Untold Stories: Afghanistan in the 1960s
A particular narrative within the national media seems to have developed with regards to certain ‘war-torn’ countries in the Middle East. War-torn: the word implies destruction with a degree of permanence, as though they have always been ravaged by conflict, and always will be. This n
Modern Femininity at Oriel
Georgia Robson explores what it’s like to be a women at—Oxford’s last college to accept female undergraduates .
Niche Numbers: #2
Jake Kennedy and Jamie Tahsin bring you some of their favourite songs with < 50,000 views on YouTube.
Perpetuum Mobile – Polish politics today
Removing a sticker from a glass panel at a bus stop is not an easy task, and I would normally never do it. In fact, nobody does – given the rapid pace at which they are replaced we have to accept it as part of our cityscape. They provide a channel through which the “patriots” […]
To Live Forever
The average child born in the United Kingdom today can expect to live to ninety-two. Fifty years ago, this figure was eighty-four, while it has been predicted that in fifty years time, almost half of newborns can hope to make it to make it to triple digits. This staggering increase is the product of
The ISIS TT16 Tapes Vol. 2
Second instalment of ISIS summertime goodness by Christian Hill.
Pirates of the League: FC St Pauli and its hooligan activists
I was sitting by the harbour in Hamburg this summer when I heard the familiar siren of chants and shouting coming from the other side of Landungsbrucken station: football fans, and lots of them. An ordered troop of twenty riot police trailed behind a less ordered mass of flags, banners, and 300 fans
Reclaiming the temple: Orthorexia and me
Disordered eating is not something I ever thought I might be susceptible to. I upheld misguided, but common, prejudices about eating disorders, especially anorexia, which I associated with teenage girls – provoked by the trends and standards in popular visual culture – attempting to reme