A touch of the carnivalesque
It was time for the fortnight’s excitement, hard work, learning and adventures to come to an end yesterday, as students graduated from Oxford Royale Academy and readied themselves for departure…
The wicked witch, the good witch, and the grey goo
Students were off to see the wizard yesterday, travelling the tarmac road to London’s Apollo Victoria Theatre for an evening at the Broadway hit musical ‘Wicked’. This tale warmed and wrenched…
Much Ado about― crime (with good reason)
Students felt the full force of the law yesterday as they paid a visit to London’s Old Bailey, the Central Criminal Court of England and Wales. This court deals with…
We’ll always remember The Great Debate
“The purpose of debate is to make us open our minds.” Thus spake The Rt Hon the Lord Hague of Richmond, who, as a former party leader and foreign secretary,…
“Are you sure/That we are awake?”
Things got “super-meta”, in the words of one student, as Catz attended a performance of Shakespeare’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ yesterday evening. Far from a traditional take, this performance takes…
Arne Jacobsen, and his chairs
Students have now spent a week in St Catherine’s College, and have become accustomed to its towering windows, perfect right-angles, and highly stylish chairs (more on those later). To be…
Wowed at Windsor Castle
Students spent all day yesterday in the (spiritual) company of Kings and Queens, on their excursion to Windsor Castle. The palace, originally built under William the Conqueror in the 11th…
The magical kingdoms of Christ Church and Narnia
Things got radioactive as students learned about spectroscopy and researched energy-emitting isotopes. Business Finance students studied other kinds of reactions and interactions in their class on the Bretton Woods system,…
Bioplotting: not as sinister as it sounds
In Medical Biology on Thursday, students learned about an exciting new technique being used to treat Type 1 diabetes: it’s called bioplotting, and involves 3D printing the crucial insulin-producing beta…
Debate, discovery, and good old Disney
Students continued to delve deeper into their chosen courses on Wednesday, discussing the dynamics of the Eurozone in Economics, theorising about life beyond Earth in Astronomy, and exploring Oxford’s rich…
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