FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Oxbridge - Caught on Camera

UK’s top university named as Oxbridge institutions are shunned again

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The Independent UK · Sep 18

Oxford and Cambridge miss out on top spot in UK university rankings

The elite Oxbridge institutions have dropped out of the top three for only the second time in the Times guide’s 33-year history

The Independent UK · Sep 18

‘It’s rare to hear: I’m black and middle class’ – Symeon Brown on black Britain’s enduring ‘taboo’

Black people are more prominent than ever in the UK’s politics and culture. But are they overwhelmingly from the middle class, as Brown argues in his new book? And if so, why isn’t anyone talking about it?

The Guardian - UK · Aug 9

Simpson’s-in-the-Strand, London WC2: ‘A rollicking list of cosy British joys’ – restaurant review

The British may not have the most sophisticated palates, but we are adorable in our culinary urges

The Guardian - UK · Apr 12

Sprint star Amy Hunt puts Oxbridge mentoring mission before red carpets

The 23-year-old secured silver in the women’s 200m at last year’s World Championships in Tokyo.

The Independent UK · Mar 18

British sprint star Amy Hunt on red carpets, racing Keely Hodgkinson, and the path to becoming ‘one of the greats’

INTERVIEW: Amy Hunt, 23, stunned the world when she won 200m silver in the World Athletics Championships last year. Her life is very different six months on, she tells Flo Clifford, but amid the whirl of red carpets, she remains fixated on reaching the top – and breaking down barriers…

The Independent UK · Mar 18

No 1 for nuns! Níall McLaughlin is architecture’s discreet daredevil – and deserves its top award

Forget brash statement projects – Riba’s prestigious gold medal has gone to a pivotal figure who works above an Aldi and designs billowing bandstands, jewel-like chapels and buildings that change colour

The Guardian - UK · Jan 29

Extra Geography review – a sweet and spiky coming-of-age debut

Two teenage girls find their friendship put to the test in a witty and charmingly odd British comedy

The Guardian - US · Jan 24

Eat the Rich (But Maybe Not Me Mates x) review – a class comedy grounded in cheeky charisma

4/5 Jade Franks’ laugh-out-loud account of swapping Liverpool for Oxbridge has drawn comparisons to Fleabag, but her voice is unmistakably her own

The Independent UK · Jan 16

Jade Franks on how cleaning toilets at Cambridge inspired her hit show: ‘I’m not watering down the fury – just sneaking it through the back door’

The Merseyside comic used her experiences of Oxbridge to create the fringe hit Eat the Rich, but struggled in ways her well-off contemporaries didn’t. Now she’s determined to use success to bring more working-class voices into comedy

The Guardian - UK · Jan 9