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Arts figures call on PM to extend Right to Roam in English countryside By Max Spokes Over a hundred authors, musicians and actors have written to the Prime Minister urging him to extend the right to roam in
Mushroom for improvement By Ellie Wellbourn How often do we truly notice what lies beneath our feet? Whilst walking through my local woods, I spotted a cluster of honey
UN launches 2020 campaign to raise awareness of ‘shadow pandemic’ of gender-based violence By Nicole Souter CW: gender-based violence 25 November marked the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and the start
Oxfordshire to enter Tier 2 'High Alert' COVID restrictions when national lockdown ends By Oliver Shaw The whole of Oxfordshire will be placed under Tier 2 coronavirus restrictions after the end of the national lockdown next
The Kosovo Specialist Chambers – A New Hope for International Criminal Justice? By Henry Fahrenkamp This month saw Kosovo president Hashim Thaçi resigning from office following the confirmation of his indictment before a
UN launches 2020 campaign to raise awareness of ‘shadow pandemic’ of gender-based violence By Nicole Souter CW: gender-based violence 25 November marked the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and the start
As Hong Kong’s legislators resign en masse, is there any hope left for the city’s democracy? By Athena Kam When the Chinese parliament passed a measure on 11 November 2020 that banned anyone ‘unpatriotic’ from sitting in Hong
"I don’t want to live in Gilead": protests condemn removal of abortion access in Poland By Paulina Maziarska Pictures of thousands of protestors in Poland have flooded the internet following a decision by the country’s Constitutional
Mushroom for improvement By Ellie Wellbourn How often do we truly notice what lies beneath our feet? Whilst walking through my local woods, I spotted a cluster of honey
This Christmas, let's change the language we use about food and exercise By Ellie Redpath “I’ve got to start exercising properly or I’m going to gain so much weight over lockdown.” “I had a few too many
Hibernation Agitation: How to stay engaged over the Winter Lockdown By Katharine Spurrier Sunshine, Rosé, zoom quizzes; the fundamental things that got many through the lockdown of seven months ago. Our panic-induced
Stuck in limbo - a different kind of class By Theo Hall Many Oxford students, especially freshers, hear the phrase, “what school did you go to?” during their first few weeks.
Meet Thred, the Gen-Z Media Company By Elliot Sturge Few would disagree that the media industry has changed drastically in the last few years, with the traditional giants of print
The ‘Villains’ Among Us: Hollywood’s problematic depiction of the ‘Bad Guy’ By Hetta Johnson If I cast my mind back, and it does not have to stretch very far, I can almost instantaneously pick up a distinct pattern
Sundry Style with Benedict Browne: "You can learn something from everybody" By Osian Williams Illustration by Daisy Leeson Benedict Browne is a writer, stylist and consultant. He was Style Editor at The Rake and is currently
Chase Koch on OxPath, OxMatch and being a student entrepreneur By Elliot Sturge These are strange and disconcerting times. Many of us are experiencing upheaval in our home, education or work lives. Not
Learning from loss: How can the arts adapt and overcome By Ana Pagu For me, it started with a cancelled seminar in my department. Back in March, I didn’t think much of that one talk getting
Music and Wellbeing: Go-to Tunes for Different Moods By Jennifer Goodier You know that part in every coming-of-age film when the troubled teenager storms to their bedroom, slams the door behind them
Behind the Scenes with the Cast and Crew of ‘And the walls spoke’ By Reya Muller This production began with a very simple premise: to use words of the past in order to bring us together in the present. As
'Atlantis' Review By Josh Russell What an album. 12 tracks, each of which will have you singing and headbanging all day long. My only challenge whilst listening
Nice To Meet You, I'm A Slut!: Kinks, Communication and Consent By Alice Garnett Kinks – whether it’s hair pulling and light choking or all-out BDSM – are not spoken about enough. A kink
Travel Playlists: No se va, No se olvida By Yanelle Cruz Bonilla The first travel playlist I ever made was when I visited Colombia in late 2010. As the plane took off, Tabaco y Chanel by
A Galician Gallivant for St James By George Hancock El Camino de Santiago – or The Way of St James – has been a mainstay of European pilgrimage since the Late Middle Ages.
The Quest for the Best Indian Takeaway: 4500 Miles from India By Riana Modi There was once was a Northerner named Charlie, and an Indian lass called Riana, and they had a great void in their hearts
Nice To Meet You, I'm A Slut!: Kinks, Communication and Consent By Alice Garnett Kinks – whether it’s hair pulling and light choking or all-out BDSM – are not spoken about enough. A kink
Nice To Meet You, I'm A Slut!: Ask Me Anything! By Alice Garnett TW: Eating disorders Today is the day I deliver the ‘killer advice’ promised in my carefully curated google docs
Nice To Meet You: I'm A Slut!: A Conversation on Bisexuality With Non-Bisexual People By Alice Garnett Yes, I am bisexual. No, that doesn’t mean I want to have a threesome with you and your crusty boyfriend – nor
Money Matters: Think Local! By Sarina Chandaria Image Source: Sarina Chandaria Now I’ll admit, I’m just as wedded to the mass consumption, chain store based economy as
