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Alannah Burdess (she/her) is Junior Interviews Editor at The Oxford Blue. She is in her second year, studying Classics at Trinity College and is greatly involved in her college community, running the debating society to the JCR instagram. When not writing for The Blue, Alannah can be found coxing on the Isis or wandering around the Ashmolean.

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The Oxford Blue in Conversation with Toto Wolff

by Alannah Burdess November 5, 2021December 27, 2021
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Impossible Interviews: If We Could Interview Anyone

by Alannah Burdess May 5, 2021July 18, 2021
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Otmar Szafnauer on Aston Martin’s return to Formula One, Drive to Survive and the future.

by Alannah Burdess April 29, 2021December 27, 2021
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Covid-19 and our crippled Criminal Justice System

by Alannah Burdess March 20, 2021July 18, 2021
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I’m A Female Classicist, Get Me Out Of Here!: Who Runs The World?

by Alannah Burdess October 5, 2020October 5, 2020
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I’m A Female Classicist, Get Me Out Of Here!: Fecking Families

by Alannah Burdess September 17, 2020September 17, 2020
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I’m A Female Classicist, Get Me Out Of Here!: In Vino Veritas

by Alannah Burdess September 4, 2020September 4, 2020
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I’m A Female Classicist, Get Me Out Of Here!: The Power Of Theatre

by Alannah Burdess August 26, 2020August 26, 2020
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I’m A Female Classicist, Get Me Out Of Here!: How To Survive The NSFW Side of Classics

by Alannah Burdess August 21, 2020August 21, 2020
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I’m A Female Classicist, Get Me Out Of Here!: Dating Disasters

by Alannah Burdess August 11, 2020August 12, 2020

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At this year’s Freshers’ Fair, I signed up for tennis and touch rugby with the unmistakable arrogance of someone who has never experienced the workload…

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