News

Kestral Chaos

Shot or just attacked by other birds? The murder mystery of the year.

An investigation was launched after astaff member thought a kestral may have been either shot (yes, shot, as in by a gun) or had died after colliding with Sherfield.

After the investigation, it turned out that nobody had been doing some hunting of kestrals on campus, and that the bird was actually a Woodcock that was attacked by another bird, possibly a Peregrine Falcon.

A post mortem by a College vet also, unsurprisingly, found no evidence that someone had “popped a cap in the Woodcock’s ass, yo”.

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Culture

Othello: a polished take on Shakespeare’s tragedy

This week marked the end of the run for Tom Morris’ Othello, a star-studded production that takes a conservative approach to the Shakespearean tragedy. Even so, it frequently draws laughter from the audience. David Harewood returns to the part 28 years after becoming the first Black actor to play the

By Adriana Tihan