Shuichi Chiba
Hemingway published ‘The Old Man and the Sea’ in 1952, and it was to be his last major work. It...
Natasha Burton
What in particular draws you to the short story form as opposed to the novel? Well, every writer is different,...
Felix White-Thompson
Varlam Shalamov (1907-1982) is probably the best-known Gulag writer after Solzhenitsyn, spending twelve years in labour camps. He wrote lots...
Georgia Watson
I’ve been to the river in a village on the outskirts of town only three times in my long life....
Georgina Edwards
   A country house in winter is something which brings to mind a rather romantic picture. But the glittering frosts...
Dominic Burbidge
“Welcome kids! I’m going to be your guide as we go through the museum today, telling you everything you need...
Daniel Diaz de la Rocha
 December 22, 2012: Fuck physics, fuck Cambridge, fuck everything. If you could’ve only seen her, Stevie! Glowing there among...
The Nightingale and the Rose is reminiscent of a fairy tale, but it is far from a bedtime story for...
Alexandra Illingworth
It’s winter when he goes back to Oxford – perhaps it’s been winter since he left – and they meet...
William Shaw
It is an important and oft-lamented fact that students never have time for pleasure reading. Between deadlines, social lives and...
Sid Venkataramakrishnan
The Obsidian Poplar and Other Stories, an anthology of ten works, half of which are written by Oxford students and...
Marie Campbell
Reaching one arm from the bathroom window, Mary watches snowflakes lighting on the fine, raised hairs of her skin: they...
Arts & Lit Editor
“You must stay drunk on writing so that reality cannot destroy you.” Ray Bradbury As the weather turns colder, it gets...
Kit Haggard
There is another woman living in my apartment. She wears my clothes to work, she eats my food. I find...
