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
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
The Isis: In conversation with Paul Mason
After spending over a decade at the BBC, Paul Mason became the economics editor for Newsnight, and would later fulfil the same role at Channel 4 News. He famously quit the latter to escape the constraints of the impartiality rules that govern broadcasters in order to fully engage with the political
The ISIS and ACS present: Funk Tha Police
Guess who’s back…. From the people who brought you Soundclash, Rumble in the Jungle, and now this Wednesday of 3rd week, The Isis and Oxford ACS present: >>>>> FUNK THA POLICE <<<<< Two crews of DJs: ISIS residents and ACS residents, will be taking you back to 70s &
Free-Speech for Progressives
‘No-platforming’ and freedom of speech are in the news at the moment. Under the new regulations introduced by Universities’ Minister Jo Johnson, academic institutions could be fined if it can be demonstrated that they have suppressed freedom of speech. It’s unclear why it is the role of gove
500 Words Competition
The UK’s longest-running student publication is now accepting entries for its writing competition! Entrants are asked to write 500 words or less on either: a) Windows b) Doors or c) Both of the above Responses can be in any form, non-fiction or fiction, and interpret the words in any way. We w
Since the Baby
The slamming door clawed at her headache. It bounded and rebounded in the wake of the shopkeeper as he ran out into the street, wailing her name while clutching something between the palms of his hands. She turned her gaze away from his bawling lips and buried her foot into the accelerator. The idea
The Bengal Boer
The monthly British periodical, The Oldie, has a column called ‘I Once Met’. The magazine’s aged readers are encouraged to put down their walking sticks, stop chewing their false teeth, dust off their memories and submit tales of chance encounters with the famous–or notorious–faces of thei