“There’s more to life than academic work: I only wish I’d realised sooner”
Róisín McCallion discusses her experiences with mental health and the pressure to succeed at Oxford
“You know it’s the centenary of the Russian Revolution, right?”
James Tibbles sees a disconnect between Russian and British approaches to the Revolution’s centenary
My town and my gown: fruit-picking in the south of France
Emma Leech considers how her Oxford experiences prepared her for a month on a French farm
Letter from abroad: Salamanca
Claire Leibovich discusses trying to shake off Oxford pressures while in Spain
Letter from Abroad: Yaroslavl
Pip Cull is greatly envious of Russia’s readiness to embrace childhood fantasy
Letter from Abroad: Paris
Eleanor Whitchurch speaks of Parisian courtesy in an unsettled atmosphere
Letter from abroad: Belgium
Emily Dillistone considers linguistic anomalies in Francophone Belgium
Letter from abroad: Vienna
Rebecca Morton explores how Vienna has taken her outside the ‘Oxford Bubble’
Visiting from Baltimore: a tale of two systems
David Hills explains his mixed responses to spending a year as a visiting student in Oxford
