I thought that social media couldn’t become any larger a part of our lives, but after a year of intense lockdowns and with staying at home becoming the norm, I was wrong. UK citizens spent 46% more time on their phones since July 2020. Children have spent the majority of the day on screens because Read More…
KL Winters gathers quotations from both former and contemporary famous figures, alongside art from Toni Fern, Dali Dunn, Gaia Clark Nevola, Daisy Day Fawcett and Lili Herbert, to bring you ‘no context notes on smashing the patriarchy’.
An open letter signed by over 1200 church leaders across the UK, including Oxford Ministers Glenn Nesbitt, Andy Young, and Phillip Dixon, warned that introducing vaccine passports “constitutes one of the most dangerous policy proposals ever to be made in the history of British politics”. The cross-denominational letter follows the government’s decision to review whether Read More…
CW: Sexual assault, sexual harassment, racism, homophobia Image credits: Illustration by Mia Clement for The Oxford Blue Allegations of a toxic culture at Dulwich College reported in The Oxford Blue represent part of a general crisis surrounding ‘rape culture’ allegations facing independent and state schools. The website Everyone’s Invited has collected over 14,000 testimonies of Read More…
In the week when Oxford institutions – including pubs like Turf Tavern – are reopening in light of the Government roadmap proceeding as planned, the Radcliffe Camera has been temporarily closed due to masonry issues. Today, students were informed that it would be partially reopening. The Radcliffe Camera closed on Friday afternoon due to these Read More…
Oxford pubs have been preparing for reopening with the easing of restrictions from Monday the 12th of April. Pubs will only be able to reopen outside, and this has presented some challenges, as pubs have had to adapt to being unable to serve inside. The Oxford Blue has spoken to Big Society, a pub in Read More…
The University of Oxford has released a statement on the death of Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh. The statement reads: “The University of Oxford is deeply saddened to learn of the death of His Royal Highness, the Duke of Edinburgh. The University was honoured by a close relationship with the Duke, who visited on Read More…
The Radcliffe Camera and Gladstone Link have been closed immediately and indefinitely due to “concerns with masonry on the roof” according to an email sent to members of the History Faculty this evening. The original announcement about the closure came via the Bodleian Libraries Twitter page, and advised students with a booking for the Radcliffe Read More…
CW: Discussion of sexual assault A sit-in protest at Warwick University has been ongoing for three weeks over women’s safety on campus. The issue of female safety has recently garnered huge amounts of media attention. In the wake of vigils for Sarah Everard, outpourings of personal testimonies of sexual harassment at private schools across the Read More…
Government guidance on when students will be able to return to university, expected at the start of next week, will be delayed, Magdalen College has announced. Earlier today, in an email sent to undergraduate and taught postgraduate students and seen by The Blue, the college announced it had been “made aware that this guidance may Read More…