9:58am – Friday 8th Week – The Ashmolean Museum I am assured, reader, that you have heard of those hallowed, torturously simple lines: Tyger Tyger burning bright […]
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Important People You’ve Never Heard Of
As a computer scientist, Alan Turing is a man I personally have much and more to thank for. The recent release of ‘The Imitation Game’ – a film I can wholeheartedly recommend – has placed his life and work into the limelight. Yet the achievements of other computing heroes are not widely recognised. These remarkable […]
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OAM & OPS present ‘The Body Electric’
One knows by now that entering a student art exhibition in Oxford is a move made at one’s own peril, as there is always the risk of leaving with a lingering awe-ache inspired by the talent it hosts. Tuesday night was no deviation from the norm. Collaborating to provide us with a tasteful mix of artistic […]
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“Better jade shattered than clay intact”
The following are two fictional monologues, written from the point of view of two prominent figures in Hong Kong. Benny Tai is a professor of constitutional law at the University of Hong Kong and the initiator of the Occupy Central Civil Disobedience movement. Jasper Tsang is the President of the Legislative Council. Please note: the […]
Read moreA master class with visiting musician Tim Garland
As Christmas festivities gradually turn the academic battle in favour of the hardworking student, last week jazz musicians and enthusiasts alike welcomed reinforcement in the form of a delightful master class given by the college’s visiting musician, Tim Garland. Audience and performers gathered in anticipation of an evening of musical instruction and production that offered something to […]
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Crowds, cold and Krampas: an insider’s guide to Vienna’s Christmas markets
Whilst Oxmas celebrations are in full swing, the dreaming spires of Vienna have also been bracing themselves for the onslaught of tourists and locals drawn by the Christmas markets. Also known asWeihnachtsmärkte or Adventsmärkte, these have been popping up all over the city over the last few weeks in some of the city’s most stunning […]
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Charity Christmas Cards – supporting The Gatehouse Charity
The Cards Visual artists often barely get a look in on the college level. But commissioning a number of undergraduates and getting these cards printed has provided the perfect way of showcasing the amazing talent we are lucky enough to have within college. Whether it’s that Santa flying over first quad, the Rower’s Snowman, the Oxford […]
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‘Sade: Attacking the Sun’
Our woman in Paris delves into the Musée d’Orsay’s exploration of the dark, sexual underworld of one of the West’s most perverted thinkers – and comes out disappointed, unsatisfied, and bored. ‘Sex Sells’ – that’s what we’re always told, and that’s clearly something that the Musée d’Orsay are eagerly aware of. The provocative promotional video […]
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Original Music Compositions
Utterly provoking and lyrically fantastic – take a moment to check out some of Ed Wren’s original compositions. This is music that demands serious listening that simply can’t be missed!
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Oxford Jazz: A ‘Comprehensible’ Survey
When our parents were young, and punk-rock had captured the hearts and minds of a generation, there must have existed at least one or two thoughtful individuals who would have mused at some point or other, disillusioned with the heady musical vogues of their own day; “whatever did happen to jazz anyway?” But these days, […]
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#Stop Torture: Amnesty International Student Conference 2014
This weekend, the Human Rights Action Centre, the headquarters of Amnesty International UK, situated in London, played host to the annual nation-wide conference for the plurality of university Amnesty groups extant across the United Kingdom. As a very recent recruit of Amnesty International Oxford, I was privileged to take part in what was not only […]
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Artwork – Gillian McCloy
Freud and The BIG Funk – Raising awareness about Homelessness
Wednesday night saw a congregation of Oxford descend upon the hidden corners of Jericho and enter into the Holy Land of St. Paul’s, where the derelict, neo-classical walls would bear witness to a night of worship for all things Funk ‘n’ Soul. This night was to be a marker event in OUSU’s homelessness awareness week, […]
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Morphantasy
I beheaded a word in trying to modify it for the better: A sudden detachment of a letter-limb. A good intention ending in orthographic disaster. The ‘v’, shocked, severed with the presence of a ‘p’, a bilabial blade, stares at the rest of its mutated corpse: ‘iolence’. Ticking like a death knell, the cursor hovers […]
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The Poor Print 