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Author Archives: Ben Nolan

Posted inGlobal Affairs

Outside OX1 Week 8 – Henry Kissinger dies and Sunak loses his marbles

by Ben Nolan, Becky Collett, Emi Tanimoto and Eleanor Luxton December 4, 2023December 4, 2023
Posted inGlobal Affairs

Outside OX1 Week 7 – A week of hard right hairdo’s

by Anya Trofimova, Ben Nolan, Emily Guerrero, Becky Collett, Emi Tanimoto and Lottie Tellyn November 26, 2023December 5, 2023
Posted inGlobal Affairs

Outside OX1 Week 6 – al-Shifa hospital evacuated and giant pandas return to China

by Ben Nolan, Anya Trofimova, Oliver Smith, Becky Collett, Oliver Edwardes, Emi Tanimoto, Eleanor Luxton and Lottie Tellyn November 19, 2023May 6, 2024
Posted inGlobal Affairs

Outside OX1 Week 5 – London ceasefire march, Gay Games 2023 and a successful Sag-Aftra strike

by Ben Nolan, Emily Guerrero, Becky Collett, Emi Tanimoto, Lottie Tellyn and Eleanor Luxton November 12, 2023November 19, 2023
Posted inOutside OX1

Outside OX1 Week 4 – Rising casualties in Gaza, China mourns, the UK government goes to court

by Ben Nolan, Anas Dayeh, Emily Guerrero, Emi Tanimoto, Becky Collett, Lottie Tellyn and Eleanor Luxton November 5, 2023November 5, 2023
Posted inGlobal Affairs

Outside OX1 Week 3 – Hurricane Otis, Mass shooting in Maine and a UN debate on Gaza

by Ben Nolan, Anas Dayeh, Becky Collett, Oliver Edwardes, Hajar Zainuddin, Eleanor Luxton, Anya Trofimova, Emily Guerrero, Emi Tanimoto and Lottie Tellyn October 29, 2023January 23, 2024
Posted inGlobal Affairs

Outside OX1 Week 2 – Gaza aid negotiations and an Indian Space mission

by Ben Nolan, Anya Trofimova, Emily Guerrero, Anas Dayeh, Emi Tanimoto, Becky Collett, Oliver Edwardes, Krishh Chaturvedi and Temitope Ajileye October 22, 2023November 12, 2023
Posted inGlobal Affairs

Outside OX1 Week 1 – Escalation in Gaza, a ‘Ring of Fire’ and Antarctic Ice

by David Yang, Ben Nolan, Anas Dayeh, Oliver Edwardes, Lottie Tellyn, Becky Collett and Hajar Zainuddin October 15, 2023October 16, 2023
Posted inGlobal Affairs

Outside OX1 Vac Roundup – “Scam demics”, Treasury Holes and Russian interference

by Ben Nolan, Hajar Zainuddin, Becky Collett, David Yang, Anas Dayeh, Oliver Edwardes and Lottie Tellyn October 8, 2023October 8, 2023
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by Flora Prideaux, Madaleine Pearce, Lucas Haskins and Ben Nolan September 28, 2023September 28, 2023

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