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

Telltaylor: By a Lancashire Farm Shop, I Sat Down and Wept

Bella Stock Dec 4, 2025 9 min read

An image of the Radcliffe Camera against a sunset sky, with the text 'TELLTAYLOR' written in front.

“I was always a muse, a magician’s trick, bending my own image to enhance his own. He seemed to compliment me only if the words fit…

Do different languages change the way we think?

Bella Stock Dec 4, 2025 5 min read

The Tower of Babel by Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1563), public domain

According to the legend of Babel, the existence of different languages on Earth began as a punishment. Humanity, daring to build its tower skyward, was…

Meta-Whorf-asis: on litost and translated fiction

Bella Stock Dec 3, 2025 6 min read

Meta-Whorf-asis: on litost and translated fiction

‘The term depicts a feeling “as infinite as an open accordion, a synthesis of grief, sympathy, remorse, and indefinable longing”, which begs the question –…

Having a bath: it’s time to come clean

Bella Stock Dec 3, 2025 4 min read

Jean-Pierre Norblin de La Gourdaine, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Embedded in British culture is a conspiracy of silence around what must be domestic life’s most overrated activity. Mention baths in polite company and faces…