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Not all made equal: Why your college really matters
Students need a more ambitious package of measures that would lead the central university to force colleges to help each other out where necessary. Until then, as the gap between endowments grows, the ‘Oxbridge experience’ will mean increasingly different things for different students. The college system should be a strength of Oxbridge, not its weakness.
Why the SU failed (and how we’ll fix it)
"Now, just over a year after my election, the SU has announced its Transformation Plan, which has two simple aims: to resolve the systemic issues and unleash the SU’s potential."
Oppenheimer premieres in Japan: What took so long?
Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer had its very first screenings in Japanese cinemas on the 29th...
Navalny: Man, Symbol, Martyr
"The Kremlin claims Navalny suffered sudden death syndrome, but his body is still being held, making it impossible to investigate independently."
Oxford: A tale of two cities
"There are 2 worlds at knuckleheads, grappling over Oxford’s identity."
Sleepy Joe or Demagogue Donald: America’s choice
The world cannot afford a second term of Donald Trump.
Celebrity, rhetoric, and the Oxford Union
I’d be surprised if Dominic Cummings was the star appearance from the Oxford Union you were expecting this term. Because, from where I’m standing,...
The forgotten pandemic?
"The emergence of anti-vaccine extremism demonstrated that the ghost of dogmatic individualism lived on"
Get ready for the most important year of your life, yet
The days we are living through will be the subject of history books, but the story is yet to be written. 2024 will be a crucial year for the struggles of our time – for the climate, for our rights, for our lives, and for the world as we know it.
Why don’t we talk about Oxford’s land?
Property management isn’t the most scintillating topic for Oxford students to concern themselves with. But in many ways it is the basis of our...
The multiple histories of flight BA149
‘The Gulf War did not take place’, declared the French philosopher Jean Baudrillard.
#oxfess29033: Who runs Oxfess?!
Big Oxfess has total control over the platform; they shape the content of our thoughts with their subliminal propaganda.
A crash course in British politics: How elections work (Week 1)
The winning party’s leader – today, realistically, either Rishi Sunak (Conservative) or Keir Starmer (Labour) – will become the Prime Minister.
Oh, do you know them on a first name basis?
Why we do, but shouldn’t, call politicians by their first names.
References to politicians by their first names always occurred in conversations at the pub...
How generous are you (really)?
The amount spent per head in the UK on Christmas gifts was around £600 this year, and fluctuates between £450 and £700 each year, whilst in the...
Wilders’ far-right runs riot: a sign of European divide or a chance to reunite?
European unity – and with it solidarity with Ukraine – is running out of supporters.
A crash course in British politics: An introduction (Week 0)
If you are reading this you most likely live in the United Kingdom. You might also, like me, be new here. As a first-year...
What Trump tells us about modern American evangelicalism
The infamous image of Donald Trump standing, with a Bible, in front of St John’s Episcopal Church in Washington DC in June 2020, was...
The NYT, AI, and how the internet could change in 2024
As The New York Times kicks off the year with a landmark copyright lawsuit, 2024 could very much be the year that the internet landscape and journalism change forever.
