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Ipsita (also known as Ippy) is the Creative Director at the Oxford Blue. A second year Medicine student at Trinity College, her hairstyle changes more frequently than the weather.

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Magdalen College School, which was ranked the 20th best independent school by The Times this year, has announced that it will be transitioning to become…

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Reflection

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Reflection

All is calm. The lilac lake lies softly beneath rose-tinted clouds. Without a wisp of wind, no ripple mars the glassy reflection as the lake…

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