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Image Description: May Morning celebrated by revellers costumed in leaves and greenery Oxford’s May Morning is a tradition which has contributed to the unique mythology and mysticism surrounding Oxford. The ancient festival of spring has been celebrated on 1st May for at least 1000 years—and crowds have gathered beneath Magdalen’s Great Tower for at least […]
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Alongside the protests of broken hearts, the telephone numbers of crushes never rung, and the usual scribblings about rival gangs or local football teams, etched into the very centre of this wall, was something extraordinary. Driving through my hometown of Grimsby, two words could not be missed to those passing by. ‘No Deal Brexit’. The […]
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Over the vacation, I took advantage of my free evenings and BBC license to catch up on David Attenborough’s Blue Planet II. Stories of the sea’s rich wildlife were intertwined with stark ecological warnings, and one night, as I watched a baby puffling’s parents clack beaks and kiss, I felt a sudden well of rage […]
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A year ago, the Prime Minister was invincible. She was faced on the left by an ageing, seemingly out of touch, old socialist who was under constant assault from his own party on every possible issue. On the right was a slightly mad bloke from Liverpool who lied about his doctorate, whether he’d been at […]
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This May Bank Holiday weekend (28th and 29th May), Common People – a new festival organised by Rob da Bank and the team behind Bestival – comes to South Park, Oxford for the first time. Speaking at the festival’s launch on 27th January at the Oxford Town Hall, the organisers seemed delighted to be expanding […]
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