Hannah Smith, Author at The Oxford Blue

Wytham Woods: Oxford’s natural laboratory

by Hannah Smith October 29, 2025October 29, 2025

Wytham Woods: Oxford’s natural laboratory

Hannah SmithOct 29, 20254 min read

Oxford’s woodlands provide a refuge from academic life, but also function as a resource for scientific study. Hannah Smith explores how Wytham Woods, Oxford’s most…

LIVER ACHE

Hannah SmithOct 29, 20252 min read

‘Smoking someone else’s straight, now they want my secrets in exchange.’ Anna Stibbe’s poem about hazy nights out.

Sanae Takaichi: Japan’s “Iron Lady”?

Hannah SmithOct 28, 20256 min read

Melissa Eddon After weeks of political upheaval in Japanese politics, Sanae Takaichi has become the new Prime Minister. The resignation of former PM Shigeru Ishiba…

Luddite Renaissance: A Case for Limiting Laptops in the Classroom

Hannah SmithOct 28, 20257 min read

A picture of people in a library common room. Everyone is looking at their phones.

“Laptops are Janus-faced things. They are at once enhancers and detractors of learning.” Noah Petts argues for the limiting of laptops in the classroom. Image…