Serial co-founders and the two Oxford undergraduates behind Circle Labs Ltd, Julia Willemyns and Jack Solomon, have launched a new app: Sync for Spotify.
Author: Phoebe Hennell
Christ Church JCR exec release statement on handling of hustings controversy
The Christ Church JCR executive committee released a statement by email to Christ Church students this evening signed by the JCR President Jarnail Atwal, Vice-President Arun Smith, and Secretary Efe Kati. The statement addresses last Sunday’s hustings where a joke was made by a candidate for “cake rep” comparing the murder of George Floyd to Read More…
Christ Church censors release statement on JCR hustings
Christ Church has released a statement regarding the JCR hustings last Sunday night in this email sent to college students.
Oxford student launches wholesale price PPE initiative
Frederik Filz von Reiterdan, a physics postgraduate at Oxford, has co-founded a 0% margin PPE initiative called Mask Bros. The student-led start-up is selling medical masks and respirators to protect the public from Covid-19.
Quarantine Dates: Zoom Edition
“Zoom dates aren’t perfect, although they inarguably do have a 100% contraception rate. In fact, once quarantine is over, I might ditch face-to-face dates altogether.”
The Sheldonian is right to plan a gender-neutral toilet, but it’s doing it wrong
On the face of it, it sounds like a fantastic step forward in battling structural transphobia. Except for one small overlooked detail: they plan to convert one of the women’s facilities, not the men’s. And why is this a problem? I’ll explain.
Recruiting more illustrators — join us!
The Blue is expanding its team of illustrators for TT20. Grab your pencils/watercolours/graphics pens, because we have mountains of projects incoming.
Christ Church art thief “could have used a boat” to escape
Police have suspicions that the Christ Church art thief may have escaped by boat through the meadows and down the river following the late-night heist. The burglar stole three high-value paintings from Christ Church Picture Gallery on Saturday night. Thames Valley Police is re-appealing for information, pursuing a line of enquiry “that the offenders could Read More…
Christ Church hires lawyer to investigate disappearing wine
Between £1,000 and £2,000 worth of burgundy and Pouilly-Fuissé wine has mysteriously gone missing from the extensive collection in Christ Church’s wine cellar, The Times reported today. The college has launched an investigation led by a lawyer after noticing a discrepancy in stocks in its internal records. Wine is available to be paid for by Read More…
Balliol accommodation to become coronavirus testing and isolation centre
A Balliol College student accommodation block is to be transformed into a coronavirus (COVID-19) testing and isolation centre over the next few days, The Oxford Blue can reveal. Today in an email sent from Master Helen Ghosh to Balliol students living off-site in neighbouring accommodation blocks, she explained that: “It is currently the case that Read More…