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Author Archives: Emma Cooley

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I, Medusa: Reviewed

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An Imp-pressive Performance: Oxford Imps (“Infinite Jesters”) Reviewed

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How to write a show – and take it to the Fringe!

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Lost for Words: Storytelling As The Solution To Oracy?

Emma Cooley Nov 19, 2025 9 min read
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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

Emma Cooley Nov 19, 2025 5 min read
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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.

Rare Aesthetic: getting your first essay back and realising you kind of suck

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“I threw in as much secondary criticism as I could find, hoping desperately that Derrida and Calvino could drown out my voice, or lack thereof.”…

Protesters Gather in Oxford to Protest the Proscription of ‘Palestine Action’

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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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