Icon of the Week: Cocaine
“Do you mean the drink or the drug? It’s Oxford so I have to check!” said one person I was telling about this week’s Icon of the Week. “You’re doing it on cocaine?” another asked, presumably assuming this would be a 10,000-word article typed up in about 30 minutes.
PRESSURE POINT – Would Stevie Wonder make a better Chancellor than William Hague?
“What is the Chancellor? What do they even do?” Amid pressing global crises, genocidal wars and an economic recession, the race for the Oxford Chancellorship seems like an elite sideshow. Like many, I initially dismissed the role of Chancellor as little more than a ceremonia
Where have all the lesbians gone?
Wow that’s so crazy that someone would think you were a lesbian. Gen Z loves a label. We’re more than happy to endlessly box ourselves into tighter and tighter categories—are you more of a soft girl or a clean girl? Are you deer pretty or frog pretty? Are you more of a [&h
MEDIHA: her life through lens
The Isis were lucky enough to be invited to a screening of MEDIHA. This new film from American director Hasan Oswald follows 15-year-old Mediha Ibrahim Alhamad, who was captured aged 9 by ISIS. I attended the preview with trepidation, wondering if an article on this sensitive topic could come
Icon of the Week: ‘The History Gossip’, Katie Kennedy
Katie Kennedy, better known as The History Gossip, has a more impressive resume than the craziest ‘finance bro’ you know. She is a proud Geordie, a former BBC apprentice, a Durham alumna, a TikTok content creator with over 500,00 followers, a published author, and a current master’s stu
Imane Khelif and the complexities of regulating top level sports
Imane Khelif was scheduled to appear at the Oxford Union the week, however due to unforeseen circumstances she cancelled. Whilst seemingly a trivial issue, her cancellation has brought her back to the attention of the right-wing British press, who are still treating her participation in the 2
PRESSURE POINT – Azerbaijan hosting COP29 is a deadly case of greenwashing
This year’s annual United Nations climate change summit, COP29, has been hosted in Baku, Azerbaijan. But with its economy’s reliance on oil and gas, its crackdown on civil society, including eco-activists, and its ethnic cleansing of the Armenians in the Artsakh region, Azerbaijan’s hos
In conversation with: Alec Tiffou, Orli Wilkins and Sonya Luchanskaya
Susie: “Alec, would you say you have a niche as a writer?” Orli: “Fucked up shiiiiiiit.” Alec: “Thanks for that, Orli.” While the King’s Arms is not the most conducive spot to conduct an interview—who would’ve guessed— it feels fitting. It’s a