he and i, we followed a cat in Shanghai
∎ Words by Yasmin Linh Nguyen. Art by Jules Desai.
Comics
*** Cartooning is like poetry with intention; the art of pointing out the ridiculous by enshrouding the pointing out with seriousness. In this selection of cartoons, I hope to point out the absurd in places overlooked, and inspire others to think about other aspects of their lives that seem serious,
Climate Change and Social Pacts
*** Whilst carrying out fieldwork this summer, I heard locals from the island of Fuerteventura, one of the Canary Islands, speak of the deep social bonds we have with the natural elements – particularly water, the wind and the sea. Just like the rest of the world, some locals are concer
Part Two
N.B. These works exist only as digitized photographs. All original material has undergone natural auto-destructive processes of weathering, decay and deterioration and/or human-induced destruction. Behind each image is the story of a life. Each photograph, a “story from the Anthropocene”, docum
‘I’m down on my knees…’
By the roots of my hair some god got hold of me. I sizzled in his blue volts like a desert prophet. – Sylvia Plath, ‘The Hanging Man’, Ariel (1965) Words are like people. They flake when you need them. ‘Pain words are lacking,’ Virginia Woolf wrote. ‘There should be cries, cracks, fi
Invisible Illnesses
Beginning life at the University of Oxford as an international postgraduate is a momentous event and one that brings a host of new challenges as you settle into life in an entirely different country. Just finding suitable accommodation as a postgraduate is a herculean task and inevitably leads to we
Modern Femininity at Oriel
Georgia Robson explores what it’s like to be a women at—Oxford’s last college to accept female undergraduates .
Andy Warhol at the Ashmolean with Xa Sturgis
Jacqueline Otagburuagu and Xa Sturgis in conversation on Andy Warhol and other delights.
