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Author Archives: Elspeth Knight

Elspeth Knight (she/her) is the Editor in Chief for Hilary Term 2023.

Posted inThe Blueprint

The Blueprint, Issue no.12: Spring 2023

by The Blueprint, Isabel Lucas, Leyla Baxman and Elspeth Knight April 23, 2023April 23, 2023
Posted inCulture

The Oxford Festival Orchestra: Interview with Felix Kirkby

by Elspeth Knight November 25, 2022November 25, 2022
Posted inCulture

Review: Happier Year Productions’ Maurice

by Elspeth Knight October 21, 2022October 21, 2022
Posted inThe Oxford Blue Freshers' Guide 2022

Freshers’ Guide 2022

by Lucy Heywood, Leyla Baxman, Ben Blackburn, Guy Ward-Jackson, Amy Ellis Winter, Elisabetta Molteni, Elspeth Knight, Evie Craggs, Frances Dowle, Gioia Grafin Von Donhoff, Hannah-Sarah Selig, Rosie Somers, Sophie Mackenzie, Thomas Britton and Thomas Evans September 17, 2022September 19, 2022
Posted inFeatured

Looking At The Bookstore

by Aryan Goenka and Elspeth Knight September 11, 2022September 11, 2022
Posted inFilm & TV

Film Review: The Pacifist

by Elspeth Knight May 6, 2022May 6, 2022
Posted inCulture

Rembrandt’s The Night Watch: How do we let art grow old?

by Elspeth Knight March 9, 2022March 9, 2022

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When was the last time someone told you a story?  I mean, truly told you a story – not using a book as a crutch,…

Rooted and Restless: Eco-Anxiety and the Inheritance of a Collapsing Earth

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As climate systems collapse, biodiversity vanishes, and the seasons turn strange, the rising anxiety among young people isn’t a disorder. It is a diagnosis.

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On Tuesday 18 November, a group of around 30 protesters met outside the Clarendon Building in central Oxford to protest the government’s proscription of the…

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