Why does my Dad still mow the lawn?
Cutting-Edge Creativity: AI Artistry and Lawnscapes At least once a week, my dad goes out to meticulously feed, mow, or otherwise tend to our lawn. The time he puts into it really shows; it’s a rich green and grows so quickly even our gluttonous rabbit can’t graze it all (and he tries). It’s p
Icon of the Week: Jericho Coffee Traders
Jericho Coffee Traders began in 2009, with founders James and Lizzie selling coffee from the same Vespa truck that now makes appearances at Oxford balls. They’re not messing around: they have five locations, a coffee subscription business, a coffee school, they offer delivery around the cou
BEST BEFORE: It’s not speaking ill of the dead if it’s honest
Warning: piece will expire in seven days. Read before it’s gone. TW: Mentions of domestic abuse. The family of OJ Simpson have asked for “privacy and grace” at the time of his death. The announcement was made on X, formerly known as twitter, on Thursday April 11th, a day aft
My best friend doesn’t know why she’s a sub
We are the first generation to have had access to truly ubiquitous porn in our formative years. Statistically, it is highly likely that most males in our generation had their first sexual experience in front of a screen, and it is highly likely that most females had their first sexual experience wit
Icon of the Week: Lizzie Jones, Captain of Oxford University Korfball Club
By the time I arrived at Freshers’ Fair they were handing out the last of the tote bags. After rushing past the stalls for the Oxford Finance Society (the bad guys), the Oxford Climate Society (the good guys), and the Oxford Sustainable Finance Society (God knows what), it was becoming clear to me
“Bigfoot, I think, needs more attention”: Cowley’s Best Cocktail Bar
The shadowy shape of a poster of a creature beckons me as I pass the wooden threshold of the little cocktail bar. Is it a big bear? Or a gorilla? All wrong. It’s Bigfoot—diversifying the mythological landscape that is Cowley Road (a parrot sits on a window sill a few shops down). Charlie and Geo
Renaissance Lives in the Songs of Hozier
Aside from the catchy, smouldering, melancholic and husky tunes, I’ve always loved the rough ‘subject-matter’ of Hozier’s music – singing about Idealism in prison, and Chivalry fallen on his sword. It really is something else. Hozier boldly name-drops terms of immense cultural weigh
