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Author Archives: Ben Blackburn

Ben Blackburn is Managing Director at The Oxford Blue and a third-year Philosophy, Politics and Economics student at St Catherine's college.

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“Thunderstorm with glimmering lightnings over ocean” by Lachlan Ross, https://www.pexels.com/photo/thunderstorm-with-glimmering-lightnings-over-ocean-6510369/ In recent times, we seem to be intoxicated by the heady spirits of progress and…

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Ben Blackburn Mar 16, 2026 16 min read
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Welcome back to this term’s final issue of Outside OX1! Hilary has flown by and Trinity with its blossoming flowers and sunnier days awaits. What…

Locking Horns: Past Conflicts Threaten to Re-emerge in the Horn of Africa

Ben Blackburn Mar 16, 2026 14 min read
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Six years after Ethiopian prime minister Abiy Ahmed won the Nobel Peace Prize for bringing an end to a lengthy military standoff with Eritrea, and…

Interview with Charlie Baker, founder of ‘The Fence’

Ben Blackburn Mar 14, 2026 4 min read
Interview with Charlie Baker, founder of ‘The Fence’

Journalism, for Charlie, is about meeting people and connecting with them, be that in a pub or an office (and preferably the former). It’s no…

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