Note from the Editor

EdiTOr'S NOTE

Hello and welcome to this term’s edition of Look Left! Once again we have been able to put together an interesting collection of articles by our keen members, and once again we are indebted to all those who contributed. As an aside, I am also rather pleased to see that we have moved on from the PPE student overrepresentation on Look Left!

You’ll see that this edition is separated into three distinct sections, and personally I am always drawn to the pieces which are based on a literary or historical theme; they are a real testament to the breadth of interests amongst the OULC members, as are the pieces which seek to remind us of the importance of international solidarity.

It is easy for students at this university to be drawn into the ‘Oxford bubble’ perhaps a little too excessively, and it's not a bad thing to consciously escape from that for time to time. Of course, that doesn’t necessarily mean that local issues can be overlooked. As the interview with Danny Dorling points out, it is incumbent upon ourselves to consider the impacts of the town and gown divide and what we can do to in order to ameliorate the issues it raises.

Ultimately, I hope that this Look Left will provide you with plenty of food for thought on how we can make the world a better place, and of course, hats off to our co-chairs Beth and Sofia for pulling off a sterling term for OULC in spite of the odds stacked against them.

Jade Calder, Publications Officer and Look Left Editor-in-Chief

TH i S TE r M'S TEAM:

E di TO r i N CH i EF : JA d E CAL d E r / H i STO r Y@ST PETE r 'S CO-E di TO r : C i A r A GA r CHA / H i STO r Y@HE r TFO rd CO-E di TO r : SOF i A COTTE ri LL / PPE@B r ASENOSE G r APH i C d ES i GNE r : BETH NOTT / PPE@B r ASENOSE