woolcock. Through the mediums of film and abstract sculpture, her aim is to get us to empathise with the way different people experience different cities, including […]
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Lacuna Common, alongside contemporaries Self Help and the Easter Island Statues, find themselves at the vanguard of a flourishing Oxford scene that has been rather busy of late producing punchy, lyrical and upbeat guitar music. Having recently received attention on the back of their new single ‘Lack of Knowledge’ – a gritty 3-minute slice of […]
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Image Credit: Hannah Kentridge Hannah Kentridge is a 21-year-old, 4th year undergraduate at Pembroke College, Oxford, studying Oriental Studies and specialising in Japanese. She has been making YouTube videos since she was thirteen and has over 60,000 subscribers. Many of her videos are either in Japanese or include Japanese subtitles. Some of her most popular […]
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