16 May 2012
Let’s get two things straight: yes I am a hypocritical bastard, and I may indeed be writing myself out of a job. However this isn’t an attack on posh people, red trousers and the like, just a little cynical reflection as I slide closer to the looming abyss of real life. Imagine yourself as the [...]
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15 May 2012
The OxStu is pleased to announce the revival of the fashion team’s favourite Oxford tradition: Oxford Fashion Week. We will of course be reporting from the event, but until then here’s what you have to look forward to. This winter, the global fashion community shall once again descend upon the iconic city of Oxford for [...]
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14 May 2012
For as long as I can remember, I have had an issue with adaptations of Nicholas Sparks novels, but was never quite sure why. At first, I believed that it was merely his stories not being made for my tastes – something that was ringing in the back of my mind as I was in [...]
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14 May 2012
The news that The Phoenix Picturehouse is putting on a Woody Allen season inspired me to watch the trailer for his upcoming To Rome With Love. This turned out to be a thoroughly depressing experience. Normally a bad trailer is hardly cause for concern; The Expendables 2 looks like nothing more than a crime against [...]
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12 May 2012
Entrepreneurship encompasses a huge range of activities, from starting up a company from scratch to initiating social and environmental changes. Last year, David Cameron said entrepreneurs are the engines of economic growth for Britain. Okay, you might not be a big fan of Mr Cameron, but he certainly has a point. Fundamentally, entrepreneurship is the [...]
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12 May 2012
Last week’s local elections were a clear rejection of the government’s doom and gloom policies, but only 32% of the electorate felt compelled to vote; such is the level of disenchantment. A new politics needs to emerge, a message of trust and optimism that will inspire us out of debt and despair into heartfelt hope. [...]
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12 May 2012
I was welcomed home on Thursday by the Evening Standard headline: “Final Poll Puts Boris Ahead”. So desperate was (and is) my anti-Boris sentiment that I had returned home to cast my ballot, and, as much as I would have liked to have dismissed the Standard’s headline as smug and biased, their actual stats were [...]
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11 May 2012
Claire Davis explores the pages of the Ashmoleon’s Al-Qur’an al-Karim exhibition. What better way to spend your time on a rainy Oxford afternoon than to go and visit a new exhibition at the Ashmolean? In through the busy entrance, up the white stairs teeming with chattering tourists and ducking to your right, you enter a [...]
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