Elitism and Traditionalism in Modern Britain
Britain is often heralded as one of the most successful societies in modern human history. We peer out at the world and recoil from the dictatorships and the oppressive regimes that we see, glad that we are not one of them. But British politics has serious problems of its own, and they should not be
Switching Off: The Pleasures of Idleness
Boredom today is the absence of a good 3G signal. I think that it’s worth asking whether or not that ought to be so – whether modern society’s conquest of boredom is something worth celebrating. * Boredom is the feeling we get when our surroundings imprison us – the feeling that there is not
Arrests!
sunday march 17th 1968, grosvenor square and old don came through the coach door like a sack of coal and sat and shook on the front seat wiping hair and blood off his eyes and above, it was glass and steel which is America thakyouverymuch and away through our windows friends in knots struggle
The Battle of Grosvenor Square
On the 17th March 1968, over 80,000 people gathered on Trafalgar Square to protest against the Vietnam war. The Tet offensive had just ended and, unknown to those at the demonstration, the My Lai massacre had occurred the day before. Harold Wilson’s government had managed to keep Britain out o
Michael Kurtz
Michael Kurtz is a folk musician who has been featured on BBC Introducing in the East Midlands and BBC Radio 6. He’s currently an undergraduate at Oxford. In this interview, he talks about his creative process, the role of nostalgia in his music and the relationship between musicians and produ
Nothing Ever Happens
Christianity has always been a fundamental part of me. My earliest memory is of crouching beneath a pew in the parish church where my family would worship when I was a child. My mother became a priest when I was eight. I sang in a church choir every Sunday and I’ve heard more sermons than [&hellip
Old English, Old Oxford
Two months ago, I found myself at an English formal with the rest of the English freshers at my college, and all our tutors. I imagine the nerves—as well as the prospect of free wine—must have got to me, so I ended up fairly tipsy by about an hour into the evening. I was sat […]
THE EYING OF MY SCARS
“Collection of Sylvia Plath’s possessions to be sold at auction” reads Tuesday’s Guardian. Up for grabs are the proof copy of Plath’s novel The Bell Jar (1963) and her pre-publication author’s copy. Both are written on: her proof edition is “carefully corrected”, and her author’s c
Artivism: Can Art Revolutionise? // A Panel Discussion
**all proceeds will go towards refunding speaker travel expenses!** Artivism // Can Art Revolutionise? Eve Ensler defines artivism as ‘where art is activated and activism is made much more layered, ambiguous, passionate, fiery, revolutionary.’ From the Stop The War Coalition to the Arab Springs