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Where’s The Outrage? Winner of French Book Prize Admits to Using AI.
The winner of the Prix Goncourt, one of the most prestigious and best known literary prizes in France, announced on November 4 that he used AI in his novel, L’Inconnue de quai de Javel (The Unknown Woman of the Quai de Javel). This comes after months of media attention directed towards another author, Thélyson Orélien,…
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Remembering: Physical Confrontations with Nazism
The first time I noticed a Stolperstein in the small town of Müllheim in Germany, where I am currently working on my year abroad, it was pouring down with rain.…
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They Truly Do Just Let Anyone In: Inviting Nathan Cofnas to Oxford is Dangerous, Actually.
“It doesn’t seem to me that Oxford’s tradition has ever been free speech. It’s an exclusionary project centuries in the making. Try as it might to atone for its racist…
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A Confusingly Brilliant Narcissistic Satire: ‘Bait’ in Review
The series follows Riz Ahmed as Shah Latif, a struggling British-Pakistani actor who lands an audition to play James Bond. However, he chokes in his first audition, and his journey…
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Women, Power, and a Broken System of Justice: An Interview with Joshua Robey
Tully Ellis interviews Joshua Robey, Director of ‘The Welkin’, coming to the Keble O’Reilly from Wednesday to Saturday Week 5, to discuss the themes of the play, the power of…
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Oxford Colleges Back Independent Retail
A consortium of four colleges at the University of Oxford have launched an initiative supporting independent retail in the city centre through the formation of the “Oxford Market Quarter”. Camboxer,…
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Oxford Spinout Revolutionising Fluorochemical Manufacturing Raises $30 million
FluoRok, a University of Oxford spinout, has recently raised $30 million (£22.3 million) in an oversubscribed Series A funding round. The company, which hopes to tackle a key bottleneck in…
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Oxford
Equinox Sets Out Ambitious New Plan To Boost Oxford’s Innovation Sector
Equinox has recently revealed an ambitious new plan to boost the innovation sector in Oxford. Revealed on the 19th October in the House of Commons, their goals include the creation of 20 ‘unicorns’ (companies worth $1bn or more), the launch of two new business angel syndicates (a group of investors who unite to invest in…
New Mystery Novel Set In Oxford Explores Colleges And Lecture Halls
Author Paul Armstrong has recently published his debut novel The Blackthorn Pact, a crime thriller set in Oxford. The novel explores Oxford colleges and lecture halls, alongside Jericho and the Oxfordshire countryside.
University of Oxford Quantum Spinout QuantrolOx Secures €12 million In Funding
University of Oxford quantum spinout, QuantrolOx, has recently secured €12 million (£10 million) from a major early-stage investor during a Series A funding round. The London-based investors, IW Capital, are known for investing in pure-tech start-ups, such as new at-home fitness platform MAGIC AI and healthtech company Lucida Medical. Department for Science, Innovation & Technology,…
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Looking for the Man in the Machine: Why We Can’t Get Enough of Generative AI
Madeleine Ling explores why the anthropomorphic qualities of AI chatbots have made them so popular, as users search for ‘the man in the machine’. This image is in the Public Domain.
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Joint Honours Degrees: Double the Work or Double the Indecision?
Joint honours students deserve more respect. Why, you might ask, when they are clearly just dithering between two subjects? As one particularly blunt tutor put it, I must only care about history to a limited extent compared to my single honours compatriots. When even tutors view joint honours students as less committed to their cause,…
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We should have left ‘whimsy’ in 2025
Whimsical. Around a year ago, this word (and all its variations) sprouted roots on the internet. It somehow blossomed amidst the backdrop of heightened global seriousness, with people using it to share creative projects and spontaneous endeavours. It was not long before brands latched on, and the word started popping up in adverts, in TikTok…
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Outside OX1: Week 4
Steeling yourself for fifth week blues, or that slap-in-the-face-with-a-cold-fish-feeling of another 2000 word essay due in two hours time? Procrastinating now can’t hurt you anymore that it already has done – so why not take a break and have a flick through some events from around the world this week. Coming up we…
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Who is Fair Trade Leaving Behind?
Image credit : Ei’eke. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. Combined, Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire supply almost 60% of the world’s cocoa. The bean is Côte d’Ivoire’s primary export and, by volume, makes up about half of the country’s agricultural exports. One might therefore think that…
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Outside OX1 : Week 3
This week is politics, politics, politics.Nancy Gittus explores the stunning rise of the Student List movement in Serbia. Guillaume Antignac reports on the decline of Netanyahu’s party in Israel and Angelica Ratcliffe takes a look at the turbulent elections in Brazil.
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COLUMNS
Being and Wine: A Trip to Bordeaux
“The deep scarlet is reminiscent of David Lynch’s red curtains, and will no doubt inspire my next nail varnish shade.” A student-budget red Bordeaux from the Oxford Wine Company reviewed, plus a short history of claret and one girls’ night. Words by Orla Case. Art by unknown medieval artist. Image via Wikimedia Commons, taken by…
Developments of a Prefrontal Cortex: Do You Read Me?
“I’m only 21, so I’ve got another four years’ worth of bad decisions before I have to lock in… right?” Catriona Robertson explores growing up, and why we describe the people in our lives as if we were reading them. Image taken by Sophie Adams
Second Draft: Um Hello Again
“I think I’ll start this column by telling you about my conundrum. You see, I began Second Draft last year, when I was brand new to Oxford, kept getting things wrong, and liked the idea that I could go back in time, do things again, and get them right. Hence the title. But now I’m…
CULTURES
And Red All Over at the Burton Taylor Studio: Reviewed
In this article, Nancy Pierre reviews ‘And Red All Over’ at the Burton Taylor Studio. Photograph taken by Nancy Pierre, used with permission.
The Children’s Hour at The Michael Piltch Theatre: Reviewed
In this article, Bee Morton-Wright reviews ‘The Children’s Hour’ at the Michael Piltch Theatre. Photograph taken by Bee Morton-Wright, used with permission.
Iphigenia at Aulis at the Oxford Playhouse: Reviewed
In this article, Yeliz Evgen reviews ‘Iphigenia at Aulis’ at the Oxford Playhouse. Photography taken by Yeliz Evgen, used with permission.
LIfestyle
The Lecture Lifestyle
‘When you walk into the lecture theatre, you’re struck by the first dilemma: where to sit. You only have a couple of moments to loiter in the doorway and scan…
The Joy of Commuting
Like many second-years from Turl Street, I don’t think I realised how lucky I was to live in the city centre as a fresher. I was spoilt last year with…
Reap the Benefits of Freshers’ Week (And Sports) with Plush
Freshers’ Week has come and gone, and with it, the introduction of hundreds, if not thousands, of new students to Oxford’s diverse nightlife scene. As a 2nd Year watching both…
Identity
My Mind Through Time: Who I’d be throughout History
Maybe it is the History student in me, but I feel as though I’ve had more than the usual number of conversations about who I’d be if I travelled back…
Fourth-wave Feminism is More Essential Than Ever
Visceral rage and disgust are the only words that describe how I feel when I read about the recent Jane Doe V. Cornell University case, and when I see the…
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