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Author Archives: Alice Brooker

Image shows river landscape along Christ Church Meadow.
Posted inIdentity

Echo: Managing GAD as a Returning Student

by Alice Brooker December 19, 2024December 19, 2024
Photo displays top of magdalen college chapel
Posted inLiterature

“my heart is a church bell but nobody visits”: a Review of Joelle Taylor’s C+nto & Othered Poems

by Alice Brooker July 2, 2024July 2, 2024
A picture of a number of tents set up on the lawn in front of the Radcliffe Camera as part of a further development in the OA4P encampments.
Posted inOxford News

“Here to Stay”: New Encampment set up outside Radcliffe Camera

by Alice Brooker and Lottie Newell May 19, 2024May 19, 2024
Image shows die-in outside entrance to Sheldonian Theatre.
Posted inOxford News

Gaza Die-In is a “Direct Response to University’s Inaction”

by Alice Brooker May 18, 2024May 18, 2024
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Diaries of a Rusticated Student: Ok, Love You, Bye!

by Alice Brooker March 5, 2024March 5, 2024
The image shows a University College wall with trees against a blue sky.
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Diaries of a Rusticated Student: Penultimate

by Alice Brooker March 2, 2024March 2, 2024
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Diaries of a Rusticated Student: The Grey (or Going Mad in a Poetical Way)

by Alice Brooker February 24, 2024February 24, 2024
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Diaries of a Rusticated Student: London Town  

by Alice Brooker February 17, 2024February 17, 2024
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Diaries of a Rusticated Student: Scared of the Dark

by Alice Brooker February 7, 2024February 7, 2024
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Diaries of a Rusticated Student: a (Bad) Description of my Dissociation 

by Alice Brooker January 30, 2024May 12, 2024

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