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Author Archives: Flora Windebank

Flora is studying French and Italian at Christ Church. She would like someone to believe her when she says the scar on her knee came from a shark and hopes this biography will make it happen.

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Everyday Economics: The Student Loan

by Flora Windebank October 15, 2020October 15, 2020
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Everyday Economics: Environmental Externalities

by Flora Windebank October 3, 2020October 3, 2020
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Everyday Economics: Incentives For Prelims

by Flora Windebank September 17, 2020September 18, 2020
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Everyday Economics: Inequalities In Language And How To Counteract Them

by Flora Windebank September 1, 2020July 18, 2021
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Everyday Economics: The Economics of Language

by Flora Windebank August 24, 2020July 18, 2021
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Everyday Economics: Dating and the Commons

by Flora Windebank August 16, 2020August 17, 2020
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Everyday Economics: Sunk Costs

by Flora Windebank August 10, 2020August 10, 2020
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Portrait de la jeune fille en feu: Céline Sciamma’s Unmissable Feminist Tale

by Flora Windebank July 16, 2020July 16, 2020
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This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license. Hong Kong is in collective mourning.  On 26 November, a catastrophic fire tore through the Wang…

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“To sit and look at Gwen John’s ‘The Convalescent’ is to become acutely aware of one’s own body, “the shape and weight of each limb”.”…

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“I was always a muse, a magician’s trick, bending my own image to enhance his own. He seemed to compliment me only if the words fit…

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