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Author Archives: Lois Heslop

Lois Heslop is the co-founder of The Oxford Blue and was Editor-in-Chief for HT20 and TT20. She is in her second year studying Physics at Lady Margaret Hall, and hails from South London. Her other interests include classical music and opera, and she is currently a choral scholar.

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Interview: Donna Strickland, 2018 Nobel Prize in physics

by Lois Heslop March 1, 2020March 1, 2020
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University commits to paying Oxford Living Wage

by Lois Heslop February 28, 2020February 28, 2020
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EXCLUSIVE: Pembroke don pleads guilty to possessing child pornography

by Lois Heslop February 23, 2020April 16, 2020
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Very Reviled: Dons damn the dean in Christ Church email scandal

by Lois Heslop February 19, 2020February 23, 2020
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Ex-Google CFO quits as chair of Oxford spin-out fund

by Lois Heslop February 17, 2020February 17, 2020
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Oxford PPE graduate Rishi Sunak in as Chancellor

by Lois Heslop February 13, 2020February 13, 2020
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Oxford marks Sexual Violence awareness week with candlelit vigil

by Lois Heslop February 9, 2020February 9, 2020
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Somerville College to offer refugee scholarship

by Lois Heslop February 8, 2020July 18, 2021
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Oxford priest under fire for homophobic remarks

by Lois Heslop January 23, 2020January 24, 2020
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Oxford MP Layla Moran builds cross-party support for campaign to save Erasmus

by Lois Heslop January 23, 2020January 23, 2020

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Lois Heslop Nov 19, 2025 9 min read
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On October 29, Dutch voters returned to the polls a lot sooner than they may have hoped. On June 3, after only 11 months in…

Outside OX1 Week 5: Gaza, Kazakhstan and Colombia

Lois Heslop Nov 19, 2025 13 min read
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The Editor’s Note Welcome to this edition of Outside OX1, I hope that you are all well. This has been a crazy week at home…

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Oxford Stand Up To Racism March Crosses the Length of the City

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On Sunday 16 November, a “unity march” across Oxford organised by Oxford Stand Up To Racism took to the streets. Noah Allerton reports on the…

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