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Author Archives: Arun Lewis

The Radcliffe Camera, a setting in My Oxford Year.
Posted inCulture

So Bad, It’s Good: In Defence of My Oxford Year

by Arun Lewis February 7, 2026February 7, 2026
Flags outside the UN building at Geneva
Posted inOpinion

The Peace Dividend is over

by Arun Lewis June 10, 2025June 10, 2025
Image depicting a tide coming in along the edge of a beach. Image taken by Ben Harris, sourced from geograph.org.uk, Wikimedia Commons,
Posted inOpinion

Blissfully Ignorant: Why Growing up Fast isn’t Always a Virtue

by Arun Lewis March 7, 2025March 5, 2025
President Donald Trump gives a speech
Posted inOpinion

A Rotund Caesar – How American Democracy has been blighted

by Arun Lewis March 6, 2025March 6, 2025
picture of the Oxford Action for Palestine protestors
Posted inOpinion

RadCam protest: Why understanding must win, and intolerance must be defeated

by Arun Lewis March 5, 2025March 6, 2025
Exeter College's M1 crew on the river.
Posted inSports

Our Cox Means Death—A peek inside Torpids 2025

by Arun Lewis March 5, 2025March 5, 2025
Keir Starmer delivers a speech on Downing Street on day of election (2024) with supporters in background
Posted inGlobal Affairs

The Man Behind the PM: The Rise of Morgan McSweeney

by Arun Lewis February 25, 2025February 24, 2025
Hogarth's Gin Lane, engraving (created 1750-1751)
Posted inOpinion

Bottom of the Barrel: Why does so much of Oxford involve drinking?

by Arun Lewis February 25, 2025February 25, 2025
Image depicting President-elect Donald Trump taking the oath of office.
Posted inOpinion

Breakneck Oligarchy –  the US within weeks of a 2nd Trump Presidency, and why his big-figure supporters deserve disappointment.

by Arun Lewis February 25, 2025February 25, 2025
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Posted inOpinion

An Ode to the Peanut Farmer

by Arun Lewis January 22, 2025February 17, 2025

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Venezuela: A Brief History of Oil and Corruption

Arun Lewis Feb 9, 2026 16 min read
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On 3 January 2026, the United States conducted a military operation named “Absolute Resolve” across Venezuela to capture President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia…

Outside OX1 Week 3: Epstein, Costa Rica and Hungary

Arun Lewis Feb 9, 2026 17 min read
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It’s the end of Week 3, which means it’s time for this week’s issue of Outside OX1! With the Winter Olympics officially underway in Milan…

Oxford and Cambridge Set for Rugby Varsity Clash at StoneX Stadium

Arun Lewis Feb 9, 2026 3 min read
Oxford and Cambridge Set for Rugby Varsity Clash at StoneX Stadium

The Oxford and Cambridge rugby teams will meet once again for the annual Varsity Matches on Saturday 28 February 2026, with both the Men’s and…

‘Brainrot’: An Internet Phenomenon with Real-World Consequences

Arun Lewis Feb 8, 2026 6 min read
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