Culture Shock Diaries
On Different Cultural Perspectives The Germans only eat Sauerkraut and Bratwurst, and all drive BMWs and Mercedes. The French always walk around wearing berets and carrying baguettes underneath their arms. Italians drive Ferraris (without obeying any rules), and can’t help whistling after women – it’s their macho nature. The English don’t know how to cook, and drink tons of alcohol. We all know about those stereotypes. We also know that they are not true. OR DO WE? The... Read More
Oxford Jazz Festival
Calling all music and fun lovers! If there is any chance you’re sticking around Oxford for the Easter break then come check out the Oxford Jazz Festival from the 21st to 24th of April. It features artists such as: Elisa Caleb, Janette Mason, Soweto Kinch and the Hugh Turner Quartet. The festival will take place in venues all over Oxford – each big neighbourhood hosting its own selection of unique performances. At night there will also be jam sessions at the Big Bang Jazz Cellar,... Read More
Building Stuff at Brookes Buggers Everything Up
Check Out the building work on YouTube Who was the complete berk that decided to allow the builders to completely cut the university in half? I come back from holidays and walk to lectures in a leisurely manner, and then find I’ve got to take a massive detour around the whole of the campus to get to my lecture. I like to be casually late as it is, but now I’m this “I’m so idle I’m going to turn up 15 minutes late and not give a toss” douche bag, which is what this... Read More
Divinity Road Book Review
Ok, so I know curling up with a good ol’ book may be the last thing on your minds after trawling through hours of tedious textbooks for that one perfect quote to finish off looming essays. However, if you do get a chance, between pubbing on Cowley Road, and suffering in the library, this new fiction book by a local author might prove to be right up your street! It’s really a Brookes publishing student project, with Brookes students all contributing to the design, typesetting,... Read More
Trapped in the Red
Contrary to popular assumption, we all know that being a student ‘aint no walk in the park’ (drunken debauchery aside), and with the recent Cameron/Clegg love-fest (thinly disguised as a coalition government), the four letter word that strikes fear into the heart of every current, prospective, and graduate student is set to rise. Debt. Tuition fee loans, maintenance loans, bank loans and credit cards are ‘set to leave students starting university this year (2010)... Read More
Interview with Matt Richardson
Some pretty intense Google-stalking tells me you had one hell of a busy year in 2010, how was it for you? It was awesome; it’s amazing that this has turned into my job. Especially because my first ever gig was at the Brookes Comedy night in November 2009. And you performed at the Edinburgh Fringe last year too, that’s pretty prestigious. What was that like? Incredible, I was in the finals of 2 of the biggest competitions there, and playing in front of like 500 people. It was... Read More
Boom Comedy Club presents Tom Craine – 16th March 2011
With dissertation deadlines looming and money running sparse, we all need a little more chuckling in our lives. Enter Boom Comedy. The venue was Baby Simple on Cowley Road, where around 40 people squeezed into the top bar, transforming it from bar to sauna within an hour! Entry was £3 for students and £4 for others, or £2 each for groups of 5 or more. Acts included: compere and co-organiser Alex Clissold-Jones; Nick Hodder; Brookes publishing student and co-organiser Matt Richardson... Read More
