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Entertainment·19th January 2013Fiction. From the Diary of Richard Sharp, Love-Struck Etonian 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... Read More
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Entertainment·18th January 2016The top 5 science fiction stories of 2015 William Shaw It is an important and oft-lamented fact that students never have time for pleasure reading. Between deadlines, social lives and... Read More
Entertainment·4th June 2014Anthology Review: The Obsidian Poplar and Other Stories Sid Venkataramakrishnan The Obsidian Poplar and Other Stories, an anthology of ten works, half of which are written by Oxford students and... Read More
Entertainment·16th February 2013Fiction. Snowflakes Marie Campbell Reaching one arm from the bathroom window, Mary watches snowflakes lighting on the fine, raised hairs of her skin: they... Read More
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Entertainment·10th January 2013Fiction. The Other Woman Kit Haggard There is another woman living in my apartment. She wears my clothes to work, she eats my food. I find... Read More