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, 2025October 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

Wytham Woods: Oxford’s natural laboratory

Amy PayOct 29, 20254 min read

A vibrant green forest with a sloping ground.

Oxford’s woodlands provide a refuge from academic life, but also function as a resource for scientific study. Hannah Smith explores how Wytham Woods, Oxford’s most…

LIVER ACHE

Amy PayOct 29, 20252 min read

‘Smoking someone else’s straight, now they want my secrets in exchange.’ Anna Stibbe’s poem about hazy nights out.

Sanae Takaichi: Japan’s “Iron Lady”?

Amy PayOct 28, 20256 min read

Melissa Eddon After weeks of political upheaval in Japanese politics, Sanae Takaichi has become the new Prime Minister. The resignation of former PM Shigeru Ishiba…

Luddite Renaissance: A Case for Limiting Laptops in the Classroom

Amy PayOct 28, 20257 min read

A picture of people in a library common room. Everyone is looking at their phones.

“Laptops are Janus-faced things. They are at once enhancers and detractors of learning.” Noah Petts argues for the limiting of laptops in the classroom. Image…