• Oxford News
    • Interviews
  • Opinion
    • Features
  • Global Affairs
    • Outside OX1
    • Across the Aisle
  • Identity
    • LGBTQ+
    • Feminism
    • Disability
    • ERM (Ethnic and Religious Minorities)
    • Diaries of a Thought Son
    • (Dis)abled
    • Not Just A Stereotype
    • Words of a Multiple
  • Environment
  • Sports
  • Culture
    • Film & TV
    • Music
    • Theatre
    • Fashion
    • Literature
    • Internet Culture
  • The Blueprint
  • Lifestyle
    • Health and Wellbeing
    • Relationships
    • Travel
    • Food
    • Love Comes out of The Blue
  • Columns
    • Wine Waffle
    • Beyond the Bubble
    • Love Letters
    • Musings of a Media Lover
    • Beyond the Footnotes
    • Heal Between the Lines
    • Admissions of a Rusticated Student
    • Objectifying Oxford
    • SaTired: Observations of a Finalist
    • Your College Auntie
  • Profiles
  • The Bluebell
  • Freshers’ Guides
    • The Oxford Blue Freshers’ Guide 2024
    • The Oxford Blue Freshers’ Guide 2023
    • The Oxford Blue Freshers’ Guide 2022
    • The Oxford Blue Freshers’ Guide 2021
  • Contact Us
  • Mailing List
  • 5 Years of The Blue
  • Alumni – can you help us?
  • Instagram
  • Facebook Page
  • Linkedin
Skip to content
  • Instagram
  • Facebook Page
  • Linkedin
The Oxford Blue

The Oxford Blue

Oxford University's independent newspaper | A new voice for a new decade | Est. 2020..

  • Oxford News
    • Interviews
  • Opinion
    • Features
  • Global Affairs
    • Outside OX1
    • Across the Aisle
  • Identity
    • LGBTQ+
    • Feminism
    • Disability
    • ERM (Ethnic and Religious Minorities)
    • Diaries of a Thought Son
    • (Dis)abled
    • Not Just A Stereotype
    • Words of a Multiple
  • Environment
  • Sports
  • Culture
    • Film & TV
    • Music
    • Theatre
    • Fashion
    • Literature
    • Internet Culture
  • The Blueprint
  • Lifestyle
    • Health and Wellbeing
    • Relationships
    • Travel
    • Food
    • Love Comes out of The Blue
  • Columns
    • Wine Waffle
    • Beyond the Bubble
    • Love Letters
    • Musings of a Media Lover
    • Beyond the Footnotes
    • Heal Between the Lines
    • Admissions of a Rusticated Student
    • Objectifying Oxford
    • SaTired: Observations of a Finalist
    • Your College Auntie
  • Profiles
  • The Bluebell
  • Freshers’ Guides
    • The Oxford Blue Freshers’ Guide 2024
    • The Oxford Blue Freshers’ Guide 2023
    • The Oxford Blue Freshers’ Guide 2022
    • The Oxford Blue Freshers’ Guide 2021
  • Contact Us
  • Mailing List
  • 5 Years of The Blue
  • Alumni – can you help us?

Author Archives: Ben Holden

Posted inCulture

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery review – the twist isn’t always everything

by Ben Holden April 7, 2023April 7, 2023
Posted inCulture

A Loft-y Success: Jarvis Cocker’s Good Pop, Bad Pop

by Ben Holden October 29, 2022October 29, 2022
Posted inCulture

Why Kung Fu Panda 2 is the ultimate comfort film

by Ben Holden February 25, 2022February 25, 2022
Posted inCulture

For Your Ears Only: Every Bond Theme Ranked

by Ben Holden August 22, 2021September 6, 2021
Posted inCulture

Revisiting the Classics: Pulp Non-Fiction

by Ben Holden June 4, 2021June 4, 2021
Posted inCulture

Chekhov’s Gun and the Greater Good: Why I Love Hot Fuzz

by Ben Holden April 3, 2021April 3, 2021
Posted inOpinion

Changing the way we think about psychological disorders

by Ben Holden April 2, 2021April 2, 2021

Popular Posts

  • Hands holding a phone, clicking on the TikTok app icon
    TikTok and the Death of the Attention Span 
  • Christmas: The Environmental Impacts
  • An indoor rock climbing gym.
    Why does everyone suddenly want to rock climb?
  • Not just acceptable, but beneficial: a modern case for the monarchy
  • The Legacy of Studio Ghibli
  • Holding Sylvia Plath accountable
  • Nice To Meet You, I’m A Slut!: A Guide to “Keeping it Casual”
  • picture of the Radcliffe Camera and surrounding buildings at night
    Growing Up: The Beginning of an Oxford Experience 
  • Poetry in the Digital Age: Instapoetry and Rupi Kaur’s Impact
  • Relationships in Films: a reflection on RomComs

Growing Up: The Beginning of an Oxford Experience 

Ben Holden Dec 9, 2025 6 min read
picture of the Radcliffe Camera and surrounding buildings at night

“It is not a loss to forget some of my old routines and habits, but a privilege to learn new ones, and to share my…

Investigating the Kidlington Waste Pile 

Ben Holden Dec 7, 2025 5 min read
Investigating the Kidlington Waste Pile 

On 21 November 2025, between the river Cherwell and the A34, the Environmental Agency declared the presence of a 150m (490ft) long and 6m (20ft)…

The society trap: when finding yourself becomes losing yourself

Ben Holden Dec 7, 2025 3 min read
Source: Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

At this year’s Freshers’ Fair, I signed up for tennis and touch rugby with the unmistakable arrogance of someone who has never experienced the workload…

Rare aesthetic: being humbled by study influencers

Ben Holden Dec 6, 2025 5 min read
An image of the Radcliffe Camera against a blue sky

“Whilst I was spending hours in the library on one essay, they were sauntering through assignments in infuriatingly short time-stamped minutes.” Téa Sand talks about…

© 2025 The Oxford Blue Student Newspaper CIC | A new voice for a new decade | Est. 2020. Proudly powered by Newspack by Automattic Privacy Policy
  • Instagram
  • Facebook Page
  • Linkedin
Go to mobile version