Amy Pay, Author at The Oxford Blue

view of the river cherwell from st hildas college gardens

Environment

Sustainability in practice: an interview with St Hilda’s head gardener

by Amy Pay October 21, 2025November 21, 2025

Environment

Innovation, Economics and the Ocean: An Interview with Electra Delagovia

by Amy Pay June 13, 2025June 14, 2025

Environment

Chat, are we cooked? Generative AI’s staggering environmental impact

by Amy Pay May 29, 2025May 29, 2025

A Tour of The Grove: Oxford’s Newest Student Theatre Space

Amy Pay Mar 20, 2026 5 min read

A student theatre set with two actors and a wooden structure which looks like a house.

“the Grove, with its top-of-the-line sound and lighting, traditional architectural backdrop, and grander scale, is certainly a theatre worth watching out for” Janik Peeters tours…

The Sabotage of Modernity

Amy Pay Mar 19, 2026 5 min read

“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

Amy Pay Mar 16, 2026 16 min read

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

Amy Pay 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…