Shitlist: Week two
Three reasons to stay in your room this week
Andrew DickinsonOUCA – Port and Policy
When: Sunday
Where: St Giles Church Hall
Details: Here
They say: ‘OUCA welcomes all people and perspectives’ for ‘lashing of good quality port’. We say: Come see red-trousered hacks get sozzled and shout at foreigners.
LARP: Memento Mundi
When: Saturday
Where: The Four Candles Pub
Details: Here
Like video games? Like fantasy RPG video games? Like shitter, real-life versions of those games? Come down to the Four Candles for some ‘character generation’ followed by a trip to the woods to throw paper cut-out lightning bolts at adults dressed as orcs. Here’s a taster.
Oxford Chess Club: Freshers’ Blitz
When: Wednesday
Where: Christ Church
Details: Here
Cons: Chess, STEM undergrads, chess, arthritis, chess, chess merch, chess banter. Pros: ‘Blitz’ means 5 minutes long games.
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Oxford student who died celebrating end of exams said uni was ‘the best period of my life’
Emily SmithThe first year PPE student has been named
A man has been arrested after stalking Emma Watson as she studies at the University of Oxford
He came to the UK with only a sleeping bag, £800, and a desire to ‘gain information’ about the actress
Omg, Emma Watson is currently dating one of her coursemates at the University of Oxford
They were pictured getting a Gail’s together in Oxford
University of Oxford issues statement after first year student dies in river
Phoebe KowhaiThe 19-year-old had ‘dived’ into the river to celebrate the end of his exams
Oxford University student dies in river whilst celebrating end of exams
The 19-year-old was wearing ‘academic dress’ at the time
Oxford student unlocks door in halls to find a terrifying devil room complete with blood
He’s been living next to it for an entire YEAR
Oxford University rises in new world university ranking to narrowly beat Cambridge
The university now ranks third in the world overall
Students launch encampment in solidarity with Palestine at The University of Oxford
Tents have been pitched outside the Pitt Rivers and Natural History Museums
Omg guys, Jacob Elordi is going to Oxford University in October to study English
Lydia Spencer-ElliottHe fell in love with the campus while filming Saltburn
Oxford Uni lecturer stalked by man who flew 4,000 miles to her with a can of pepper spray
He sent his bags to her office and wanted her to ‘be his Valentine’
Oxford Uni chaplain who compared sex offenders to ‘puppies needing training’ given welfare role
He asked one student assault victim if they were ‘aware of the effect they had on men’, but has now secured a post at another college
These are the subjects you need to study at Oxbridge to more than double your grad salary
In one subject, studying it at Oxbridge over any other uni will get you £47k more per year
Oxford University College offers students a Halal menu option but it includes… red wine
One student said she was ‘sadly not surprised’ at the mistake
Two of Emma Watson’s lecturers at The University of Oxford have successfully sued the uni
Emma Watson studies on Oxford’s creative writing course
So, people are rinsing Oxford students for dancing at a ball and it’s low-key really mean
A Ceilidh is a huge part of Scottish culture
Oxford University Vice-Chancellor with £232k salary says grads should be donating to their uni
Was my £9k a year not enough!
Two of Emma Watson’s lecturers at Oxford are suing the university for unfair dismissal
The lecturers also compared their situation to the Post Office scandal
Oxford uni called ‘patronising’ for job advice despite banning its students from working
Oxford’s policy on part-time jobs reads: ‘Term-time employment is not permitted except under exceptional circumstances’
Students from two Oxford colleges are throwing Saltburn themed parties this term
One of them is Felix and Oliver’s actual college from the film
Students at University of Oxford housed in four-star hotels due to a lack of accommodation
One of the hotels costs up to £150 a night and has an indoor pool and spa
It’s been just over a year since those Lizzo allegations, so what’s the singer up to now?
Charlotte WrightFrom the Met Gala to Bali, here’s what she’s been up to during her ‘gap year’
Harrison Brocklehurst
Inside Pioneertown: The genuine wild west town owned by Selling Sunset cast member Alanna
Ellie RingBut this is genuinely the most iconic thing ever
Right, what is pentobarbital from Netflix’s The Perfect Couple and is it actually a real drug?
It’s a crucially important part of the show
Netflix has cleared up why everyone is randomly dancing at start of The Perfect Couple
It’s such a tone shift
It’s over! Ronnie and Harriett have finally split just weeks after leaving Love Island
We all saw this coming a mile off
Another Love Is Blind UK couple SPLITS and Cat reveals REAL reason why Freddie blocked her
The show may be over but the drama has only just begun!
The Jeremy Kyle Show inquest leaves bleak reflection: How was it still airing only five years ago?
A dark stain on British TV history
Here’s how to use the changing hair colour filter that’s all over TikTok right now
Natasha RichardsonThe blonde blindness is real
Get to know model Alanna Gold: The new cast member making a major mark on Selling Sunset
I’m sorry, but the fact she owns a fully functioning wild west town is insane
Camila Cabello just dropped new music and these lyrics could be about Sabrina Carpenter
Can Friends Kiss feels like a clap back to Taste
A look at the crimes of Worst Ex Ever’s Mei and Rosa and where they are now
Francesca EkeThe mother and daughter who inflicted lies and violence in a battle for custody
Erm, this Temu croissant lamp might be an actual pastry after TikToker took bite out of it?!
She claims the lamp was actually just a real croissant covered in resin
These are the best UK unis right now according to the Daily Mail’s new uni rankings
Claudia CoxNumber one is so rogue
Here are the most iconic and memorable items you can buy in the Game of Thrones auction
Brb, replacing my work desk with the Iron Throne
These 19 Gilmore Girls production secrets and facts are just as good as the show
No, they didn’t drink that much coffee
Explaining the saga of Taylor Swift bestie Brittany Mahomes coming out as a Trump supporter
Trump just made a huge post thanking her for the support
This colour perception test is so hard only one per cent of people get full marks on it
I guess I should’ve gone to Specsavers
These are the most horrifying uni flatmate stories, according to Reddit
I lost all faith in humanity while reading these
George RR Martin’s close friend reveals his real opinions are far more intense than his post
‘I heard his full scope of opinions on HOTD and and what he said in his post was very mild’