Bella Stock, Author at The Oxford Blue

Ask Aunty Annabel – Pied and prejudice: I don’t like any of my friend’s boyfriends and they know it

by Bella Stock June 25, 2021June 25, 2021

Ask Aunty Annabel: Young, wild, and free – will I miss out on the true university experience by being in a long-distance relationship?

by Bella Stock June 12, 2021June 12, 2021

Ask Aunty Annabel: Bros before hoes? My friend is prioritising dating over our friendship – what do I do?

by Bella Stock June 3, 2021June 3, 2021

Ask Aunty Annabel: Burnt out and blue? How to manage expectations of productivity

by Bella Stock May 29, 2021May 29, 2021

Ask Aunty Annabel: the Dilemma Dater

by Bella Stock May 20, 2021May 20, 2021

Ask Aunty Annabel: Negotiating the friendzone

by Bella Stock May 16, 2021May 16, 2021

Love Letters: A Dying Art?

by Bella Stock June 3, 2020June 3, 2020

Household Relations: I Give It A Month

by Bella Stock May 19, 2020May 19, 2020

Mis/Adventures: Train-ing to be a Traveller

by Bella Stock May 17, 2020May 17, 2020

Local Guides: Bella’s Stratford-upon-Avon

by Bella Stock May 12, 2020May 12, 2020

COP30: Behind the Scenes

Bella Stock Jan 20, 2026 18 min read

Image taken by Merna Elboghdady, used with her consent in the article. Shows the Global Youth Climate Training team at COP30.

Elana Roberts explores the importance, impact and limitations of COP30, which took place in Brazil. She first traces the historic significance of COPs before interviewing…

In defence of the assisted dying bill

Bella Stock Jan 20, 2026 4 min read

In defence of the assisted dying bill

The House of Lords by William Morrison Wyllie (1820–1895), Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons My grandmother died in 2020. At the end of her life,…

The Physicist Behind the Turl Street Orchestra: In Conversation with Dr. Felix Tennie

Bella Stock Dec 15, 2025 6 min read

Dr. Felix Tennie stands outside the Radcliffe Camera after our interview.

“If I had no music, I wouldn’t be as productive of a physicist. Whenever I don’t get to make music for a time, I become…

Snow

Bella Stock Dec 15, 2025 3 min read

Snow

‘If something is frozen we say it’s unchanging — that it stays.’ Nina Sablan’s creative piece about snow and its effects on our landscape. Image…