OED’s Chief Ed has the last word
There can be few more glamorous workplaces, I have always thought, than the buildings of Oxford University Press on Walton Street, with the grand Neoclassical entrance and fountain in the…
The OxStu’s Haiku of the Week: 2nd Week
There is no such thing, As (cocktail) society. Half-price, hacky hour.…
What’s On This Week: 1st week
What’s on this week Sunday 1st Week (April 21st), 10:00am – 11:30am Still Sundays A chance to relax at the Pitts Rivers Museum – a space to draw, study or stand and…
Fiction: Tata and the Reaper
Tata’s expression as she looked into her vanity mirror was one of academic scrutiny. She had decided not to wear the plastic tiara with glittery rhinestone hearts, opting for a…
You won’t want to dart the paper octopus
Paper Darts is a not-for-profit online magazine devoted to new art and literature. It is also a publishing agency and, in the website’s own words, a community. Thus far, four…
Up from the ASHes
On Wednesday evening last week, I decided to do something brave. I went to a poetry reading. Attending poetry readings does inevitably feel brave (people are often very honest, and…
Come, all ye writers…
A CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS “After nourishment, shelter and companionship, stories are the thing we need most in the world.” -Philip Pullman Whether we realise it or not, we tell…
Contemporary Literature’s Nouvelle Vague: Interview with Frank Hinton
Metazen is a website dedicated to the publishing of alternative literature (‘alt lit’). This is a relatively new literary movement whose domain of choice is, largely, the internet; it’s countercultural and…
