Blog posts created in 2015
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Editor's blog
Forget your delusions and be happy, advises John Gray
Philosopher and historian of ideas John Gray (Exeter, 1968) discusses Isaiah Berlin, Birmans and barbarism. -
NATO and learning the lessons of Afghanistan
Akaash Maharaj, CEO of the Global Organization of Parliamentarians Against Corruption, reflects on his speech at the NATO Parliamentary Assembly’s Autumn Session in Stavanger. -
Merry Michaelmas: How undergraduates once warmed their cockles
A nineteenth century cocktail guide, Oxford Night Caps, provides an insight into how undergraduates may have wet their whistles in Michaelmas terms of years gone by. -
Editor's blog
What to expect from journalism of the future
Jimmy Maymann, President of AOL Content, explains how we are shifting from 'destination' media to online aggregators at the Reuters Institute. -
The truth about Myanmar
A remarkable new book, The Rebel of Rangoon, explores the murky world of politics in Myanmar as Aung San Suu Kyi (pictured with the Chancellor of Oxford) heads for a landslide victory. -
The future of the professions
Richard and Daniel Susskind explain their prediction that technology will lead to a dismantling of professions as we know them. -
Editor's blog
Riding Oxford's new train
The new Oxford Parkway station near Kidlington has just opened. Richard Lofthouse went along to try out this line from Marylebone - the first new rail link between London and a major British city for over 100 years. -
A concise literary history of the vampire - from 1816 to Twilight
Getting in the mood for Halloween, Lincoln postgraduate Kate O'Connor reveals the origins of that classic literary monster, the vampire. -
The most ambitious and dynamic man I have ever met
Michael Crick explains why Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull (Brasenose, 1978-1980) is the most successfully ambitious person he has ever met -
Editor's blog
For Whom the Harris Manchester Bell Tolls
Highlights of the Alumni Weekend talks - including the Chancellor Chris Patten, Vice-Chancellor Andrew Hamilton and Principal of Hertford Will Hutton.