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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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A Letter from the Editorial Team

by Lois Heslop January 21, 2020February 11, 2020

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Lois HeslopJun 12, 20254 min read
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“I have this kind of repeated dream where I’m in a car, fleeing from the kind of thing that Clementine Kruczynski manic-pixie-sex-dolls flee from, something…

Is Reading Still Relevant? 

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“At a university built on reading, in an age where machines can do it for us, do we still believe reading matters?” Ngoc Diep (Alice)…

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Lois HeslopJun 12, 20256 min read
The photo is taken from a college quadrangle at sunset. It shows the top of College buildings in shadow. Behind them is a pink and blue sunset.

‘Even an album about love, something I think I hear too much about, sometimes, is made unique at the hands of Lucy Dacus’. Millie Acton…

Crocodile Tears: A Love Story in the Age of Surveillance

Lois HeslopJun 12, 20253 min read
Crocodile Tears: A Love Story in the Age of Surveillance

“The real heartbreak here isn’t being deserted. It’s being remembered incorrectly.” Ava Doherty reviews Natascha Norton’s new play, Crocodile Tears at the Burton Taylor Studio.…

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