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Author Archives: Eric Balonwu

Image of Flight Club, and electronic dart board
Posted inLifestyle

Flight Club Oxford: Darts and drinks on Westgate’s rooftop terrace

by Eric Balonwu March 7, 2025March 7, 2025
An illustration of the Radcliffe Camera with hot air balloons with the number 5 and the Oxford Blue Logo
Posted in5 Years of The Blue

5 Years of The Blue

by Timothy Blackburn, Leon Moorhouse, Eric Balonwu, Isabel Valovin and Louis Treasure March 3, 2025March 6, 2025
An illustration of the Radcliffe Camera with hot air balloons with the number 5 and the Oxford Blue Logo
Posted in5 Years of The Blue

5 Years of The Blue: A Letter from the Editors-in-Chief

by Eric Balonwu, Isabel Valovin and Louis Treasure February 5, 2025February 5, 2025
Palestine protestors on the Rad Cam
Posted inOxford News

Breaking: OA4P protestors occupy the Radcliffe Camera

by Isolde Sellin and Eric Balonwu January 24, 2025January 25, 2025
Lord Hague sat with the President of IR Soc
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Mandelson and Hague at Oxford IR Soc 

by Eric Balonwu December 3, 2024December 3, 2024
Drawing of Radcliffe Camera in Bubble - Outside OX1 cover image
Posted inGlobal Affairs

Outside OX1 Week 7: A ceasefire in Lebanon, a surprise far-right victory in Romania, an arrest warrant for Netanyahu and backpackers dying in Laos

by Katarina Harrison-Gaze, Eric Balonwu, Jessica Patanaariyangkul and Nick Marshall November 30, 2024December 28, 2024
Posted inOxford News

Breaking: William Hague to be new Oxford Chancellor 

by Eric Balonwu November 27, 2024November 28, 2024
Drawing of Radcliffe Camera in Bubble - Outside OX1 cover image
Posted inGlobal Affairs

Outside OX1 Week 6: Conflict in Ukraine, Tension in Baku, an election in Sri Lanka and protests erupt in New Zealand

by Laura van Heijnsbergen, Eric Balonwu, Katarina Harrison-Gaze and Nick Marshall November 21, 2024December 29, 2024
Drawing of Radcliffe Camera in Bubble - Outside OX1 cover image
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Outside OX1 Week 4 -Trump’s comeback, Israel bans UN agency, Germany’s government in crisis, floods hits Spain and Glaswegian comedian dies

by Eric Balonwu, Jack Stone, Katarina Harrison-Gaze, Laura van Heijnsbergen and Nick Marshall November 7, 2024December 29, 2024
Posted inOutside OX1

Outside OX1 Week 3 – An update on the US presidential campaign, a new UK Budget, the Commonwealth summit and a alleged assassination attempt on the Bolivian President

by Eric Balonwu, Laura van Heijnsbergen, Katarina Harrison-Gaze and Nick Marshall November 1, 2024May 29, 2025

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Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar, began late February of this year. Fasting during this month (sawm) is a core religious duty alongside…

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Everyone involved in theatre vows that they are not that kind of theatre kid. Statistically speaking, someone’s got to be lying – but, after being…

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“I plead to myself, and I will continue to do so, to enjoy what I’ve done, think about some of the things I will do…

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