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Sep 16, 2014 · At Tatler, we have totted up the drinking societies currently active at Oxford and come to a stonking 48. The Goblins, the Phoenix, the Myrmidon, the Halcyon - their names are straight out of Game of Thrones.
Sep 16, 2019 · With dozens of elite drinking societies to aspire to, few Oxford undergraduates are keen to embrace the stain of the Bullingdon legacy. The Bullingdon has also moved with the times, however...
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Mar 12, 2020 · The clandestine world still thrives behind closed doors at Oxford. Drinking societies are intrinsically woven into the fabric of Oxford life. Of course, when you think of drinking societies in Oxford, one name springs to mind: the Bullingdon is perhaps the most infamous secret society in Britain.
In normal times, I'd say the parties are pretty big. Pretty much every college has a college bar (because the drinking age is 18 here!) and there are often bops (big parties) in the bar. There's also quite a few nightclubs in Oxford, and it's common to do pre-drinks before the nightclub. So, for instance, a group of friends will get a little ...
Sep 21, 2015 · Oxford is believed to still have 28 active drinking societies across its 38 colleges. Some, like the infamous Bullingdon Club, have existed for centuries and attained widespread name recognition, whilst others are far more obscure.
Feb 7, 2017 · 2. Oxford’s The Bullingdon Club – 9/10. Perhaps the most infamous of all secret drinking societies, this society counts David Cameron, Boris Johnson and George Osborne as one of their most famous members. This club was arguably the basis to the play ‘Posh’ and its film version ‘The Riot Club’.
This is a list of current University of Oxford dining clubs. All are social in nature and recruit members by private invitation for a programme of drinking and dining. Members are drawn exclusively from the student body of the University of Oxford.
