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Author Archives: Arun Lewis

Posted inIdentity

Cultural Unmasking – Bestride Two Cultures, At Home in None

by Arun Lewis February 12, 2026February 12, 2026
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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