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Author Archives: Arun Lewis

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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
Jimmy Carter sitting in the Oval Office
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An Ode to the Peanut Farmer

by Arun Lewis January 22, 2025February 17, 2025
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Meandering: Walking through Oxford’s Pavements

by Arun Lewis January 22, 2025February 17, 2025

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Generation Z Protests in Mexico: Anti-Violence or Pro-USA?

Arun Lewis Nov 30, 2025 9 min read
A poster during a protest in Mexico which says in Spanish: "In Mexico, it is safer to be a drug dealer than to be a student."

Lola Dunton-Milenkovic explores the recent Generation Z Protests throughout Mexico, evaluating their anti-corruption and anti-violence sentiments, as well as their potential political motivations which might…

To “Slay” or Not To “Slay”

Arun Lewis Nov 30, 2025 5 min read
Provided by Ngoc Diep (Alice), used with permission. Website: The Oxford English Dictionary.

slay /sleɪ/: to impress someone very much or to be very good or impressive (Cambridge Dictionary, 2025); “slay the house boots down houston i’m deceased”…

Home and Abroad – examining China’s political messaging inside and outside the country

Arun Lewis Nov 29, 2025 9 min read
Home and Abroad – examining China’s political messaging inside and outside the country

China remained shrouded in mystery to the West from the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949 until the 1970s. In 1972, US…

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Arun Lewis Nov 28, 2025 6 min read
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‘I was, at times, simply floored by Carrington’s production of this classic play; there was a constant tension, both emotional and sexual, that wound up…

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