Dr. Moira Helm, Joint Project Director for Augustine House, tells us what students can expect from the new building:
Augustine house certainly has a wow factor, which will be visible from the moment you step foot in the building. I think the biggest change students will experience from the new library at Augustine House will be the calm environment where they can use mobiles, talk to each other and relax.
Here at Christ Church we also recognise that times are changing and that a lot of students work and live in a …

Through the still blue of the half-light,
In a shroud of guilty sweat,
He tries to still the roaring silence;
Tries, and fails, to forget.
Twitching flesh will not obey him,
Through clenching mouth and tacky teeth
His heavy breath becomes erratic;

A prophet visited my door last night
He said my life was fading fast
And I was to be alone
Before he left he snatched my coat
Then warned me of the coldness
How very helpful I thought
To be without an idea of expectancy
And coatless as well

She realised that a man sitting on the bench just in front of her was the man in the book shop. The shoes started to misbehave. It was too late to turn back, she would feel a fool ‘turning on her heels’ just as she approached him. She just needed to keep her nerve long enough to make it past him. But the shoes weren’t having any of it. Just as he looked up and smiled at her in recognition, snap went the right heel and over she went right …

Trespassing through the destroyed park
My eyes alert
My muscles tense
This once playground for friends and lovers
Is lost to young control
Mistreated and misused
The new breed reigns
Out of danger and free to roam

Last night

I rubbed elbows with the moon
Told the stars my secrets
But the clouds knew
What weighed on my heavy heart