TO MY unutterable sadness I’ve made an awful discovery, that one of my favourite new nights, Animal House at Po Na Na, has finished and been replaced.

During the course of the night, however, I discovered that Animal House is being relaunched on May 22 with Trevor Nanton as resident DJ, so that curbed my mournful disposition about the fate of Animal House and allowed me to relax and sample the great many delights that its replacement, Fiesta, has to offer.

Oxford has a huge international student population, and quite a few different places put on international nights to cater for this large demographic of the student body, but none I think are in venues quite so perfectly designed for internationality as Po Na Na.

Its European style design really does give the impression of a foreign bar, which tends not to work in its favour on more standard nights, but is ideal for Fiesta, as even the walls of the club add to the overall taste of this delicious dish.

It was Carnival night when I visited, and Fiesta was celebrating everything Brazilian, with the rather excellent offer of free shots and free glowsticks with prizes for the best dressed.

It’s a strange experience to turn up to a club and feel embarrassed because you’re NOT wearing feathers in your hair and dressed in ludicrous bright colours, but that’s what happened.

The international students were dressed so brilliantly that they really made me feel self-conscious about not being dressed at all – which is not an easy thing to do.

Drinks wise, it’s actually rather good. Recognising their high prices on the weekends, and perhaps taking into account the extortionate fees international students have to pay, deals include £3.50 cocktails, £1.50 beers (not draught, but you can’t argue when it’s only £1.50) and above all else, a £1 tequila shot.

The music has been giving me some trouble, because really it’s kind of rubbish. Conversely, however, and at exactly the same time, it’s brilliant.

Basically it’s ideal for this night, unabashed and really bloody silly, which everyone in the venue was enjoying, including me; you know, the kind of music that forces you to dance for the hell of it, which of course is an enormous amount of fun.

It’s also extremely refreshing to hear a DJ actually play everything that he says he’s going to on the flyer, as so many end up focusing on one or two styles.

I can’t say whether Fiesta is like a taste of home for international students, but I can say that I was definitely reminded of being in clubs while on holiday, which is at least something of an achievement for an international night ...