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Oxford Labour defies national trends at city council elections

The Labour Party defied national trends in the Oxford local elections yesterday, with their seat count in the City Council dropping slightly from 21 to 20, against a national backdrop of major losses for the party.
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Both rags and riches: Social media is heightening Oxford’s class disparities

Amalia Larsson Negi -
According to the University of Oxford’s admissions data, in 2024, 14.5% of students admitted were from the most socio-economically deprived areas in the UK....

I was wrong. Oxford needs a ‘reading’ week.

In passing, friends often bemoan how their partners at other universities get a week off, mid-term, to, in essence, prat around. The deified ‘reading...
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The Schwarzman Centre is a commercial venture, not a place of learning

Schwarzman's donation was meant to revitalise study of the humanities. But with cramped libraries and cramped faculties, it's closer to a death knell.
Morien Robertson -

CalSoc misses the ‘Reel’ point

During my first week in Oxford, I stumbled upon a Scottish third year in the college bar. This was startling; I’d only come across...
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We need to talk about Oxford’s gossip problem 

Freya Robson -
Gossiping is an innately human pastime, existing long before our generation, and a beloved form of social interaction that teeters on the boundary between...

Features

The Oxford donors in the Epstein files

Beatrix Arnold and Stanley Smith -
The appearance in the 'Epstein files' of the names of a number of Oxford University's most prominent donors raises questions about the University's sources of funding.

‘The only woman in Hall’: Gender and college governance

Ruby Barenberg and Hattie Simpson -
When Baroness Alexandra Freeman became Principal of Hertford College last month, she did not initially realise she was the first woman to hold the role.

The independent cinema battling Oriel College to stay open

Beatrix Arnold and Stanley Smith -
With the threat of an unrenewed lease from Oriel College, the Ultimate Picture Palace is appealing to the community at large for support.

‘It happens here and it’s our responsibility to stop it’: Oxford’s anti-sexual violence campaign

Beatrix Arnold -
For the co-presidents of It Happens Here, Aparna and Maddie, literacy about consent and sexual violence is needed now more than ever.

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Culture

Books

G for Georgian? LGBTQ+ representation in historical fiction

Elizabeth Gammaidoni -
It is undeniable that LGBTQ+ representation in the media has become more positive in recent years.
Books

‘Technologies of capture’: Ben Lerner’s ‘Transcription’ Reviewed

CW: Disordered eating. As an Oxford student, I often think it would be nice to have fewer screens in my life. No more phone, no more tablet – I’d rid...
Ben O'Brien -
Books

Oxford, and the ongoing appeal of the literary canon

I remember my tutor asking us if we thought our literature options were broad enough at the end of an Italian tutorial last term.
Jessie Jukes -
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Peacocks

Their grounds abut a large colonial on Staten Island: Five or six of them Swaggering along verdant lawns, Brick walkways, man-made ponds – Such bravado. What pretty boys! Pets of somebody, clearly. They preen each...
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Lifestyle

‘If he wanted to he would’: The problem with TikTok dating advice

Jessie Jukes -
This kind of advice doesn’t just set unrealistic expectations, but actively discourages real communication. Instead of having a conversation with our partners, we are encouraged to analyse, dissect, interpret, and ultimately to assume the worst.

Sport

Oxford Competition Dance dazzles in first place

Niamh Tooher -
"Going into Loughborough, OUCD’s Varsity loss on 21st February still stung fresh."

DnB On The Bike travelling rave returns to Oxford

Hattie Simpson -
Hundreds gathered on Broad Street...

Oxford’s women win first Boat Race in almost a decade

Arun Lewis -
The Boat Race’s recent history...

‘We’re all writing for screenshots these days’: In conversation with Jonathan Liew

Natalie Tan -
When the call connects, Jonathan Liew spends the first five minutes asking me instead about whether you can get through an Oxford tutorial having not read the book your essay is about and what the news diet for students my age looks like.

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