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Author Archives: Charlie Bowden

Posted inCulture, Literature, The Books That Made Me

Books That Made Me: Percy Jackson and the Greek Gods

by Charlie Bowden April 10, 2023April 10, 2023
Posted inCulture

ARTPOP: The Resurgence of Lady Gaga’s Flop Era

by Charlie Bowden March 2, 2023March 2, 2023
Posted inOxford News

Oxford Student Union holds referendum on NUS affiliation

by Charlie Bowden March 1, 2023March 1, 2023
Posted inOxford News

UCU strikes to be stood down for 2 weeks after ‘breakthrough’ in talks

by Charlie Bowden February 18, 2023February 18, 2023
Posted inIdentity

Oxford Speaks: Experiencing Queer Joy

by Evie Craggs, Charlie Bowden, Bella Done, Amelia Wolf, Spike Greenwood, Callie Phillips, Finn Emmens-green and Benjamin Danet February 13, 2023June 14, 2024
Posted inOxford News

UCU announces ‘unprecedented’ 18 days of strikes

by Charlie Bowden January 30, 2023January 30, 2023
Posted inCulture

The Brit Awards Nominations: Insincere Inclusivity?

by Charlie Bowden January 28, 2023February 1, 2023
Posted inOxford News

Plans to Upgrade Oxford Rail Station Delayed

by Charlie Bowden January 20, 2023January 21, 2023
Posted inOxford News

St Stephen’s House to relinquish PPH status in September 2023

by Charlie Bowden January 6, 2023January 7, 2023
Posted inOxford News

Mary Jean Chan previews new poetry collection at Worcester College talk

by Charlie Bowden December 28, 2022December 28, 2022

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Second Draft: Teary-eyed goodbyes 

Charlie Bowden Jul 23, 2026 10 min read
Illustration of themes and objects relating to Oxford.

“For the past 20 minutes, I have been staring at an empty word document. This was categorically not the plan. When I started writing my…

Tommy Robinson Appearance at Oxford Union Sparks Mass Protest

Charlie Bowden Jun 27, 2026 3 min read
Tommy Robinson Appearance at Oxford Union Sparks Mass Protest

Image credit to Thomas Yates, used with permission.

Who Gets to Remember?: When nostalgia becomes dangerous

Charlie Bowden Jun 21, 2026 7 min read
The wisteria on the wall of Jesus College, Oxford.

“At the individual level, the mismatch between memory and history appears fairly harmless. For the collective, it can be terrible. The present, the only actuality,…

Monoculture isn’t dead, it’s online

Charlie Bowden Jun 21, 2026 6 min read
A LAN party in the Winter 2004 DreamHack.

Culture feels chaotic right now. The times of communion over music videos on MTV are officially over, and our lives are split across millions of…

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