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Author Archives: Andrew Smailes

Andrew (he/him) was Editor-in-Chief for Michaelmas 2021. He is a 3rd year PPE student at Hertford College, and outside of student journalism he uses his free time going to Pret and enjoying Oxford life.

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The Editor’s Note Welcome back to this week’s edition of Outside OX1! With term half-way over already, the deadlines are coming through thick and fast…

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