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Image Description: A cartoon image of roasted meat on a red and orange background with the words: “Sunday Roast: Featuring the Stories that didn’t quite leave the newsroom” From snowfalls to carols to Christmas trees, 7th Week has felt Oxmassy in all the right ways. But the festive spirit does not deaden the razor-sharp reporting […]
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Image description: Sugar biscuits in a variety of festive shapes covered in coloured icing. Looking for an (O)xmas treat to chase away the cold nights? Look no further! Christmas sugar biscuits are the perfect sweet treat for a wholesome movie night – they’re quick and easy to make, and super fun to decorate! I made these […]
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Image Description: A cocktail surrounded by mini christmas trees December is finally here and, with it, the excuse to drink copious amounts of mulled wine on a cold winter’s night. But what to do when you’ve polished off your fifth cup of the day and you think maybe, just maybe, it’s time to try something different? […]
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Image Description: Album art for The Christmas Present: Williams in top hat and tails in front of a Christmassy shop window. Robbie Williams’ new Christmas album, The Christmas Present is, frankly, nothing less than awful. In case you’re reading this and thinking that it can’t be that bad, one example is enough. In the song, […]
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Image description: Christmas market in Oxford at night – market stalls on Broad Street surrounded by crowds of people and Christmas lights. For me, Michaelmas term has always been a bit of a difficult term to get into. While it marks the start of an exciting new academic year with new and returning students joining […]
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Oxmas is one of those traditions that Oxford is so proud of. Every year, to celebrate the fact that colleges need to maximise their conference incomes over the holidays and so can’t carry on teaching us, we have our own little Christmas a month before anyone else. Aren’t we lucky? Two Christmases! Institutionalised good cheer […]
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Christmas is here, or at least Oxmas is, and as our term (thankfully to be honest) begins to draw to a close, it’s time to start looking forward to the exciting new films and shows hitting our screens – while not forgetting of course those seasonal classics. So, as I thank you for reading my […]
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“We live in a beautiful world”. Thus sang Chris Martin on “Don’t Panic”, the opening song of their debut album. But we don’t. We live in a world where, to quote Super Hans from Peep Show, “People like Coldplay and voted for the Nazis, you can’t trust people Jez”. This year has seemed like a […]
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One of the most disorientating things about short Oxford terms is how early many of us arrive home for Christmas. After secret Santas, final tutes, Christmas dinner and the frantic, post-bop rush to pack and vacate college rooms; we collapse at home, exhausted but more or less in the Christmas spirit. That is when it […]
Continue Reading“You boy, what day is this?” cries a finestral voice. If the urge to retort: “Why it’s Christmas Day, sir!” is insuppressible and instantaneous, you may just be the sort who takes the festive season seriously enough to warrant the creation of a Christmas feast without equal. Luckily for you, the Gourmand is just as […]
Continue ReadingYou’ve squandered the majority of your student loan on those staples of the Oxford diet: caffeine tablets, comfort food and Everyday Value Vodka. You’re lagging so far behind on work that life outside the library is but a distant memory. Maybe you’re not yet be feeling the festive cheer? With that in mind, here are […]
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