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At the start of term, I had the pleasure of interviewing Ibrahim Mohammed, better known as Ibz Mo, for our ‘Student Spotlight’ series. Educational Influencer, YouTuber, Cambridge graduate, lawyer in the making, and now Oxford postgrad, Ibz’s resume is undeniably impressive. However, what really marks him out is his inspiring story and character. Anyone who […]
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Image Description: An old MP3 player My Minecraft account must have been created on April something, 2012. I remember getting together enough money to give a friendly classmate, one of the lucky few to have access to a credit card at that age, to help me purchase the game. Once in a while I still […]
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Image description: Family watching TV together in the 1950s Are you still watching? Or are you catatonic, quilt-smothered and crisp-covered, one foot dangling over the end of the bed in refuge from the furnace-like heat of your duvet, and one eye bleakly registering the lockdown breadmaking psychodrama on your mum’s cat’s Instagram? This is the […]
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Martha Storey questions the depiction of Oxford University by its student youtubers… Oxford has long since been in the public eye when it comes to universities, but in recent years the mythology surrounding out university has found a new manifestation– the phenomenon of the Oxford youtuber. Creating mainly academic based content, a teenage audience are […]
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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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Jen Campbell is a bestselling author and award-winning poet. Her most recent books include ‘The Beginning of the World in the Middle of the Night’, ‘The Girl Aquarium’ and a series of children’s picture books. I was lucky enough to talk to Jen about poetry, the importance of children’s voices, and the magic of online […]
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Image Description: YouTube In August 2019, the Indian rapper Badshah was widely accused of using a network of servers for the promotion of his latest music video ‘Paagal’. One day after release, this video had reached as many as 75 million views on YouTube, a record. The rapper maintains that he merely employed Google advertising […]
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Tell me about your background and your YouTube channel: I’m from Wolverhampton and come from a pretty average background but I recognise that I was very lucky to get into the selective state grammar school in my area which gave me lots of good opportunities that I wouldn’t have otherwise been able to enjoy. My […]
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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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The start of 2018 was greeted by a scandal that quickly received international condemnation. Logan Paul, a former vine star turned YouTuber, had uploaded a video as part of his Japan tour exploring the infamous Aokigahara ‘suicide’ forest, in which he stumbles upon a recently deceased individual. Filming at close proximity to the corpse, he […]
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Welcome to this issue’s instalment in ‘Indie Dive’, a series that delves into the recesses of the independent film world and pulls out a gem. Each Indie Dive column spotlights a lesser known indie film, hopefully convincing you to add it to your film queue. The final instalment of Indie Dive, however, will differ from […]
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Being a screen lover is a passion that infiltrates all facets of life. In the interest of feeding your screen fix on any and all platforms, here is a list of YouTube channels to follow. 1. The Hollywood Reporter The Hollywood Reporter YouTube channel can be a treasure trove of film and TV related content. […]
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‘I can’t think of any reason why someone would watch a vlog’, my dad asserted dismissively as I attempted to explain the premise of this article, ‘I just don’t get it’. Vlogging, it seems, is very much the product of a generation which has grown up accustomed to the boundless digital space of the internet. […]
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Hydraulic Press Channel By Dan Mahoney Listen, we’re all pretty much in agreement that the world’s fairly awful by this point, yeah? 2016’s been a standout year for depressing news with the potential to cap it all off with a man with subpar hair game leading the free world, so what we all need is […]
Continue ReadingKate Bradley When I was about thirteen, I was madly into the Kaiser Chiefs. Writing that makes me feel like I’m introducing myself at an Arseholes Anonymous meeting, especially now the Chiefs’ lead singer Ricky Wilson is one of the panellists on The Voice. All the same, I loved them once, and as we look […]
Continue ReadingPride and Prejudice is a 19th century classic. It conjures images of young ladies in unflatteringly high-waisted full-length dresses, drawn out conversations through long dances, and the handsome face of a certain Mr Darcy. Committed fans can debate for hours over the superiority of either the BBC or the Keira Knightley adaptation but in either […]
Continue ReadingHave you ever watched a film and seriously contemplated suicide? Have you ever sat and wept for Casablanca, for the golden days of cinema? Have you ever wished you could write your own exquisitely banterous dialogue? Then look no further than RiffTrax.com, the panacea to your film-related grievances. They don’t make movies. They make them […]
Continue ReadingFrankie Goodway deplores online comment boxes and the inane and semi-literate responses they attract.
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