Chloe Smith, Author at The Oxford Blue

Sublime Drizzlings: Bright Young Columnists

by Chloe Smith June 10, 2024June 10, 2024

Sublime Drizzlings: Choupette

by Chloe Smith June 5, 2024June 5, 2024

Sublime Drizzlings: Tracks Of My Years

by Chloe Smith May 21, 2024May 21, 2024

Sublime Drizzlings: An Evening with Transpennine Express

by Chloe Smith May 3, 2024May 3, 2024

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Sublime Drizzlings: Vacation Fear and Trembling

by Chloe Smith March 6, 2024March 6, 2024

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Sublime Drizzlings: Son of a Preacher Man II

by Chloe Smith March 1, 2024March 1, 2024

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Sublime Drizzlings: Son of a Preacher Man I

by Chloe Smith February 23, 2024March 21, 2024

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Sublime Drizzlings: My Values

by Chloe Smith February 19, 2024February 19, 2024

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Sublime Drizzlings: Looking Through the Hourglass

by Chloe Smith February 8, 2024February 8, 2024

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Sublime Drizzlings: Circling Back to 1908…

by Chloe Smith January 31, 2024February 2, 2024

Biodiversity for profit? Power and accountability at IPBES-12

Chloe Smith May 2, 2026 5 min read

Drone shot capturing lush green fields and trees

Niamh Tooher evaluates the success of the IPBES-12 conference in effectively aligning business and biodiversity, in a space where corporate presence was found lacking. Image…

Bonaly’s Backflip Returns to Olympic Ice

Chloe Smith May 2, 2026 4 min read

Figure skater Surya Bonaly, competing in 1992.

“She decided that she’d lose on her own terms. As a statement against judging bias, Bonaly performed the first and only illegal backflip on Olympic…

David Marmet’s Oleanna at New College, Oxford: Reviewed

Chloe Smith May 1, 2026 5 min read

The two protagonists of Oleanna; the professor is reading an essay to his student.

David Mamet’s Oleanna is a difficult play. Difficult in that it raises hard questions about how we respond to claims of sexual harassment and imbalances…

Drama on and off the pitch: The 2025/26 Football League Championship

Chloe Smith Apr 30, 2026 7 min read

Coventry City's home ground, pictured in late 2025.

Dhillon Lalji reports on the winners and losers in what has been yet another thrilling season in the Championship, the second tier of English football…