• News and Sport
    • Sports
    • Interviews
  • Opinion
    • Features
  • Global Affairs
    • Outside OX1
    • Across the Aisle
  • Identity
    • LGBTQ+
    • Feminism
    • Disability
    • ERM (Ethnic and Religious Minorities)
    • Diaries of a Thought Son
    • (Dis)abled
    • Not Just A Stereotype
    • Words of a Multiple
  • Environment
  • Culture
    • Film & TV
    • Music
    • Theatre
    • Fashion
    • Literature
  • Lifestyle
    • The Lifestyle Lowdown
    • Health and Wellbeing
    • Relationships
    • Travel
    • Food
    • Love Comes out of The Blue
  • Columns
    • Previous Columns
      • Beyond the Bubble
      • Love Letters
      • Musings of a Media Lover
      • Beyond the Footnotes
      • Heal Between the Lines
      • Admissions of a Rusticated Student
      • Objectifying Oxford
      • SaTired: Observations of a Finalist
      • Your College Auntie
      • Wine Waffle
    • Borders and Belonging
    • InterMEDIAte
    • Risk Appetite
  • Profiles
  • The Bluebell
  • Contact Us
  • Mailing List
  • Alumni – can you help us?
  • The Archive
    • 5 Years of The Blue
    • The Blueprint
    • Freshers’ Guides
      • The Oxford Blue Freshers’ Guide 2024
      • The Oxford Blue Freshers’ Guide 2023
      • The Oxford Blue Freshers’ Guide 2022
      • The Oxford Blue Freshers’ Guide 2021
  • Instagram
  • TikTok
  • Facebook Page
Skip to content
  • Instagram
  • TikTok
  • Facebook Page
The Oxford Blue

The Oxford Blue

Oxford University's Independent Newspaper | Est. 2020

  • News and Sport
    • Sports
    • Interviews
  • Opinion
    • Features
  • Global Affairs
    • Outside OX1
    • Across the Aisle
  • Identity
    • LGBTQ+
    • Feminism
    • Disability
    • ERM (Ethnic and Religious Minorities)
    • Diaries of a Thought Son
    • (Dis)abled
    • Not Just A Stereotype
    • Words of a Multiple
  • Environment
  • Culture
    • Film & TV
    • Music
    • Theatre
    • Fashion
    • Literature
  • Lifestyle
    • The Lifestyle Lowdown
    • Health and Wellbeing
    • Relationships
    • Travel
    • Food
    • Love Comes out of The Blue
  • Columns
    • Previous Columns
      • Beyond the Bubble
      • Love Letters
      • Musings of a Media Lover
      • Beyond the Footnotes
      • Heal Between the Lines
      • Admissions of a Rusticated Student
      • Objectifying Oxford
      • SaTired: Observations of a Finalist
      • Your College Auntie
      • Wine Waffle
    • Borders and Belonging
    • InterMEDIAte
    • Risk Appetite
  • Profiles
  • The Bluebell
  • Contact Us
  • Mailing List
  • Alumni – can you help us?
  • The Archive
    • 5 Years of The Blue
    • The Blueprint
    • Freshers’ Guides
      • The Oxford Blue Freshers’ Guide 2024
      • The Oxford Blue Freshers’ Guide 2023
      • The Oxford Blue Freshers’ Guide 2022
      • The Oxford Blue Freshers’ Guide 2021

Author Archives: Alexa Ember

Posted inOxford News

How British Expats Can Settle Faster in a New Country

by Alexa Ember October 2, 2024February 16, 2026
Posted inOxford News

The Complete Static Caravan Buyer’s Guide: Everything You Need to Know Before You Buy

by Alexa Ember September 18, 2024February 16, 2026
Posted inOxford News

Starting an Online Business in 2025: Best Tips

by Alexa Ember September 17, 2024February 16, 2026
Posted inOxford News

Why Busy Professionals Prefer to Use Professional Cleaning Services

by Alexa Ember September 16, 2024February 16, 2026
Posted inOxford News

Short Vac, Big World: An Oxford Student’s 2025 Guide to Weekend Breaks & Term-Time Travel

by Alexa Ember September 9, 2024February 16, 2026
Posted inOxford News

How to Transition Your Haircut for Different Seasons

by Alexa Ember September 2, 2024February 16, 2026
Posted inOxford News

Prostate Cancer Treatments Available in Germany

by Alexa Ember August 28, 2024February 16, 2026
Posted inOxford News

Royal Facade: Where Energy Efficiency Meets Premium Architectural Design

by Alexa Ember August 19, 2024February 19, 2026
Posted inOxford News

Revenue-Based Financing

by Alexa Ember August 14, 2024February 16, 2026
Posted inOxford News

The Role of On-Ramp and Off-Ramp Services in OTC Crypto Trading

by Alexa Ember July 2, 2024February 16, 2026

Posts pagination

Newer posts 1 2 3 4 Older posts

Popular Posts

  • Catherine Xu Elected President of the Oxford Union for Michaelmas Term 2026
  • The Lifestyle Lowdown: Day Trips
  • A Banksy stencil showing a judge beating a protester with a gavel on the Royal Courts of Justice in London.
    Who is a Terrorist in 2026?
  • A food fair at the 626 night market at Santa Anita park (in Arcadia, California)
    Risk Appetite: On My Oxford Week, Told Through Food
  • Is Nuclear Energy the Future?
  • The Lifestyle Lowdown: Study Spots
  • An actor dressed in traditional Chinese clothes
    Prince Consort Ladygirl at the Keble O’Reilly: Reviewed
  • Still from Blue Stockings at St. Hilda's opening night.
    “We are their legacy”: Blue Stockings and the Path Paved So Far.
  • First Business Magazine Launched in Oxford
  • Vintage Ladies Home Journal Advert
    The Tradwife Illusion

The Sabotage of Modernity

Alexa Ember Mar 19, 2026 5 min read
The Sabotage of Modernity

“Thunderstorm with glimmering lightnings over ocean” by Lachlan Ross, https://www.pexels.com/photo/thunderstorm-with-glimmering-lightnings-over-ocean-6510369/ In recent times, we seem to be intoxicated by the heady spirits of progress and…

Outside OX1 Week 8: Chile, Nepal and Mandelson

Alexa Ember Mar 16, 2026 16 min read
Image Credit by Evie Fairclough-Kay

Welcome back to this term’s final issue of Outside OX1! Hilary has flown by and Trinity with its blossoming flowers and sunnier days awaits. What…

Locking Horns: Past Conflicts Threaten to Re-emerge in the Horn of Africa

Alexa Ember Mar 16, 2026 14 min read
A man walks past a wrecked tank in Tigray Region, 2021.

Six years after Ethiopian prime minister Abiy Ahmed won the Nobel Peace Prize for bringing an end to a lengthy military standoff with Eritrea, and…

Interview with Charlie Baker, founder of ‘The Fence’

Alexa Ember Mar 14, 2026 4 min read
Interview with Charlie Baker, founder of ‘The Fence’

Journalism, for Charlie, is about meeting people and connecting with them, be that in a pub or an office (and preferably the former). It’s no…

© 2026 The Oxford Blue Student Newspaper CIC | A new voice for a new decade | Est. 2020. Proudly powered by Newspack by Automattic Privacy Policy
  • Instagram
  • TikTok
  • Facebook Page
Go to mobile version