The traditional Oxford examination is the crucible in which we were torched and burnt. It is in this crucible that we were formed. This is where the hallmark was stamped on the ingot and the ashes blown away.
Finals is exactly that - the last race for the Olympians. It is not a ploughing match for draught horses - we have enough of those in the diploma factories around the world.
Let us not be drawn into mediocrity. Students who do not yield wine when put to the press have no place in the Oxford vineyard. They belong in the more relaxed environment of the cherry orchard - Letter in Oxford Today (David Browning)
Fertility clinics in Bristol faced with a decline in sperm donors have decided to target sportsmen as volunteers.
A spokesman for Riley's Snooker Club in Bristol said: "We have a pile of leaflets going fast." - Independent (Derek Morgan)
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