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Author Archives: Guy Ward-Jackson

Guy Ward-Jackson (he/him). Writer. Previous Editor-in-Chief of The Oxford Blue for Michaelmas term 2022. Other prior roles include Senior Editor of News, Senior Editor of Investigations, BlueLight, and Junior Editor of Global Affairs.

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In Conversation With Alec Russell

by Guy Ward-Jackson January 10, 2023January 12, 2023
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Freemasons ‘Crash’ Second Union Access Social

by Lucy Heywood and Guy Ward-Jackson October 26, 2022October 31, 2022
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From Oxford Journalism To The Sunday Times: In Conversation With Emma Tucker

by Guy Ward-Jackson September 26, 2022September 26, 2022
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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 inOxford News

Oxford Responds to The Death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

by Lucy Heywood and Guy Ward-Jackson September 10, 2022September 10, 2022
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“Read this thread on how I will face down China”

by Eliza Tracey and Guy Ward-Jackson August 23, 2022August 24, 2022
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What Johnson’s Final PMQs Tells Us About His Premiership

by Guy Ward-Jackson July 22, 2022July 22, 2022
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Summer Editorial Series Week 1: Coronavirus & Collective Memory

by Guy Ward-Jackson July 16, 2022July 16, 2022
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A Word From The Editors

by Guy Ward-Jackson, Lucy Heywood and Ben Blackburn June 20, 2022June 20, 2022
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Getting Spoons

by Guy Ward-Jackson June 3, 2022June 3, 2022

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The Picture of Dorian Gray at Trinity College: Reviewed

Guy Ward-Jackson May 28, 2026 6 min read
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‘All art is quite useless,’ Oscar Wilde says in his prologue to The Picture of Dorian Gray, yet ‘the only excuse for making a useless…

Tragic Teenage Death Disrupts Summer Eights

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The first day of Summer Eights was brought to an end after the death of a teenage boy in the water near Donnington Bridge. Image…

Second Draft: But can you do a split roll?

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“When I read the list back, I found it quite ticklesome. Was this my vernacular now? Since when was it normal to be scrolling through…

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