Friday, May 23, 2025

Culture

Food, fashion, and escapism in a cost of living crisis

Food costs have been front and centre in newsreels as of recent months, whether through Trump-inspired ‘eggflation’ or farmers’ protests against Labour’s inheritance tax policies. It’s unsurprising, therefore, that...
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Oxford Fashion Gala’s ‘Metamorphosis’ reflects the beauty of change

The Oxford Fashion Gala was back and bigger than ever, with a larger venue,...
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Tailoring expectations: Couture culture shocks

Academia has a historic relationship with fashion, both officially and unofficially. The former manifests...
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No-buy Trinity: A guide to buying less and creating more

For Oxford students, the start of Trinity marks not just the start of the...
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Blind date: Where are they now?

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Dine Hard: Old Parsonage

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Project Bike Theft

The only thing easier than reading Geography at Oxford is stealing a bike.

A Hull of a good band

Matt Perkins talks 'oop North' with Dave Hemmingway of The Beautiful South

From Russia with LOL

Alex du Sautoy gets entangled in the family affair of Merton’s Garden Play... Chekhov style.

Dirty sexy Shakespeare

Oliver Moody watches the slickest of rom-coms and the sickest of revenge tragedies

In praise of the older woman

Madeline Wright finds the erect nipples and obsessive self interest of this 'classic' uninspiring

Does work make you happy?

The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work' is an intriguing but incomplete exhibition, says Violet Hudson

Interview: Edwina Currie

Edwina Currie talks threesomes, feminism and Major's intellectual shortcomings with Theo Merz

Interview: Givenchy

Agnes Meath Baker discovers it is better to Give-nchy than to recieve

Hometown: Norwich, Norfolk

In Norwich, no one can hear you scream.

Let’s all steal a bike

Chris Graham finds out the only thing in Oxford easier than reading geography is stealing a bicycle.

Top five: Ways to celebrate finals

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Finally! When exams finish…

Did it all kick off at the English trashings? We find out to a generic rock soundtrack.
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